This Thursday, the annual Dean’s Scholarship Reception will be held in the Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner.  Students with named scholarships are invited to go and meet the donor who named their scholarship.  According to the Columbia website, students are matched with donors based on “intellectual pursuits, extracurricular achievements, hometowns and plans for the future, […]

Are your multiple late-night Columbia Admirers posts not getting the attention of that special someone in your 200-person lecture? (Hint: it’s probably because you’re describing them as a tall brown-haired person in skinny jeans who was taking notes and drinking coffee). Time to burst your anonymous bubble: Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and if […]

It is becoming increasingly likely that an individual possessed by a giant rabbit has caused the John Jay elevator crisis:  

If you cared, you would already know the Ravens won. (LA Times) Super Bowl commercials kind of sucked. (New York Times) “Warm Bodies” made $20 million, but the new Koch documentary made $20K on every screen it showed on. Not bad for a documentary. (Daily News) More NYU than Columbia students are looking for sugar daddies. Just gonna leave it at […]

  Someone from Columbia is participating in Super Bowl XLVII tonight! Well, he’s not playing or anything, but Associate Athletic Director of Sports Medicine Jim Gossett with be on the sidelines serving as one of two “spotters,” whose job is to look for head and neck injuries during the game. Pretty big gig for an […]

What better way to express yourself than on the hood of a stranger’s car? A sampling of the art that last night’s flurry inspired:

There will be plenty of commercials tonight for big name brands, but why be mainstream when you can come to Bwog tonight and watch local commercials like this one with us! The SGO on the 5th floor of Lerner at 6 pm is where it’s at. Bring your ideas, bring your friends but most important, bring your spaceship […]

Recommended “The Arab Spring’s Tall Order: Security, Politics, Economics, and Civil Society” Monday, 12:10 pm – 1:10 pm, 105 Jerome Greene, Lotfi Maktouf “Mellon Visiting Artist Talk with Paul Muldoon”  Wednesday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Italian Academy, Paul Muldoon “Growing Up Digital” Thursday, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, James Room, Barnard Hall, Rosemarie Truglio

Beyoncé redeems herself by singing the national anthem live at her pre-Super Bowl news conference. In other news, Beyonce had a pre-Super Bowl news conference. (Nytimes) Beyoncé being goofy on the cyberweb. (Huffington Post) Beyoncé demonstrates her infallibility with her dance moves. (Youtube, Buzzfeed) Beyoncé releases a sneak peek video of her performance for her concert the Super Bowl tonight. (Washington […]

If you’ve turned on the news in the past three weeks, you’ve probably heard of Manti Te’o, the Samoan Mormon Notre Dame linebacker (like that’s not news enough) whose tragic losses in his personal life propelled him to lead the Fighting Irish to the National Championship game. You’ve also probably heard that Lennay Kekua, Te’o’s girlfriend who was […]

The McBain residence hall is known for a number of astonishing qualities: beautiful views of Manhattan a disgusting ventilation shaft, a grandiose history (Meghan McCain – for real!?), and a sophisticated cultured exciting bat shit crazy party scene. If by bat shit crazy you mean tinged with the faint scent of desperation. There’s no doubt […]

Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday, and you may be wondering where to watch Beyonce preform at halftime. To help you with this epic search, Bwog has put together a list of your local favorites as well as some more adventurous options, all of which are offering food and drink specials for the big day. You’ve […]

Sure, there’s a lot of weird shit on the Internet, but there’s also a lot of really fantastic reading accessible to you.  This week, two excellent works involving Columbia have been put on Longreads’ Top 5 Longreads of the Week.  First, Columbia Magazine put out a fascinating story about Lucien Carr, the man who essentially brought […]

On Wednesday, Eric Klinenberg, author of Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, came to speak about his new book and the trend of single living sweeping America. Future Cat Lady, Claire Friedman, was in attendance. Going to a lecture about a book entitled Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising […]

Low: According to an email sent out by the Harvard administration yesterday, a little over half the students involved in last year’s massive cheating scandal were forced to withdraw. Many others were allowed to stay on campus under disciplinary probation. However, some students did manage to get away scot-free. I guess Harvard is simply preparing […]