Manhattan is getting its most ambitious subway expansion in half a century! Starting from December, the Second Avenue Line (an extension of the Q Train) will serve the Upper East Side with brand new stations at 72nd, 86th, and 96th streets. (The New York Times) The nation of Gambia announced on Tuesday its immediate withdrawal […]

One of the events featured on last weekend’s “Where Art Thou” list is a performance by Ensemble Signal, tonight at the Miller Theatre, of music by Steve Reich, an American composer well-known for his work in the genre of minimal music. At first glance, we didn’t think much of this event; most of us aren’t interested in “four […]

This morning, President Bollinger sent out an email to the Columbia community with the news that Peter Awn, the Dean of the School of General Studies, is leaving his position at the end of this academic year. Dean Awn has been the dean of GS for the past twenty years, and has “been responsible for […]

On the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Ricky Gervais, participating in a game forcing all participants to answer random questions from audience members, overshared when faced with a question pertaining to what it was like getting older. I think discussing your ‘pendulous testicles’ was a little much, Ricky. (Yahoo) In other news, Apple Watch sales have […]

With mid-terms coming to a close, the cool air blowing in and everyone desperate for Fall Break, Bwog reflects on a weekend of paying debts and placing bets on who is over class work the most.  Too bored for real work: I also joined a men’s shaving club while procrastinating a paper. Pregamed homecoming at 8am at […]

Tom Hanks, hosting SNL this past weekend, gave America the pre-election pep talk it needs and assuring folks that everything will be alright. Hanks acts as the dad America needs right now as he fist bumps his way into America’s hearts once more. (Huffington Post) As President Obama prepares to leave office, his name withstands […]

When you saw this, you probably wondered “What are ‘Dante’s Laurels?” And if you’re SEAS or Barnard, you probably just analyzed that vague name “Dante”. And just to lap the entire Columbia circle, if you’re GS, you’re probably analgesic over us kids talking naughtily about your old Patroclean buddy. Regardless, during stressful times like these it’s often easy to forget that Columbia […]

Once upon a time, Bwog stopped writing about the f-word. Since last year, though, we are once again recognizing that the football team exists. We took to Butler tonight to ask the library-dwellers what they think about Columbia’s homecoming win yesterday (more comprehensive homecoming coverage to come tomorrow–our resident bandies/sports writers are still recovering). Butler […]

AT&T made a deal to buy Time Warner for $84.5 billion yesterday. The companies expect to finalize the deal by the end of 2017. Trump commented that because of his view on the consolidation of major media companies, he wouldn’t have approved the deal. (The Wall Street Journal) Major websites such as Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify […]

The European Space Agency stated that a European spacecraft, named “Schiaparelli” might have crashed on Mars on Friday, leaving a dark spot on Mars’ surface. (The New York Times) Airbnb lost major lawsuit battle in New York State. Its Head of New York Public Policy, Josh Meltzer, wrote in a statement, “A majority of New […]

Spooky things, scary things, Russian black-ops teams who take your professors away. Bwog continues the horror stories with a fresh addition from Staff Writers Jennifer Nugent and Paola Ripoll.  It was a dark and stormy midday on November 9th, 2016. The students of Professor Adelbert’s Soviet Interventions class slowly shuffled in, excitement in their eyes […]

Ah, love—how it comes and goes with the wind. We have a few tips to help you avoid the more tense moments in your lives. Find out where they live on the directory and don’t go to those dorms. Figure out their dining hall pattern (a trial and error process, admittedly), and avoid Ferris when you […]

At a Beijing economic forum yesterday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced “my separation from the United States… both in military and economics also.” (Chicago Tribune) Yesterday in Miami, President Obama compared the Affordable Care Act to Samsung. If a phone has flaws, he said, you fix it and don’t throw it away. “Unless it catches fire, […]

The final presidential debate happened on Wednesday night, and that’s about enough said about that. (New York Times) California’s attorney general has begun an investigation into Wells Fargo after the company received allegations of identity theft. Apparently, many customers had accounts opened in their names that they did not authorize. (LA Times) The Obamas hosted […]

Earlier today (or, technically, yesterday), Bwog received the following tip: Caught a close up of the feasting hawk responsible for the rain of feathers in front of butler today. A former staffer suggests that this is the same hawk dubbed “hawkmadinejad” back in the 08 09 era. Pic attached. Same bird? The bird in question […]