Just before the end of the semester, the Student Affairs Committee of the university senate announced a task force on ROTC. Coming just a day after the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, they seemed remarkably reactive. “Last semester we had an inkling that there could be action by the government in this year about […]

In Hidden Talents, Bwog exposes your classmates as the weird and glorious wunderkinder they truly are. Hannah Goldstein profiles Sarah Tully, BC ’13, also known as That Girl Who Beat You at the Irish Dance World Championships. And if you know anyone with a hidden talent, let us know at tips@bwog.com! Sarah Tully leads a double […]

Culture editor Brian Donahoe plumbs the zeitgeist in the Blue & White’s regular feature “Man About Town.” The newest issue of the Blue & White is on news stands now! It has been joked about since, well, the Millennium, but after a solid decade, our society has finally decided that it is time to embrace […]

Another semester, another overhaul in the confusing world of Barnard food politics. Bwog breaks down the changes in Dining Services. Lunch Take-Out: Taking a cue from friends across the street, Barnard Dining Services announced in an email that the new Lunch Take-Out program will be sort of similar to John Jay’s. “When you enter the […]

Bwog is delighted to present to you the first fruits of what is sure to be a beautiful friendship between Saturday Morning Cartoons and illustrious cartoonist and God O’ Bacchanal Jody Zellman. Interested in joining the parade? Cartoonists, artists and illustrators always welcome! Sign up via editors@bwog.com By Jody Zellman

Four Columbia professors have been elected fellows of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. (Columbia) According to a recent Rolling Stone Interview, Weezy won’t be coming back to New York, stating “they’d have to give me U2 money” to lure him back. Start fundraising Bacchanal! (Boombox) Kraft created a vending machine that chooses food for […]

Sports news, for real! Hudson Taylor, Columbia’s new assistant wrestling coach, is pretty awesome. A three-time all-American wrestler while at the Division I University of Maryland, Taylor is also ardent supporter of LGBT equality in athletics. While we at Bwog don’t know what a lot of sports-related terms mean for sure (all-American? Division what?), we […]

Daylight hours are still so scarce that once it gets past 5 o’clock, every lampost counts. Bwog mourns the death of this brave Furnald warrior.

In the new issue of the Blue & White, Sarah Camiscoli chronicles one woman’s crusade to save Columbia’s discarded books. “There used to be a joke when people answered the phone in the Geography Department,” says Lisa Cammett, BC ‘78, “They said, ‘Rocks and maps!’” Outsiders might miss the irony of the greeting, but Cammett—a […]

Our resident culinary expert, Matt Powell, has a different suggestion for fighting those start-of-semester blues.  Read on for his take on the best way to keep your heart and soul warm. The first Thursday that I was back from break, I was wandering through the Farmer’s Market and the fish stand seemed to be calling […]

Free miracle berries and an array of sour things to miraculously transform them, from 3 to 4:30 in three locations: Broadway Lobby, McBain First Floor Lounge, Ruggles Basement. Flavor tripping courtesy of Residential Programs.

Head over to the Lerner ramps for soft-baked snickerdoodles, courtesy of the good people at Nightline. Bonus: they’re giving out pens. But not just any pens. As picky pen users, we decree these ones glide exceptionally well. This is the kind of pen that your friend would lend  you and then you’d “accidentally” keep. Nightline […]

The Northwest Corner Building is officially a thing! Rumor has it, the fancy uber high-tech new café opening Monday will serve Joe Coffee and use iPad cash registers. Oh yeah and yesterday it hosted Bloomberg. Alex Jones was there! Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the “Northwest Corner interdisciplinary research building” yesterday morning to announce a new environmental […]

Most people don’t come to SEAS to “fall in love with celebrity culture.”  But Jared Eng, SEAS ’04, left Columbia reaching for the real life stars. Dubbed “the nice Perez Hilton” in an NYTimes profile, Eng writes the wildly successful celeb gossip blog, Just Jared. (NYT) The Sundance film festival kicked off last night. If you can’t […]

Professors will say anything to get you hooked, and Bwog is sure that these characters will still have full classes come March. Keep sending in the hilarious, horrifying and otherwise memorable to tips@bwog.com John Collins, Metaphysics “I’m a bit of a maverick. Well, not like Sarah Palin. I’m an unarmed maverick.” Ovidiu Savin, Calculus III […]