Are you tired of buying sushi from Café East at exorbitant prices? Columbia Japan Society’s Sushi Night is tonight (11/10) in the Broadway Room of Lerner.  There will be two session, one at 7 pm and another at 8 pm. For $7 and optional formal wear, you can learn how to make your own all-you-can-eat sushi. Dress classily, […]

General David Petraeus has joined the ranks of Elliot Spitzer and John Edwards by having an affair with his biographer. “Having showed extremely poor judgment,” he threw in the towel and resigned from the position of Director of the CIA. (Reuters) Philip Roth, the legendary Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award novelist, decided to quit writing […]

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Lydia and Tom, a Columbia University Performing Arts League special project, will be performed tonight at 8:30 pm and 10:30 pm in the Lerner Black Box theatre. Free tickets are available from the TIC. Last night, we sent Bwog musical theatre maven Kyra Bloom to review the student-written production. Musical theatre is a uniquely specific […]

Over Election Day break, the CU Democrats hosted a five-day trip to Cleveland, Ohio. The goal was to help canvass for the Obama campaign during Get Out the Vote (GOTV). Bwog’s recovering reporter, John, reminisces: Having not woken up at 5 A.M. since high school and feeling like someone had recently retrieved a rake that […]

Last night was a good night to be bad at poetry. Columbia’s best bad poets shined up their shoes (*not really), did their hair (*ish), and broke out their tuxes (*in one case, yes) for terrible poetry’s biggest night of the year: the Philolexian Society’s 27th annual Alfred Joyce Kilmer Bad Poetry Contest. Bwog’s expert […]

As usual, the snow has caused campus to go a little haywire. But never fear, Bwog is here with the top three issues we’re dealing with at the moment. Watch out for the following: 1) Gate closures: If you’re not checking email, you may have been surprised to find the Chapel, Earl Hall, and CEPSR […]

If you want to be president, remember that politicians are people too, and follow Obama’s example. On the other hand, if you’re looking for a different political position, learn from Chris Christie and try not to snub the candidate you actually campaigned for. (Huff Post) If you want to be a human rights activist, your […]

As intensely dedicated journalists, Bwog has tried hard to avoid bias and hearsay in the months leading up to the election. Finally though, the tough times of campaigning are over, so we can let our hair down and have a drink or two with the knowledge that our incumbent will continue to cumb for four […]

Most Columbia alums dream of a cushy job in trading or a somewhat successful book deal. But four Bio-Medical Engineering graduates are starting their post-college careers not by working in a coffee bar, but by saving a few thousand lives. Actually, more than a few thousand, if Tampostat, the group’s BME senior design project that […]

Now that it seems as though the weather is calming down and things are getting back to normal, you’re going to need some extra excitement in your life. Check out these neat events from the TIC office to start you off:  Campus Events: CUPAL Special Project: Lydia and Tom. Today at 8:30 pm and tomorrow […]

Ben Platt CC ’16 of previous Pitch Perfect popularity has just received what many would consider the greatest honor of all: the chance to portray Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Second National Tour of The Book of Mormon.  Beginning in Chicago, this will be the third production of the Tony Award-winning hit.  Tickets are already sold out […]

Tonight in 309 Havemeyer at 8:30 pm, the Philolexian Society invites you to “celebrate mediocrity in a form that is less violent than Lions football” at the 27th Alfred Joyce Kilmer Bad Poetry Contest. Anyone who attends can show  off their horrible writings skills in front of a huge crowd – over 300 attendees in […]

The night was chilly but the fight was heated. Last night’s Snowbrawl 2012 was a violent bonanza of snow-related fun. These tidbits from Bwog’s intrepid tipsters give us some idea of the carnage: Overheard at Snowbrawl 2012: “PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY ENOUGH” Girl to friends after getting smacked in the face: “It’s assault […]

Leopard print scarf found in Havemeyer. Can now be found at the lost and found in Low Library.