As if choice chicken wings and cheese sticks weren’t enough, JJ’s now offers flatscreen TVs at several of its private booths. One staff member says, “I think it’s a big improvement. The kids who graduated would be really jealous if they knew about this. Welcome to the new JJ’s.”  Students tonight were watching everything from […]

As of 3:06 am, that girl who sat ahead of us in high school biology is no longer single. Some photos of our little sister in potentially compromising situations have been unjustly revealed. Some guy we barely know has just friended some girl we never knew. And now the world knows the groups we just […]

Barnard Dances Its Way to Diversity as Columbia Students Raise, Ignore Roof Columbia Demonstrates Effectiveness of Sensitivity Training, Formulates Plan to Move Health Services Into Non-Handicapped Accessible Building After Summer of Dormancy, Fern Diaz Has Opinions Again  Well, Mark Holden, I Went to the Caribbean and Tanned on the Beach, and/or Traveled Around Europe, and/or […]

Facts: – There are 20 floors in the East Campus highrise. – There are 722 residents. – There are two elevators. – Schapiro has 16 floors, 415 residents, and four elevators. – Broadway has 14 floors, 372 residents, and four elevators.  Bwog marvels. And waits, interminably.  

It has concluded! Your formal introduction to Columbia, we mean. In the last week, we’ve tried to help you, entertain you, promote the good and distract you from the bad of NSOP.  A few highlights: Life on the floor – the psychology of Resident Advisors, your new best friends Life on the circuit – bar […]

Free bagels and muffins in Lerner right now! All are lovingly laid out and appear to be fresh. Looks like the school wants us to get used to eating breakfast after noon as soon as possible. Score!

Last night before classes start–what’s a first-year to do?  Venturing out of the neighborhood is expensive and spooky, and the West End is shut down for Cubanization.  It’s time for a guide to the nightlife in Morningside Heights, or as Bwog contributor Addison Anderson calls it, the M.H., or as he also calls it, The […]

Huge stacks of Papa John’s pizza, soda, and candy right now on the 5th floor of Lerner! Nobody’s there, so come get it now!

The following is a departure from typical Bwog style. But Bwog staffer Lydia DePillis couldn’t help bringing it to your attention anyway, and hopes you’ll bear with something that’s more sweetness than snark. Just across Morningside Park, another school is gearing up for the start of classes on Tuesday. Teachers at P.S. 180 spend long […]

The days of granola bars and Starbucks cups are over, sayeth the librarians–effective next week, if you want to eat, you’ve got to join the line at Blue Java. According to the information desk, the decision was made a few weeks ago, when the Head Librarian noticed a guy bringing a slice of pizza through […]

First-years, Bwog summons you from your groggy Sunday morning hangover. The air is warm and crisp, the sky is blue — perfect for an afternoon outing to Staten Island. Well, the destination is not so romantic (Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island is home to New York’s refuse), but the journey. Oh the journey. The […]

Just because you’ve had Facebook since senior year of high school doesn’t mean you know how to use it properly. Veteran facebookers and Bwog staffers Sara Vogel, Amanda Erickson, Marc Tracy, Izumi Devalier, Avi Zenilman, and Lydia DePillis weigh in on the subtleties that—Bwog is sorry to say—still haven’t been figured out by a disturbing […]

Sick of John Jay already? Afraid of spending money at on the hit-and-miss restaurant scene in Morningside? Bwog staffers Izumi Devalier and Iggy Cortez have been around the block, and have a few pointed recommendations for securing sustenance on campus and off.   A – 947 Columbus Ave., between 106th and 107th Yeah, we know: […]

Columbia was one of the first Ivy Leagues to admit Jews. A disproportionate percentage of the school identifies as Jewish. We have a freaking seminary right up the street, and the Upper West Side has probably the highest concentration of synagogues this side of Jerusalem. Coming from anywhere other than New York or Florida, it’s […]

Overheard outside East Campus during the second fire alarm of the night, ‘round midnight: “My entire suite is still in there!” To departing firefighters: “Sorry it wasn’t real,..” Guy walking by the crowd outside EC: What’s this for? Bystander: It’s a fire alarm. Guy walking: Oh. Fuck that shit. Bwog has also heard that three […]