This evening, to celebrate the end of Earth Week, there will be a festival on Lehman Lawn from 7-10pm. There will be free food, performance groups, activities, and prizes (dining dollars as well as actual prizes). More information on the event (and the events from this past week) can be found here. The beautiful young […]

Tonight at 9pm Jester presents The Varisty Show in the Lerner Blackbox. The Facebook description puts it best: THIS IS THE VARISTY SHOW. DON’T BELIEVE THE RUMORS, THIS IS THE REAL VARISTY SHOW. WE ARE THE JESTER YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY TRUST US, WE ARE TELLING THE TRUTH THIS IS THE REAL VARISTY SHOW. DO YOU […]

This past weekend, the women’s tennis team won their first Ivy League title with a big win over Princeton.  Nicole Bartnik, team captain, talked to sports maven Conor Cashel about this big accomplishment. Bwog: First of all, congratulations on securing a share of your first Ivy League title and finishing with the best record in program […]

In honor of Earth week, we thought we’d provide you with some drinks that are easy on the environment…and/or that are just green. (If nothing else, they can double as St. Patrick’s Day drinks, because we all know that’s a day with a shortage of alcohol.) Although it’s kind of hard to say which drinks […]

Living in fear of the squalid living conditions that await you next semester? There may be another option, and one that you’ve probably passed by dozens of times without noticing. The Bayit, Columbia’s pluralistic Jewish living community and food co-op, is accepting applications for Fall 2013. Intrigued? Don’t know where — or what — the […]

The core of the earth is fucking hot. (BBC) Einstein was proven right, again. (Science World Report) A NASA rover draws a dick on the surface of Mars.(Dvice) Saturn will be easily visible when you’re high on a roof stargazing this weekend. (Space.com) Not the phone via Shutterstock

Weeping echoes across the entire Columbia campus as we receive tips that Crack Del has been shut down for selling alcohol to minors. Tipsters report that the building is surrounded by cops and upset freshmen. If you have any info about our beloved Crack Del’s demise, send it to tips@bwog.com. Update, 1:17 am: A tipster sent […]

And the SEAS commencement speaker is… Robert Bakish, SEAS ’85! Bakish is the CEO of Viacom International Media Networks, so he’s definitely doing something right. Here’s what Bakish had to say about it: “It is an honor to represent Columbia Engineering and a privilege to be asked by my School peers to speak at such […]

Have you ever sent a document to the printer, taken the trek downstairs to print it out, only to discover the print job didn’t go through? Well, computer science major Jervis Muindi (SEAS ’13) has a solution for you: CU Print. This app for the Android platform (sorry, iOS users) is available free of charge […]

Hey! You! Yeah, you, right there reading this. You like acting, right? OK, well, maybe you’re ready for your fifteen minutes of fame? Whatever your inclination to the limelight might be,  Bwog video is doing a film shoot this Sunday and needs you. There’s nothing to memorize and no experience is required. You just have […]

Congratulations to 2013’s Core Scholars! These infinitely more creative than you talented students were honored today at a special lunch with Deantini. Now don’t you wish you’d paid more attention in LitHum? This year’s winners were Alessio Mineo, Allison Scott, Gabriella Zacarias, and Kun Oskar Yao, with an Honorable mention for  Colin Ross. They all […]

Lovable robots? Check. Saving the environment? Double check! Free stuff? TRIPLE CHECK! Come to Lehman Lawn tonight at 8:30 for a free screening of WALL-E, the most adorable movie in the history of the universe. The screening will be put on by EcoReps as part of their Earth Week celebration and will probably make you […]

As the Sun slowly but surely peeks its head out from behind the clouds, Columbia is transforming from a desolate wasteland into a pretty nice place to live. Take a break from stressing about how finals are coming up, or finding a job this summer, or that fucking jackhammer that’s right below your window — […]

The Rock isn’t going to let surgery get him down (or prevent him from looking totally ridiculous). (Yahoo) Just in time for Earth Week! New York has expanded its recycling program, so stop throwing your goddamn plastic bottles down the trash chute. (Wall Street Journal) In true testament to how awesome people can be sometimes, […]

Columbia College—your valedictorian is Lia Friedman. Your salutatorian is Yoshiaki Ko. Press release: The Columbia College Committee on Honors, Awards and Prizes has announced the names of the Class of 2013 valedictorian and salutatorian. The valedictorian is Leah Friedman, a Russian Literature and Cultures major from New York. The salutatorian is Yoshiaki Ko, a Neuroscience and […]