Mark Becker, of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was reportedly killed in a serious multi-vehicle accident on Wednesday. Becker was an earth scientist with the LDEO and well-known environmental activist. An article from ABC describes the accident. According to another article, which further details the incident, Becker had been on his way to work at Bard College, where his […]

Columbia University College Republicans (CUCR) and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) came together (to the same room number) Wednesday evening for a heated discussion of U.S. drug policy. We sent our cannabis correspondent to sniff around. There isn’t a much better way to start a meeting than brownies, even if they aren’t special. (From […]

This week’s SGA meeting was all abuzz with talk of the upcoming Town Hall event, which will address the many ways of being a woman at Barnard. Two representatives from FemSex stopped by and refreshed us on the difference between gender and sex. Barnard Bearoness Lauren Beltrone reports. Before the discussion of Town Hall began, […]

Here at Bwog, we’re very big fans of Columbia’s beautiful hard-working musical talent and highly encourage everyone to support those classmates. Go see some of them play tonight at Slake NYC, New York’s hottest club. Your fellow Columbians from Slow Dakota, Sun Looks Down, and Phonoscenes will all be playing. Here’s a video of Phonoscenes’ “The Red […]

Do you like to do graphic design work? Is there a little Bwog-shaped hole in your heart that won’t go away no matter how much we spam your newsfeed with “Page Not Found”? Fill that hole with hope—we’re looking for a new graphic designer. We’re hoping to find a freshman or a sophomore who is […]

Columbia’s liberal bubble is not well-acquainted with red states or their predilection for causin’ trouble. So what’s the deal with Arizona? (The Washington Post) Let’s check out the great Academy Award unknown. We’ll see you on the couch this Sunday, BTW. (Los Angeles Times) Exploring “the best” of New York bagels can only turn out […]

Last Saturday night, Carman 8 resident Grisham Blake threw an epic paint party. He bought a bar off Craigslist and installed it in his room, and bought paint for guests to decorate each other with. By Sunday morning, the party had been broken up by RAs, his room was covered in paint, and he had […]

We’ve finally figured out where all the decrepit computers go in their age: they’re relegated to the CompSci department, where they function primarily as doorstops. Not sure how well everyone and their aunt’s MacBooks will lend themselves to that particular task, but that’s a qualm for another day. How does it even work? Prehistoric computer […]

If you’ve been living under a rock lately, you probably still heard about Columbia’s Kappa Alpha Theta chapter’s recent mixer where members of the sorority were photographed wearing offensive ethnic stereotype costumes. Chicano Caucus, Dean Martinez, the inter-Greek Council and Theta all issued statements responding to the story. And then the comments on every article […]

School of General Studies just announced that starting this term, they will only be offering Bachelor of Arts degrees. In an email to GS students, Dean Peter Awn described the rationale of the change as having to do with GS becoming “a fully integrated liberal arts college.” The change seems likely because of the amount […]

It’s too close to Spring Break to work, and you’ve already watched House of Cards three times. Bwog’s intriguing arts editor Madysen Luebke finds you intriguing things going on around campus to help you deal with your mid-semester ennui. All Weekend: The MaMa Project is back again, with this year’s show of the mud.  It’s not […]

Are you hungry for food other than Ferris pork butt? Do you like jammin’ to electronic R&B? Do you like Queens? Then boy, have we got the thing for you! If you found yourself nodding your head embarrassingly passionately to any of the above, come to Live at Lerner today from noon to 1pm. It’s […]

No one knows where Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is, but parliament says he’s guilty anyway. (NPR) Is Coldplay still relevant? (Hollywood Reporter) Hide yo kids, hide yo wife: this Supreme Court decision will make it that much easier for the police to search your house/apartment/studio/hovel. (NPR) Speaking of kids, they’re getting less fat. Woohoo! (NY […]

Bwog was fortunate enough to land two tickets to the 4th Annual Military Ball last weekend, attended by our nation’s finest. With increased respect for the work they do also came some interesting stories. “And then I punched a car window back when I was on leave in California and I was bleeding and everything. […]

Bwogger Britt Fossum attended this week’s ESC meeting, which seemed to her like “a strange place.”  Want to know what happens when a Bwog writer and a bunch of engineers mix?  Read on (there’s a punchline in here somewhere). This week’s ESC meeting got off to an interesting start: Bwog got there about 10 minutes late […]