It’s a new semester and the inexorable march of progress continues on campus. Except that you probably still don’t have air conditioning and someone gets stuck in an elevator on a bi-weekly basis, and stuff. But there’s new paint! Send any riveting developments we missed to tips@bwog.com.    

Bwog’s personal plasmid profiler, Zach Kagan, recounts us with the exciting tales of mosquitos, viruses, telescopes and Golden Geese in this week’s Bunsen Bwog.  We already know what science would do with a 65-million year mosquito sample: make a dinosaur theme park and hire Jeff Golblum to get chased around by velociraptors. But what does science […]

Last night, Berkeley Professor John Lie spoke about K-pop as part of the Center for Korean Research’s Colloquium Series on Korean Cultural Studies. B&W Culture Editor and Bwog K-pop beat chief Conor Skelding shuffled in a few minutes late. Note: check this September’s issue of The Blue & White for K-pop right here at Columbia. “South Korea has become a […]

Calling John Cage a “polarizing figure” probably accounts to an understatement. If you don’t know what I mean, sit through a performance of 4’33” and wait for someone to burst out laughing or leave the room altogether. Yet, in all the strangeness of a group of performers sitting in complete silence for  four and a half […]

You have made it through three weeks of class. You are back into the swing of things and remembered how to be a good student- do work and down shots, preferably at the same time. Being a good student doesn’t mean going hungry.  Bwog is here for you with this guide to study snacking: Reading […]

Bwog is bringing back a series of interviews with standout athletes on campus. Last semester, we caught up with track star Kyle Merber and tennis sensation Nikki Bartnik. This week, Bwog sat down with Field Hockey’s Gabby Kozlowski, hoping unlock the secrets to her outstanding career and see how the girls handle all those sticks […]

A Dutch girl’s decision to send birthday party invites via Facebook quickly turns awry as she neglected to change the privacy settings to, well, private. Hilarity and lawlessness ensues as over 30,000 partygoers show up. (CBS News) Apple decides to oust Google’s presence on their baby by creating the Apple Maps app to replace Google […]

Winston Churchill once said, “I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” Bwog 3.0 is live, and it’s not completely inaccurate to say that we’ll be the same irreverent, vaguely socially relevant Bwog that you know and love. Of course, we’ve matured (pronounce that […]

Dear Bwog Readers, It’s with the heaviest of hearts (and a couple of other surprisingly apt cliches) that I’ve decided to retire from the Editor position a bit earlier than planned. This decision is the result of unexpected circumstances that, for the time being, require more of my attention and effort than I’d ever want […]

Bwog was created in 2006 to give students a groundbreaking platform for learning about and communicating with their peers and the community at large. In the six years since, our readership and staff have steadily grown—but to this day, that dedication to our founding purpose has remain unchanged. From innovative and informational coverage of events […]

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 […]