Snowstorm scheduled to hit NYC today. Having already delivered further south, it came through for us, too, just like last year. (CNN) Twenty years ago, NY Times launched its online website. Could they have imagined that one day excellent news would be delivered entirely online? (NY Times) Actress Charlotte Rampling called boycotting the homogeneous Oscars […]

SGA sent out an email to Barnard students this morning concerning a referendum on Barnard’s fossil fuel divestment. Following several protests on campus and the Board of Trustees announcing they will consider divestment, SGA created the referendum to gage student interest on the topic, particularly if students support divestment. All Barnard students may vote via […]

If you’re looking for somewhere where you can waste your extra $7 on something that should really only cost $2, you’ll be happy to know that a cold press juice bar is on its merry way! The joint is called Pressed Juicery (as opposed to squeezed, we guess), and is going to replace Maoz between 110th and 111th […]

We all know those classes – the ones that ruin your semester, kill your mood, make you yearn for the sweet escape of death. For your convenience, we’ve created a list of everything to avoid: Race and Ethnicity in American Politics – “A course that had a lot of potential yet seemed to focus on […]

Lehman Hall is closed and its materials and staff have successfully moved over to the new LeFrak Center, but the old building itself remains. It looks over our shoulders every day as we walk over to our Diana/Milbank classes, reminding us that it is merely a shadow of what it once used to be. One might even […]

Shopping period got you down? Feeling mad at yourself for forgetting to sign up for that one Spanish class? Cursing your fates for giving you a 8:40 requirement? Worry not! If there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that seeing other people’s mistakes will always make you feel better about your own. Luckily, today’s […]

Shopping period has begun and if you think it’s driving you crazy, you haven’t been paying attention to the professors–here are some of the weirdest, wisest, most wonderful words to come out of our profs’ mouths as we pore over their syllabi in fear and excitement. Thanks for sending in quotes and helping to continue […]

As we all know by now, winter storm Jonas is coming for us, and our relatives are concerned! Here are some texts we’ve received from well-meaning parents that have served only to increase our dread: A pearl of wisdom received via phone call: “Buy bread and lunch meat.” Only the essentials, Mom! At least one of our […]

Does the thought of planning your future career leave your heart as icy cold as your toes have been this week? Never fear, it’s Barnard Career Fair time! From 11 am to 3 pm this Friday, January 22nd, join your fellow terrified students in the Diana Center Event Oval for an opportunity to meet, exchange info with, and […]

In case you haven’t heard, a gigantic storm is coming for us here in NYC. The storm’s name is Jonas–hopefully, this stormy weekend will be more of a Joe than a Kevin for you! (The Weather Channel) Netflix recently released dates, teasers, and trailers for the premieres of 11 new and returning shows just in […]

If you’re like us, you just escaped from the treacheries and pitfalls of living with your family over the break. We’re ready, full steam ahead, for the new semester and the new year…at least until our first problem set. As always, you can contribute your own field notes to tips@bwog.com.  Degeneracy got a root canal […]

Chinese President Xi Xinping began his first visit to the Middle East yesterday. His visits to various countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia should affirm its growing thirst for Middle Eastern petroleum. (Yahoo). French President Francois Hollande declared an economic “state of emergency” yesterday to address stagnant unemployment in France. His efforts to create jobs […]

Tired of Spec flyers plastered all over your door? Found yourself writing puns while bored in CC? Got a poetically written, kind-of creepy poem about your favorite campus statue scrawled in a notebook somewhere? If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, we have some incredible news: Bwog might just be the place for […]

Tonight, the University is holding a candlelight vigil to honor Olivia Erhardt, CC ’18, Daniella Moffson, BC ’17, and Abigail Flanagan, a nurse practitioner at the Columbia University Medical Center and a General Studies student, who were killed in a bus accident in Honduras last Wednesday while volunteering for the Columbia chapter of Global Brigades. The […]

It’s true, classes have barely started – but, as the indefinable They governing our colloquial expressions say, only three things in life are inevitable: death, taxes, and weird professors. In this first week, the realm of syllabi and awkward silences, many of your professors probably haven’t planned out lectures beyond reading over a typo-ridden document […]