Tipster Nishant Batsha Reports: “There’s a bunch of tents set up in front of Hamilton to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the building. I asked some guy dressed up in colonial-era clothing and he said it was open to “students, alumni, and donors.” Free pastries!” Sounds good.                   […]

Bwog announces the return of Thursday Room Hopping — now on a new day! Jessica’s room in Claremont is probably the best place on campus to sit pretzel-style on the ground with some milk and cookies for a read-aloud. The artistic senior spent the week of down-time before school began bringing the outdoors inside of […]

     Bwog happened upon a man making an intricate chalk drawing of the Virgin Mary–we think–on the sidewalk outside Havana Central. A collection hat said he was using donations to put his kids through college. We dropped some change in, admired some more, and moved on.          …And in profane news, we hear […]

In which Bwog freelancer Zack Hoopes infiltrates the world of I-banking infosessions. “THIS is where you need to be.  This IS where you need to be. This is where YOU need to be.” The JP Morgan interns on the TV screen said this phrase to me, over and over again, in every conceivable form of […]

Hurry! Until 8 PM, EC Plaza will have free BBQ followed by desserts from Kitchenette in the Wien Courtyard. Give your thanks to Residential Life (especially EC/Wien RAs).

A big Bwog welcome to the Blaaag (rhymes with gag, and not to be confused with Blaaaaahg), which we stumbled upon a few weeks ago before it officially launched on Tuesday. The Blaaag staff wants you to know that although it is specific to Asian American stuff, it is not the voice of the Asian […]

On the semester’s first Friday the activities fair bestowed unto Bwog the following: One plastic Japanese fan (which was very useful in the foul heat) One pocketful of melted chocolate At least four varieties of baked goods Condoms-a-plenty the Holy Bible  One bright yellow gym sack brandished with advertising from Columbia Community Outreach A nice […]

Money Space Money Space Space Money Space Money  Mexican soccer players…they’re just like us!  Oh how wonderful it is to be a Spec Arts writer Putting Collegeboxes on notice

Bwog believes that you should absolutely judge a group by its flyers, and with recruitment posters blanketing campus, there are a lot of pre-judgments to make. But even if you’re not considering joining any, you can at least appreciate what they say about the state of national politics, and how the clubs themselves are doing. […]

Yesterday, PrezBo dusted off the ol’ blue and white robes and headed north for the inauguration of JTS’s new chancellor. Bwogger Armin Rosen dressed less ridiculously for the occasion. During his inaugural address as the newly-minted seventh chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, former Stanford professor Arnold Eisen recalled how, as a staffer for the […]

So you thought the Facebook apps were bad. Now Facebook has this nifty little feature where non-members and search engines can access your Facebook too! In technical terms, your public search listing is indexed by external search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc.). Now alongside your high school cross-country race times, curious minds can also see […]

Eminent domain? More like open domain.  “Why’d you pick Columbia? It was actually very easy because I didn’t get into any of my other upper echelon schools.” Shoes! Vogue! Fashion! Parties! Did you know it’s fashion week? One sentence Lit Hum summaries are overdone. Vamp Vamp

Wien’s undergone some changes other than landscaping. The single bathrooms on each floor have historically been used by both genders, but this year, complaints prompted the Housing gods to make them all either for women or men. When picking into housing, those with bad enough numbers to be stuck in Wien did know which floors […]

Girl 1: But I do want to go. Girl 2: You don’t have to put out, I swear. just go – Corner of 114th and Broadway  Overheard by Jessica Cohen Girl: So my dad is a law professor here, so my house is on Riverside. It’s really convenient. – CC Class Girl: No, daddy, come […]

“Delta Delta Delta, can I help ya, help ya, help ya?” No more kickbacks here Stop Columbia! Unless I get a good business deal out of it. But will there be swipe access? Chipotle vs. Taqueria- showdown of the century Fashion! Fashion! Fashion!