Columbia alums and former Fruit Paunchers Michael Molina (CC ’10), Colin Drummond (CC ’09) and Addison Anderson (CC ’07) created and write for a new sketch comedy group, Local Empire, which focuses on the absurdities of life in the city. One of their sketches, “Phone Girl,” recently got attention from Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and College […]

Everyone seems to think that Hillary Clinton has decided, “I’ll run for president, yolo.” (NY Daily News) Boston College has decided that free condoms aren’t OK. (NY Times) Decided that you’re a winner? Here’s some gifs and songs to help you do it. (Buzzfeed) And of course, Kim Jong-Un still doesn’t seem to calm the fuck down. (CNN) […]

CU Admirers has been unexpectedly shut down by Facebook for the next 3 days–with a possible extended hiatus by the showrunners. In reaction, Bwog staff first said, “Oh god we might have to collectively result resort to just telling each other about our feelings in person shit we’re doomed it’s all over,” and second started […]

The Columbia Humanist Society, a new group at Columbia dedicated to secular discussions about politics, society, and everything in between, had its first big event last Wednesday, when they invited A.C. Grayling to give a small lecture in Hamilton. A. C. Grayling, first Master of London’s New College of the Humanities. He’s written numerous books, […]

CUPAL Presents: Opera Untapped was this past Thursday and Friday night in the Lerner Black Box. Our world-famous opera connoisseur and critic, Alexandra Svokos, was in the audience. Experience the enchantment! If you happen to know me at all, you know I want nothing more than a world in which everyone is a loud and […]

Recommended “Delacorte Lecture: Graydon Carter, Editor, Vanity Fair” Wednesday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Pulitzer Hall, Graydon Carter “Feminism in the Blogosphere” Thursday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 304 Barnard Hall, Lindy West, Heben Nigatu, Julie Zeilinger, Akiba Solomon

Senior girl talking to her friend by Low: “I don’t have a Columbia sweatshirt because for the last three years I always thought I was going to be kicked out. I guess I should finally get one now.” To all seniors: Congrats on not getting kicked out! Only a few months left to go.   […]

  Louisville v. Michigan (Huffington Post) Farmer v. The Hudson (Gothamist) Man v. Black Holes (Gawker) Bitcoin v. The World (The Guardian)           America’s favorite pastime via Shutterstock

Columbia University recently began the “Energy Challenge 2013,” a Go Green initiative running from April 1st to April 26th. For this month, select undergraduate residence halls*, will compete to save the most energy. After the competition is over, students are able to resume their normal, energy-wasting activities, such as running the shower for over 20 […]

After hearing about a class action lawsuit being filed against Columbia by one of the Faculty House workers, Bwog decided to ask Osmond (Ozzie) Cousins, the man who filed the lawsuit, about his reasons for filing it and what he hoped to achieve. Social justice enthusiast Tamsin Pargiter reports.  Bwog: Can you describe what you […]

Clio Maudlin, connoisseur of fine arts and supporter of using 4 in place of “for,” has an announcement to make about a good cause, so listen(read?) up! This month, Postcrypt will be hosting a public event at St. Anthony’s Hall that will not only be an exciting opportunity for art creators and enthusiasts, but will also […]

The SGA Elections Commission announced the candidates for the Barnard Spring 2013 elections season. The Candidates’ Forum (Speeches and Q&A) is this Sunday, April 7th, 7 pm – 9 pm, in the Diana Event Oval. The click for the Candidates’ platforms and look at the full list of candidates after the jump!

It seems like spring break was so far away, so we have to make the memories last.  Documenting her trip, here is Mia Shapiro, BC’14, who headed down to Nicaragua. Where did you go, who with, and for how long? This spring break, I went to Nicaragua with 15 other Columbia/Barnard students through an organization […]

What is, Barnard/CC featured on Jeopardy? (Twitter) Who is, Anderson Cooper’s childhood crush? (Huffington Post) What is, the greatest movie ever made? (Buzzfeed) Who is, the inventor of the Ferris Wheel? (Nytimes, Columbia) I’ll take Alex Trebek’s condescension towards incorrect answers for $500 via Wikimedia Commons  

The Class of 2016 Facebook group is getting a lot of action today. Apparently a few drunk mischievous freshmen managed to steal a “very large” American flag, which sounds just like a night in John Jay, except for the fact that stealing a flag in the state of New York is a felony. Bwog is peeing […]