All weekend, Bwog has been listening to freshmen first-years new students struggle with life, love, and geography. Here’s what we overheard: “Can you like, test out of PE?” “…well, first I went to 1020 and it was disgusting, but then I went to Cannons and it was SO FUN!” “I didn’t think I would get […]

Last night during our first meeting, Bwog received the following via our anonymous tip form: I couldn’t make it to the first meeting because I arrive on campus tomorrow! Will I still be able to join Bwog? (will there be other information session like meetings) While we normally would have responded to this tip directly […]

This Saturday night, a Bwog correspondent was enjoying a wonderful dinner at Freda’s (109 and Columbus). It was a calm evening until a particularly loud comment from the table behind him caught his attention. “I am their campus rep, and I fucking hate them.” The unknown Columbia employee went on to talk for another 10 […]

Victims of the hell that is Columbia class registration on SSOL, your experience is about to get a little bit easier. Triumphantly presented a few days ago by Barry Kane, God of the Registrar, SSOL now boasts a wish list AND a wait list, which Bwog learned are two vitally different things. The wish list […]

Multiple Bwoggers and tipsters reported that various establishments about Morningside Heights were in frustrating condition last night, disrupting the revelry of the last real night before classes start.  The reports: EC: EC was a mess.  Multiple frats and groups of friends were having parties in the suites and townhouses, bringing hordes of humans to the dorm. […]

Go pick up things you need!  In the Wien lounge till 3.  From your EcoReps: Do you like cheap things? Do you like free things? Come to Wien Lounge between 10am and 3pm.   EVERYTHING MUST GO. Items will vary from FREE (sunglasses, water bottles) to 40-60$ (for small or large fridges). Come with a bag and spend 10 […]

This is it, friends.  Tomorrow we’re officially back to school. Today’s Highlights: A ton of neighborhood tours.  See: Central Park, 5th Ave/Rockefeller Center, Chinatown/Little Italy, Midtown, Soho, Staten Island.  Meet at various places. The EcoReps Green Tour, 1:30 pm, meet at the sundial. Welcome to JJ’s Place, 8-10 pm, JJ’s.  Check out the beautiful new […]

On a walk back from 1020 at around 1 last night, a Bwogger noticed an ambulance on the corner.  After initially shrugging it off as a CAVA, closer inspection revealed this was a different scene: NYPD was there and there was a grown man on the ground with a neck brace.  The man was, in […]

Your student council presidents want to say hello!  Read on: Maddy Popkin, SGA President Hey First Years! Welcome to Barnard. Whether the college application process was the most stressful few months of your life, or you’re the first one in your family to go to college, or you’re just returning from a year away from […]

Want to snag some free food tonight? Want to meet some of the best people of your lives tonight? Want to experience the best event of NSOP, hands-down? You can find all of that tonight with us. Bwog’s first meeting of the semester will be tonight at 7 p.m. in the SGO, and we want […]

As the school year starts, you will be inundated with student groups asking you to leave your fields to flower and join them.  Before you go signing up for every listserv under the sun, we wanted to provide you with a brief rundown on the cafeteria of Columbia–those student groups that make the most buzz […]

Take off that crop top and unpack the neon sunglasses from your fanny pack: EZoo has been cancelled.  The City of New York itself recommended the cancellation of Day 3 after several festival-goers became critically ill and two died, apparently because of molly.  Bwog wants to take this opportunity to remind you that while you […]

Classes are looming nearer. Today, you’re going to have to actually run some errands/buy textbooks/buy food, not just put it off. Luckily, you still have a few days of waking up with us. Savor it, this won’t last for much longer. Today’s Highlights: Meet And Greet, 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Find out which clubs […]

Bwog will again honor our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine, The Blue and White (on racks and “dormitories” near you NOW), by posting features from the upcoming issue. Such treats include a conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates; a breakdown of the Board of Trustees; and a discussion of why college radio still matters. Below, staff writer Alexander Pines, CC […]

No matter what your experience has been with CCE, we’re sure that at least once in your illustrious career here, you’ve complained about it.  Shudipto Rahman, SEAS’13, found Columbia’s Center for Career Education much less than helpful.  When they sent him a follow-up email this summer, asking to fill out a Graduating Student Survey, Shu […]