Walking home one night, wanting only to lay its weary bones down on its own blue mattress, Bwog espied the spectacle below: Your mattress goes to its eternal rest. 2017! Here’s an easy back-of-the-envelope for you: approximate how many mattresses are in that dumpster. (Hint: they go all the way to the bottom.) And here […]

Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, gave a lecture at the Julius S. Held Lecture Hall at Barnard on Thursday, where he spoke about his “nerdiness,” his decision to forgo becoming an internet billionaire in favor of “doing well by doing good,” his ambitions for craigconnects, his efforts with the Women in Public Service initiative, and […]

Barnard-Columbia V-Day, the group that organizes an annual production of The Vagina Monologues on campus, has decided that the cast for this year’s production will be made up of the stories of self-identified women of color. The announcement was accompanied by a statement which explained the ideas of allyship and empowerment which shaped the decision: […]

We weren’t even sure how to react to this tip ourselves… From a bewildered tipster: “85% sure my Music Hum instructor wasn’t joking when he said, ‘They only composed masses for really special holidays. Like Easter and Passover.'” No one reacted.   Your favorite curse-word courtesy of Shutterstock

Well if your first few weeks of the year haven’t been completely batshit crazy enough don’t worry: Danny Brown’s new album “Old” is available for stream on Spotify starting today.  It actually leaked last night but no one seemed to really care; we wonder what major media event super ceded Danny Brown.  (Consequence Of Sound) […]

Aaaaand after a student council weekend retreat and some meetings, CCSC has decided to hold a direct election to fill the USenate seat.  Democracy prevails!  Registration to run is here and the election should conclude by mid-October. Full press release from the CCSC Exec Board: The Executive Board of Columbia College Student Council will implement […]

We’re trying to stop denying it: fall is upon us.  To that end, we asked our Sunday Butlerites: what’s the best part of the season? Smokers Plaza It’s not hot enough that it’s disgusting and I want to kill myself, but I’m from LA so I don’t want to freeze my ass off, but I […]

As Bwog reported nearly a week ago, 1020 has raised its prices by a staggering 100 percents. Yes, that means no more $2 Yuenglings and Rolling Rocks.  Between this and the new bathroom changes, it’s almost like 1020 is becoming a legitimate bar for grown-up human beings, and not just for thousands of college seniors […]

“From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall […]

It seems that some of our classmates have taken a hint from the Queen of Class herself: “It’s gonna be the most ratchet thing ever. All I’ve bought is Nikolai and glitter.” Bwog Pro Tip: Invest in a bottle of Jack, so you can brush your teeth in the morning. Glitter everywhere via Shutterstock

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations […]

Non-KKK-supporter Elizabeth Self attended this week’s lecture on the KKK. Let her educate you.  Yesterday, Philip Hamburger, professor of law, gave a talk on the KKK and the Separation of Church and State. I dropped in, intrigued because I’ve always been confused about just what the KKK was. In textbooks I was told they were […]

While you’re sleeping in, astronauts aboard the ISS are picking up a very big package. (BBC) If you were hoping to save the planet from the doom of global climate change, here’s your goal. (LA Times) Tonight marks the conclusion of the epic TV saga that is Breaking Bad. (Hollywood Gossip)     Missing your […]

On Wednesday, the President of Senegal Macky Sall joined the World Leaders Forum. Enigmatic Enthusiast Eric Wimer practiced his French. Macky Sall almost didn’t come to Columbia on Wednesday. He was cutting his New York visit short that very night to return to the capital, Dakar, where a water shortage had hit hard. But Sall […]

Sometimes we forget, but Columbia has some freaking awesome stuff.  In our efforts to remind ourselves of this, we bring you a new series: Bwog Goes Deep, in which we find cool shit in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library and tell you about it. Don’t expect to find pedophile-looking facial hair and bad polyester disco shirts […]