While sitting in the bushes the past few days, Bwog has overheard students spilling some secrets, questioning life, and making some promises. Read on for some choicy bits: On college walk: Girl 1: “Have you ever…?” Girl 2: “No! I mean, I’ve been tardy before, but I’ve never…ditched.” Bro reading a text to a bunch […]

Banksy’s been in New York City recently. A tipster spotted his most recent work, filling a slaughterhouse truck with stuffed animals, near 112th Street and Broadway. If you have pictures, send them to tips@bwog.com! Image via Alexandra Preiser

It is that time of year, when a girl can wear only lingerie and animal ears and no other girls can say anything else about it time for Bwog’s annual Pumpkin Carving Contest. Plan on failing all of your midterms? Don’t say you failed because you weren’t smart enough, say you failed because you were too busy carving […]

Apparently, the people who built the healthcare.gov website weren’t expecting as much traffic as it has received since its launch.  The price for having the website shut down as a result?  They’re having a congressional hearing… (Al-Jazeera America) The New York Times Editorial Board, responding to two recent reports produced by Amnesty International and Human Rights […]

And when Moses went up the mountain Columbians became impatient, because they could have been studying instead of waiting 40 days for his return. So they created their own idol: the Reddened Bull. When we heard someone was writing an ethnography about Homecoming, we had to get our hands on it. Read on as Bwog’s anonymous […]

Writing essays is a skill that Bwog just doesn’t have time to develop. So here is our go-to guide for spitting out grade B (we hope) midterm exam essays for your two favorite courses. Just fill in the blanks and watch your professor’s boredom grow.  Literature Humanities: This passage, from (old white guy’s last name) […]

Hey, remember that time last week when SGA showed up at your door with desserts? Remember how you had to fill out that Google form to place your order? SGA read every last one of them and spent Monday’s meeting identifying trends in your responses. Bold Barnard Bwogger Lauren Beltrone was on the scene. If […]

“The government may be shutdown, but the Bro Chateau isn’t!” Bwog recently made a couple of weekend visits to the Bro Château, a popular EC townhouse which is becoming known for its themed get-togethers. As always, if you find a room that you think should be hopped, send it to tips@bwog.com. Their most recent event, […]

Reporting on all things rolling in the deep, Bwogtastic reporter Keenan Albee brings you the latest behind the SEAS action. This week ESC was graced by the presence of SEAS Vice Dean Kachani and, not surprisingly, the meeting was chock-full of big announcements. But if a curriculum change isn’t enough to get you all hot […]

Where Art Thou? An existential cry for help? An accusation on a phone with bad service? Or an attempt to recreate a play made hundreds of years ago? Madysen Luebke answers all these questions and more with your weekly dose of all events artsy. If you know of any art-related events, send them in to […]

Why is New Jersey called “The Garden State”? Because it’s too hard to fit “Oil and Petrochemical Refinery State” on a license plate? There she is, Miss America, taking pictures with your Columbia professors. Bwog was tipped the following: “English professor Molly Murray went to a dinner at the mayor’s house, sat by Miss America, got […]

The take: A child had his enormous pumpkin stolen. IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN. (Huffington Post) The give: New movie theaters with three screens are coming your way. (Dvice) The take: Sailors have noticed that the “ocean is broken.” This is why we can’t have nice things.(The Herald) The give: Banksy is really cool. And sometimes makes people […]

Because homecoming and parent’s weekend are really the best time to take off your clothes and grind with your classmates, Bwog brings you another party testimonial: GenderFuck! Want to tell Momma Bwog about your crazy weekend? Email us at tips@bwog.com or use our anonymous tip form. I learned three things this weekend: Alcohol makes GenderFuck better, […]

Bwog was wondering: What do you watch or listen to when you go into an exam knowing you’ll fail? Here’s how we pump ourselves up in anticipation of failure, when we’ve really just got to say “fuck it, we’re doing it live.” “The World’s Greatest” by R. Kelly “You Make My Dreams Come True” by Hall […]

As you may or may not be aware, Columbia was a major hub of the Beat poetry movement, that is if you believe the plaque about Jack Kerouac in the Hartley sky lounge. Daniel Radcliffe shot a movie about the Beats on our campus, and the result, Kill Your Darlings, is now in wide release. […]