Get a free, self-esteem reinforcing hug on College Walk between 2-4 pm today! Science and Oprah say you should, so there’s really no choice in the matter. The hugs are a part of the Free Hugs Campaign.   her majesty via Free Hugs Campaign

I lost a Blackberry Bold and a black Kenneth Cole wallet the night of Saturday, 11/19. I will offer a reward and would like the finder to email me at kns2127@columbia.edu.

A well-deserved congratulations to all the members of Columbia’s Football team as they avoided their first winless season since 1987 yesterday by beating Brown 35-28. Read about the monumental 2OT victory in more detail later in Bwog Sports Sunday. Yesterday’s celebration probably went a little like this: UPDATE: Spec reports that the Football team’s head […]

For the past few weeks, a growing number of students have been informally meeting among themselves, and with the administration, to put into action a long-term plan for promoting “student wellness” at Columbia. The project aims to articulate the problems many students feel afflict the Columbia community, but are not equipped to solve. We’re given […]

A UC Davis Professor wrote an op-ed on Huffington Post comparing Police tactics used on students at UC Davis to those at Columbia. His conclusion: Public Safety is nerfed, and couldn’t hurt anyone if they wanted to. (Huff Po) The NY Times has a wonderful article about tech start-ups in NYC. Damnit. Is it too […]

Thursday evening, the World Leaders Forum hosted its second-ever artist for a lecture. Issac Julien, famous in the art-world for his unique films and installations, gave a talk about his work and the mediums through which he expresses himself. Art School Dropout Briana Last eagerly sat through Julien’s musings and provides you with this latest LectureHop. For a […]

Could it be the winter weather? Or maybe something your CC professor said has started to sink in? Whatever it is, something has turned the Columbia community into a channel for worldly revelation. On war Guy: (to guy friend) “You’ve already hooked up with her! That’s more than half the battle!” On technology Small Child […]

Bwog’s Clubbin’ feature is back in action to show you some of the most unique, zany, and fascinating clubs Columbia has to offer. Bwog daily editor, and resident Strong Man, Matt Schantz, known for wearing bowling shoes as actual shoes, went renegade clubbin’ and spent a day at Harlem Lanes. Members of the Columbia Club Bowling […]

The Columbia theatre community sure has a knack for originality. It is to be admired that at least half of the shows one hears about are student written. Adding to the Columbia canon, Cassandra Adair takes audiences on a multi-faceted journey of loneliness and humor in the premiere of her play, “The Lonely Play (A Not-So-Lonely Play). […]

Thanksgiving can sometimes leave you with a stomach full of joy, but other times it can leave you wishing you were back at school. Bwog prepares you for the latter scenario in this week’s installment of Saturday Morning Cartoons. Brace yourselves readers, for the Thanksgiving from hell. Daryl Seitchik, BC ’12, showcases her gifted hand for elaborate […]

The Landmarks Preservation commission has still to make a decision on whether or not to build boundaries that encompass Morningside Heights, after much pressure from the Morningside Heights Historic District Committee. (Spec) Fox has decided to choose Netflix as its platform on which they will release a new season of Arrested Development in 2013. (The […]

Brown leather coach bag wallet and other stuff somewhere in EC last night. I could honestly care less about the bag but I really want my things back (my wallet had no money in it and is thus only of use to me and the other stuff is irreplaceable). Reward if returned. Feel free to […]

Just like that, the powers of CUIT that giveth and taketh have upgraded all student accounts from 250 MB to 1 GB, meaning you’ll now have more room for messages. The increased quota should be visible in the top bar of the CubMail page once you log in. As one CUIT official told us, you […]

MetamORCHESIS, the Orchesis 2011 fall showcase, premiers tonight at 9 pm and then plays again Sunday at 2 pm in Roone. Bwog’s favorite dance enthusiast, Renée Kraiem, snuck into Orchesis’ dress rehearsal Wednesday evening. In the first piece of MetamORCHESIS, choreographed by the show’s producer Victoria Pollack, BC ’12, a small group of graceful dancers strut […]

Admit it. You remember thinking during that one scene of The Social Network how badly you wanted an invite to that final club party. Well now, when people ask what parties are like at your school, you can leave them with this sublime expression: all-inclusive.