We know you don’t have class today, so how about you fill your head with some wisdom that will stick? Today’s Senior Wisdom is from Gabby Beans, who owns a bouncy castle that we plan on borrowing. Name, Hometown, School, Major: Gabby Beans, CC, Theater & Neuroscience, Hometown = “it’s complicated” because I’m an Army […]

Columbia Dining Services announced today that Wilma Jordan, who has cooked us omelettes and brightened John Jay Hall with her eternal smile for 27 years, is retiring at the end of the semester. Here is the official announcement: After 27 years of service to the Columbia community, our beloved Wilma Jordan will retire at the end of […]

“Before I Die…,” the thought-provoking art installment that appeared at Columbia for some time last week, elicited sentence-completing thoughts that ranged from deep to inspiring to ridiculous to annoying (looking at you, kid who wants to turn into a penguin). The concept left a lot of room for different interpretations, so we created a list of […]

CU Lion Pride, a student group that focuses on “strengthen[ing] the support of LGBTQ athletes at Columbia University” recently collaborated with SAUF, The Columbia Society for the Advancement of Underrepresented Filmmakers to produce You Can Play Columbia University. The You Can Play project creates videos to promote and guarantee that every athlete is given equal opportunities to […]

Today marks the first day of reading week, and so Bwog transitions to Bwog In Bed. How will you spend the next few days, turning down in the ref room, or turning up in the stacks? Bwogline: People that don’t really matter to you talk about having access to wi-fi while flying (probably on JetBlue). (NYT) Finals […]

Bwog is always ready to listen to anyone’s grievances. Wannabe malcontent Britt Fossum attended an impromptu meeting of CUCR that was held in place of the cancelled board meeting. Currently, SGB and CUCR are holding a town hall. The official Sunday night board meeting of the Columbia University College Republicans was postponed and then cancelled entirely […]

Our next Senior Wisdom is from Selby Schwartz, professor of U Writing Shelby Swartz, “comfort stall” aficionado.  Name, Hometown, School, Major: Shelby Swartz, Los Angeles, CA, BC, History Claim to fame: Apparently there is a professor that teaches U Writing named “Selby Schwartz.” I hear she is incredible. This “senior wisdom whathaveyou” was probably meant […]

The entries piled in. We were buried in clever imaginings of Gulati’s uncomfortable lovable mug. With so many options the task of choosing a winner seemed nearly impossible. Do not despair; all of your submissions made us lol to at least some degree. But there can only be one champion. Without further ado, the first […]

Soft-core porn, written by a grad and set at Columbia in 1960. What more could you want? Today, Bwog’s porn expert, Busty MacMillions, wraps up her final review of Campus Sex Club. Trigger warning for attempted rape and suicide. Like really, do not read on: shit gets very very rapey in this section. Where were […]

Time to get wise. In honor of the last Monday of classes, we give you Milo Inglehart, who will be living with snake named in honor of  Stevie Nicks. Name, Hometown, School, Major: Milo Inglehart, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Columbia College, Sociology Claim to fame: Trying to get people to talk about power, privilege, identity and oppression […]

I lost a black bag pack at JJ’s on 5/4 around 5:00pm. It has an Everest logo on the front. Please call 609-651-3145 if found.

Last night, Bwog’s top student government celebrator Joe Milholland went to observe CCSC’s last meeting of the year. The Final CCSC Meeting of the year featured the traditional plate awards. The Awards: Zach Vargas Sullivan (2014 Class Representative) won “Most Real” Honorable Mention: “Most likely to scare the freshman” and “most likely to cut a […]

The College of Dental Medicine, as well as the Columbia University at large, got some sad news last night: Jiwon Lee, dental student, has died. Lee had been missing since April 1st, but her body has been identified in the Hudson river. Bwog sends its deepest condolences to all those affected; be reminded that CPS and the Office […]

The White House correspondent’s dinner was last night, and President Obama got his comedy on. (CBS) Confused about new Snapchat? So are a lot of people. (Atlantic) Teen Boys are losing their virginity earlier and earlier, according to the Onion, which cites Columbia (!). (the Onion) Want to get hired at Goldman Sachs? Apparently this […]

As our Founding Fathers noted in the Declaration of Independence: Let Facts be submitted to a candid world! That’s what members of CUCR say they are trying to do. But first, here are some other facts: Members of CUCR were going to present a list of grievances at the meeting of their board (new and old) […]