After days of fiery backlash to Facebook’s Big Brother-esque changes, Mark Zuckerberg has caved into popular demand and reversed many of the new features.  Or, almost. In an apologetic open letter posted on the site, he announced changes which will hopefully assuage much of the upset over privacy issues. Zuckerberg promises a new privacy […]

Fun Run Fun, Sources Say Columbia makes sure campus is ready for exterior shots in big-budget movies Because the food’s just that bad. Get it? Survivors of Facebook War return maimed, disillusioned Columbia: protecting your sex, not your identity

An anonymous first-year tipster reports that the snack attacker is at it again; a cracked-out packet was found on a bench by Low at around 3:20 PM yesterday. Straight from the source: “Alright, so I read that there was some weirdo leaving nazi crackers on campus.  Well, I dunno if this was a copycat or […]

Apparently, Columbia has a Masters program in Real Estate, and the entire class took up some serious real estate on the steps a few minutes ago for a group picture, prompting grumbles from loungers who were asked to relocate. Bwog overheard that at least part of the mob was headed to CBGB after the photo […]

Bwog’s a bit facebooked out this week, but we did get a hot tip about Zuckerberg’s response to anti-Facebook Facebook groups, hostile “status” messages (“so-and-so is busy hating Facebook,”) and campaigns like Bwog’s to quit the system. Zuckerberg reassures, “Calm down. Breathe. We hear you,” and defends mini-feed project manager, Ruchi, who is apparently “not […]

Because there’s nothing Bwog likes more than teasing its viewers, we bring you another taste of the upcoming Orientation issue of The Blue and White — it hits your doorstep or dorm lobby tomorrow! Helfand’s Index By David J. Helfand  The June Harper’s Index, that essential compendium of facts masquerading as social commentary, cited the […]

Brendan Ballou interviews known nice-guy-finishes-last Alex Statman, C’09 about how he’d perform in Prez Bo’s 5K fun run. So Alex, did you run Bollinger’s 5K this morning? No. Do you run regularly? Not at all. When is the last time you exercised? I had to pass PE in ninth grade. So how do you think you […]

Bwogger Anna Corke reports from work-study in the Art History department…  There is a stack of give-away fine art posters on a table by the girl’s bathroom on the 8th floor of Schermerhorn. Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, others. Some are ripped, but would still make good editions to boring dorm rooms. And Izumi Devalier chimes in […]

No matter if your quarters are nestled deep within the shaft of McBain, or if your pad flies high in the penthouses of EC or Sulz, your bedroom and its contents are sacred. Every technological gizmo, throw pillow, and Scarface poster has been plugged in, consciously tossed, or hung meticulously, with merciless self-disclosure and the […]

Beyond the quirky e-mails, interview exposes the man in all his green-beer-bottle-loving glory Grade inflation? What? Not here! No way! How Will and Grace brought down the gay man The life and times of the struggling post-grad Lions football star        

This morning’s Prezbo-sponsored fun run began just fifteen minutes ago.  Report from the sidelines is that Prezbo was roughly three minutes behind at the halfway mark and looked tired. The CU Track team was standing around directing and cheering everyone else on, but there was not so much running coming from them. And the organizers […]

Silly AEPi…Jewish boys can’t play football!            

Nineteen candidates for freshman representative. 30 seconds each. Most either started their school’s Democratic chapters, worked for their Congresspeople, and are PROUD to be democrats. How to distinguish oneself?  “I had lunch with Obama…haha, yeah.”  

Bwog found this review while browsing classes on CULPA, and was shocked to discover that the class discussed actually exists. Shocked, and envious of the lucky six who enrolled. “On the first day you realize that this class is not a normal Columbia seminar. The class is broken up into two watches, and each student […]

Spectator reported yesterday that the Business School’s Uris Deli has banished all forms of parental food finance: Flex, Dining Dollars, and First-Year Points are henceforth useless. It seems someone at the business school doesn’t want undergraduates clogging their territory any longer; this would also explain why professional power-lunchables (think spoiled sushi and oniony sandwiches) are […]