So apparently Lady Gaga has started a trend. For some reason, people (babies!) love hiding in eggs. (NYT) Since no one uses watches to tell the time anymore (hello iPhone), researchers have made a watch that tells you when you will die. Watch In Time starring Justin Timberlake for instructions on how to freak out (The […]

  Nico Muhly, CCxJ’03 (that’s Columbia-Juilliard Exchange), has worked with Philip Glass, Björk, and Grizzly Bear, among countless others.  On October 21, Two Boys, an opera Muhly composed, will have its Metropolitan Opera premiere.  Bwog’s resident opera enthusiast Alexandra Svokos was too starstruck to give him a high-five for Veckatimest. Nico Muhly, CCxJ’03, unlike some […]

ESC met, as they always do, yesterday night. Bwog’s Esc-ellent ESC reporter, Keenan Albee was there. ESC convened with a full house this Monday in the wake of student council elections and appointments. Sitting alongside the Class of 2017 Council (snazzily dressed may I add) were the new 3-2 and General Studies reps who came […]

The 2o14 class councils want need you to ensure that graduation events for the Class of 2014 aren’t horrible and boring and stupid.  Apply to join any of their various committees and groups so you have nothing to grumble about and no one to blame but yourself come May. Senior Week Committee Application One co-chair from each school (BC, […]

In today’s analysis of Butler pastries, we have the carrot loaf cake. Is it just Bwog, or is “mmm….carrot-y” the most passive-aggressive description of a pastry ever? At least there are no doubts that this loaf cake is rooted in vegetables.

Chief Operating Officer Gregory Brown joined us for Monday’s SGA meeting to brief us on Barnard’s endowment and plans to revamp Lehman (and by revamp I mean bulldoze and rebuild). Diana Center Bureau Chief Lauren Beltrone fills you in. After a speedy round of introductions and PGPs, COO Brown began the meeting by updating us […]

Heads up, CC and GS: today, at 4:30 this afternoon, is the deadline to drop courses this semester. If you’re in this last minute predicament, make sure your adviser signs off and that you’ve filed those forms.

This past Sunday morning, Bwog dragged itself out of bed without so much as a cup of Oren’s to sit on a stone floor for 2+ hours. There’s obviously only one reason why we’d do this: St. John’s annual Blessing of the Animals for the Feast of St. Francis. You may know the occasion better […]

A time in which we have no government seems to call for a new perspective on life, a new outlook, and renewed motivation to help make this world better. Right now it looks like we’re collectively doing a pretty great job of keeping the American economy intact. (Vice) We have to wonder if those electeds […]

The Men’s cross-country team, ranked 30th in the nation last week, took the top spot at the Notre Dame Invitational on Friday. The Lions toppled a field of 28 teams in their pursuit and capture of first place. Columbia’s victims in the 5-miler include Colorado State (16), New Mexico (21), host Notre Dame (22), Virginia […]

It appears as if Halloween season is upon us, as evidenced by Morton Williams:

Since midterms are super fun and don’t keep us up at weird hours, Bwog figured we’d share some of the interesting pastry descriptions in the Butler Café. Today’s pastry is a Banana Loaf Cake, “made with love just like Grandma’s.”  

Every week, Bwog’s Elizabeth Self and Lorna Hale venture around the city comparing treats.  This week our bold snackers took on a New York giant: the bagel.  Read on for unexpected onions, bland blobs of bread, disastrous disagreements, actual artistry, and some stuff about bagels. As we all learned from the movies, New Yorkers are […]

If you’re curious about what’s going on in Student Council, Bwog’s got you covered.  This week CCSC talked about commuter swipe access, further bans on undergraduate use of certain libraries, University Senate direct elections and a random assortment of other things.  Satow Room correspondent Joseph Milholland gives you the scoop. Read on for more! By […]

After reading this NYTimes article about literature teaching you social skills, Bwog quickly brainstormed compiled through much effort the complete set of life-lessons first-years will glean from LitHum. Iliad: Sometimes when people get angry they kill people. Odyssey: Non cosi fan tutte. Histories: People lie to make their stories better. Oresteia: Systems of law are helpful. Oedipus: […]