Brokers, landlords unite in subtle White-Wing conspiracy to keep New York segregated What? Discrimination in the sciences? Damn you Larry Summers! Quick, have lots of girls invade Pupin and blow up gummy bears! Asian-American fest lots of work, draws “everyone” Capitalism helps us be able to bear winter, be Christ-like, and remember the expulsion of […]

Bwog is ready for vacation. And after Thanksgiving, it’s a race to the finish–might as well start buying your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa presents now, because you’re not going to have time in three weeks. Let the season begin! – Learning experiences that will be funny in 20 years – Great men come, go, salvage Columbia’s honor, wish […]

 The Philolexian Society’s 21st Annual Alfred Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest announced their winners! The winning poem goes to “Psalm” by Yonah Lemonik, CC ’08 and the first runner’s up goes to “Leftovers” by Jonah Bloch-Johnson CC ’08 (as “Phillip Hutchinson”) and Phyllis Ma CC ’09. Since Bwog is in the mood for wishing hearty […]

Paul Sonne, Editor in Chief of CPR and Rhodes finalist, almost ended Columbia’s six year losing streak on the Rhodes scholarship this year, (even NYU and Duke scored awards—as if basketball and US News rankings weren’t enough). Luckily, he had already landed the Marshall and its free ride to Oxford, where he’ll be getting a […]

Geo Karapetyan, producer of the 113th Annual Varsity Show, sends us this early morning news:  The Varsity Show was cast last night and the creative team just pied  (most of) this year’s cast as an induction.  The cast for V113 is: Becky Abrams, C’08 Thomas Anawalt, C’09 Josh Breslow, C’08 Caitlin Harrity, B’07 Jordy Lievers, […]

In which CML recapitulates this weekend’s football game, and shares the lesson of promising mediocrity. Early this Saturday morning, the Columbia football team arrived in scenic Providence, Rhode Island for their final game of the season. They were greeted by a jolly bear reminiscent of the old Smoky ad campaigns, a large cadre of stoners […]

In our second poetry post of the day, Bwog is happy to announce that both of this week’s personals were offered dates. Pitr’s suitor–who would like to remain anonymous–had a particularly charming proposition, reprinted below. I have written a series of four haikus in order to try and explain why I love Pitr so, and […]

Dean of SEAS Zvi Galil, spam robot extraordinaire, strikes once more with an idiosyncratic personal e-mail before he leaves to take over the presidency of Tel Aviv University. Just another example of what we’ll be missing… Hi All, SEAS is hot. (Don’t hold it without gloves, you may get burnt.) We now have final numbers of Early […]

Tablet Arts Fair on Low Plaza right now! They have free hot chocolate, cheap cupcakes, and lots of wonderful art supplies to play with. Plus cool beats and even cooler people. 

In which Bwog correspondent Hannah Goldfield discovers the delights of poetry taken unseriously. “I have one about bestiality, to the tune of ‘Son of a Preacherman’, but I don’t want to be that bestiality girl!” said a distressed young woman as the elevator door closed and we began our ascent to the James Room on […]

In 1997, Men in Black was a monster of a hit.  It would soon be near- forgotten in the society’s collective consciousness, but later became the inspiration for The Tycho Treaty.  Bwog took a load off with the band, Sam Rosenthal C’079 on bass and vocals, Mason Felton-Reid NYU ‘09 on guitar, and Miles on percussion, […]

CTV viewers were shocked—and secretly hopeful—at the announcement a few days ago that Sexiled, that sex show on CTV, is looking for two new hosts.  That’s right: Vanessa Goldstein and Travis Cone are ready to hand over the reigns to their liberated forum of hard-hitting sexual discussion, and are holding auditions for replacements.  In an […]

The Barnard Bulletin (Barnard’s weekly magazine on, among other topics, female empowerment) is now up as a blog.  And it’s pink. Really really pink.  According to its mission statement, the magazine “seeks to inform and entertain readers by featuring in depth articles that explore important campus issues;” you be the judge.  Point of interest: the […]

Bill Pennington, author of an article in today’s Times, meditates on what many-an-Ivy Leaguer has meditated: just what is the purpose of pursuing a successful football program at a school known for its academic caliber?  Are the two ends of academic excellence and athletic triumph mutually exclusive? (Perhaps: he notes that Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford, […]

Don’t Double Major; It’s Unlikely Anyone Will Care Don’t Give Up on Fighting in Iraq, Because That Would Be Like Giving Up On The Football Team (or is it the other way around…?) Get a Flu Shot. Which will be $5 cheaper at Barnard. Live in the LLC or Risk: Not Making Friends, Not Reaching […]