Happening in the World: Taiwanese voters reject same-sex marriage in a referendum on Saturday. LGBTQ community and allies were hoping for Taiwan to be the first place in Asia to allow same-sex unions. Majority voted yes on question, “Do you agree that Civil Code regulations should restrict marriage to being between a man and a woman?” […]

Bwog had some lovely adventures over the break, and we hope you did too! Send yours into tips@bwog.com to be featured!  Bwog is on break Woke up to a rooster crowing almost every morning – earliest at 4 am, latest at 6 am Went out to collect eggs in 23º weather without a coat Got […]

Surgery? On our grapes? Come to Lerner 510 at 9pm to find out…oh, and bring pitches. They did surgery on a grape via Bwog Archives

Ah, Bwog comments. The noble conduit between us, the holy Content Creators, and you, the lowly Reader, allowing for instant feedback. Ever since the first Bwog post to have a comment (which was somehow submitted in the year -0001 and which I’m pretty sure is racist, though it’s too unintelligible to be sure) things have only […]

Were they destroyed by madness? Starving? Hysterical? Naked? Staggering through the Negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix? Angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night? Or did they do something amazing/monumental/outrageous during their time at Columbia (in GS/Barnard/CC/SEAS)? Maybe they aced every problem set despite […]

Thanksgiving break is over and we’re all back on that grind (or at least attempting to be.) If you need some inspiration in this trying final few weeks of the semester, look no further than Barnard’s fall Phi Beta Kappa inductees from the class of 2019! Fourteen incredible students have been inducted in this preliminary […]

Some things are best expressed through bingo. Therefore, your friendly neighborhood first-year brings you… Barnard First-Year Bingo Realizing the Millie suit looks like…that… Bemoaning the quad’s laundry system Trying to maintain your high school sleep schedule Feeling like an impostor in Butler Attending office hours religiously Impulsively modifying your hair “OMG how will I ever make […]

Happening in the World: Ukraine is set to declare martial law against Russia after the Ukrainian naval ships were seized by Russia. Each country blames each other for the incident, in which many Ukrainian crew members were injured. (BBC) Happening in the US: Over 1200 flights were canceled across the country post-Thanksgiving as a winter storm […]

This past Monday, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger and Provost John Coatsworth announced that the university is willing to negotiate with the Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC) and Columbia Postdoctoral Workers (CPW) unions, both of which are affiliated with United Automobile Workers (UAW). The announcement follows years of the GWC pushing the university to begin […]

It’s been midterm week for two months now. You’re staying alive on a few hours of sleep, dining hall coffee, and fantasies of driving off into the sunset in PrezBo’s Audi. So what do you say when your aunt asks how your classes are going, and you haven’t been since the midterm? Bwog has some […]

Resident Soylent drinker and Bwog Dad Andrew Chee feels that while the classic pizza options at Ferris are solid, their other “creative” flavors are…. questionable at best. Here are some possible flavors Ferris should consider serving. Artichoke pizza A clear nod to the NYC gem Artichoke Basille’s, this is a simple flavor that would be a […]

Bwog has a wholesome yet fun final weekend before Thanksgiving break! Send your weekend experiences to tips@bwog.com to be featured.  Bwog has a “Treats Yoself” Weekend Baked a pie and carved a turkey (poorly). Gained probably 5 pounds and it’s not even Thanksgiving on account of Mac n cheez Rewatched American Horror Story: Apocalypse cause it might be […]

While searching through the Bwog Archive, Staff Writer Henry Golub stumbled upon an intriguing LectureHop from the 1950s. The piece, republished below, does not represent the attitude, views, or practices of Mr. Golub. From the Archive: On January 30, 1952, Staff Writer Richard Richardson schlepped his 1950s rear end over to the lecture “Smoking and Health: […]

SGA’s Rep Council met once again last night and, as always, Dassi was there to report on what happened. We can’t promise any exciting news–everybody is a bit tired before Thanksgiving, and neither our Barnard Bureau Chief or our Barnard Student Government Association is an exception. But things do happen, so read on anyway to […]

Happening in the World: A dead whale washed ashore in eastern Indonesia was found with a large lump of plastic in its stomach, with items including drinking cups and flip flops. The 9.5-meter sperm whale was found with 5.9 kilograms of plastic waste including 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, 2 flip […]