Yesterday we showed you the first glimpse of Columbia’s Class of 2020 from the—now deceased—Lion Order [lion emoji] GroupMe, which included abounding enthusiasm for an idyllic scholar’s life and quite a bit of misguided aggression towards other schools. While we won’t deny those are the two things which Columbia prefrosh most prominently grasp onto in those strange […]

Tamasha Rising is Friday, April 8 (tomorrow!) from 7:15 to 11pm, in Roone Arledge Auditorium. Held every spring by Club Zamana, Tamasha attracts over 1000 undergraduates, graduates, alumni, and parents. This talent showcase is designed to promote South Asian culture and to encourage campus unity. This year’s show will include performances by: Raas Bhangra Dhoom Taal […]

Get ready to feel a little more mediocre than you already did: New York high school senior Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna is the second student from her school to be accepted to all eight Ivy League Schools. Oh, and she got into MIT. (CBS) John Stamos as a crazy French Chef? The upcoming production of The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl […]

Earlier today, we received a question from an anonymous tipster about the Senior Scramble results, which supposedly came out today. The email said: “i got a senior scramble match do i email them back? wink at them over a 40? plz advize” Well, tipster, we can assure you that you’re not alone in wondering how […]

CCSC, ESC, and University Senator results are out. We’ll skip the fluff – here’s your new student council! Some big positions are listed here, and every position’s full election results are at the bottom of the post. CCSC Executive Board: President: Nicole Allicock (1U Party) VP of Policy: Abby Porter (1U Party) VP of Finance: Anuj Sharma (1U Party) VP of Communications: Josh […]

Most of us look back on the early posts of our class Facebook groups with shame and bewilderment—they are testament to the one quality that freshmen at every institution embody: utter doltishness. If you’ve ever hoped that the species would evolve past this kind of posturing, it was in vain, for the Columbia Class of 2020 […]

If you made it through Day 1 of housing selection without passing out, good for you! Have a Cow Tale to celebrate. Even if you did lose consciousness, have a Cow Tale anyway. Maybe your blood sugar is low. The stakes will only get higher as the days go on, so make sure to stay […]

Ready to just move on from Bacchanal? Unfortunately, you still have to put up with all the great pictures we took at the event. This one goes out to all the people who were too drunk, high, or lawn-relegated to take good pictures, not to mention all the people who were CAVA’d at noon. Relive […]

Ostensibly, Carman has three elevators: two slow people-movers right past the security desk, and one freight elevator, if you’re willing to climb steps and walk through empty, circuitous, vaguely-menacing hallways. Of course, this hasn’t been the reality for the past few days—nearly a week. Instead, there has been only one operational elevator in a building housing […]

The Statue takes the New York Times: news of our sit-ins and petitions over a hunk of metal has reached that intellectual bastion. The point of the piece: Columbians don’t not protest something when they can protest something. (New York Times) Iceland’s prime minister proves not so cool under pressure—he’s resigned after the leaked Panama Papers […]

Rise and shine, Columbia! Today we begin our anual coverage of room selection, providing you with live updates of availble rooms (see the spreadsheet below) and commentary on the crazy shit that goes down. If you have questions, feel free to leave a comment or submit a tip to tips@bwog.com. We anticipate that today will […]

Our Arts Editor took time out of his Bacchanal experience to get a quick backstage-interview from the musical duo Hippie Sabotage. The brothers are currently on a national tour but managed to carve out time between shows in Texas to perform at Bacchanal 2016 as surprise headliners. Q: So, you flew in from Austin, Texas this morning, and […]

A coronal mass ejection, a storm of charged particles and radiation unleashed by the sun, will hit the Earth over the next few days. Aside from the Northern Lights extending in visibility to Illinois and Oregon, the storm may affect power systems, radio transmissions, and even GPS devices. (Albany Daily Star) The new EU migrant […]

This year, Bacchanal seemed to come and go with a widespread consensus: it was kind of a disappointment. Few people were particularly interested in the headliners, and even fewer actually enjoyed the concert itself for more than one or two acts. Despite these odds, many of us still managed to get lit and stay there, […]

Bwog Housing Coverage 2K16 Continues! Today’s residence hall is… Claremont (as it is colloquially referred to)! Location: 47 Claremont Nearby dorms: Pretty far from the rest of Columbia’s dorms, but it’s close to Elliot, the Barnard Quad, and the 600s. Stores and restaurants: Vine and Mo Willies are closest followed by a few Halal carts […]