Now that the weather (and your Halloween costume) are back under wraps, Bwog is here to cheer you up with some enticing post-hurricane overheards. Questions of life outside Ricky’s: Someone who clearly doesn’t dye their own hair: “Is this place just open for Halloween?” Planning for Halloweekend in a hurricane: Girl: “For Halloween, I’ll be […]

Ah, fall break, that wonderful time of year when we get to relax, exercise our voting rights, and are expected to register for spring classes before we even know how we did on that calculus midterm. But have no fear, Bwog is here to help with a handy list of links. 1) The Scheduling App Pros: […]

Obama and Romney resumed their post-Sandy campaigning yesterday, and immediately began arguing over which of them would handle future disasters better. Which is good, because it looks like there may already be another storm brewing. (ABC, US News) Although unemployment has increased, it’s likely due to the fact that more people have started actively looking […]

Some of you may have had your flights to the Bahamas cancelled. Others may not be able to head home to Westchester thanks to Bloomberg’s carpooling. Or you may have been banking on a night downtown, which is now underwater. Either way, MoHi is looking like the only viable option for your drinking portion of […]

In tonight’s bit of the Autumn issue of The Blue & White, Karen Brill gives us a glimpse into how the fictional stars of CW’s epic drama Gossip Girl feel about their fictional time at fictional Columbia. Hello, Upper West Siders. Columbia students are known for their ambition and talents, but it takes a certain […]

A petition calling on Columbia students to “save the arts initiative” has been signed over 1,000 times. Clearly, many people believe the Arts Initiative is trouble. But Melissa Smey—the current director of both Miller Theatre and the Arts Initiative—is, perhaps unsurprisingly, not one of them. She just sent us a statement highlighting the continuing accomplishments […]

The latest in small talk, overheard by a tipster at Starbucks:   “How was your hurrication?”   Nothing rejuvenates the soul quite like not leaving your building for two days (although you don’t necessarily need a hurricane for that). Pricey supplies you didn’t even end up using via Shutterstock  

Every year, you pay over $1,300 in student life fees. You’re probably wondering where this money ends up. Bwog has already determined that most of it doesn’t go to Lerner Pub, ponchos, or the New York Times. So what does it go to? Thanks to CCSC all of our wonderful student councils, the administration has […]

Bwog is getting a ton of great submissions for our Halloween Costume Contest. You, too, can compete to win the respect and love of your peers (among other things), by submitting your photo to tips@bwog.com by 11:59 pm tonight! Here is the latest round of costumes:

The 1 line is back today, between 242nd Street (Bronx) and 42nd Street-Times Square. And, it’s free! Get out there and ride the rails.

It appears that most of our favorite farms made it through Sandy unscathed. The Columbia Greenmarket is up and running as usual today. As always, check it out on Broadway between 114th and 116th every Thursday and Sunday. The market accepts credit, debit, and EBT. The market is open as usual! Sunny skies via Wikimedia […]

Things are slowly getting back to normal up here. Starting today, we can all ride our favorite subway line, the trusty 1, between 242nd St (Bronx) and Times Square-42nd Street. (NY Observer) For others, though, Sandy continues to have huge economic impacts.(TIME) On one side of the world, semi-crazy former Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom gets […]

We bring you another sneak peak of the Autumn issue of The Blue & White, which will be on campus next week (damnit, Sandy). Here, Somer Omar investigates one engineer’s attempt to bring some relief from Columbia’s ancient and dysfunctional heating system. Every winter, New York’s steam-heated residential buildings catch a fever. The outdated heating […]

Late on Monday night, buffeted by the winds of Sandy, some curiously adventurous lightweight crew members biked up to Baker Field and witnessed some intense flooding (not deep enough to row in, by the looks of it). They returned to Baker for practice this morning and snapped another picture for comparison. In their words: YOSO […]

Bwog’s pumpkin carving Halloween contest is in high gear, and it appears that Columbia is home to some fine artists. The prizes for first, second, and third place for each contest are two sixers, a slice of Koronet’s pizza, and a cup of Butler Café coffee, respectively. Submissions are due tomorrow night before the clock […]