Finals, finals, finals, finals, finals. No one will shut up about finals. But YOU can change that! Get out of your room and go do something cultured! The next time someone tries to make small talk with you about finals, you can start shouting, “OH LOOK BWOG POSTED ABOUT ALL OF THESE FUN ARTS THINGS.” […]

The Mass Transit Authority (MTA) unveiled its installation of high-heel friendly grates at some of its stations, including 96th street! (Gothamist) Canada is openly welcoming Syrian refugees into the country, an unsurprising contrast with our own nation’s policy, and Donald Trumps proposed ban on Muslim immigrants. Are our northern neighbors outdoing us again? Well, yeah. […]

Last night, the Columbia MFA Program hosted its final creative writing lecture of the semester, in which novelist Mat Johnson (CU School of the Arts ‘99) discussed story structure – what to do, what not to do, and what’s necessary to understand before you start. Betsy Ladyzhets, Bwog writer, creative writer, and drawer of many […]

“Overall, satisfaction is just above neutral,” said Columbia College University Senator Ramis Wadood about the results from 2015’s Quality of Life Survey at the University Senate’s plenary on Thursday. This statement came from a graph similar to the one shown to the senate in October, where 4 is neutral satisfaction, 7 is very satisfied, and […]

Here at Bwog, we’re always looking to immerse ourselves in the buzzing display of on-campus culture, whether that be news, theatre, or dance. This is how we ended up spending our Thursday night at the Columbia University Ballet Ensemble’s rendition of Cinderella, running for one night only in the Roone Alredge Auditorium. I’m notorious for […]

We’re all tired. Finals are on their way. The holidays couldn’t come sooner. Why not kick back and relax with some quality entertainment content? Today’s media-focused Bwoglines keep you in loop with current affairs while simultaneously giving you a chance to procrastinate from your work. It’s a win-win.  It’s a good time to be excited about television – yesterday […]

Last night, a Staff Writer had the opportunity to sit in on the final dress rehearsal for “Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death,” the latest production put on by Barnard College’s Department of Theatre. The play runs today and tomorrow at 8pm, and Saturday at 3pm and 8pm, in the Glicker-Milstein Theater. Tickets are sold […]

Towards the end of November, we received a tip from an anonymous source in the Gamma Phi Beta sorority describing how the newly elected president rose to her position by “bullying her opponent, promising appointed positions to get votes, and spreading false rumors.” The source, who is still a member of the sorority, declined to meet […]

The results are in: the fabled class of 2020 at last has a face! Or, well, not a face, exactly, but some statistics. Bwog has information regarding the Early Decision applicants for CC and SEAS for the fall 2016 school year, courtesy of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid. This year, […]

It’s one o’clock in the morning. You’ve just returned from Butler. You’ve promptly forgotten everything you learned during the studying you did at Butler. You wander the hallways of the Barnard quad, wondering what you’re doing with your life. And then, you see him: Pepe stares at you. His vacant blue eyes peer deep into […]

Adding to the recent speculation surrounding the most famous teenage Obama, Bwog writer Betsy Ladyzhets takes you back to the early 1990s when another, lesser-known Obama attended the best women’s college in New York City. Malia Obama’s college decision is on everyone’s mind: her mind, her parents’ minds, and clearly the minds of the nation. […]

With only one week (one week!) left before the start of finals, studying is starting to get desperate. We can practically smell the infernal stink of entrenched Butler campers already. Bwog knows you’re stressed out, and Bwog is here to provide you with enough coffee and good vibes to get your groove back. Five lucky […]

If you were like us last week, you had no idea why Deluxe suddenly closed down. Even stranger was how it quickly reopened, with almost no notice in between. We had sadly given up on our old restaurant-friend, so imagine our joy when it came back, like a phoenix from the dead. However, not all […]

It’s everyone’s favorite time of the year—research paper season! However, we know you’re nowhere near finishing your paper and it’s probably due in the next day or so. Instead of stressing in Butler over how you’re going to fill the last 1,000 words of your 10 page paper, we have a few tips to get […]

In 2006, Elizabeth Gilbert wrote Eat, Pray, Love, a memoir detailing her adventures in three different countries and across two different continents. She spent four months eating in Italy, three months finding her spirituality in India, and the rest of the year falling in love in Bali, Indonesia. Fast forward to 2015: Bwog has decided […]