Did you know that Bwog was an armchair oenologist? Neither did we, until today. Please raise your Nalgenes as we venture together into the mysterious world of wine columns. We hope to be bringing back whatever wisdom we can garner from free tastings at International, instructional YouTube videos, and the notoriously inconsequential conjectures of the […]

It’s that time of year again, when Columbia students choose their classes, make new friends, and get hot and bothered when Professor Sexy Time bends over to pick up the chalk. Despite all the TAs, professors, and guest lecturers who look like the soles of Michael Phelps’ feet, there are still countless babes-with-brains teaching on […]

This week, our aspiring anthropologist, Zach Kagan, trekked down to 112th and Broadway to talk with climate scientist Benjamin Cook about his research on the real Mayan apocalypse, not the one purported to happen on December 21st, 2012. Climate science tends to obsess with the far future. What will climate patterns be like in five, ten, fifty years from now? […]

Too broke responsible to party on the weekends? Waiting for your fake ID Want to take advantage of campus and New York City? Bwog’s here to help with some ideas for a cheap and sober weekend. Campus Scavenger Hunt Here are the rules: gather up a group of friends and bring a piece of paper for […]

Update, 3:15 pm: Columbia just beat Marist 10-9. Roar, lion, roar. Your CU Lions have their opening game today against Marist at 12:30 PM!  Make the trek out to Baker Field (map) with free shuttles from 116th and Broadway starting at 11 am.  Once you get there, enjoy free t-shirts for the first 500 students, free beverages in […]

Think twice before flashing your new international ID and loading up on Smirnoffs. The Czechs provide Carman Hall with a new role model by shutting down all sales of liquor above 20% ABV after 19 victims died from methanol poisoning. (Reuters) Who knew love could be so enduring? A South Carolinian woman is looking to press charges after finding her […]

As the final week of refresh button worship SSOL registration comes to a close, Bwog pays tribute to the team that created the Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability (CULPA). We couldn’t help but jump in and ask a few questions. Bwog: Do you have any details about the CULPA team (anonymity notwithstanding)? CULPA: We’re all […]

For our first Roomhop of a sweet ’16er dwelling, Crackerjack Cartographer Zac Collazo took a trip to the unexplored reaches of the LLC to document the impeccably-planned walls of one freshperson’s single. Upon entering Alexander Pines’ 94 square foot Hartley single, you might comment on its cramped size. The next thing you’d notice, however, would surely […]

Today from 12 to 4 pm, the Center for Career Education wants YOU to hang out with them. Not only will there be the opportunity to win an iPad Kindle Nook Tablet, but Korilla will be there serving up all the free Korean BBQ you can eat. If CCE can’t help you find a job in the library, […]

As Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago teachers union continue their negotiations over pizza the public school system, one complaint that hasn’t been addressed is the lack of air conditioning in many classrooms. Wait, we’re allowed to protest about that? (HuffPost) Meanwhile, New York reasserts its dominance as the world’s best (and most confused) city, as […]

Bwog reported about a policy change for alcohol in freshman residence halls: there are no (officially) dry dorms on campus anymore, as far as we can surmise, although you must be 21 to drink. “But who could this apply to?” we hear a skeptic enquire. (“Did you mean ‘To whom could this apply?’?”) Most obviously this […]

The 2012-2013 season at Miller Theatre opened last night with Venezia. It will be playing again tomorrow and is sold out, but a stand-by line will be open at 6 pm. Wannabe Venetian Alexandra Svokos checked it out. Miller Theatre opened their season with the words “I do not know if I am awake, or […]

Sasha DiGiulian, CC ’16, hails from Washington, DC, but she’s scaled the globe as the reigning US National Female Champion in outdoor climbing. Join us as we make more bad puns and attempt a double entendre or two about the sport of mounting large rocks…  Bwog: How did you start rock climbing? Sasha: I first started […]

There is filming going on today in the famed Havemeyer 309 and the building’s lobby for an upcoming TV series called Zero Hour.  A tipster sent in this picture:

A tipster overheard this not-sure-if-endearingly-cute-or-just-outright-creepy exchange outside the Mathematics building. Boy: I am going to drop Chinese. Girl: Why? Boy: Because I spend the whole class staring at you and can’t focus. Girl: That’s not my fault! Chinese via Wikimedia Commons