Just realized that midterm season is (once again/always) upon us? Us too. Since you obviously need a break/distraction, artsy fartsy Arts Editor Kyra Bloom brings you happenin’ things on and around campus. Ongoing A cappella groups The Kingsmen, SHARP, and Jubilation! are all doing Valentine’s-grams, so pay up to give your honey a song and […]

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and for all you seniors out there, you know what that means: one last chance to have casual, meaningless dorm-room sex with your Butler crush, followed by an awkward Saturday morning brunch at Ferris/Community wherein you discover a complete and absolute lack of emotional involvement. Seniors, keep your eyes peeled […]

Valentine’s Day approacheth! Today’s Columbians looking for love are Emily Injeian (the greatest roommate ever), Jake Gange, and Noco. If you want to take any one of these awesome humans/ buildings on a date, email us and we’ll set it up (and give you ten whole dollars to take ‘em out). But sorry guys, we’ve […]

Love free food, AmCaf, and supporting cancer survivors? Go to Relay Week 2014, or any of the events hosted by Relay for Life Committee at Columbia. It started Monday, but it looks like there are still loads of giveaways and alcohol cool, awesome things happening. It’s almost exclusively in Lerner and AmCaf so you basically […]

Originally, the 2girls who brought you the best cheesecake in Morningside Heights were going to jointly write this post, but 1girl got overwhelmed and had to go. This review is instead brought to you by the other girl. On Tuesday night, the Columbia University Culinary Society held its annual Erotic Cake Competition. Naturally, Bwog had […]

Columbia researchers have created a type of chip that can “listen to bacteria,” including something called biofilms (Bwog doesn’t know what this means either). (Medical News Today) Former Columbia student Akshay Verma is pioneering efforts to facilitate fish farming in India. He’s created 100 self-help groups for women and is all of 28. (Times of […]

Valentine’s Day approacheth! Today’s Columbians looking for love are Fainan Lakha, Aria Sharma, and Laura Fisher. Fun fact about Fainan: when he’s not working as a daily editor for Bwog, he’s moonlighting as a sweater vest model! If you want to take any one of these awesome humans on a date, email us and we’ll […]

In this installment of “In Defense Of,” Julia Goodman protests the protest of protests.  We promise this article will be way easier to read (and way more enjoyable) than that just was. Yesterday, a disturbing editorial ran in the Spectator entitled “Make protesting pragmatic.” It opens with the observation that “campus protests have become less […]

Ever wonder what sorority recruitment is like behind the scenes?  No?  Well we can’t really tell you anyway because all we have are these.  Bwog recently came across some intriguing papers in a printer somewhere in Columbia.  Peruse as much as your heart desires, we know we did.

This past Saturday, LyricLion, an ensemble of Columbia and Juilliard musicians and composers, performed in Furnald for the second year in a row. Bwog Arts Editor Madysen Luebke checked it out. LyricLion may only be a two-year old group, but the quality of their concert did not show it.  I showed up to the Furnald lounge […]

Valentine’s Day approacheth! Today’s Columbians looking for love are Emma Stein, Joe Girton, and Schermerhorn Hall. If you want to take any one of these awesome humans/ buildings on a date, email us and we’ll set it up (and give you ten whole dollars to take ‘em out). If you don’t, we still think you […]

For Live at Lerner’s second sounds event of the semester, Toy Cities will be performing in the Lerner Piano Lounge from 12-1 pm.  The band comes to us all the way from Brooklyn and will be accompanied by some delicious tortellini alfredo, roasted chicken, roasted potatoes, and an assortment of exotic desserts.  Warm yourself up with […]

Shirley Temple, the 1930s child star, died at the age of 85 today, according to a statement from her family. (USA Today) Valentine’s Day may be fast approaching, but at least we’re not this desperate (yet). (NY Daily News) Everyone loves a 90s throwback, right? (New York Times) While we all vocally complained about our […]

Valentine’s Day approacheth! Today’s Columbians looking for love are Derek Kim, Eric Donahue, and Maria Cristina Nieves Gimenez de los Galanes Cavallo, who is famous for having the longest name in the history of names. If you want to take any one of these awesome humans on a date, email us and we’ll set it […]

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we can once again admire our crushes without them knowing who we are. That’s the true meaning of love, right? Who will emerge as campus celebrity this time around? Keanu Ross-Cabrera? Andrew Lawson? Trolls? Who knows. We’re just happy to have our favorite procrastination page back.   Columbia Admirers‘ […]