You’re stressed out, maybe a little depressed, and definitely worrying about whatever horrifying amount of work is hanging over your head. You’re striding down College Walk, passing people, in your own focused world. You might be about to crack. But mercifully something pulls you out of your personal death spiral of despair: an adorable six-year-old […]

Honest Tea is out in front of the 116th Street gates. Take a bottle, and pay a dollar in the box, but you’re on the honor system–nobody is watching! Update: In other food news, it is half-off day at Haagen Dazs! Photo by David Hu

Alexandra Svokos CC’14 noticed a dreamcatcher just hangin’ outside Lerner.

Hello there! Are you in a living situation that is in some way notable? Do you like diamonds and fame? Would you like to be featured on Bwog then email us in a year when you’re looking for a job to ask us to remove your last name? Well, perfect. Bwog is looking for living […]

Budget 19 extra seconds into the dash to print before class! Update: Security at the (temporary) front desk said the work should be done by tomorrow

In sports, Columbia Rugby is ranked thirteenth in the nation! (American Rugby News) Columbia gets commended for recycling lots of furniture, keeping it out of landfills! (Technorati) Bloomberg aims to prevent people from spending food stamps on sugary drinks. (The Week) A Long Island Rail Road former engineer is accused of letting a passenger drive […]

Gray flash drive, fading color (can see the printed boards inside the drive), no cap, bunch of important files on it that I need, reward if found.

All right, Columbia. I know we like to have fun sometimes, but at some point it needs to stop.

Tonight, the student group Everyone Allied Against Homophobia will begin distributing pink fliers to all dorm rooms on the Columbia and Barnard campuses. The fliers are intended to be placed in dorm room windows to indicate that the dorm room is a “safe space” for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and queer students and their allies, […]

There’s been lots of talk about Barnard and Greek Life recently. We’re kind of confused, so we figured you would be, too. Basically, SGA is trying to figure out whether SGA/the Barnard administration should formally recognize (and therefore fund) the umbrella organizations that oversee the sororities, as well as the sororities themselves. We checked in […]

Hark! Tonight at 7 PM in the Lerner East Ramp Lounge, the Neuroscience Society will be giving out chocolate, blueberries, nuts and green tea to help you study. They’ll also be showing a TED Talk on neuroscience-y things.

The ESC also met Monday night. Bwog’s Sean Zimmermann was there. The council spent most of the time before the election discussing the current dining survey, and the results so far. Common student complaints on the survey included the extensive crowding of Ferris, especially on the weekends, the lack of takeout in JJs, and confusion […]

The SGA met Monday night. Bwog’s Raph Debenedetti got the scoop on water fountains. Be warned! Some water fountains in the Diana do not provide water. Do your duty and report any deficient water fountains! Delta Gamma will be hosting a fashion show for charity this Saturday, 8 p.m., in LeFrak. Tickets are $5. Dean […]

The Office of Student and Administrative Services notified Bwog in the wee hours last night that a new partnership with NJ Transit will allow full-time undergraduate and grad students the opportunity to buy monthly passes for all of NJ Transit’s services at a 25% discount. This service will be available through NJ Transit’s QuickTik auto-payment […]

Rejoice, all! Today is Founder’s Day at Barnard. That means all sorts of exciting things. Exhibit A: there are t-shirts for sale that read “a lot has happened in 121 years…what will happen next?” Exhibit B: The BBQ has been moved indoors, so Hewitt is loud and smokey and more fun than usual. Photos by […]