The University of Virginia has just dropped early decision. The pressure is on! Who will be next?

So ROLM phones are a relic of early nineties communication technology. But Bwog may have found an incentive to quell that blinking light. At 1:10 this morning, the Center for Jazz Studies spammed your ROLM phone-mail system with some psychedelic jazz and a smooth-talking announcer who posited some hypotheticals for us all to consider in […]

If you happened to be watching Fox News this morning at 8:15 AM–because that’s how Bwog likes to wake up–you might have seen a group of students with big signs behind the cameras. And if you looked closely enough, you would have seen a couple of  Columbia faces: Dems member Nathan Morgante, CC ’09, and […]

CC Alum Elected to Largely Ceremonial Position in Tiny Eastern European Nation Old People Living at Barnard Striving towards pareto efficiency, one club sandwich at a time Can I be a Cool and Awesome college student and not get sexually assaulted — at the same time? Jake Olson to CU: Stop being a pussy!

Overheard! in Café 212: Girl 1: It really sucks that Anna Nicole Smith’s kid died. Girl 2: How’d he die? Girl 1: He overdosed on drugs. Passing Boy: If Anna Nicole Smith was my mom, I’d probably do drugs too. [Girls 1, 2 stare as passing boy passes by.] Overheard! outside of Carman: [Mobile phone.] […]

Well, friends, it seems that John Jay is infested with much larger, much blacker, much furrier pests than those of yesteryear—those being the famed bedbugs. Bwog recently received several pictures of pestilence countermeasures deployed throughout John Jay and the cafeteria’s back room. Bwog also speaks to its janitors on occasion. Last time, Bwog asked what […]

Most Columbia students remember gym class as a pre-pubescent nightmare characterized by itchy uniforms, bloody noses, changing in public, and balls flying into their groins. Steve Silverman says it doesn’t have to be that way. Silverman runs the physical education program at Teacher’s College (making him a gym teacher who teaches gym teachers how to […]

This week, Bwog will be featuring candidates for leadership of the Columbia College class of 2010. Tools? Visionaries? You decide–vote next Tuesday! President, Party: Mark Modesitt, Alma Matters Hometown: Evansville, Indiana Home Dorm: John Jay The man: I am from Indiana where corn and cows are more abundant than people. My floormates often kid me […]

Let your nutrition take a hit so AIDS victims can eat better. Trust us, it’s worth it–these ladies can bake!  College Walk, now.  

What are you in for? Oh, I got attacked in a subway by a chainsaw-wielding nutcase. ESC 2010 candidates promise mixers, e-mails, facebook invites Oriana eulogises Oriana, the pope scandalises Muslims while speaking at a German university, and in other news, students have faith.

Whew–Bwog is taking a breather from an eventful week, full of diplo-gaffes and celeb sightings. Meanwhile, the leaves are turning quickly. Take the last week of September to hit the books in Central Park!  – In important news: Princeton pretends it was going to do it anyway, Columbia pretends Princeton didn’t do it eight years […]

Photos and commentary by Bwog Photographer Sumaiya Ahmed.   I have been to the Borough Hall section of Brooklyn a few times. The Arabic quarters there are facinating. I never tire of Sahadi – it is sort of a legendary grocery – or the baklava from Damascus bakery. Is it the oldest Arabic bakery in […]

MALLOMARS ARE IN SEASON! They’re $3 a box at Fairway. And Wikipedia knows what’s up: Dangerous Environments Warm environments are not the only dangerous ones for Mallomars and their cousins. Because of the numerous air pockets within the marshmallow, changes in air pressure can cause drastic changes in the size of the biscuit, thus destroying […]

Good gracious! Passersby South Lawn a few hours ago were treated to the sight of Columbia’s fine wrestling team thundering down the turf in a series of grueling sprints. One tipster was particularly piqued by the presence of sophomore Sal Tirico–sorry honey, he’s taken. All the same, Bwog fully endorses the practice of half-clothed athletic […]

In which anonymous Tipster reports mysterious Figure. Last night, around midnight, I saw a mysterious figure putting up these posters around campus. When I asked her what they were all about, she said that she likes to “jump around the roofs of Hartley” and is looking for a sidekick to accompany her. When I asked […]