Update, 8:55 pm: Read the statement Columbia Divest read to ASCRI below. Students involved with Columbia Divest for Climate Justice held a protest on Columbia’s campus this afternoon. In response to the today’s Advisory Committee for Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) meeting, students organized a protest to call for divestment from fossil fuels and work against “Stand Up […]

Skype has released its own emoji/GIF hybrid that seems akin to trying to make “fetch” happen. Be prepared for your parents’ questions about what that new button on The Skype does. (Tech Crunch) Spotify wants to make Music Snobs even more unbearable by giving them the power to prove that they discovered a musician first. We […]

If you aren’t quite ready to toss your apple products yet but don’t want to seem like you’re buying into the hype, feel free to mock the new “Rose Gold iPhone” as just another symptom of late-stage capitalism. (New Yorker) Bwog does not condone the man bun, but we at least refrain from taking drastic […]

Dear Bwog, What do you do if your roommate doesn’t want you to keep drugs/alcohol in your room but you don’t have anywhere else to put them and your system of morality allows for illegal substances but not lying to a perfectly decent person? asking for a friend. Dear Asking for a Friend, Random roommates […]

When the Columbia social scene gets tough, look to the escape tactics of these found first-years: retreat to glass-filled local establishments so that people know you’re out, but that you’re above whatever is happening in Mel’s. And make sure you bring snacks! But more about Mel’s below, and we want to hear more about your […]

Novak Djokovic, who took the US Open title last night instead of Roger Federer. Though a tough match, it’s not nearly as dramatic as the sister-sister match we saw earlier. (NY Times) Fatherhood, as people are actually debating the positive (or potentially) negative effect of Mark Zuckerberg becoming a father will have on his company’s […]

Come one! Come all! Join us in ringing in the new (school) year at our first open Bwog meeting of the semester! We will be meeting tonight from 7:00 to 8:00PM in Lerner 505. We’ll be discussing posts for the week as well as new writer opportunities. Bring any ideas you have and you might get the […]

Celebrate the start of this Fall season by getting lost in a corn maze in Maryland. Oh, and did we mention that maze is shaped like Taylor Swift’s face? (MTV) Now that Brosé season is officially over, here is a list of wines for you to enjoy this autumn. (The Guradian) New York Fashion Week […]

Clear your calendars–tomorrow evening (following the Bwog meeting in the SGO) is Passport to Columbia, our favorite yearly event for inhaling food from all over the globe. There will also be performances (if that’s your kind of thing) from groups like CU Gen and Bhangra, and the MCs of the event are Luis Rivera (he probably […]

The first week of classes is over, and the opening remarks by your professors are in. We hope your profs stay in such good spirits (especially when they’re grading your papers.) If you hear/see your profs doing any other ridiculous things this semester, tell us about it by sending an email to tips@bwog.com! Anna Caterina Musatti, […]

We all forgot that he was running, but former Governor of Texas Rick Perry has decided to end his campaign for presidency. In a speech where he announced his withdrawal, he said that there is a “tremendous field of candidates” running for the Republican nomination. Yeah, okay. (New York Times) Apparently state officials in Louisiana, in […]

You may have seen their brilliant videos or overseen them filming ridiculous scenes around campus. They are the hottest group on campus (besides Bwog) and we recommend you go meet them today at the CUSS Open House. CU No-Budget Sketch Show, or CUSS, began last fall to create student produced videos for the Columbia community. They’re […]

Unless you’re a hermit, you’ve noticed the obscene balloon behemoth that is the Columbia University 2015 Fall Activities Fair, running today from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. This last gasp of NSOP is your best chance all semester to have your email address indelibly carved into the rosters of club mailing lists campus-wide. It’s also a great chance […]

Books have spines; the New Zealand Film and Literature Board of Review, not so much. The group has caved to pressure from Christian advocacy groups and instituted a temporary national ban on the sale of Ted Dawe’s bildungsroman Into the River for its profane language, sexual content, and depictions of drug and alcohol use. The book had not previously garnered much […]

Did you have a strong opinion on fonts and kerning before the Helvetica documentary came out? Do you long to photoshop throbbing veins and maybe a stray hair or two onto the Columbia lawn fountains, finally completing those masterpieces once and for all? Are you looking for an opportunity to take part in greater campus life […]