The approach of midterms week means Dante’s Inferno is to be found in the sweaty hands of freshmen this week.  Urban Spelunker Gavin McGown was not content to simply flip pages: he was jonesing to explore!  Mudd’s basement is a dark and terrifying world Dante surely would have assigned to heathens and traitors. Huddled as […]

Change comes to Morningside Heights in the form of South Asian fast food. A new dosa cart is located between 115th and 116th on Broadway, operating seven days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00  p.m. For the unenlightened among us, a dosa is essentially a rice and lentil South Indian crepe stuffed with a […]

Saturday morning is upon us once again.  Bwog brings Butler-goers a bad omen as midterms begin. Cartoon by Abigail Santner

NYC Department of Parks and Recreation provides sleds and free hot chocolate in Riverside Park today! (Gothamist) The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia argues that keeping inmates sober will help America economically in the long term. (Kansas City Star) The Columbia Political Union wants to see where you stand. Men’s basketball brings […]

Here at Bwog, we love the snow, and just because it was the second day of snow in a row doesn’t make us any less excited. Here’s a collection of images from one of the most beautiful days we’ve seen in a long time, featuring skiers on Low, a snow panda, and… the Consent Snowman?

Though the process for selecting next year’s housing begins in earnest next week, students who are part of special interest communities already know where they will be living this fall. Those locations—whether they be brownstones or a singles in Wien—play a large role in determining the lifecycles of these student groups, for in special interest […]

River residents have reported that their hot water now looks like this. Apparently this has been an intermittent problem in the dorm, but the water seems to have remained off-color for the past 24 hours. At posting time, the University has not responded to any requests for comment or further information. Update, 6:53 p.m: River […]

Suspicious Trash Correspondent Brian Donahoe noticed something that probably wasn’t meant to be thrown in a clear bag on the floor in Butler yesterday evening: (Ed: It says “Cloning Human Beings” for those visually challenged among us)

Bwog’s Chief Romantic Messaging Tipster Jon Hill caught the following snow inscription on the benches outside of Low yesterday:

Today is a Snow Day! (except for the Business School)! Columbia was apparently mentioned as superior to Kenyon College off-camera on the Daily Show. The MTA is “trying very much” not to increase fares this year. (Gothamist) Hey, you know what’s cool? Meatpacking District nightclubs. (Spec) The Spectator wants to know where it’s going to […]

Bwog received this text message from a visiting friend: “Whats the part of your library where people have sex?”

There’s nothing like naïve young hopefuls to feed our raging narcissism. We know how to procrastinate, thank you very much. Speak for yourself while you revel in your awkward ways. How to lie, cheat and steal your way through midterms.

While you may have to invest in a pair of swimmies and a ski mask to get to the subway station, the lovelies at Inside New York have found some options for the more adventurous members of the Columbia community. Avant-garde or just sort of trippy? If weather conditions permit, The DUMBO Arts Center has proposed to […]

Don’t know how to start your weekend? Columbia RAs and Babeland will be holding a sex toys workshop this evening in the lobby of Harmony Hall from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, consisting of a one hour lecture and a 30 minute “shopping experience.” Read the full flyer after the jump!

Bwog’s blurry photo experts have spotted a jogger on the Dodge track who is believed to be none other than PrezBo in a fetching black, blue and yellow spandex ensemble.