In the second exciting meeting of the General Studies Student Council, Acting Dean of Students Ivonne Rojas dropped by as a guest speaker for a Q&A, followed by the interview and appointment of nominees to the council! Brand spanking new GS bureau chief Andrew Chee brings you the exhilarating run down of all the nominees! Q&A […]

Staff writer Jake Tibbetts spent the past few days asking himself a question that has haunted Internet addicts for over a decade now: Who is @dril, the weirdest account active on Weird Twitter? After a brief period of reflection, Tibbetts quickly realized that the answer was right in front of him—and the rest of the […]

Happening in the World: Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, reported she would not testify in a public hearing unless the FBI first investigates her allegations. The GOP will most likely continue to move forward with Kavanaugh’s confirmation, claiming Ford had the chance to testify and failed to do so (CNN). Happening in the US: […]

This Monday, Columbia Journalism School hosted WSJ reporters and Pulitzer finalists Tom Wright and Bradley Hope to discuss their new book, “Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World.” Released today, it’s the story of mega-financier and networking genius Jho Low and how they discovered his orchestration of the greatest […]

On Monday evening, Víctor Mora Gaspar from the Autonomous University of Madrid spoke (in Spanish) at Barnard College about the suppression of homosexuality and all queer identities during Spain’s dictatorship in the mid-1900s. New Bwogger Isabel Ocampo attended the event titled, “Ciencia, Política y Sexo,” or “Science, Politics, and Sex,” for those non-multilinguals out there. […]

ESC talked about Community Guidelines, goals for the year, and more at last night’s meeting. After 2019 President Izzet Kebudi gave a quick update on “Lerner Central”—the “study-free zones” (one and a half years in the making) which now take up the space formerly occupied by the East and West Ramp rooms—the Engineering Student Council ran […]

Sports Editor Abby Rubel gives you a preview of fall sports in case you need to impress anyone with your knowledge of Columbia Athletics. Football: Last year, the Lions finally showed us that they’re capable of having a winning record. After decades of disappointment, the Lions went 8-2, tying for second place with Dartmouth and […]

Last night’s meeting of Barnard’s Student Government Association Rep Council was strictly business and usual. Meaning, of course, that there was not much to get done, but everyone was pretty earnest about it nonetheless. Barnard Bureau Chief Dassi Karp is back and sardonic as ever! Read on for her recount of the very little that […]

Happening in the World: Women in China are utilizing social media, especially Weibo, to speak out against sexual assault in China. These women are working around Chinese internet censorship and creating a movement for themselves (USA Today). Happening in the US: After reporting to Congress months ago, Christine Blasey Ford has come out to accuse Supreme Court nominee […]

In a shocking twist, this week’s field notes are not entirely centered around binge drinking. Nevertheless, Bwog still found ways to have memorable, regrettable, field notes-able weekends. Send in your field notes to tips@bwog.com for a feature! Bwog in (and out of) love Skipped stats to meet with my crush to find out he has a […]

We all have guilty pleasures and sometimes that guilty pleasure is the only reason we run to 8:40 lectures. Bwog Finance takes a stab at the pros and cons of having hot professors. Benefit: Your attendance is impeccable. You always go to class and you’re extremely punctual. Cost: You can never pay attention in class. Instead, you count […]

Ah yes, Columbia Crushes. While this cesspool of desperation that calls itself a Facebook page never fails to surprise us in its pure eccentricity, weirdness, and cringe factor, we here at Bwog realized that all the Columbia Crushes posts sound vaguely…..the same. So, in classic Bwog tradition, we took the past few Columbia Crushes posts and generated some of […]

Rebecca N. Wright will direct the Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Computational Science Center and become the Druckenmiller Professor of Computer Science, Barnard President Sian Beilock and Provost Linda Bell announced this morning. Wright, a Columbia University alumna, was formerly a computer science professor at Rutgers University and served as director of Rutgers’ Center […]

Many students may come to Columbia for the academics, but this week’s sports recap has us feeling optimistic about the athletics. Men’s Tennis: The tennis team dominated at the Penn Invitational this weekend. The Light Blue swept William and Mary in four doubles matches and eight singles matches. Against Denver, the Lions won all four […]

Happening in the World: What seems worthy of a Snopes check and reminiscent of fear-mongering posts your aunt shares on Facebook is becoming a reality for Australians who are finding sewing needles in their strawberries. Australian officials are offering a $100,000 AUD award for whomever can find the source of these contaminated strawberries, though this may […]