Bwog is proud to bring the third installment of “Lecture Hopping,” in which correspondents go to speeches, lectures, and public displays of erudition so you don’t have to. ID: The Politics of Intelligent Design February 27 Roone Arledge Cinema, Lerner Hall Few titles herald a more dismal evening than “The Politics of Intelligent Design,” a […]

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. Theses feces reese’s pieces After reading “A Vindication of the Woman’s Rights” I couldn’t help but feel somewhat confused about the mixed message. Women have different […]

Girl on College Walk: “I make out with Sig Ep a lot. Cause they’re, like, right next door.” – James Williams

Bari Weiss reviews Bridge and Tunnel, performer-writer Sarah Jones’ theatre tribute to the immigrant experience. It’s hard to knock a female solo performer headlining packed houses at 29, especially when Meryl Streep has called her “a member of the tribe.” But Meryl Streep’s blessing can only get you to the Village; it takes audiences to […]

One success story already and we know you’re just waiting for your turn. The Bwog Personals will never stop in its noble quest to get our readers some and this week we deliver unto you elusive Floridian Steve. Does he look like the guy of your dreams? Email bwgossip@columbia.edu with a sentence or two about […]

SEAS democracy looms on the horizon. And now, the time has come to raise the specter of FlexLife. “Pundits” attack, “progressive” voices scream “diversity,” They’re usin’ “adversity” to transform our uni-versity into a bastion of “liberal” “perversity”… …’Cept hate ain’t fine, so when it comes to Finkelstein, We’ll overcome these polarities and stand in solidarity […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a long article about Harvard’s Larry Summers. We don’t care. The article also has a list of 6 possible sucessors. That we care about. No. 2? Lee C. Bollinger President of Columbia University since 2002 Mr. Bollinger, 59, a former dean of the University of Michigan Law School, was […]

Feeling the heat from the indignant masses who have been protesting the Facebook’s decision to contaminate its virgin collegiate domain with the abbreviated ramblings of high school students, Mark Zuckerberg finally broke the silence with a response: Hey, Facebook understands that some of you may be upset that high school and college students can now […]

March is almost here and the theses have begun their looming. Blythe Sheldon forwarded us the following email from an anonymous anthopology student. While the fetishization of childhood books is never a great idea, they’ve still got a clever idea. in other news, i’m naming my thesis. so that my away messages will sound better: […]

Bwog reports! Someone decides! The Spec reported earlier today that Adam Goldberg, E’06, founder of Ye Olde Campus Network and former Engineering Student Council President, quit his position as ESC Director of Technology last night at an ominously named “constitutional review session which was closed to the press.” It was unclear why Goldberg resigned. Until […]

At 17 Lingxi Kong was named one of the Top 10 inventors in Wu Han province. By 20 he was in jail as a Chinese political prisoner. This week Lingxi talked with B&W staffer Brendan Ballou about classical history, the world’s fastest bicycle, and how President Bollinger won his freedom. You run a website, Pax […]

Possible Watt arson may be fraternity related…but Bwog thinks LUL stands for Love U Lots. ESC member resigns; conspiracy theories unleashed. Who said Valentine’s was over? Admin sez: Beer + Moz Sticks + First Years = Illegal.

First Brendan Ballou felt bad about breaking a Lerner turnstile. Then he didn’t. I can’t believe it. I really can’t believe it. People are still swiping their cards at the turnstile that does not exist. They stop before going through, bend down and swipe, then walk through, as if they still needed some permission to […]

In a move that went entirely unnoticed this week except by the Splog and college freshmen, the Facebook let high schoolers and college students be friends. Lydia DePillis weighs in. In the beginning, there were two worlds. And then they were one, and the Lord rested. I hope. This whole high school kids on facebook […]

Overheard in an EC elevator: Girl #1: “You have insomnia?” Girl #2: “No, I have wind ensemble.” We prefer to view this exchange not as an example of mishearing, but as one friend inquiring about an ailment, and the other friend expounding on its cure.