Paul Sonne, Editor in Chief of CPR and Rhodes finalist, almost ended Columbia’s six year losing streak on the Rhodes scholarship this year, (even NYU and Duke scored awards—as if basketball and US News rankings weren’t enough). Luckily, he had already landed the Marshall and its free ride to Oxford, where he’ll be getting a […]

Geo Karapetyan, producer of the 113th Annual Varsity Show, sends us this early morning news:  The Varsity Show was cast last night and the creative team just pied  (most of) this year’s cast as an induction.  The cast for V113 is: Becky Abrams, C’08 Thomas Anawalt, C’09 Josh Breslow, C’08 Caitlin Harrity, B’07 Jordy Lievers, […]

In which CML recapitulates this weekend’s football game, and shares the lesson of promising mediocrity. Early this Saturday morning, the Columbia football team arrived in scenic Providence, Rhode Island for their final game of the season. They were greeted by a jolly bear reminiscent of the old Smoky ad campaigns, a large cadre of stoners […]

In our second poetry post of the day, Bwog is happy to announce that both of this week’s personals were offered dates. Pitr’s suitor–who would like to remain anonymous–had a particularly charming proposition, reprinted below. I have written a series of four haikus in order to try and explain why I love Pitr so, and […]

Dean of SEAS Zvi Galil, spam robot extraordinaire, strikes once more with an idiosyncratic personal e-mail before he leaves to take over the presidency of Tel Aviv University. Just another example of what we’ll be missing… Hi All, SEAS is hot. (Don’t hold it without gloves, you may get burnt.) We now have final numbers of Early […]

Tablet Arts Fair on Low Plaza right now! They have free hot chocolate, cheap cupcakes, and lots of wonderful art supplies to play with. Plus cool beats and even cooler people. 

In which Bwog correspondent Hannah Goldfield discovers the delights of poetry taken unseriously. “I have one about bestiality, to the tune of ‘Son of a Preacherman’, but I don’t want to be that bestiality girl!” said a distressed young woman as the elevator door closed and we began our ascent to the James Room on […]

In 1997, Men in Black was a monster of a hit.  It would soon be near- forgotten in the society’s collective consciousness, but later became the inspiration for The Tycho Treaty.  Bwog took a load off with the band, Sam Rosenthal C’079 on bass and vocals, Mason Felton-Reid NYU ‘09 on guitar, and Miles on percussion, […]

CTV viewers were shocked—and secretly hopeful—at the announcement a few days ago that Sexiled, that sex show on CTV, is looking for two new hosts.  That’s right: Vanessa Goldstein and Travis Cone are ready to hand over the reigns to their liberated forum of hard-hitting sexual discussion, and are holding auditions for replacements.  In an […]

The Barnard Bulletin (Barnard’s weekly magazine on, among other topics, female empowerment) is now up as a blog.  And it’s pink. Really really pink.  According to its mission statement, the magazine “seeks to inform and entertain readers by featuring in depth articles that explore important campus issues;” you be the judge.  Point of interest: the […]

Bill Pennington, author of an article in today’s Times, meditates on what many-an-Ivy Leaguer has meditated: just what is the purpose of pursuing a successful football program at a school known for its academic caliber?  Are the two ends of academic excellence and athletic triumph mutually exclusive? (Perhaps: he notes that Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford, […]

Don’t Double Major; It’s Unlikely Anyone Will Care Don’t Give Up on Fighting in Iraq, Because That Would Be Like Giving Up On The Football Team (or is it the other way around…?) Get a Flu Shot. Which will be $5 cheaper at Barnard. Live in the LLC or Risk: Not Making Friends, Not Reaching […]

There’s a lot of music out there to rip off–Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki gives us the run down on the downloads. The new Jay-Z album, Kingdom Come, leaked last weekend in its entirety.  The first five tracks? Awesome, with hints of incredible.  The back ten? Pepsi One. Or New Coke.  Drinketh:  Beach Chair (ft. […]

Cold season is fast approaching and Bwog doesn’t want you catching one. For advice on how to stay healthy this winter, correspondent Kate Linthicum sought out Roman, the cryptic, clever shoe repairman who works at Paul’s Shoe Repair on 111th and Broadway. The 55-year-old with a shy smile but a hearty, rumbling laugh says he […]

Bwog doesn’t have the cash to “pimp your room,” and we certainly don’t want to raid it and then date you. So we bring you our semi-weekly feature, the “Cribs-esque” Room Hopping, continuing with… Gabi, Moe, Celia, Sara (left to right) and Tom (not pictured), some adventurous and artsy juniors and seniors, set out from […]