The clock is ticking. With every passing day, you tread ever closer to that most wicked of days: your final thesis/seminar paper deadline. And while Bwog certainly hopes that you’ve been loading your paper up with plenty of primary sources, we’ve gotta come clean on this one—we’ll only really care about your thesis if it’s […]

Bwog’s A-list correspondent Renée Kraiem tells you what went down at SGA’s final meeting of the semester. Last night’s SGA meeting, the last of 2011, began with a joyful round of Secret Santas and Channukah Harriets. The evening’s first guest complemented the inclusive theme of the evening. She was Pamela Phayme, Barnard’s Director of Diversity […]

According to a tipster, there are “HUNDREDS of FREE MUFFINS in the lobby of Dodge.” Though the blueberry is only “mediocre,” what the muffins lack in flavor the “impressive display” makes up. Update, 2:27 pm: The muffins are all gone. “Literally just crumbs,” we’re told.

Bwog’s ever-seasonably dressed Victoria Wills chanced upon this bit of weather-related angst in Hamilton 413.

Sean Zimmermann emerged from his home in Mudd to bring us this report of the final ESC meeting for the semester. ESC opened with a presentation by Columbia College Senator Kenny Durell, who spoke on the recent Bacchanal Inquiry. Durell explained that UEM and Commencement, during a meeting in late March, determined that there would […]

The Butler gods have spoken. Starting next Tuesday, this hallowed building’s fifth and sixth floors will be open 24/7, thereby inviting 170 more students to join their sleepless comrades on Milstein floors two, three, and four. But remember friends, this is a trial run, so if you really want more 24-hour space in Butler, you’ve […]

Ivy League schools are under fire for animal abuse in their laboratories. Try to treat the subject of your next dissection with a little more kindness, k? (SFGate) Working Muppets of All Countries, Unite! (Slate) Thanks to some mice, we’re one step closer to developing a vaccine against the Ebola virus. NYPD officers are in hot […]

If you find bioethics and genetic engineering intriguing, then don’t miss Scientists and Engineers for a Better Society’s discussion and film screening tonight. Starting at 6:30 pm and until 7:45 pm, Director of Special Programs in Bioethics at Columbia University Professor John Loike will give a presentation and facilitate a bioethics scenario game. From 7:45 pm […]

So as to continue this wonderful recent trend in overheard/seen pleasantries, now a gossip gem from the Harvest issue of the Blue and White: One recent Saturday night, a drunken blond gentleman tried to order Koronet* pizza with his jeans pooled around his feet and his eerily transparent boxers on full display. When the cashier […]

It’s crunch time:

Once upon a time, when you were young and carefree, there was a comedian who made movies you thought were hilarious, or at least pretty funny. Now that guy is making movies in which he plays his own sibling that get a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Needless to say, a whole generation is confused: Boy […]

As we pointed out a few days back, the Registrar’s office has added additional dates for spring registration this week and next in hopes that it will allow for more accurate schedules going in to winter break. Now you have much more time to sit in class and refresh SSOL nonstop until that Art Hum […]

Good News: Tiger Woods won the Chevron World Challenge this weekend, ending a two-year losing streak. Asked whether the emotions he felt were more satisfied or relieved, Woods replied “It just feels awesome whatever it is.” …That’s what she said. (CBS) Bad News: Times are tough. PrezBo only received $1.53 million in total compensation in 2009, a […]

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump. Recommended “Improving Livelihoods in Batey Communities in the Dominican Republic” […]

A black iPhone 4 with a brown leather case was lost on the 5th floor lounge of Lerner outside 502/503 on December 4th around 8:00pm. The iPhone has a passcode and the background screen is an oil painting of a cathedral on fire. Please contact ry2216@columbia.edu if found.