Yesterday, a Missouri zookeeper was crushed to death by an elephant while conducting routine zoo activities. (ABC) This may be the most horrific thing you will read all week. We hope. (CNN) A cyclone touching down on India’s East coast has displaced hundreds of of thousands. Luckily, no deaths or injuries have been reported so far. (NPR) […]

What are you Columbia students up to this Friday night? If you feel lonely and want to talk, Butler Bwog is here, for a full 24 hours. Email tips@bwog.com, if you’re sad, bored, or just want to talk.  Here is an inspirational poem:   You have seven hours of homework every night, You think no […]

Filed under new developments: the Africana Studies program at Barnard was elevated to a Department this past week. The announcement on the Barnard website says, Barnard announced this week that the College is elevating its popular Africana Studies Program to a full academic department, a move that comes just months after Africana studies celebrated its […]

On Wednesday, a panel of journalists and activists with expertise on Syria gathered in the International Affairs Building to unravel some of the intricacies of the crisis and discuss the future of media coverage. Bwogger Lauren Beltrone was in attendance.  In between the sound of my ears popping as I rode the elevator to the […]

Sometimes merely describing a muffin like any other food item is insufficient. Sometimes a muffin cannot be characterized just by its orange-and-cranberry exterior. Sometimes a muffin is simply “sassy.”

What’s worse than the two papers and three midterms you have for next week? Clubbing baby seals Being sick with two papers and three midterms! Lucky for you, Mama Bwog always has your best interests at heart. Here are some tips so you can stop spreading whatever plague you’re infected with OR (even better) not […]

It’s almost expected for students to forgo class every now and then, for any number of illegitimate reasons. Professors may even be more deserving of the occasional free pass, especially for work-related absences. However, there must be some kind of limit on how many days a professor can take off, especially in an integral core […]

As reported a few weeks ago, SIPA professor Prabhjot Singh was attacked in a hate crime.  Many of you were interested in finding an organization to support in response to the attack.  We reached out to Professor Singh and, after a deluge of emails, press conferences, more press, and calls of support, he was able […]

With all this talk of USenate elections, Bwog’s been fielding the same question: so what exactly is the University Senate…? To that, Bwog groans and rolls our eyes: we’ve gone over this already!! To that end, we’re reposting an interview from last month with Jared Odessky, CC’15, about the Senate, just in time for you to […]

Some people just can’t wait for their chance to witness the natural splendor of Utah. Or maybe the state is just sick of losing that tourism money. (CNN) Elephants have feelings too. In fact, they might even have the same feelings as humans. (BBC) Where are our fall leaves??? Apparently even San Fran’s have changed […]

On Tuesday evening the ever-indomitable President Bollinger hosted one of his intimate (75 guests), candid (carefully prepared questions), and free-food decked Fireside Chats at 60 Morningside Drive. Curious staircase climber Alexandra Avvocato was in attendance, ready to both report and eat as many miniature sliders as possible.  Climbing up the marble staircase of Bollinger’s mansion, […]

Now that Breaking Bad is over, Bwog has to wonder what Hartley Hospitality Desk workers do whilst ignoring our maintenance requests to: have our locks fixed, get our broken toilets replaced (looking at you, Carman), and help us raise/lower/rebuild our beds. Naturally, we knew Blue Cheetah would have the answer, as our trusty source for […]

Janelle Batta, BC ’11, might be a boring paralegal by day (she thanks LionSHARE for that), but by night she saves the animals of New York City. There’s a fundraiser from 7-10 pm tomorrow night—Pawty at Pourhouse—where your alcoholism can benefit the animals of the animal rescue All Sentient Beings. Bwog’s Feline Fanatic Sarah Faith […]

Bwog asked for the weird things seen in textbooks. Here’s what we got. No shit, Sherlock: From a book on McCarthyism: “It’s hard to have a witch-hunt without witches” The editors forgot to take it out of the final draft: From a chapter on cyclic molecules: “‘Clearly the ring had an unwholesome power…’ —J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord […]

In today’s Butler Café poetry, Bwog isn’t sure whether Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana wrote this description. In any case, the cheesecake brownie isn’t too shy about its double identity.