The Bwog has been spending the weekend trying to figure out what happened at the ‘Stend Friday. A handful of people saw the fights outside but no one seems to know what went on inside. So far all we’ve got is this: I was at the ‘stend from 1130-1215 last night. The doors to the […]

Overheard in the Carman elevator: “You can’t fight a tiger and win.”

There are 21 boxes of sweaters, coats, pants, jackets, and fuzzy hats in the Student Government Office, with much Gap and J.Crew. We’re not sure how long the’ve been there (presumably less than the five months since the 5.6 magnitude earthquake). But we do know that, if they ever reach Pakistan, the average earthquake victims […]

Free pizza on Low Plaza at 9 tonight. Go. Now.

5:10 pm Columbia students, repeat after me: Neither the West End nor Broadway between 113th and 114th are my personal playplaces. I will refrain from fighting in the streets and from setting off fire alarms. Or, at the very least least, I’ll try not to do both in the same day.

Last night apparently wasn’t the night to go to the West End. This morning the Spec reported on 3 am street fights which occured when about 200 people came spilling out of the ‘Stend. Of course, the Bwog has known about this since last night when it woke up to, say, COPS FIRING SHOTS INTO […]

In which film savant Iggy Cortez gives you something to watch if even a trip on the 1, 2, or 3 seems too much. A friend of mine recently said he couldn’t think of any great contemporary directors, and to contemporary cinema’s defense the first (out of many) names that came to mind was that […]

In which staffer Mark Krotov gives movie suggestions for those who fear to venture off the 1, 2, and 3 lines. AMC Loews 84th Street 6 84th and Broadway Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Feel very proud to live in a blue state. Mr. Guy’s recurring statement, “Now that’s funny, I don’t care who […]

Warner Brothers may have censored itself to stay on the good side of the FCC’s new indecency standards, but you can catch the uncut premier episode of the Bedford Diaries, filmed on the Barnard campus, at the WB website before the sanitized one runs on Wednesday. Sexy professors! Suicides! Unrequited love! Is YOUR life this […]

Exploding syringes of nitric acid. Animal testing. And a band called ‘Vector Sum.’ B&W staffer Anna Corke talked with chem grad student Paul Vadola to discover the secret life of chem students. Why did you decide to go into chemistry? I was a premed bio major. Organic chemistry is part of the premed package and […]

Quick poll: Who knows where Morningside Gardens is? (Answers involving Morningside Heights or Morningside Park don’t count) Do your plagiarizing at Columbia, not Barnard. Here’s to never seeing the phrase “‘safe spaces’ under momma Bollinger’s skirts” in print again. Casey Acierno makes his her mom mix-tapes.

These excerpts were culled from documents left on Columbia and Barnard lab computers. We encourage our readers to submit their own digitalia finds to us at bwgossip@columbia.edu. For example, evolution and the big bang theory are not falsifiable and, according to Popper, are about as scientific as, say, my personal theory that purple unicorns will […]

It’s 50 degrees outside! Celebrate the end of the week and treat yourself to an ice cream sandwich. After stopping by the Good Humor cart, walk past the Aish booth on Low Plaza. If you look Jewish enough, you might just be handed an opportunity to get “spiritual discovery” in Israel for the low, low […]

Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi speaks in Low this afternoon. And by in Low, we mean from a giant video screen. Thanks, NYT for getting us excited for nothing. According to SIPA’s conference site, equally important policy types should be around. But do they have the hair?

Students soon able to turn pass/fail grade into letter grade after seeing final score.In related news, pass now equals fail. Ellen Binder’s, assistant vice president for budget operations and financial planning, son unable to thrive in public school. Only 1 out of the 3 SEAS class president elections contested Miri Cyper Cypers makes omlette-making sound […]