Connoisseur of Fine Art and Fine Bagels Brit Byrd visited CC sophomore Alex Chang’s Nussbaum dorm-cum-museum. Here’s what he found out from its curator… Impressionism, curatorship, and soft lighting are three concepts not usually associated with the address 600 W 113th St. This year however, the focused glow of one resident’s set of museum-caliber LEDs is on […]

Last night, we received the following picture, captioned (edgily) by a tipster: From another anonymous tipster: Three first-years on Broadway and 114th: F1: …then we found out that he’s the son of the diplomat to Belgium. F3: Good thing it wasn’t Libya! Ohhh! An awkward silence. F2: Too soon? Too soon. More anonymous eavesdropping from […]

Take the Lerner talking elevators up to the fifth floor and go to the SGO at 7 pm where Bwog will welcome you with open arms and carbohydrate-laden snacks! If you like to write, read, and/or jazzercise then you should come tonight and even if you don’t like any of those things you should still […]

The ubiquity of nudity (and more nudity) and obscenities in today’s society has led many to wonder if the art world can shock us anymore. (Gawker, CNN, NYT) To launch her new fragrance, FAME, Lady Gaga threw a promotional party at the Guggenheim Museum where mask-sporting attendees could watch her catch some highly premeditated z’s inside […]

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 […]