Love is in the air, and it’s making Bwog feel all warm and fuzzy. Cuddle up with a loved one (or just a pillow, we know times are tough), and enjoy the ‘toons! Cartoons by Jody Zellman

Chinese students just love American colleges, especially Grinnell. It’s okay though, we’re not jealous. They love Barnard, too! (NYT) It’s hard out here for NYC’s  single, successful women looking for love. There just aren’t enough men to go around! (City Room) Eating more carrots, leafy greens, and other foods high in carotenoids can make others find […]

Valentine’s Day is just three short days away, and we’re reviving Personals just in time. Don’t wallow in sadness again this year! Our bachelorette for this first round is Owen Crawford, BC ’14. If you’re interested, send us a note at editors@bwog.com, and we’ll set you up with a date and $10. There’s still plenty […]

GHR was pretty much the predictable mixture of highs (warm chocolate cupakes), lows (the speakeasy was predictably out of booze pretty early, but what else did we really expect?) and apathy (traffic on the ramps in between performances was surprisingly orderly, regulated by CCSC-members wielding fancy walkie talkies). Most guests had clearly pregamed event, if […]

Update (10:30 AM) – The truck appears to have spent the night here.  It’s open for business this morning! Morningside is a veritable parking lot of culinary magic! Boasting “authentic Indian food,” the Desi Food Truck serves top-notch chicken Kati rolls for just $4.00. Head over to 113th and Broadway and make your stomach smile. […]

Retro… it’s the theme of the day! At D’Agostino’s, price comparison meets guerilla art.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Columbia University Print Services is offering students discounts on the perfect gift: business cards! Apparently it’s the thing to do “in this economy” – see press release below: Columbia University Print Services Introduces Reduced Pricing for Student Business Cards New York (February 1, 2011) – Columbia University Print Services […]

Girl 1: So we’re gonna get really drunk and then read The Bacchae because that’s, like, totally how it should be read anyway. Girl 2: Obvs. The end is nigh… Image from Wikimedia Commons

In this week’s Cooking with Bwog, resident culinary expert and quasi-mixologist Matt Powell shows you how to make love potions for Valentine’s Day out of the two most potent aphrodisiacs known to man—chocolate and alcohol! I may not be a mixologist, but I’ve always liked to experiment with different kinds of drink combinations. It probably […]

“I’m calling the shots today, get up out of bed, into school!” – Magic Johnson (NYT) “The present moment has nothing to do with me personally, with Hosni Mubarak, but with a situation of Egypt in its present and the future of its sons.” – Hosni Mubarak, who has just stepped down as president. (Al […]

Head over to Lerner NOW for the biggest free food event of the year. Expect oodles of sweet treats, dance groups stomping in funky formations, and a MOONBOUNCE! Then get yo drank on at an uber classy “speakeasy” (21+ with 2 IDs). And if you’re in the mood to move, there’s a “bungee challenge” and […]

Welcome back to Drinking with Bwog, your favorite way to start the weekend. This week, the Columbia Bartending Agency’s Matt Kalish shows you how to make a Tequila Sunrise. Drink responsibly…who are we kidding, nothing responsible ever came from tequila. Next up is a personal favorite of mine—the Tequila Sunrise. The recipe is simple, but […]

Apparently Columbia students aren’t the only ones getting grades in Morningside Heights. Our favorite neighborhood restaurants were undergoing some pretty intense midterms of their own, recently, and according to the New York Health Department’s most recent data analysis, they didn’t do so well. DNA Info and amNY report that the Morningside zip code (which it’s […]

If you were planning on studying, or catching a quick nap between classes, or hosting your Free Weezy fan fiction club meeting tonight around 6 in the Davis Auditorium of the Schapiro Center, we’d advise you to reconsider. The Heyman Center is hosting an “Egypt Arising” event, and we hear it’ll be pretty crowded. For those […]

Bwog’s new Thursday feature, Where Art Thou?, is here to keep you posted on what’s going on in the A&E department in Morningside Heights and beyond. If you’d like your new play of episodic dialogues relating to penises listed, email us as events@bwog.com. Athena Film Festival, starting tonight at 7 p.m. and running through February 13 […]