This Wednesday, renowned author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell graced Columbia with “A Few (Un)scientific Thoughts on Backlash” as part of the Psychology Department Colloquium Series. Bwog’s autograph-seeking John H. and photo-seeking Artur R. teamed up to skip class and explore the realms of the “unscientific.”  For the less-well-read, Malcolm Gladwell currently writes for the New Yorker […]

Have you been wondering about the story behind the Campus Dems’ favorite voting website, TurboVote? Don’t worry, we weren’t, either, until we found out it was started by a Columbia grad. After doing some research, Bwog is here to enlighten you and make sure you get registered before November. We sent our ballot barista Brit […]

Join our new Cooking With Bwog duo, Asia Carter and Bea Masters, as they double-handedly attempt to teach you how to cook from the comfort of your computer. Check out their first installment! You can find the ingredients and recipe below. Chickpea and Zucchini Salad Serves 4 1 can chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 1 cup green […]

Iraq and North Korea are facing off. The Iraqi government has blocked a North Korean plane from passing through its airspace, because it suspects there are weapons onboard. It’s hard to say what the most worrisome part of this is, until you find out that the plane was heading to Syria. (Reuters) Unrest in the […]

If it’s only the third week of classes and you’re already dreading the biweekly torture that is Literature Humanities (or as it’s called by those in the know, Masterpieces of Western Literature and Philosophy in the City of New York), Bwog is here to help. You’re already showing up to your classes hung over, so […]

The  IRWAG (Institute for Research of Woman and Gender) kicked off their 25th anniversary celebrations today at 4:00 on the steps in Avery Plaza. Despite impending threat of rain, five very different groups of women/with women performed for the crowd. Bwog sent the head of our Riots and Rock department, Alexander Pines, to check it […]

Today’s latest in free food is brought to you by Peace by PEACE and  Columbia’s IEEE Chapter. At 8pm in the Diana LL103, Peace by PEACE‘s info sessions enticingly promise “FREE ICE CREAM (LIKE LOTSS) AND YUMMY TOPPINGS! AND SO MANY SPRINKLES!!” You can learn how to teach conflict resolution to elementary school kids while […]

Remember this? Last spring, Columbia, Barnard and Teacher’s College staff rallied down Broadway, protesting the proposed changes to the contracts of UAW Local 2110 members, which encompasses workers on staff at the college. The union’s current contract with Barnard is set to expire at the end of this coming June, and as negotiations continue through […]

Yesterday, Apple released the latest iteration, iOS 6, of their immensely popular operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. The flagship feature of the release is a completely re-designed, Apple-developed Maps application, which has already drawn flak from users and experts alike. The fanciest innovation is Flyover, giving you a birds-eye-view of major […]

Do you like music and/or revolution? Sick of Psy Gangnam style? Maybe you should be listening to some riot grrrl. Today at 4:00 the Columbia University Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWAG) is putting on a free outdoor concert featuring a small handful of riot grrrl acts and students from the Willie Mae […]

Do you live with all political feminists? Have you made a giant Harry-Potter themed map of Columbia? Does your suite have artistic domination over all of campus? If you’re not impressed by any of these situations, then we’re interested in you and your illustrious living companions! Bwog is bringing back Powersuites, aka the living lifestyles of […]

Rejoyce, fellow Columbians! Peek your heads out from Ulysses (after you ditched the Odyssey, right?) and sprint over to the Package Center to be first in line. Just kidding—there is no line. Although the crates behind the counter are still strewn about like the plot line of Finnegan’s Wake, employees at the Package Center happily report […]

I lost a purple Moleskine notebook, on Monday night with notes for “Harlem on my mind” in it . Possibly in Lerner. Please email sb2942@columbia.edu.

Arctic ice shrunk a record 18 percent this year, to the shock and distress of the scientific and environmental community. The fall is said to be unprecedented and the clearest sign yet of climate change. (The Guardian) It looks like Samsung finds the iPhone 5  to violate just as many of their patents as its […]

“Here in this Purgatory, all the people with whom you’ve ever come in contact are gathered. The scattered bits of you are collected, pooled, and unified. The mirrors are held up in front of you. Without the benefit of filtration, you see yourself clearly for the first time. And that is what finally kills you.” […]