Bwog is proud to bring you gossip from abroad – because everything is funnier when it’s not American. While doing his time in the ‘Nam, your loyal correspondent noticed the following exchange gracing the guestbook in the museum at the former US marine base of Khe Sanh: Intruders are doomed to be kicked out, no […]

Your parents are paying $40,000 a year for you to sleep through class, your hipster jeans cost more than rent on a studio apartment—but now the Bwog offers you a way to see the city: for free. Some of our favorite haunts: Highline Beginning around 34th Street near 10th Avenue (which used to be called […]

In which Bwog staffer Mark Krotov familiarizes us with the places where you can find him when he’s supposed to be in class. When I took chemistry in high school, I sat in front of a sink that I regularly turned on and off to prevent myself from falling asleep. When Columbia students take chemistry, […]

Man. It’s so very very sad when minors (or near-minors) exploit themselves. Or guess wildly at the going rate for porn. Or haven’t yet figured out people can have multiple email addresses. Broke freshman, the Bwog salutes you, but next time have a chat with Jamie to find out how it’s done first. UPDATE: Seems […]

This is the first installment of Morningside Lows, an ongoing series about cheap and local goings-on. $150 in credit is frozen on your Mastercard. African security guards constantly peer over your narrow shoulders. Dirty staffers give you dirtier looks when you ask where you can find High Fidelity (Directors section, under F, for “Frears, Stephen” […]

Girl to Boy: “Craigslist? What’s that, a monster?” No, but the internet can be a scary place.

Just last semester the Bwog discovered how to get an unlimited supply of free dvds delivered to the building across the street complete with a friendly reminder to come get your movies and a one-week renewable loan period. Follow along and you’ll never pay retail again. 1. Get a public library card. Apply for one […]

Bwog staffer Lydia Ross spent a day in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie exploring the hidden gems of Rockaway Blvd. Despite a history of racial tensions, Canarsie—located near the southeastern shore of Brooklyn—is today home to an incredibly diverse population of Europeans, African-Americans, and Caribbean immigrants. In search of cultural history and potential adventure, I […]

Bwog staffer Brendan Ballou sat down with Columbia junior Jamie, a writer for the Fed, the former singer for the F-Holes, and current Suicide Girl to discuss knitting, pornography, and why the Blue and White is too pretentious. Don’t I know you from somewhere? Well, I’m naked on the Internet. I feel that it’s something […]

Don’t get us wrong. The Bwog is all for modernity, progress, and the decline of awkward social customs. Sometimes, though, we do miss a bit of stifling courtship. Right now, Columbia’s dating scene has about as much life in it as the Bollinger marital bed… but the Bwog has a plan. Every Wednesday we’re giving […]

These excerpts were culled from documents left on Columbia’s lab computers. We encourage our readers to submit their own digitalia finds to us, via e-mail, at bwgossip@columbia.edu. After working on global AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in a developing country this past summer, I am convinced that I am interested in a consulting career.   In […]

From an e-mail by Tim de Swardt, CC’ 08, president of the newly formed Scholars Governing Board, regarding the “non-official” reasons to apply for membership: NON-OFFICIAL REASONS: Let’s be honest, it’ll look good on your resume. Also, life is about who you know, not what you know. and if you join the SGB, I guarantee […]

Turns out cell phones, email, aim, blogs, google video and facebook weren’t enough to keep us from the books at Butler. Thank God some clever SEAS students (we can only assume) came up with BoredAtButler.com, where we can all leave our anonymous 50¢ worth. Check it out quick; the site’s only been popular around 12 […]

From Bored at Butler: I believe that pretty much all the guys at columbia are secretly gay and just don’t know it yet. Metrosexuals are halfway there. 01/30/2006 @ 11:33:44 PM Somewhere on campus, Chris Kulawik readies a rebuttal. – Mark Krotov

Overheard while entering Labyrinth bookstore: “If worse comes to worst, I’ll just go to law school.” The speaker was definitely an underclassman.