The people(and by people we mean we) have spoken, and winners of Bwog’s Halloween Costume Contest are finally here: Drum roll please………..  

The Empire State Bowl may well have lived up to its grandiose name on Saturday as Football played their best half of the season to beat Cornell 34-17 in the final home game of 2012 – or forever if the Mayans have their way. While Football was the only team that lifted a trophy this weekend, […]

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to Bwog’s meeting tonight, at 7pm in the SGO on the 5th floor of Lerner. America via Wikimedia Commons   

The Riverside Church needs your help! Today is the last major volunteering day for Hurricane Sandy Relief/Recovery. Sundays are typically their busiest and least staffed days. You can stop by to lend your time or bring a donation at any point until 7pm tonight. Volunteer efforts have recently transitioned from relief to recovery. Many displaced people now […]

Recommended “Warming Arctic, Changing Planet” Monday, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Low Rotunda, Julie Payette, Natalie Boelman, Kevin Griffin, Igor Krupnik, Stephanie Pfirman, Pierre Richard, Bruno Tremblay “A Conversation with William C. Dudley, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York” Wednesday, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm, 1501 IAB, William C. Dudley “Ignorance: How […]

Celebrations commemorating those who have served our country are under way today. Take the opportunity to appreciate the bravery and compassion of our soldiers! (Huffington Post) Over 120 Iraq and Afghanistan U.S. veterans will lead volunteer efforts to help Rockaway recover from Hurricane Sandy today—a true testament to how selfless our servicemen and women are. (NY […]

Update: Columbia Lions won its second Empire State Bowl with a 34-17 victory against Cornell! For those still reeling from our 0-69 loss to Harvard football, here is something to perk up your (school) spirits. At today’s home game against Cornell (The Empire State Bowl), our beloved CUMB have been at it again:

The Chinese Students Club (CSC) and CUCSSA are bringing the piano virtuoso Lang Lang to talk and perform at the Roone Arledge auditorium in Lerner this Tuesday (11/13) at 2 PM. Deantini will be making opening remarks. To register for this event, you must learn Chinese, fill out the form, and reply to a confirmation E-mail.   […]

Are you tired of buying sushi from Café East at exorbitant prices? Columbia Japan Society’s Sushi Night is tonight (11/10) in the Broadway Room of Lerner.  There will be two session, one at 7 pm and another at 8 pm. For $7 and optional formal wear, you can learn how to make your own all-you-can-eat sushi. Dress classily, […]

General David Petraeus has joined the ranks of Elliot Spitzer and John Edwards by having an affair with his biographer. “Having showed extremely poor judgment,” he threw in the towel and resigned from the position of Director of the CIA. (Reuters) Philip Roth, the legendary Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award novelist, decided to quit writing […]

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Lydia and Tom, a Columbia University Performing Arts League special project, will be performed tonight at 8:30 pm and 10:30 pm in the Lerner Black Box theatre. Free tickets are available from the TIC. Last night, we sent Bwog musical theatre maven Kyra Bloom to review the student-written production. Musical theatre is a uniquely specific […]

Over Election Day break, the CU Democrats hosted a five-day trip to Cleveland, Ohio. The goal was to help canvass for the Obama campaign during Get Out the Vote (GOTV). Bwog’s recovering reporter, John, reminisces: Having not woken up at 5 A.M. since high school and feeling like someone had recently retrieved a rake that […]

Last night was a good night to be bad at poetry. Columbia’s best bad poets shined up their shoes (*not really), did their hair (*ish), and broke out their tuxes (*in one case, yes) for terrible poetry’s biggest night of the year: the Philolexian Society’s 27th annual Alfred Joyce Kilmer Bad Poetry Contest. Bwog’s expert […]

As usual, the snow has caused campus to go a little haywire. But never fear, Bwog is here with the top three issues we’re dealing with at the moment. Watch out for the following: 1) Gate closures: If you’re not checking email, you may have been surprised to find the Chapel, Earl Hall, and CEPSR […]