As if preparing for midterms, planning for break, and (for some) drafting a thesis weren’t enough to multitask, Columbia adds another side dish to our plate: the high schoolers. That’s right, it’s March. Model UN, overnight open house events, and the regular local brats will all be loitering on campus in the next coming weeks, […]

Donald Trump called on the public to boycott Apple, then tweeted from his iPhone later that day. (The Washington Post) What is reality, what is science, and also what is soda? This gross video shows what happens when Lithium is mixed with 7Up – but, like, who would do that. (TIME) Maybe we really are moving […]

Did you feel the crushing disappointment of the TIC office selling the last Hamilton ticket to the group in front of you? Or were you unaware (until it was too late) that at 1:00pm ticket sales for arts events opened, and at approximately 1:10pm everything was sold out. Bwog has you covered with this list, designed […]

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience them first-hand. “This Week in the Arts” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined on campus. Monday, February 22 Material Encounters: Surface Tension, Screen Space, 6:15 […]

Adam Alpert (stage name, Lex Williams) is a first year CC student who creates and produces his own music. You can find his first album, Not a Word, on his Bandcamp here; he has plans to publish more EPs soon. The second part of this interview is taken from a larger conversation and will cover his musical career in […]

It’s about that time again. Midterms are approaching… or they’ve already approached… or you’re neck deep and have already failed two this week. Whatever your current situation, music always helps. We’ve compiled an eclectic mix of songs, from a wide range of artists, spanning a vast assortment of genres. to guide you on your journey through […]

Manhattan Supreme Court judge denies Kesha grounds to terminate her contract with Sony despite being nearly required to work with her alleged rapist, Dr. Luke. (MTV News) Two girls used a wooden stick, a TV set, a computer printer and a coffee table to murder a British woman before asking cops to drive them home. […]

FroSci got you down? Bwog does science, too! It’s time for another BunsenBwog, where you can read up on science-related news. Bwogger Joanna Zhang composed this week’s edition, and it’s full of interesting factoids. Don’t worry, there’s no midterm. Remember back when you were still a little kid, frolicking around the big bad world without […]

The management at Dodge Fitness center has undergone some significant changes during the 2015-2016 school year. New worker policies have accompanied the change in management, much to the frustration of the student workers. Bwog reports on the concerns of student workers at Dodge, and the overall effects of implementing these new policies. Last December, the Assistant Director […]

Islamic art is complicated and utterly unique–quite unlike other religious art. We sent bwogger Romane Thomas to explore an intimidatingly titled lecture on architecture in ancient Aleppo, and here’s what she took away. “We begin to think about things when they’re gone.” Thus unfolded the first lecture in the Disrupting Unity and Discerning Rupture Series, […]

Pope Francis called Donald Trump a heathen –suggested Trump was un-Christian, due to the presidential candidate’s stance on Mexico, but we’re pretty sure most of Donald’s other opinions are also effed up. (NY Times) Apple is fighting the FBI, and might win. The feds possess a dead terrorist’s encrypted phone that they can’t unlock, and […]

Dear Columbia, You need to get your shit together. Like, okay, we understand that midterm season is approaching. Exams are stressful, grading curves are harsh and unyielding, you really just want to go to sleep. We feel the same way. But at the same time, isn’t midterm season pretty much always approaching? And should that […]

In a new Bwog feature, we go into Butler Library to explore some of the most checked-out books at Columbia. Once we find them, we look not at the content of the literature but at the discourse around them. The notes written in by generations of students, if they don’t illuminate some new feature of […]

Apparently, studying in bars is something students at this university do–there’s nothing like reading St. Augustine’s Confessions over a Long Island Iced Tea, right (we’re kidding)?? We sent one of our staff writers to 1020 this past Sunday to check out what the ambience is like for doing homework. I made the icy trek to 1020 late […]

Do you like good food and good music? If you do, then congratulations, you’re normal, and you have a great opportunity today: from 1 to 2 pm, Live at Lerner will be showcasing the folk music of “Bird Dog.” Come to the Lerner Piano Hall for the promised jams and snacks. RSVP to the Facebook event […]