Bwog asked for the weird things seen in textbooks. Here’s what we got. No shit, Sherlock: From a book on McCarthyism: “It’s hard to have a witch-hunt without witches” The editors forgot to take it out of the final draft: From a chapter on cyclic molecules: “‘Clearly the ring had an unwholesome power…’ —J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord […]

In today’s Butler Café poetry, Bwog isn’t sure whether Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana wrote this description. In any case, the cheesecake brownie isn’t too shy about its double identity. 

Thanks to the 1100-signature petition delivered by Student–Worker Solidarity to Columbia Dining, John Jay Dining Hall workers no longer have to endure a ridiculously hot kitchen. Pizza-baking, which apparently puts out a lot of heat, has been moved downstairs until Dining can put in better ventilation. Press release: This evening, workers at John Jay excitedly […]

Are you still feeling sad that Breaking Bad is over? Cry no more! The One World Symphony House here in New York is remaking it. As an opera. An anti-Semitic Elmo was arrested in Times Square and sentenced to a year in jail. Oh, and he also tried to extort the Girl Scouts for $2 […]

As we announced earlier, after an interesting turn of events, there will be a direct election for the University Senate.  There will be a debate in the Lerner Satow Room on Sunday from 4:30-5:30 pm and polls will open next Wednesday.  The candidate list has just been announced and is as follows: Conor Skelding Alexander Andresian Yassamin Issapour David Kang David Froomkin Marc Heinrich […]

Bwog was tipped about an interesting addition to a double in the LLC. Check out the picture and post below. Sometimes even a double can feel lonely, which may explain why a pair of roommates chose to welcome a life-size poster of baseball player Ty Cobb into their home. Now, it serves as a welcoming and terrifying surprise […]

It was a night of memes, millionaire know-how, passionate creativity, and indispensable advice. Sunday, October 6th, the Columbia Organization for Rising Entrepreneur’s hosted an event which brought reddit co-founder and webshow host, Alexis Ohanian, to the Roone Arledge Cinema – along with two other notable new-tech moguls and former CC students, Jared Hecht CC ’09 […]

Today Bwog ventured into the Butler Cafe and stumbled upon this marvelous muffin. Brown and beautiful, domed and doubtful, it drew us closer. Marked as “bran-tastic” we even felt an urge to try it. But then we saw a Red Bull and drank that instead.

In which Bwog brings you The Small Victories of Midterms: illustrations of the little things that make you feel good during midterm season. To start us off, we have he Butler-ite who looks surprisingly well put together. Note her poise, her intense gaze, her large head (containing a large brain of course). This is the smart and studious […]

All Weekend Remember this controversy?  Well if you’re a self-identified woman of color, auditions for Barnard-Columbia V-Day’s Vagina Monologues start today.  Tonight they’re in Pupin 414 from 8-11pm, Thursday Diana 502 9-midnight, and Friday Hamilton 316 5-8pm.  Check the facebook event for more information. The Harlem Art Walk Tour is happening this weekend Saturday and Sunday from noon […]

Butler Library, the center of all things cool and fun, is having a few comic book events centered around New York Comic-Con!   Check out these two upcoming events: Wednesday, October 9th, at 6pm in 523 Butler In celebration of Butler’s recent additions of Wendy and Richard Pini, the creators of ElfQuest are having a […]

Live at Lerner is back people, spreading music and cheer throughout your midterm week months. If you find yourself craving social interaction, non-study classical music, or food, head to Lerner’s Piano Lounge today from 12pm-1pm. For this hour, Live at Lerner is having Appomattox, a Brooklyn-based band, performing. They are described by the event page as […]

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 […]