The Bwog got a mysterious email earlier today claiming that Alma had been attacked with red paint. By the time we made it over to Low, all the Bwog could see was this guy cleaning up: While the red fingers socialists as the culprit, we think it’s more likely architecture students sick of Columbia’s dull […]

The Bwog never knew that bedbug infestations were treated so seriously. One student’s description, though, “It was horrible,” Bettelheim said. “They would bite me and then I would get huge rashes. It looked like a miniature tumor. I still have scars on my stomach.” makes us think the John Jay kids should get a container […]

It’s just been announced that U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) will speak at Columbia College Class of 2006’s Class Day in May. His daughter is a junior in the College. Bwog applauds seniors Nicholas Cain and Ciel Hunter on securing such a strong speaker. McCain’s no Obama, but he’s also no New England Patriots owner […]

Wouldn’t these midterms be bearable if the weather were at least half-way pleasant? Maybe. And where is the weather pleasant? South America. And what South American nation does Columbia have a kinship with? Colombia. That’s why we should move there. And that’s exactly what Anand Venkatesan pondered in this December 2002 Blue and White article: […]

If the Columbia Political Review is good for nothing else, the March issue has a rather valuable coupon on the back cover good for a cup of coffee and a bagel from Morton Williams, midterms week (March 6-10) only. First person to tell us if that includes cream cheese gets… well, a coupon good for […]

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, via e-mail, at bwgossip@columbia.edu. I thought about cloud formations, wild edibles, and how I could teach the girls to pitch tents and chop wood—all of which I thought would matter, […]

Once upon a time, Columbians dared to dream. Musicals in Butler Library. Silent dance parties on South Field. Pornography clubs at Acivities Day. Those dreamers constituted Prangstgrüp. And it pains Bwog to learn that few Columbians today are aware of the sauciest avant garde prankster group to ever mock Columbia. True, most of Prangstgrüp’s members […]

Boredatbutler.com has a nifty new feature that lists the top 100 words used on the site. As expected, raunchy words dominate the list – Bwog is especially fond of the delicious liaison between the latest top 5 words “sex” (1), “butler” (2), “people” (3), “fuck” (4) and “need” (5) – but there are some notable […]

A recent item on Salon.com gave us pause: The Harvard Gazette reports that researchers in Australia have now successfully grown a complete, functioning breast from a single stem cell. Though the experiment, set up by Kaylene Simpson, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School, was performed on a mouse, experts are confident that the study’s […]

Hurrah! Huzzah! The March print edition of The Blue and White, the last under Editor-in-Chief Zachary Bendiner, is officially released tonight! If you’re in a Columbia dorm, look for an issue at your door within the next 24 hours. But for those of you who desperately need your B&W jolt right now, here are some […]

Bwog staffer Julia Butareva reviews the Whitney Museum of American Art’s exhibit featuring drawings by Raymond Pettibon. As I walked into the Raymond Pettibon exhibition at the Whitney, a well-dressed mother walked in with her toddler. The kid babbled and squealed while I was trying to watch the video. “If you want culture,” I thought, […]

Yes, we are aware that is listed on the right, but to reiterate, FREE PIZZA RIGHT NOW! OUTSIDE THE PIANO LOUNGE! The Bwog will be fed. Update: It’s all over. A line that stretched the length of Lerner has been satisfied, and other forms of procrastinating can resume.

“So colonial America’s two greatest exports were sugar, which destroys your teeth, and tobacco, which kills you. Thanks.” –Trademark Eric Foner digression in lecture today. Just don’t get him started on The Great Boston Molasses Massacre.

In CCSC’s weekly email to the Columbia College student body: ______________________________ ___________________ 1. FREE FOOD tonight 2. Dean’s Day Closing Reception 3. Run for Student Council 4. How do you feel about Coke? 5. CC/Lit Hum Graduate Student (Preceptor) Teaching Award 6. Columbia College Days is coming. . . 7. Housing Satisfaction Survey 8. Party […]

Yo. Natalie Portman decided to show up to Bwog’s Terrorism and Counterterrorism class. If you’re in Hamilton, you might be able to catch her as she leaves. The action is on the 7th floor. Update: It turns out that Ms. Portman’s cameo in Professor Stuart Gottlieb’s Terrorism and Counterterrorism class was part of a MTV-U […]