Bwog welcomes The Diana to Morningside Heights. Her ribbon has been cut, and students are gathering outside, excited to officially enter. Diana T. Vagelos had this to say about the naming of the building during her opening speech: Thanks to Sarah Camiscoli for the video coverage

Here at Bwog, we believe the best things come in small packages. Thus our newest feature returns with some of the tiniest, mundane and most lovable headlines from campus. Blue Java in Butler is sporting some fancy new wares. These include elegantly decorated cupcakes in individual boxes,and enormous Valentine’s Day cookies have now appeared all […]

Last night, the photojournalists from the John Jay 10 Birdspotting Department supplied Bwog with this stunning portrait of Hawkma, like you’ve never seen him(her?) before.

Columbia Alum finds success in direction of Hurt Locker (BBC) Academy award nominations are out, including 9 for above-mentioned Hurt Locker (NY Daily) Director of Avatar and director of Hurt Locker were once married! (NY Daily) Joe Biden reviews Hurt Locker rival, Avatar (Jezebel) Hurt Locker producers challenge Academy’s rules (NYT)

@ Lerner Black Box Saturday, February 6 Auditions at 9am Performances at 8 & 11pm In Egg & Peacock, 7 short plays are written, cast, rehearsed, and performed within a 24-hour period. Be a part of something awesome, with little to no time commitment. eggandpeacock5@gmail.com Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=286336347015&index=1

We’re not sure how much Prince had to do with the creation of the Diana, but colored berets are definitely involved. This week’s report: CCSC: Last night’s meeting began with some healthy self-analysis and critique, with the council noting their difficulties (As well as successes) in collaborating on policy and events with ESC–there was even […]

Bwog is as stoked as anyone else for tomorrow’s opening of the Diana, not least of all for the deluge of tremendous Overheards to come.  This marks the beginning of what will surely be a prosperous endeavor (this is totally what Setting Out for the West felt like, guys). Overheard in the Diana elevator: Old […]

From the Department of New and Quirky Campus Blogs comes Dicks at Columbia (http://dicksatcolumbia.tumblr.com).  Don’t worry, it’s totally SFW: the blog is a “celebration of the phallus in all its forms” on this undersexed campus, documenting the proprietor’s near-anthropological quest to find and photograph every wang at our apparently wang-obsessed school.  You can help, too!  […]

This clever graffito marking a dollop of unknown provenance in John Jay further proves that life is just more fun with annotation.  And gold stuff. Photo by Claire Sabel

It’s Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil thinks there’s more winter coming. Staten Island Chuck, though, forecasts an early spring.  In any case, if you see Ned Ryerson, run. Or start ice sculpting. (Gothamist) From our comments: reader Pantsless sent in this awesome time-shifting map of New York. (Kottke) Firefighters rescued a man and a woman […]

Bwog’s ESC Correspondent Sean Zimmermann writes from tonight’s meeting: Chad Miller, the Arts Initiative’s Event and Outreach Coordinator opened ESC’s meeting this week. Miller confirmed that the TIC has been asked to cut 30% of their budget by the Office of the President. The cut was not ordered by the School of the Arts. The […]

RoomHop all the way to the Quad with Hannah Goldstein and check out the floral side of Barnard. If you’d like to see a crib get Hopped, contact us at tips@bwog.net with a picture. Walking down the eighth floor of Sulzberger Hall in the Barnard Quad, you might get the passing notion that something is […]

Dear Friends: Please join the staff of The Blue and White and the Bwog (pictured at right) for our meeting tonight, Monday night, at 9:30 p. m. in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel. New writers/artists/layout designers are especially welcome and encouraged to attend. We’ll be planning our next issue, pitching article ideas, and assigning […]

Have you ever wanted to get into the mind of a Columbia ID checker, to see what it’s like behind that desk? A new blog, The Red Zone (http://showyourid.blogspot.com/), offers just that opportunity. It chronicles the tales of an Avery General Assistant, known to readers only as “GA,” since the author never mentions his/her name. […]