Leave the barren cave that is your dorm room and celebrate the end, or near-end, of midterms with Live at Lerner’s inaugural fall outdoor concert. The concert will feature The Heydaze—a New York-based band with pop sensibilities and a recently released debut EP—so check them out! Opening for them will be two student bands: Blue Holidæ (mellow jams) […]

Separated from us only by the thin, polluted line of the Hudson and a lack of self-awareness, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey (still a presidential candidate!) was kicked out of Amtrak’s quiet car yesterday for talking too loudly on his cellphone. We don’t really expect more from him. (New York Times) Suspiciously upbeat Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon […]

Well, you made it, C-team. Co-producers Haley Schoeck (BC ’16) and Michaela Schwartz (BC ’18) recently announced the members of the creative team for this year’s Varsity Show, and the list features a few newcomers—congratulations to all of them for being intelligent, witty, and apparently, creative. We all know they have a ton of material […]

Well folks, midterms are finally upon us. No, wait. Midterms were upon us last week. And the week before. Some of us even had midterms the week before that. What’s the deal with midterms, anyway? They seem to last forever. Why they’re still called “midterms,” we’ll never know. Spoiler alert: midterms are really just tests. […]

25-year-old rapper Tyga released a song this week called “Ice Cream Man,” in which he details his relationship with 18-year-old Kylie Jenner. We get it, Tyga, you’re creepy. (The Huffington Post) Flooding in Texas continues and is now, in some areas of the state, starting to reach Biblical levels. Noah’s Ark, here we come. (The Washington Post) […]

Parents? In your dorm room? Sounds like a recipe for disaster! A first-year Bwogger shares fun tidbits from Parents Weekend, in chronological order. My parents arrived at 1 pm on Thursday but didn’t tell me they were safely in New York until 5:00 pm—a function of being unable to navigate their iPhones. Here’s a direct quote […]

It’s no secret that we at Bwog are huge fans of Drake–we bump his music at our parties and in the stacks, we make him our cover photos, and we may or may not have made our own edit of the Hotline Bling video (but you’ll have to come to our meeting this Sunday to find […]

Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever known to make landfall, hit Mexico’s Pacific coast last night, but quickly deteriorated to a tropical storm. Luckily the hurricane’s path avoided major cities. (The Weather Channel) Yikes! Caitlyn Jenner wore a near-identical dress to the one Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, wore to announce her engagement to the […]

Do you like six-packs? Are you #2spoopy2live? Are you #2creppy2die? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then you better put on your latex Spock ears and listen to what we’ve got to say now. If you’ve got a bangin’ Halloween costume, you simply must enter Bwog’s annual Halloween Costume Contest. You can go […]

The newest edition to Sesame Street is Julia, a muppet with autism! Sesame Street says their goal is to increase awareness and decrease stigmatism surrounding the condition. (People) Hillary Clinton testified for 11 hours yesterday regarding the Benghazi attacks of 2012. Despite being questioned repeatedly about her responsibility in the attacks, she allegedly kept her […]

Though Barnard today is often seen as an almost overly liberal and accepting environment, that wasn’t always the case. The Barnard Library is hosting a series of panels to address Barnard’s history, the first of which, “Guess Who’s Coming to Barnard?” happened on Monday evening. It was led by Professor Bob McCaughey and Mollie Galchus […]

Okay, Columbia students. This is it. The day you’ve been preparing for all week – no, all semester – no, all of your life. All of the sleepless nights spent in Butler, the points spent on Blue Java, the mountains of index cards spent on terms you’ll never need to know after college, it’s all […]

You might’ve heard (or perhaps noticed the special Snapchat filter in honor of the occasion): Columbia Giving Day was yesterday. Columbia raised over $11 million, and Barnard set a new record by raising over $300,000. Go, blue! (Official college Twitter feeds) A Nashville, Tennessee Metro Transit Authority bus rolled backwards into a coffeeshop at the […]

Trekking through Butler 9, seeking our way to the slightly hidden and incredibly low-traffic private bathroom, we came across the remains of a pack of beef jerky. It seemed to have been quickly scarfed down and then stuffed into the crevices of the ninth floor wall. Weird, we thought, that hadn’t been there yesterday. When […]

Midterms got you down? Need a break from the hustle and bustle of Butler life? Well, it’s a good thing Live at Lerner is hosting a study break. At 1 PM in the Piano Lounge you can treat yourself and listen to your favorite bands before hitting the books again. You can find their Facebook […]