Wtfcolumbia.com is now up and running! Deceptively, its name stands for What To Fix Columbia, and essentially is a discussion board where you can complain and discuss the problems in our university. Anyone with a UNI can now make an account. Facebook integration and a mobile app are still in the works.

After Emlyn Hughes’ cryptic stunt during last week’s Frontiers of Science lecture and the hullabaloo that followed, of course everyone was looking forward to today’s lecture. Our sources hinted that it would be even crazier than last week’s. An e-mail was sent out to those in the class also announced that “due to recent media attention,” they […]

You know that stuff you learned about during history class, where everyone was scared of nuclear bombs and we were sending people to space and the Russians pretty much ate babies? It’s happening again, but online. (NYTimes) Soon you’ll be able to surf the Internet while driving. What could possibly go wrong? (CNET) Although the […]

This past week was marked by highs and lows for Columbia Athletics. Men’s basketball suffered a crushing loss to Princeton on Friday night only to come back and slap Penn 58-41 the next day with notable performances by Grant Mullins, Brian Barbour, and Mark Cisco. Wrestling lost a heartbreaker match to Harvard and similarly came […]

It has recently come to Bwog’s attention that the NYPD is hot on the trail of a new criminal in Morningside Heights: @columbiamakeout.  @columbiamakeout has been on the loose since February 7th and is gaining power as more and more people come to her aid.  Mayor Bloomberg has warned that anybody harboring the criminal will […]

Are you unsure of where to live next year? No worries, because Bwog is here to help. Our very own housing flowchart, ladies and gents: Click to open a larger version in a new tab

If Bwog had a movie trailer, it would probably look like this. “Come to our meeting tonight at 7 pm in the SGO on the 5th floor of Lerner,” says [insert famous award-winning actor] in an authoritative tone—fade to black. (Youtube) Anatomy of a movie trailer via Youtube

ECAASU 2013 came to Columbia and had its opening ceremony on Friday night, various workshops and forums on Saturday afternoon, and a kickin’ after-party last night. Sarah Thompson*, appreciator of all things Asian, braved the stares to check out the opening ceremonies. ECAASU, the East Coast Asian Association Student Union, is kind of a big […]

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 […]

The 10 best Oscar red carpet looks of all time. Gwyneth, Julia and Halle are all there. (E! News, Goop, Youtube, ) Age is but a number—an 86-year-old and a 9-year-old are both nominees this year. (LATimes) In a world…where there are movie trailers, only certain scenes make the cut. (NYTimes) How to make an Oscar-winning […]

How the Other Half Lives, your favorite life-swapping stories outside of Wife Swap, is back for more! This time we sent one of Bwog’s resident scientists (he makes Froscanity look like child’s play) to a history class on the American South and a history major to a class on Mechanics – some sort of science, […]

Bwog’s favorite strong, bold, and beautiful president (sorry Prezbo) published an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Thursday regarding the experience of women in higher education and in its effects on their experience in the work place–specifically the lingering pay-gap between them and their male counterparts. President Spar reminds us that, even though it […]

This past Thursday night, Russian could be heard echoing through the halls of IAB. This was not a simple run-of-the-mill discussion on the Cold War or the Russian geopolitical threat. It was something much classier! Up and coming opera sensation, Anita Rachvelishvili, was there to discuss her life and what it’s like to be a […]

While walking through College Walk the other day, Bwog observed two small children riding their bikes:   Child 1: Aren’t you getting tired of this? Child 2: No! We’ll stop when I say we stop.   Awww… What a cute little future dictator. Welcome to Columbia, kids! You’ll fit right in.       A […]

Bwog engaged in some super sleuthing this weekend (aka bumming around Facebook) discovered that the theme of Bacchanal this year is DeBacchery! (Bacchanal Facebook page) If you are anything like Bwog, you have heard that famous street artist DeBanksy was arrested and his identity has been revealed… If you are anything like Bwog, you also died […]