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 […]

GS has its ups and downs. But nobody can deny that their parties and celebrations are anything less than awesome. Student government expert Joe Milholland tells where the GS gala will be and what it will be like. On Tuesday night, the General Studies Student Council (GSSC) voted in their general body meeting to hold […]

The U.S. Senate passed the Panglossian-titled “Every Child Achieves Act,” a replacement for the “No Child Left Behind Act” of George W. Bush. The bill “did away with the…mandate of Adequate Yearly Progress, required use of measures in evaluating student success, provided greater access to early childhood education and included a measure to audit and […]

Yesterday evening, the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) held elections for their board, including the election of a new Judicial Board Chair. An anonymous tipster sent us details on the election process, accusing current IGC Director of Internal Affairs and Sigma Nu member Teddy Finkelstein, CC ’17, of unfair organization of last night’s elections. In addition to organizing the elections, […]

If you’ve taken Contemporary Civilization or come from a Flyover state with a long history of Scandinavian homesteaders, you are probably familiar with Martin Luther and his 95 theses. Well, we connected the dots and realized it’s not a huge jump from demonstrating the hypocrisy of the Papists to fighting the established patriarchal norms of Academia […]

This week’s SGA update brought to you, as always, by staffer Caroline Montgomery, heats up campus even as December marches on. This week, SGA was heated (like our earth! 60 degrees in December!?). The the main agenda was for Associate Dean of Student Life, Alina Wong, to  discuss Barnard’s involvement with CUE, the Office of […]

You’ve been hearing drunk seniors slurring the words “Iiiit’s Cloooosing Tiiimmmee…” as they get kicked out of 1020 at 4 am since September, but this is realer than any bad Semisonic song: the semester is coming to a close! We want you to help us compile a list of your professors’ best end-of-semester remarks/shenanigans for […]

This one is self explanatory: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.” We figured out what’s going on: a racist crazy is running for President. (Trump Website) Bernie Sanders won the popular vote… for […]

It’s that time of year again folks: the Columbia University Marching Band has released their first round of flyers for this year’s Fall Orgo Night taking place December 16th at 11:59PM in Butler 209. While these posters are definitely less controversial than those of previous years, we expect the event itself to maintain its usual level of offense. As always, Bwog plans […]

With finals fast approaching (Oh, hi research paper we never started!!), we observe that the student populace is more receptive to the unnatural melding of the organic (alive, productive) with the inorganic (inanimate, rotting). Below, behold some examples. And as always, send in any contributions to tips@bwog.com or through our anonymous tip form.  The Organic […]