There’s nothing like a lazy weekend afternoon to get Columbia students talking about video games…     Ruggles, Friday afternoon: Girl: What are you playing? Guy: Diablo II expansion pack: Lord of Destruction. Girl: What’s that floating around you? Guy: Bone shield. [pause] There’s really no way to sound cool when you’re playing this game. […]

In which Bwog instills heart-thumping excitement in you and all of your friends; this piece will appear in the November issue of the Blue and White.  Here, Lenora Babb discusses the wacky world of “Department Administrators and the University That Needs Them.” Professors like to think they’re the stars of the university, but in every […]

Some time last evening, the statue of George Washington at the never-finished Cathedral of Saint John the Divine was beheaded in a blatant act of vandalism. A tipster reports that the head was replaced with a $1 bill–of course featuring the face our first President himself.  Alex Weinberg, who took the photo at left, was interviewed […]

While walking along 115th street this morning, Bwog noticed a heap of chicken bones sitting on a stoop, evidently already picked over by sidewalk scavengers. Who could have such slovenly habits? The top of the doorframe gave us our answer–the boys of Zeta Beta Tau. Cheers to the first one who walks outside.   

 Confirmed Reports: GOP Hires New Divorce Lawyer Don’t Hate the Playa…Hate the U.S. Central Command  Really Smart Former Soldiers Cry Foul. Don’t Believe Anything Anyone Tells You About the Army.  Aaahhhhhh! Real MonsterTrak (for Grown-ups)  It’s Tough Pissing People Off, But Someone’s Gotta Do It

Here’s the Gossip from the November issue. We know, we know, none of you will pick up the issue now that we’ve gone ahead and given you the goods. Consider this an act of love. Gossip  And now, a look at some of the more illustrious job titles of some of our more illustrious faculty.  Department […]

Up-and-coming quirky singer-songwriter Nellie McKay often writes songs with political messages, but it was brought to our attention that on her latest album, Pretty Little Head, she has some harsh words for Columbia and its students. Apparently the lyrics are about monkey-abuse, but here they are for your own dissection:  “Columbia is Bleeding” Another day […]

Ah, the penultimate installment in Addison Anderson’s Lamont-Doherty series. Savor this moment; it shall not always be with you. In this episode: urgency, wild turkeys, total chaos, nuclear testing, Greenland, and forced labor!             “One of the joys [of research at Lamont] is how cross-disciplinary it has to be,” says Dr. G. Michael Purdy, director […]

So by now you must have noticed- how could you not?- the Varsity Show’s recruiting gimmick on the steps of Low today. They say it’s to drum up interest in auditioning for cast and chorus positions in Columbia’s favorite musical tradition. (November 13th-14th, 8-11PM, kids! Prepare a song!) We’ve also spotted camp-counselor recruiters wandering around […]

Death all around you…or not Christian fundamentalists, more tolerant? Might be a losing battle. They like us! They really like us! Pretty pictures of people passing  Amazing Racing cutthroat bureaucrat  

A dear alumnus informs us that Ady Barkan, C ’06, is working to make the last past six months of his life relevant: he’s the spokesman for one Victoria Wulsin, who’s 2,300 votes down against incumbent Republican Jean Schmidt (who incurred Democratic wrath by calling decorated veteran John Murtha a coward) in Ohio’s second district. […]

In the spirit of patriotism that the Bwog culinary team upholds in every recipe, we’ve put together a politician-icious compendium of recipes written and inspired by your favorite rich people with power. Apologies to those of you who expected Cooking with Bwog over the weekend. We had to wait for the results to come in. […]

Well, it happened: Dean Zvi Galil has decided to leave “the best job in the world” and accept the position as President of Tel-Aviv University.  Bwog and SEAS are sad.  Mass emails at Columbia—and indeed, Columbia herself—will never be quite the same. Bwog knows not what to say. Emptiness abounds. Resonates. Echoes. Echoes. Echoes. Galil […]

In which Bwog continues in its fine tradition of shamelessness and provides you with a sneak-peek at our upcoming issue.  In this installment, Addison Anderson takes on Columbia’s newest Guilty Pleasure: The Gates. Soap Dispensable When The Blue and White discovered that CTV was launching a new soap opera, The Gates, we rued the limitations […]

Democrats Take the House; Republicans Settle for Car, Boat, Custody of Children Local Election Results as Boring as Local Elections SEAS Plots to Move Up in College Rankings, Solidifies Place as the Haylie Duff of Morningside Heights Look!  We’re Good at Things Sometimes! Meow, Meow, Meow, and You Shall Have No Life Successes.  I Mean […]