We all have guilty pleasures and sometimes that guilty pleasure is the only reason we run to 8:40 lectures. Bwog Finance takes a stab at the pros and cons of having hot professors. Benefit: Your attendance is impeccable. You always go to class and you’re extremely punctual. Cost: You can never pay attention in class. Instead, you count […]

Ah yes, Columbia Crushes. While this cesspool of desperation that calls itself a Facebook page never fails to surprise us in its pure eccentricity, weirdness, and cringe factor, we here at Bwog realized that all the Columbia Crushes posts sound vaguely…..the same. So, in classic Bwog tradition, we took the past few Columbia Crushes posts and generated some of […]

Rebecca N. Wright will direct the Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Computational Science Center and become the Druckenmiller Professor of Computer Science, Barnard President Sian Beilock and Provost Linda Bell announced this morning. Wright, a Columbia University alumna, was formerly a computer science professor at Rutgers University and served as director of Rutgers’ Center […]

Many students may come to Columbia for the academics, but this week’s sports recap has us feeling optimistic about the athletics. Men’s Tennis: The tennis team dominated at the Penn Invitational this weekend. The Light Blue swept William and Mary in four doubles matches and eight singles matches. Against Denver, the Lions won all four […]

Happening in the World: What seems worthy of a Snopes check and reminiscent of fear-mongering posts your aunt shares on Facebook is becoming a reality for Australians who are finding sewing needles in their strawberries. Australian officials are offering a $100,000 AUD award for whomever can find the source of these contaminated strawberries, though this may […]

Lerner-Unicorn Temporal Binary Observed By Anonymous Tipster

Staff writer Nadra Rahman reports on strange phenomena in the Extreme West Campus.  At first, I was scared. The walls of my Woodbridge room were covered in ominous Latin, thin letters penciled with a cramped hand. I thought it was Dante’s Inferno at first, but realized it wasn’t Italian enough, and then I thought it […]

Cooking with Bwog is back and better than ever at the start of this semester with a fresh, summery shakshuka! School has started; the leaves are changing colours; you are no longer dripping with sweat in your un-air-conditioned apartment– fall is almost here. If you, like me, are desperately trying to hang onto every last […]

Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below, and the full list is after the jump. If you notice any events that have been left off the […]

We’re back with Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly curated list of interesting STEM-related talks, symposiums, and events happening on campus. For science and non-science majors alike, our list will bring you events that will satisfy your scientific curiosity for everything from astronomy to zoology, and everything in between. For anyone, related-majors and non-majors alike: From the […]

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Amid one of this country’s most politically volatile periods, An Archive of Struggle did the unthinkable: temporarily assuage some of Yaniv Goren’s (CC ‘22) and Franky Campuzano’s (CC ‘22) existential fears. Read on to hear these intrepid Bwoggers’ eye-witness accounts of one of this semester’s more thrilling academic panels. Franky: Although I had to look […]

Bwog paid a poetry major to write our next open meeting announcement. However, grapes are expensive, so we only could give them $5. They wrote us  on the back of a dirty napkin from 1020. ‘There once was a student-run blog Dealing with a post backlog. We meet in Lerner 510 On Sundays at 9 pm […]

Happening the World: Typhoon Mangkhut has devastated the main island of Philippines, leaving few buildings in its capital city without some kind of damage. The death toll currently stands at 14, but downed communications and blocked roads have left the impact on the island’s rural area unclear. (BBC) Happening in the US: In equally depressing hurricane-related news, […]

By now, you’ve probably already heard much about the Milstein Center, like how cold the air conditioning is in it or what its new nickname should be. But what do all 40,000 square feet of the beautiful new building have to offer? We’ve compiled a comprehensive guide to the Milstein Center, from the cafe to […]