With nearly the entire student body locked up now in finals or the library, you may have forgotten that we live in quite the dangerous city!  While tipster Alex Weinberg was able to stand on Ruggles in GTA IV, Columbia sociology professor turned underworld expert Sudhir Venkatesh noted in Slate that the first person shooter […]

The new issue of the Fed—the last one of the school year—has hit the internet and newsstands. Annals of architecture, ad eundum quo nemo ante iit  Contemporary Civilization, ad nauseum Our culture’s decline, reductum ad absurdum Thank yous, ad infinitum The dormitory life, ad captandum vulgus Knowledge, ad vitam aeternam!  

Name, School: Niko Cunningham, GS Claim to fame: Student Body President of GS – you know the rest Post-grad plans: Going back to LA – getting back together with the gang and making movies. Preferred swim test stroke? “If a student takes beginner swimming for one term and is still not able to pass the […]

  Tonight marked the 3rd Annual Pillow Fight/Primal Scream. Not that we needed to tell you that; anyone who wasn’t getting a good night’s rest before a final (ha!) or listening to very loud music probably just heard about 25 straight minutes of screaming emanating from South Lawn. The be-pillowed masses started to gather at […]

As several commenters have kindly reminded us, the 3rd(?) Annual Finals Eve Pillow Fight will be taking place on South Lawn in front of Butler tonight at midnight (or 11:55, according to the Facebook event). Please bring you game face and a pillow. Pictured at right: some of the carnage from last year’s battle royale. […]

The depths of procrastination have truly reached a new low: We’ve taken to Googling our professors on YouTube. An anonymous tipster points us in the direction of “Prolegomena to any Future Numa Numa,” which features philosophy professor John David Collins and one of who we believe to be the children of Collins and one of […]

The final Blue and White of the year is now on newsstands near you, and it’s a very exciting double issue. But because we know you don’t want to have to get up—thus forfeiting whatever prime Butler real estate you managed to snag—we’ve gone ahead and Quick’ed it for your enjoyment.    Valuable advice, from […]

Professors bid their classes adieu, claim, “There’s still hope!” Hawkmadinejad should consider taking a leaf out of Woody Allen’s book.  Stressed about finals? Maybe look into the therapeutic benefits of being a sniper–only virtually, of course. Way way back in the 1980s, Columbia employees map campus, and Wallach was called Livingston! Will wonders never cease?  No […]

Name, School: Jon Cioschi, Columbia College  Claim to fame: My great, great, great (I’m not sure how many greats, to be honest) uncle, Antonio Meucci, may or may not have actually invented the telephone.  Alexander Graham Bell may or may not have stolen the designs from him and patented it before he could.  Reason being, […]

Senior wisdom continues with the illustrious Kieron Cindric.  You may know him as Associate Professor Bradbury from V114, but Bwog’s got your backstage pass.    Name, School: Kieron Cindric, CC ’08 Claim to fame: Varsity Show, Xmas: A Secular Spectacular, various other musical productions; being naked on stage and dressing as cupid for Halloween Post-grad […]

Citing the dining services webpage, Tipster Peter Labuza, informs Bwog that Chipotle will be accepting flex at some point this summer. According dining services, students can reap the nutritive benefits of Chipotle’s burritos and at the same time exercise their creativity as they build their Mexican creations.  It is unclear when this initiative will begin […]

Ever wonder what life would be like if you went to NYU?  Take a trip to NYU’s favorite coffee spot for a cup of joe and your daily dose of meta! Grade inflation isn’t the only reason to wish you went to NYU.  Just a few blocks south of Washington Square Park, Think Coffee serves […]

Senior Wisdom checks in with former LionPAC president and Achille Varzi fan Ari Gardner. Name, School: Ari Gardner, CC’08  Claim to fame:  former Prez of Lionpac Served on both the ABC and SGB, and lived to tell about it… Was once quoted by a United Arab Emirates newspaper under the heading “Minority Perspective”  lived on […]

Today, Bwog heads to Bogota to catch up with The Spectator’s latino cousin, El Espectador.  Que Guay!  Colombia’s got Controversy too: La Homofobia El Espec swims in journalistic riptide too:  The Challenges of Periodismo Moderno They’re prudish too:   What percentage of Colombians are virgins? Colombia remembers too: Los Recuerdos de 1968  Mannhattanville in Colombia? […]

In lieu of a typical Guide to the Weekend, Bwog has decided to poll its listservs and aggregate a more helpful list of activities. The following are answers to the question “What do you do to procrastinate?” We hope you’ll try out one or two (or nine) of our ideas and use the comment thread […]