Dear Bwog, I noticed that there are a bunch of nice-looking “Bike Share” bikes parked in front of Lerner. How do I get one? Sincerely, Bikeless@Butler   Dear curious bikeless biker, 2013 seems to be the year of the bike share, with new programs cropping up here in New York City and in San […]

Apologies for the delay; Bwog’s hungover. World leaders continue to debate  taking action in Syria because, well quite frankly. (NYTimes, The Onion) JPMorgan has decided to stop making student loans.  Can we decide to stop paying too-high tuitions? (Reuters) Many of the final artifacts have been put in place at the September 11 Museum. (USAToday) […]

According to an email that Public Safety just sent out to the “ALLCU_MS” listserv, a man was shot on 123rd street and Amsterdam: Dear Member of the Morningside Community, Police activity 123 St and Amsterdam Ave non-affiliate male shot avoid the area. Update to follow. Check back on this post for further coverage as the situation […]

Given the influx of anonymous tips in Bwog’s inbox requesting relationship advice, we figure either we’ve become Columbia’s Seventeen mag or we’re being trolled.  Regardless, we’re answering ’em so send ’em in to tips@bwog.com or use the anonymous tip form. Dear Bwog, I know this really isn’t the venue for this sort of solicitation, but […]

Last week, rumors abounded that the East Asian Library was implementing a major policy change. Our Columbia-trained reactive minds got irrationally angry and readied our protest signs, assuming it was similar to the one implemented in Uris during finals last year–no undergraduates allowed. However, a short email exchange with the director of the East Asian […]

The first week of classes is officially over! And your professors have made some stand-out, hilarious, and in some cases genuinely frightening comments. Bask in the glory that is Columbia faculty insanity below. Anthony Donaghue, Statistics: “I know I come across as a nice guy, but don’t let that fool you. I’ve seen enough students […]

While you were away eating home-cooked meals, JJ got some serious work done, and is now hella shiny and renovated. Those new plates! Those shiny woody/laquered surfaces!! Those gleaming floors!!! The still nonsensical arrangement of food!!!!! For those of you who never knew anything else, things were not always this new and clean, and that […]

From our friends over at THE CORE: CORE TECH GENIUS: DO YOU WANT TO MAKE $18 AN HOUR and be the CORE TECH GENIUS? What you’ll do: work with chair of Literature Humanities (Christia Mercer), the CCIT (Columbia College Information Technology) geniuses, and other students to help develop the Columbia’s Core website. You work 2-4 […]

Nobody can decide what to do about Syria.  (Time, BBC, CBS, NYTimes) Football season is officially back.  Bwog thinks that’s…great. (Washington Post) George Zimmerman’s wife filed for divorce “after much soul searching and recent disappointments.”  We can’t at all imagine what she may be referring to. (USAToday) “‘You can’t feel sorry for yourself,’ Joe Girardi […]

Columbia Style is back with an homage to Macklemore filmed in the exotic locale of India.

Welcome back, everyone!  It’s Thursday and you know what that means: it’s time for Drinking With Bwog. This week, we want to celebrate each of the returning classes.  Try out these fab drinks, designed by your super-knowledgable Bwog staff to fit what you probably have in your room right now. The NSLOPPY Nikolai Bacardi Orange […]

Scrawling in Sharpie on the walls of Hungarian’s bathroom is a time-honored tradition, observed by  tourists, grads, and sophomores who were really moved by their Marx reading in CC. While the majority of these make for entertaining toilet reading, Hungarian asks that you keep your philosophical thoughts to the non-racist/non-sexist/non-asshole-ish (unless it’s academic assholery). We […]

The first issue of The Blue and White is still hanging around campus! In case you missed the issue in print, Bwog humbly hosts this edition of the magazine’s regular feature, The Conversation, in which it interviews notable figures around New York. This time around, senior editor Claire Sabel, CC ’13, headed to the Hungarian Pastry Shop […]

Yasha Ramen recently opened on Amsterdam at 106th, just a little south of Thai Market. This was a risky move, seeing as one of the best ramen shops in the city, Jin Ramen, is just a few subway stops up, at 125th and Broadway. Bwog sent Maud Rozee, proud owner of a ramen spoon and […]

It’s baaaacckkkkk.  Well actually, you’re back–the Greenmarket’s been holding down the fort while you were out.  The Columbia Greenmarket is on Broadway between 114th and 116th every Thursday and Sunday.  Here are this week’s highlights: Lavender By The Bay is back, get something that smells nice! Thanks to the weather and season, there’s tons of delicious […]