Activists disagree with something? You don’t say! For ten cents a day, you too can have your very own Iraqi refugee. So Day Out Against Hate is bad, because there won’t be any hate acts committed on that day. Right… And another bizarre scientific study proves that smiling is harmful. Canada, eh?

Feel better–you could be getting waterboarded! So says Amnesty International, the group responsible for that brightly attired fellow out on Low Plaza, also putting on a panel this evening on torture. Don’t worry, they rotate out every few minutes (not quite as hardcore as this, but we get the message). In other social justicy news […]

Several Bwog editors retrieved the passwords of their middle school AIM screen names and entered a chatroom to discuss Todd Haynes’ new Dylan “biopic” I’m Not There. Heath Ledger was taken down a notch, David Cross was lauded, and Yorkie avatars were chosen.  Today’s Yorkie Roundtable features: Armin Rosen  Andrew Flynn      Maryam Parhizkar […]

For those who need a refresher on Columbia’s new philosophy magazine, here’s an interview from earlier this year. Their current issue is available now and here’s some of what’s in it (page numbers are by the number in the pdf): An Explanation of What the Hell a “Work” Issue is About (p.3)  Columbia Undergraduate Philosophy […]

Hate3 Students Fight Law, Law Wins “Are women human?”  “Green Cakes” Not As Bad as They Sound Courteous, Professional, Racist?   

So the U.S has been fighting this war for the past few years– you may have heard of it. It’s taken a lot of lives, cost a lot of money, and generally spiraled into a mess of civil war, religious strife, torture, and global disapproval. Listening to Ambassador Hamid Al Bayati recite his government’s policy […]

Who gave the College Libertarians chalk?!                 UPDATE 12:24 PM: Bwog daily editor David Iscoe spotted the chalky Libertarian and/or ironist last night. Says David: “I saw him drawing another one (“Ron Paul cured my apathy”) on the sidewalk near (I think) Kim’s, the guy was a somewhat […]

Bwog has recently been made privy to Grand Central, a Google-owned program that allows users to sign up for one number that will make all your phones ring when called (both landlines and cellphones). Grand Central also has numerous creepy/cool features like requiring people to state the reason for their call before getting to speak with you and allowing […]

It seems Havana Central has gotten their hands on the email addresses of several Columbia student groups! Lately they’ve been spamming inboxes with invitations to celebrate New Years Eve with the good folks at the wholly unpopular M’side watering hole. The flyer advertises “strong Cuban drinks PLUS New Years party favors” (emphasis ours). But wait! […]

With Thanksgiving a distant memory and our 39 day winter break on the horizon, the holiday season is officially upon us. No matter your non-secular celebration of choice come December, campus groups are affording everyone the opportunity to do good deeds. Karma: the gift that keeps on giving.  Today in Lerner there is a veritable […]

Anonymous passerby wants to know why there’s a tent filled with blankets in front of Barnard’s Lehman library. This morning, Bwog inquired about the painted, comforter-filled tent. Three girls manning the table behind the tent explained that the tent was symbolic of a call for discourse about academic issues concerning Barnard to take place on […]

Filmmaker wins award for documentary, is kind of an asshole about it This article is like our collective id—thoughts of humiliating nature usually repressed by censors barring them from entering conscious thought. Something… went amiss here. Wrestling tournament—in complete seriousness—is called Mat-Town USA Open Premeds take a break from mutually assured sabotage to address scathing […]

Class councils are usually content with spamming our inboxes and springing for the occasional platter of Dino BBQ. And God bless ’em for it–free food and the electronically-reinforced illusion of class unity are the two pillars upon which successful student government stand. But the CC 2011 class council is taking this time-honored formula to its next […]

In a rather embarrassing miscommunication, Bwog has realized that its special guest, The New Yorker‘s Lauren Collins, is actually scheduled to come NEXT Monday, not tonight. You are all still very much welcome to come say hi though (at our regularly scheduled time of 9:30 PM) and now you have a whole week to get […]

The cruel cycle of nature continues–right in front of Lewisohn! Writes a tipster: “Just at noon (right now!) I saw a GIANT hawk in front of the sculpture facing Lewisohn, chowing down on some small animal.  It’s neat to see real wild life in the city.” And it’s neat to see such fitting metaphors for […]