A Freudian slip became a Freudian scream just minutes ago: Someone in an upper floor of McBain [primally] screamed out his window, “I want to suck your cock, Lee Bollinger!” Now, correct us if we’re wrong, but isn’t the person you’re taunting supposed to be the, um, sucker? Or perhaps the McBain resident just has […]

AHHHHHHHHHH! Now get some rest! Really! Follow the lead of this adorable couple who apparently live in Uris by snuggling up with your loved one and/or Red Bull-filled Nalgene. Good luck with tomorrow morning’s finals!

At midnight, Columbia has one of its few annual rituals—the Primal Scream. For new students, here’s a four-step guide: If your clock’s not auto-synced to the NIST’s Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock (i.e. the Internet), make sure you’ve set it correctly. At midnight, open your window or go outside. . Loudly. Keep it short. If you’re […]

Bwog took a stroll around Butler this fine Sunday evening, for such is our time-honored tradition. What we saw is a haunting portrait of the terrible side-effects of caffeine and what must be at least half of Starbucks’ yearly revenue. We also observed the masses try to escape their madness: literally, below, and figuratively, at […]

There’s a silence over campus, which will only be punctured by tonight’s Primal Scream. Heads hunched in Butler or in dorm rooms, the collective Columbia population slogs through the start of exam week. Ugh. But we at the Bwog wanted to focus on the light at the end of the tunnel – all those things […]

The December issue of The Blue and White — our Denominational Domination issue — will be on stands (and online) later this week. In the meantime, here’s something to read besides your old class notes.  “O Ye of Little Faiths” by Alexandra Muhler While Columbia is an institution regularly accused of godlessness, our Student Governing […]

In celebration of the almost-time-to-actually-enjoy-the holiday season, an attempt to draw connections. The broke Flex retreats, and Barnard begs. …and the broken Gchat died, Cubmail stopped, and Schermerhorn flooded. Our studying LitHum limericks, CC gimmicks, Culpa gutted. …and their stealing A couple takes, and plagiarism fakes. The Past A war memorial. …and the future “Obama” […]

Entrenched in finals, begging for mercy.  Outside the reading rooms, the real world keeps working. Sex Starting with the good stuff:  CollegeOTR may have been correct in saying Columbians are “oversexed“:  A Columbia sex ed professor (oh yes, we have those) is worried about the rise of what a popular television show termed “What What […]

Yesterday, the Philolexian Society announced the winner and runners-up of its 23rd annual Alfred Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest, named after journalist, poet, Philo member, and Spec editor Alfred Joyce Kilmer, CC class of 1908. Held every November, the contest selects the “best” (i.e. worst) poetry submissions, and there were some good (bad?) ones […]

Frontiers of Science mastermind David Helfand has gotten a promotion! After embarking on a bold experiment last year at Squamish, Canada’s Quest University, he has been named  “acting president”. According to the National Post, “he will take a paid leave of absence from Columbia and move to Squamish in January, where he will work, gratis, […]

Looking for a reason to get some fresh (cold) air tonight? According to Bwog jack-of-all-trades Jon Hill, tonight’s moon is in fact as large and bright as it will be in the next 15 years. NASA has estimated that the moon will be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons this year. The […]

This evening, running from 6 – 8 p.m. in Butler, Columbia is unveiling a war memorial to “honor those Columbians who gave their lives in service to the United States.” The memorial will include a plaque (seen at right) in the entrance to Butler, and an interactive kiosk that will allow students to see the […]

CCSC 2011 President Learned Foote writes to let us know that the council is celebrating the end of today’s CC exam with pizza and Red Bull (“for renewed studying”) in McBain Lounge today at 5 p.m.  “It’s primarily for sophomores, but if happy first-years want to join us, then that’s cool.”

Even at Columbia, Reading Week doesn’t stop sports. Here’s the Friday Sports Roundup. Men’s Basketball: On Tuesday, the men’s team lost another close game, falling 59-57 to St. Francis, despite leading by seven with 4:30 to go in the game. Joe Bova led the team with 11 points and 9 rebounds. The weekend after exams, […]

The four undergraduate councils are halfway through their regimes, and Bwog thought that the best way to celebrate that would be by giving students a chance to sound off. With that, Bwog introduces its “Extremely Scientific Approval Ratings.” In the tradition of our exit polls, we want to know: Do you approve of the job […]