Dear Bwog, At what point does my procrastination become a real problem? Yours, Buzzfeeding in Butler Dear Buzzfeeding in Butler, Now, we’ve all been known to take a sip of procrastination here and there. Sometimes you just need a little to decompress after a long day or give your head a break. In fact, in […]

This past week, the Class of 2014 had several opportunities to get their official senior portrait taken. Awkward, unphotogenic Alexandra Svokos tried desperately to redeem herself from her ridiculously horrible high school yearbook portrait. Here’s her internal monologue. You are not going to fuck this up again. Just get in there, do what they say, and […]

The Blue and White meets tonight: at 9 p.m. in the crypt of St. Paul’s Chapel. Staff will finalize the December issue and talk about 2014. —The editors        

The Columbia Culinary Society extends their best grilled cheese to you tonight: at 9 PM in the East Ramp Lounge, the Culinary Society will be hosting a Grilled Cheese Faceoff between us and the grilling masters of Feelgood. Although we will have this event judged by a panel, each team is responsible for making 80+ tasting portions for […]

Because you need some random item immediately, Amazon worked out a deal with the United States Postal Service to be able to get it to you on a Sunday. (Amazon) (Salon) Aw, young people aren’t comfortable writing cell phones into fiction. There goes technology, ruining things again. What about if you feel it’s entirely impossible to write […]

Sometimes, you see the sunrise because you’re a productive human being and woke up early. Sometimes, you see it as it greets you on the stumble home from Butler. Bwog, inspired by sleep deprivation and stress the vibrant fall images on campus, brings you this first-hand account. The birds are the first things I hear as […]

Saturday was apparently the day for drunk tipping, as our inboxes were inundated with weird emails. We’re gonna go ahead and let the messages speak for themselves. Read on for this week’s field notes. The emails: Saturday, 12:39 am, anonymous tip form: [Subject line: seen] too fst yeers r plying cohncenraytion in buller libary Saturday, 10:31 am: Walked […]

Since Print@CU is down right now (and lately has been somewhat unreliable), Bwog decided to let you all know that there are better other ways to print at Columbia. Windows Simply follow CUIT’s instructions by entering information about the printer you want to use. Mac & Linux The fastest and easiest way is to use […]

Because there’s no location more romantic than the Low Steps at 4 pm on a November afternoon, an amorous young couple just got engaged there! With, of course, the help of Columbia’s most romantic a cappella group The Kingsmen. Bwog got a little too excited about this and assembled a team of videographers to document the […]

Bwog writer Elizabeth Self ventured forth to watch the most recent theatrical effort put forth by Solomon Hoffman and Nick Parker. She emerged…confused and a little alarmed. This weekend in Lerner Black Box, a cast of Columbia students performed an original musical called “Modehouse Six,” with music by Solomon Hoffman, CC ’14, book and lyrics […]

Bwog heard that Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai is in Barnard quad right now. According to a tip, she’s “being filmed talking to some lady.” If you have more information, please let us know at tips@bwog.com. Or use the anonymous tip form. Update, 2:15: Sania Khalid tips that “Malala is here for an interview with cbs! She stopped […]

CCSC dragged itself back into Lerner for the first post-break meeting and Joseph Milholland joined to witness an awful lot of talking about things. After a week off due to Fall break, the student council returned all together Sunday night with a heavy schedule lined up for the meeting. The first major item they addressed […]

Things we will never understand: why legal terminology is so hostile. What is “character assassination” anyways? (NBC). World Championship Chess is happening and it’s just as boring as you’d expect. (Times of India). Something’s killing dolphins and it’s not global warming. (NBC) And Google appears to be planning some kind of invasion. (SF Gate). Ancient […]

Bwog is a glass-half-full kinda group and always likes to think the students of Columbia have bright and shiny futures jam packed with happy things to look forward to. So, we stumbled into the But tonight to ask tonight’s patrons what they’re excited about. Smoker’s Plaza I’m writing a final paper I’m pretty excited about […]

Bwog heard that there’s a “humongous” fire around 125th 131st Street. Reports say there are a ton of firetrucks on Amsterdam. There is a lot of visible smoke in the area. According to the FDNY Twitter, they are responding to a report of a commercial fire on the roof at 1440 Amsterdam. If you have […]