Valentine’s Day is but a mere five days away, and Bwog is here to help you find your new special someone, your cuddle buddy, your partner in crime, someone you can love as much as PrezBo loves, well, PrezBo.  Do you spend every Monday night from eight to ten tuning in to ABC’s Bachelor and […]

Happening in the World: Sri Lanka, a nation whose political scheme has historically been dominated by men, recently announced a new quota stipulating that 25 percent of candidates in local elections be women. This marks an important turning point for the nation, where women currently hold only two percent of local gov ernment posts, though […]

He would probably stop eating Deantini. He also would fit in his Audi. PrezBo via Bwog Archives

Last week, I wrote about taking all of the resources you could from your Canvas and Courseworks sites. But what if you want to learn about topics you don’t cover in class? It’s so hard to find time during your few years at Columbia to read about anything other than your courses, but as soon […]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, no matter what time it is, if there is a piano in the vicinity, any Columbia student who can play it will play it.  Love it or hate it, we’re never going to get them to stop, so here’s some suggestions to make the soundtrack to our studying […]

Bwog Baby and full-time critic Idris O’Neill contemplates her time at Barnard, providing arbitrary number assignments (like GPAs) to things that aren’t real (like academia). This time, Columbia is the one that gets graded and there is no P/D/F-ing this review.  Primal Scream – 7/10 Worth it. Did not know at first this was a […]

Welcome back to Science 101, Bwog’s weekly column where we share tips and tricks on navigating STEM at Columbia. In this week’s column, Bwog Science Editor Alex Tang shares his tips for succeeding in large, introductory science courses. He draws from his experiences in gen chem, Mowsh bio, and gen physics. Many students claim that […]

We’ve convocated, and we’ve welcomed and now we’re officially inaugurating Barnard’s new president, Sian Beilock. The ceremony will take place tomorrow, February 9, at 2 pm at Riverside Church, with the doors opening at 1:115 pm. (Walk-ins are welcome, or you can RSVP here.) This marks the official conferring of the presidency and will feature […]

Happening in the World: Months after September elections left no party with a clear majority, Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU/CSU seem to be close to creating a coalition government, after coming to an agreement over the division of key ministries with center-left Social Democrats (SPD). The deal still needs to be approved by SPD members but gives their […]

He would probably eat Deantini. He also wouldn’t fit in his Audi. PrezBo via Bwog Archives

You’ve heard of “prompose,” but do you have any idea how to pop the question to the most important person in your life? No, not your spouse, your future roommate. Senior Staffer Abby Rubel has some ideas for you. Actually propose. Buy a Ring Pop, get down on one knee, and ask them, “Will you be […]

All-seeing and all-knowing Bwogger Ross Chapman calls out everyone in his Pupin 428 lecture, as though he didn’t write this in Pupin 428.  Pupin 428 may not be Havemeyer 309, but it’s still an important classroom for anyone in STEM (or in other big classes that needed a lecture space). The 154-seat auditorium actually spans […]

Bwoggers Cara, Iga, and Mary are back at it, whipping it up in the kitchen for us. Very much encouraged by the response they got from their chocolate cupcakes, they’re here to do it again. This one is for all you vegan readers out there – we see you. This week, Bwog made this amazingly fresh […]

Happening in the World: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Hualien, Taiwan today, on the second anniversary of the devastating Tainan earthquake which claimed 116 lives. Despite buildings tilting over and roughly 40,000 homes being without water, President Tsai Ing-wen stated hope that “people’s lives would return to normal as soon as possible.” In the midst of […]

Cholera, fungus, and goths? In today’s installment of Bwog Science, staff writer Riya Mirchandaney writes about last night’s lecture, “The Medical Imagination in the Early United States,” part of the Explorations in the Medical Humanities Series hosted by the Heyman Center for the Humanities. “Science does not know its debt to imagination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1872 […]