In the latest installment of Wine & Cheez, Bwog takes you through the aisles of International to pick out the greatest finds. This week’s pick, Bartenura’s Moscato, will not disappoint with its lingering fruity aftertaste and beautiful, blue bottle. Kosher never tasted so good. L’Chaim! Who has time for a cheese tasting during midterms? Better to cool off […]

Looking for a last minute Halloween costume and need some inspiration? Celebrities are your gurus then. From Kylie Jenner’s interesting skeleton ensemble to Kathy Griffin showing up just how ridiculous Snapchat looks like in real life. (Huffington Post) In politics, the Clinton campaign was rocked this weekend with Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin– also the […]

Another year, another Veesh! Co-producers Alana Koenig (BC’18) and Rachel Andres (BC’19) recently announced the members of the creative team that will ultimately bring you the Varsity Show’s 123rd production. Hopefully, Kyle Marshall’s extensive experience with the Varsity Show will enable him to avoid the pitfalls of the past, and the new writers will hopefully be able to […]

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 […]

If you find yourself trick-or-treating in MoHi or some other borough of New York City for Halloween, you might want to come to Lerner 505 at 7 p.m. today for a ~spooky~ Bwog meeting, where we will be discussing all the Halloween-y stuff, such as Trump’s toupee, Hillary’s emails, and the NRA. Okay, we are […]

Last night marked CMTS’ fourth annual shadowcast production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Senior Staffer Betsy Ladyzhets was in attendance, and writes about the show in conjunction with details of its process that she learned in an interview with its director and producer. Last night at 8pm, the Diana Event Oval was packed. The […]

Very fittingly, Halloween this year lands on a Monday when most of us feel like semi-functional, hungover zombies from a weekend of regrettable revelries and moral degradation. While most people would have no problem resuming their human form, some are just not ready for real-world responsibilities and a gazillion haunting problem sets due next week. […]

To the rigged election: Halloween is coming, but the real spook is right after—Election Day. While we will be praying wholeheartedly to Dionysus that we would still have a nation after the election, Trump supporters might have trouble finding where they belong after November 8th. (Buzzfeed) Down the Drain: People from Japan, Russia, Germany, Australia, Israel […]

First year student Taylor Wallace passed away this weekend. Wallace was from Brookfield, Missouri, and was a resident of John Jay Hall. A vigil will be held in John Jay Lounge on Monday at 8pm, and counselors from CPS will be in attendance to speak with students. You can find out more information on the […]

What’s Halloween at Columbia without a reference to Vampire Weekend? Bwog is here to inspire another last minute costume: Ezra Koenig! You will need: Sweater and oxford shirt (preferably from somewhere pseudo-prep like J. Crew or Uniqlo) Sperrys Ray-Bans A copy of Edward Said’s Orientalism Takeout from Jerusalem on 103rd and Broadway Fangs Execution: Step 1: Layer that sweater over […]

Get to know the people behind that weird class of 2020 GroupMe from April! They are now, for the most part, well-adjusted, productive members of the Columbia community, trying to keep up with Lit Hum readings, like any other normal student. We had a frank conversation with two of the members of Lion Order [lion […]

It’s almost Halloween, but the horror is just getting started! First Year Bwogger Elana Rebitzer is here with another Halloween Horror Story, brought to you by the time she was late to class because she got lost trying to get to the bathroom in Havemeyer. With 25 minutes to go until your Computer Science midterm, […]

Halloweekend is upon us and in full swing. To celebrate, Deputies Lila Etter and Mia Lindheimer decided to do a gruesome Baking With Bwog. Hopefully their baking is not the most frightening thing about it.  We were feeling spooky this Friday. Maybe it was the beginning of Halloweekend. Or maybe it was the fact that […]

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience it all first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/ theatrically-inclined on campus. Sunday, October 30th Center for the Core Curriculum presents “Bacchae,” […]

The FBI is currently looking through Hillary Clinton’s emails that could be connected to former NY Congressman Anthony Weiner who is known for his sexting scandal. With the investigation so close to the upcoming presidential election, the emails could potentially help Trump’s poll ratings. (NY Times) The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a transender-rights case. […]