On Thursday morning, Columbia College students Jordana Narin CC ’17 and Ankeet Ball CC ’16 took part in a “youth summit” (CNBC’s name, not Bwog’s) on The Kudlow Report. Kudlow brought in the two Democrats, along with two Republican students from Boston U. and Harper College, to discuss the effect of Obamacare on the president’s […]

Today from 6 PM to 11:30 PM 534 W. 114th Street, Kappa Alpha Theta will give you a midnight breakfast for $7. Since proceeds go to a good cause, namely Court Appointed Special Advocates, Bwog will ignore the fact that the midnight breakfast is not actually being held at midnight. Here’s the presser they sent: […]

Yesterday, Bwog received this tip and the accompanying photo. We aren’t sure what to think. But we think we like it. a little before midnight around 5 people dressed in green unitards got out of the elevator on the west side of lerner, ran into the computer lounge and began caressing people, laying down, posing […]

Carjackers in Mexico stole a truck with radioactive cobalt-60 in the back, raising concerns that they were going to build a dirty bomb with it. The thieves, if identified, probably won’t live to see a trial. (Washington Post) In a dystopian movie, a Nissan Leaf owner is arrested for charging his car at a school—thereby […]

After this week’s tipped stackssex, one of you crazy readers took our bait and anonymously sent in a story. And here we present it to you: effectively debunking the myth that no one at Columbia is in a relationship. If you would like to share your own story, email sex@bwog.com or use our anonymous tip […]

In honor of our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine, Bwog offers a preview of the December issue of The Blue and White—which will be welcomed by campus next week. In this piece, contributor Channing Prend, CC ’17, takes a look at the post-baccalaureate students that are changing the chemistry of pre-med classes. Note that names have been shortened to […]

Professors understand your need to express yourself creatively. Even computer science professors.  Students taking Prof. John Kender’s Honors Intro to Computer Science course found an odd question when they opened their evals: Discuss: David Sanborn and Kenny G have degraded the art of saxophone playing by selling out to the mass market. After the survey […]

The last of the proposals of how to spend the $32,000 endowment are in. Remember: you can’t vote on them, but your trusty SGA representatives can. Go cajole them. Bwog Barnard Babe Lauren Beltrone reports. Before we go into the new proposals, it’s worth mentioning that SGA has a new VP of Communications! Emily Klein […]

Heyyyyyy, so this is kind of a big deal:  Noam Chomsky, MIT professor and long time genius badass radical, is having his second of three speeches for Columbia Philosophy’s prestigious Dewey Lectures tonight.  The title of the speech is “What Can We Understand?”  It will be at 6:15 in Davis Auditorium on the fourth floor […]

Well, it’s that time of year again folks.  That time that makes us feel warm, fuzzy, and excited about the possibility of gifts: finals time!  the holiday season!  And naturally that means the very exciting annual Tree Lighting and Yule Log Ceremony! The lighting of the trees ceremony will begin at 6pm tonight at College Walk […]

Recently, an intrepid tipster sent us this link from the ancient burial grounds of the Columbia network. It’s older than Old Courseworks, which is older than New Courseworks (or just Courseworks now?), which we suppose makes it Old Old Courseworks. Some gems from the site include: An old Frontiers of Science slideshow that assures us […]

MoHo has been experiencing some serious fog this morning. Bwog has capitalized on getting perfect Instagram pictures taking a few shots of the gloomy weather. Stay safe out there, kiddos.

Under a new government-funded program, the city of Amsterdam is giving street cleaning jobs to alcoholics that will be partially paid in beer. Beer is pretty much rebellion, right? (NYT) Microsoft is following in the footsteps of other major companies like Mozilla, Google, Facebook and Twitter in upping its encryption and security to protect users from […]

Thursday, Dec. 12th, 11:59pm, Butler 209. Be there. The Columbia University Marching Band’s Orgo Night will be sure to make you scream. with laughter.

Winter is coming. The star of Disney’s new movie Frozen, Maud Rozee brings you the story of your walk to school today/next week since it wasn’t actually that cold today. You wake up in your overheated dorm. Ahhh, you left your shoes too close to the heater and now the whole room has that weirdly […]