The SAT and ACT suck. They have problematic histories and are not good metrics of students’ qualifications. Because of the pandemic, Columbia and Barnard have temporarily seen the light and gone test-optional. But with no test scores required, how should Columbia and Barnard choose whom to admit? Bwog Staff has some ideas:

Staff Writer and new bwogger Eleanor Babwin explains proper pet etiquette while attending Zoom University.

New bwogger Alexandra Tsorvas attended a medical school training event that discussed the unequal power dynamics inherent in doctor-patient relationships and how to mitigate them.

Many students have noted the rather phallic appearance of the pair of fountains in front of Low Steps. This week, Bwog asks the obvious question: what keeps those penis fountains erect?

New Staff Writer Anna Eggers attended a book talk by Nicole Fleetwood about her new book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration sponsored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

POV: You shyly pin your crush’s video, and in the reflection of their glasses, you see your magnified self. O romance! O love! How the heart burst at the thrill of such thought!

One Bwogger takes on the herculean task of understanding what the pigeons of New York have to say to the world.

Is it even surprising that that’s the title of a week in Bwog’s life?

Life is hard enough as a first-year, and then you put us into breakout rooms? That’s a bit much.

A completely understandable snafu in trying to manage the logistics of sending hundreds of students around the world some plastic tubes? Or a coverup?

Evidence that real rich people are corrupt and evidence that fake rich people win Emmys on today’s Bwoglines.

I know you want to know…

First-year Panu Hejmadi gives new students an in-depth, articulate tour of Barnard College as the most reliable tour guide that has ever been on Barnard’s campus. After all, there is nothing more objective than a perspective that is delivered by distancing yourself from the subject matter. And I’m only a comfortable nineteen hour and twenty-five-minute […]

You know what they say — use your time wisely.

You can’t take every class in the catalog, sadly.