It may feel like the beginning of second semester outside, but the 40 Days event is happening now out on Low Plaza.  To the delight of many, they’ve got more sandwiches than one can shake a stick at.  But it turns out a large bunch of seniors are in the middle of another countdown, that […]

A tipster squeals: “Food Expo at John Jay Dining Hall! Chicken Nuggets! Cookie Accosters! Free Naked Juice! Hurry!” That’s all we got. And accoster’s not in the widget dictionary.

CORRECTION, 9:30 PM: International students with Bachelor’s degrees have, in fact, twelve months (but only 12 months!) after graduation under the F-1 visa’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) . For more information, see here. Bwog staff would also like to note that one of our sources, i.e. The Daily Princetonian, made no note of this either. […]

Charlow’s loathsome acts, subsequent “eyebrow raising” Numbers for your ego Teetotalers at Columbia are people too Read this: Minutemen protesters rebuff charges against them Staff beats around the big ol’ bush More on Charlowheist: The New York Times’ coverage What’s going on at UT, And at USC And the clincher: “Lenders also paid for trips […]

Akon has two new singles out and three still on the charts.  Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki asks what, exactly, he’s giving us. I wrote a much longer piece for this week on Akon, Einstein, populism, and “Smack That.”  But it topped out at like 1,754 words, which I think is around 1,752 more than […]

In a nutshell: Associate Dean of Financial Affairs David Charlow, who deals with financial aid, is in the doghouse for having invested heavily in Student Loan XPress, which Columbia recommends to students for their loans. Here’s MSNBC coverage, and more from 1010 Wins. On campus, CTV got the story first, and Spec was hot on […]

Protesting sure has taken an interesting turn at American colleges recently. Let’s start here at Columbia. As of 6 pm, there were five protestors outside the main gates, protesting about the Minuteman protest which occured six months ago today.  What about it?  Three prim women, from New Yorkers for Immigration Control and Enforcement, are upset […]

For those of you bastards who aren’t trying to find off campus housing for two years because Wien blows, here’s your goddamn suite selection times.  Have a wonderful time next year with your kitchens, bathrooms, and common area, assholes, you “earned” it.   Some blowhard calling himself (or herself) the God of Housing has posted […]

While Columbia has not gotten the best press in the New York Post lately, The Chronicle of Higher Education has nothing but good things to say about our school, or at least its pranks.  The Chronicle’s article on “The College Prank as Viral Video” includes not one but two pranks by Prangstgrüp, the latter of […]

We spend an inordinate amount of time cruising Facebook albums. We know that there are a few talented photographers out there. And we sure as hell know how much you procrastinate (Bwog wouldn’t exist otherwise). Those realizations have combined to produce BWOG’S FIRST PHOTO CONTEST. Maybe it’ll become a weekly thing.  So, here’s the deal: […]

Actress to speak at Barnard commencement, nobody goes apeshit Barnard accepts 28% of applicants, nobody goes apeshit  “you don’t need a contested class council election to get a good turnout”  Athletes react to being told they shouldn’t be here (their reaction is that they disagree) Religion: not for show || Jesus eating matzah Staff Editorial: […]

The new bus stop next to the law school LIGHTS UP, revealing a GLOWING PEPSI CAN BOTTLE.

The results of ESC’s virtual election are in, and the winner is…online voting. In contrast to last week’s abysmal turnout at the CCSC polls, over half of SEAS undergrads participated in this year’s contest (well, barely…exactly 50.9% voted). And that’s without the ability to directly choose SEAS’ highest leaders! Of course, the above figure is an average: […]

Want extraneous ephemera? We’ve got extraneous ephemera! Bwog missed it while QuickSpecking, since the classic headline “Penn to Teach at Penn” ran under today’s College Briefs in the print edition only. “Sean Penn?” one student was overheard wondering. Not quite, and if seniors here are upset about Matthew Fox speaking on Class Day, we wonder what they’d think […]

In which Bwog freelancer Armin Rosen stumbles upon the heart of Harlem.   Unlike its vegetative namesake, the Baobab Tree has an inconspicuous presence. The African art workshop, housed in a garage just north of 125th Street on Amsterdam, has been a local fixture since the early 70s, conducting art classes and events for the […]