NBA player Jason Collins became the first openly gay male athlete in a major US sport yesterday. (Sports Illustrated) Some terrier owners in NYC are reviving the sport of hunting by having their dogs chase down rats in alleys. Tally-ho! (WSJ) Worried about your messed-up, only-two-hour-naps-as-needed sleep schedule? Don’t be. It’s perfectly natural, according to […]

You’ve been waiting and asking (and asking and asking…) and it’s finally here. Our first Senior Wisdom of the year: Melissa Kravitz, who may or may not have a Barnard ID, doesn’t need CU Admirers to express her feelings, and puts your “commute” from Woodbridge to shame.  Name, Hometown, School: Melissa Kravitz. Highland Park, IL […]

In a remarkable change of heart from last semester’s public scolding, Dean Shollenberger now whole-heartedly, enthusiastically supports this year’s Orgo Night, and encourages you to do the same!!! Perhaps the greatest use of ellipses ever Want more? Orgo Night is next Thursday, May 9th at 11:59 pm in 209.

Bwog officially endorses Beyoncé. Just in general. Saying that you like Beyoncé is like saying you like to breathe. Obvi. Beyoncé is like totes Bwog’s favorite person eva. She’s fierce, she’s a sexy mommy, and she has an accent at the end of her name, so computers think you’ve misspelled her name. Fav. But in […]

Around 6:30 pm, DEA agents concluded a car chase right on 115th street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, right in front of Schapiro. DEA agents handcuffed two men, who—according to a doorman who witnessed the scene—had been driving a blue mustang with Florida plates. One of the agents told Bwog that the two men have […]

Last night was part deux of CCSC’s thrilling constitutional review session. And let me assure you: It. Was. Thrilling. Boring as fuck. Admittedly, it was somewhat heartening to see the Council address issues that should have been addressed a long time ago, and in such a short period of time no less! To paraphrase CCSC […]

Although we often don’t think of it as such, hip hop is a business. CUSH and CORE organized an event last Friday to invite us to think of it as such. We were intrigued, so we sent our hippest hopper, Eric Wimer, to check it out. Here’s his report: It’s not often enough that you […]

You may have seen the posters featuring a woman in a halloween mask and a red trench coat advertising the Senior Thesis Festival. The play happened this past weekend, at the Barnard Theater Department’s Minor Latham Playhouse, when Rebecca Clark put on her version of Adrienne Kennedy’s The Owl Answers. We sent Julia Goodman to watch it; […]

Update, 3:13 pm: A tipster tells us the banner has been taken down :( The Orgo Night banner just went up in Lerner, and it very openly mocks the Varsity Show banner directly behind it. It’s good to know that Orgo Night hasn’t lost its balls.

PrezBo sent an e-mail to SIPA members this morning to announce that their dean, Robert C. Lieberman, will leave Columbia University on June 30th to take on the position of Provost at Johns Hopkins University. There is still no information on who will replace him, although PrezBo claims the selection process is nearly over. Here […]

Ever get tired of rummaging through Facebook/e-mail/Bwog/Spec/bulletin boards/asking around/passenger pigeon to find out what’s going on on campus? There’s a new app called Commune that wants to solve exactly that problem. Commune is basically an event aggregator; it allows you to see everything that’s going on in the university (and in the city at large). […]

Bitches are going crazy with exams already, as this board found in 719 Hamilton indicates.   Words aren’t deep enough.

Danny Brown apparently would give up cheese, even at his concerts (AllHipHop) Pyongyang’s lights are heating up, unlike the rest of North Korea. (ABC News) Chris Brown’s father thinks his son’s relationship with Rihanna might end badly. Really, what gave it away? (NY Daily News) The core is getting hotter—this time it’s the real thing. (BBC […]

Some of you might have heard of the recent conflict surrounding Uris library. BSchool students are just way too cool to be surrounded by the likes of lazy, annoying, undergrads. To protect their space, they have decided to close off the library during finals week to all non-business students—with the exception of econ majors. So […]

Do you ever feel the unshakable urge to catch ’em all? So does Bwog! We invite all of you to join us in our amazing Pokemon journey. For those of you without a town map, we are in the SGO room on the 5th floor of Lerner. Come by at 7 to pick up your starter and begin […]