While a select few Columbians were sipping mineral water in PrezBo’s cozy living room, an even smaller contingent endured less luxurious conditions to hold their own conversation. Bwog’s Human Microphone Translator John Sarlitto reports from Occupy CU’s “Fireside Chat.” While the Occupy CU “Fireside Chat” on the sidewalk outside PrezBo Manor was scheduled to start […]

As he does from time to time, last night PrezBo opened the doors to his grandiose abode on Morningside Drive to a number of students and administrators for the latest in his Rooseveltian series of fireside chats. A pair of Bwog editors were in attendance, and positioned themselves on a soft couch to listen in on the night’s […]

900 000 000 000 000: The amount of money that a Staten Island mother is suing the city for. (Forbes) 3 950 000: The listed price of the skinniest house in Manhattan. (Huffington Post) 34.2: The tons of paper and debris that the last Giants Super Bowl Parade generated.(Gothamist) 3.25: The years it took for […]

Couldn’t make it across campus to eat some of the Columbia Culinary Society’s free erotic cake? Here are a few pictures from the event to whet your appetite in more ways than one. pastry pornography via Elyse DeWitt

Perhaps the most common of all campus seats, the Hamilton desk-chair is here reviewed for posterity. Chair reviews—like CULPA for things on which it is appropriate to sit. You walk into Lit Hum just as it starts—as always—and quickly scan the room to find the open seat. There’s one in the corner, so you sneak […]

Update, 10:56 pm: Domo Taco updated their Facebook page with the message, “Closing early due to some unfriendly carts…sorry! Cya tomorrow!” Halal bests Domo in the first round! Update 6:58 pm: Word is that the owner of Domo Taco Truck is a cousin of a Columbia student. The nepotistic war rages on, with furthering alliance tensions. […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. Dean Rinere of the Student Advising Center spoke to the council, addressing concerns students had brought up about their advisers being switched. Rinere explained that when students enter SEAS, they are assigned an advisor based on their declared “likely” major. If a student proceeds to declare a […]

Need a little plain old sustenance before your erotic cake adventure tonight? CQA is gathering in the Lerner Party Space at 7:30 pm with what is apparently $800 worth of sushi. That’s a lot of sushi. Sushi and chocolate and cake in unknown forms and shapes: a sexy and classy combination. Don’t miss the opportunity to […]

For those of you who consider chocolate on par with sex, tonight is the night to test out your theory once and for all. The Columbia Culinary Society is hosting a kinky showdown combined chocolate tasting and erotic cake competition tonight at 9:30 in the Satow room. 10 different types of chocolate will be featured, and only […]

The quality of hope never dies, even in the face of being kicked out of the NoCo library far too soon. In an effort to make words into actions, a dreamer scrawled the promise of “ALL DAY ERRDAY!!”  hours outside of NoCo. If only; if only. But honestly, the library and Joe’s hours suck. Solidarity, […]

As an astute commenter observed during our first caption contest, “…Bwog imagined this comment thread differently.” Quite right. So we both need to recover from last week—you, intellectually, and Bwog, emotionally. Here’s another chance. Dig into those parts of your brain uncorrupted by Frontiers, and show Bwog what scathing one-liners you’re made of. True redemption […]

Tonight, Miller Theatre digs deep and offers us the first of its brand new series of Popup Concerts. In exchange for free beer, intimate musical times, and communitarian bonding, all we must do is sit through an hour of atonal music. Punters will be encouraged to grab a bevvie and join the instrumentalists on stage. […]

Renée Kraiem uses what some people call “free time” to report on last night’s SGA meeting. As a glorious homage to the recently reinvigorated passion for efficiency, SGA met and adjourned this evening within one hour. Rep Council heard presentations from various councils and plugged a series of upcoming events in an attempt to make […]

Not sure you’re at the right place quite yet? Here are some potentially better fits….or you could go to Brown and be the next guy to uncover a lost Malcolm X speech. (Huffington Post) In a bold and brave acceptance of the future, students at UC Riverside are pushing to make looming post-graduation debt a […]

Our very own former editrix Eliza Shapiro has a story in Capital New York today about Columbia’s recent troubles, the long standing battle between the College and the University, and the particular existential dread of academia. The article is part of an ongoing reporting project with Bwog-friends Claire Sabel, Mark Hay, Sam Schube, Sarah Ngu […]