Former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke visited Columbia yesterday afternoon to host an open discussion with Columbia College students. Editor in Chief and Bwog’s resident Texas aficionado Jenny Zhu brings you a report of the discussion and a pic she snapped with the congressman.

Happening in the World: El Salvador has a new mayor – one not supported by the two parties traditionally dominating the country’s politics. Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old ex-mayor of San Salvador, built his campaign around his identity as a young alternative to previous military-backed regimes. (The Washington Post) Happening in the US: In news relevant to Bwog’s wonderful new sports editor, […]

Like all CC students who pretends they actually read all two-hundred-something pages of Plato’s Republic, we here at Bwog like to say that we have a passion for civic duty. Bwog has four Bureau Chiefs who cover the weekly meetings of each of Columbia’s four undergraduate student councils (CCSC, ESC, SGA, and GSSC). Each Bureau Chief […]

Bwog loves a lot of things: our roommates, St. Luke’s Hospital during Bacchanal, and professors who let us do creative final projects. But perhaps most importantly, we love you. That’s right, as we ring in the new semester, we here at Bwog are again looking for new staff writers to join our jubilant community of grape-loving, Slack-obsessed staffers. Whether […]

The only thing that might be wackier than the aggressiveness of the cold wind outside, the still-mediocre SSOL redesign, and this season of The Bachelor combined…..is syllabus week. Whether it’s discussing “that hip new Jay-Z music video” or performing a literal satanic ritual, professors always capitalize upon their first classes to say and do the wackiest, sweetest, funniest, and […]

Early Sunday morning, Bwog was tipped video footage that depicts a white man standing in front of Butler Library and making several statements criticized by Twitter users as racist. The video is linked below, and according to Twitter user @blkgirlculture, the man was identified as Columbia sophomore Julian von Abele. The video shows von Abele shouting lines such as, […]

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one Bwog family to dissolve the political board which has connected them with another, and to create among the powers of Bwog, the separate and equal new board to which the Laws of Nature and of past Alma Bwoggers entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that […]

While some of us might’ve wished upon a hopeful star for just one more holiday break before reading week, the inevitable end of the fall semester has come. To relieve your finals dread, Columbia University Marching Band has released its first round of Orgo Night flyers! Some revolve around the university’s recent drastic reduction of the band […]

So you might’ve thought Bwog Finance was dead….well, surprise! Like an old 80’s band, we’re back with the reunion tour you never really wanted but kinda just happened anyways. Welcome to a new edition of the Bwog Finance column, this time on the subject of credit cards. What is a credit card? When you buy something […]

Only a couple of weeks after Columbia was named the #1 college for food by The Daily Meal, sophomore Beth Whittier allegedly found a thumbtack in a potato dish from Ferris. Posted on Columbia Buy Sell memes this Sunday, Beth’s photos depict a clear thumbtack underneath potato remnants, next to a side of scrambled eggs and ketchup. According to a conversation with Bwog, Beth told […]

I’ve spent a lot of my time here on Bwog (perhaps too much time) writing about my favorite campus subject…the dining halls. This article will be no different. This time, we’re having a go at classifying each dining hall under the framework of Plato’s Five Regimes, which any CC student might be all-too-familiar with. The Kallipolis = JJ’s […]

ShopHop is a new series featuring different shops around the Morningside Heights community, from little-known stores to Columbia staples. This ShopHop focuses on Flowers by Valli, a conveniently-located store that provides all the decorative plants you might need. Nestled among the traditional MoHi mainstays of Community Food & Juice and The Heights, Flowers by Valli brings a smell of roses and […]

Shannon Marquez will be the new dean of Undergraduate Global Engagement, Columbia College announced early this morning via press release. With Marquez at its helm, Columbia’s Office of Global Programs and Fellowships will undergo major transitions this fall. Expected changes include a rebranding as the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement and “an expanded mission to enhance access, support existing […]

In early June, the New York Times (NYT) published an article about McBain Hall’s safety violations. After citing historical failures in its building maintenance, the piece depicted Columbia as ignoring a “façade so decrepit that city inspectors have issued several violations for the risk it posed to the public.” While this incident might initially seem […]

Bwogline:  Melania Trump will announce her formal platform as First Lady during a Rose Garden event today. Past First Lady platforms include Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” program working against child obesity, as well as Laura Bush’s “Ready to Read, Ready to Learn,” which promoted early literacy. (CNN) Study Tip: Eating bananas is a natural cure to reduce the effects of stress […]