Columbia’s Rules of Conduct, which govern protests and demonstrations on campus, are currently under review by the University Senate. Protest proponent Julia Goodman explores the potential impact of impending changes. Those interested in updates to the Rules of Conduct should attend the town hall this Friday from 4 to 6 pm in 309 Havemeyer. All […]

Do you like learning and drinking (presumably you do if you go to Columbia)? Raising the Bar is hosting an event called “Knowledge Meets Beer” on November 5th at which you go to a bunch of different bars, drink, and listen to important people speak! The tickets went on sale today at 4 pm, so […]

Come help kick off Everyone Allied Against Homophobia’s new flyering campaign! People will be meeting in the Stephen Donaldson Lounge (in the basement of Furnald) at 8 pm tonight, and from there they will be distributing flyers to every dorm room on campus. According to the board of Everyone Allied Against Homophobia, the goal of the […]

Dance (let’s be realistic: awkwardly sway) away your midterm woes at this semester’s third Live at Lerner Sounds event in the Lerner Piano Lounge today from noon to 1 pm. This time they’ve got Plastic Cannons, an indie pop band based out of Brooklyn. (Hip!) As always, there will be free food as well: some offerings from this […]

Shia Labeouf went on Jimmy Kimmel to explain his drunken arrest this past summer outside of a performance of Cabaret. (Complex) This guy has been banned from entering all 35,000 restaurants and bars in London after getting caught stealing bags and phones from bars. He’s also going to jail for four years. (Grub Street) The Ukrainian […]

As October 31 looms closer, Bwog thought we’d bring Halloween a little closer to home. From your tips, we’ve compiled the actions of true roommates from hell. Among the most heinous of roommate sins are clogging the suite shower, vomiting on your roommate’s mattress, and waking you up in the morning for no reason other […]

Amsterdam Restaurant and Lounge, fondly known as AmCaf, is hosting a pretty cool event tonight from 9-11 pm. Take a well-deserved study break and hop on over for two hours of free stand-up from notable comedians and some special deals on beer. At the mic tomorrow night will be Barnard’s own Olivia Levine of Control […]

On Friday, October 17 in Havemeyer 309, there will be a town hall about the USenate’s review of the University Rules of Conduct, which govern the rules around free speech at campus. Pre-registration is not required and anyone with a CUID can attend. Overview of the Rules After the ’68 protests, the University came up […]

As Laura Numeroff once wrote, “If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” We don’t know if this mouse was in search of the cookie, the milk or both, but it sure creeped out our tipster as it scampered along the floor of the Union Theological Seminary […]

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after the interior cabin wall started ripping apart. WTF, American Airlines? Fix your planes. (Sydney Morning Herald) After about six weeks of being completely off the radar, Kim Jong Un returned to the public with a cane in hand. All rumors about his potentially deteriorating health have been […]

In the Uris Cafe earlier this afternoon, two gentlemen spiffed up in suits had the following exchange: Suit 1: “If you met the perfect girl, would you ditch your girlfriend?” Suit 2: “No way man, the sunk cost is way too high.” To the girls lucky enough to call these men their own, we suggest you try […]

The latest Fro-Sci extra credit assignment was a quite cultural one; diligent yet jaded Fro-Sci pupil Dylan Cooper tells of his Sunday afternoon with his Fro-Sci class at Miller Theater.  The Trials of Galileo. Sounds riveting, right? Well…what if the chair of Frontiers of Science urges all Fro-Sci students to attend the Special Event, which […]

Always willing to quench, Bwogger on the prowl Robert Sheardown downloaded not one, but four dating/hook-up/wtf apps designed to deliver maximum relief from thirst. Here is a brief summary of two weeks spent getting comfy with each app.  Cuddlr: The new app on the block, Cuddlr introduces itself with a charming warning that it exists […]

Ebola in Dallas, conjoined twins in Houston – Texas just can’t get enough coverage of medical anomalies. (Reuters) The Twin Cities of Minnesota are getting a spread in the next edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. Minnesota: home to America’s largest mall and the world’s largest zombie pub crawl crowd. (Pioneer Press) The […]

It’s the least wonderful time of the year (again) and Bwog ventured into the depths of Butler to ask how Midterms are treating Columbia’s students. Judging by the disgruntled answers and the atmosphere of anxiety and cigarette smoke, y’all are barely hanging on. Lobby “Don’t care, not really stressed because I’m a Creative Writing major” […]