House of Representatives passed a one-year ban on federal funding for Planned Parenthood, so yeah, ladies, your vagina is actually no longer your own (assuming Obama doesn’t veto, which he will). (NYT) Your astronomy prof lied: UFOs are real. A rainbow cloud formed in a patch of sky above Costa Rica. (ABC) Zooey Deschanel, the […]

Friday, what’s good? It’s ok if you missed out on St. A’s last night… everyone knows that tonight is the night to really get down. Bwog’s resident DJ Briana brings you an hour of jams to get you in the spirit. Thank God It’s Friday by R. Kelly – Not that hype of a song to be honest, but […]

Concerned citizen and Bwog Arts Editor Henry Litwhiler explores the good and the dreadful in Miller Theatre’s opening night. Madness came to us last night. We anticipated it with a cheerful reserve, with the expectation of something quirky, imaginative, and unconventionally euphonic. And why should we have approached it any differently? What indication was there that could’ve warned […]

First years bring with them alarming enthusiasm, an adorable naïveté, and healthy egos (soon to get knocked down a peg to be rebuilt over their remaining years). They also bring an interest in all things, which, when paired with a sense of scientific discovery, yields the truly remarkable: a first year with something new to teach […]

We are now a few weeks into the fall sports season, but how just how deep varies by team. Some, such as volleyball and soccer, began their seasons before even school had begun. Others, are only now kicking off. We bring you what you should pay attention to this week in Columbia athletics, with senior staff […]

Addition: Seemingly positive Columbia football coverage in the local paper. Coach Bagnoli is also bringing something new to the program: a philosophy of fun. (New York Times) Subtraction: Media magnate James Dolan and his family announced they will sell Cablevision to European firm Altice for $17.7 billion, including the assumption of debt. Knicks fans, don’t […]

While the highest-polling Republican candidate right now may look a lot like our University president, back in 1952, the president of Columbia University was actually elected president of the United States. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had been university president since 1948 on the date of his election in 1952, had spent a lot of his […]

Calling all students: The first annual Lawn Party is tonight. Get on your best afternoon attire and head out to the Butler Lawn for what might be worth an hour and a meal swipe. You might find yourself in small company, though: if it’s any indication, last year’s Garden Party wasn’t very heavily attended. If you wanna go, […]

On a brisk end-of-summer afternoon, two evenings ago, two Barnard first-years eschew dinner at Hewitt to get some cultural exposure. Crossing Broadway, Bwog correspondents Asya Sagnak and Sarah Dahl attended a talk at Columbia’s Miller Theatre by Dominican-American artist Scherezade Garcia, whose murals are currently on display. Given the quirky title of the show (In […]

When PrezBo shows up to introduce an event, we figure that event is deserves some attention. When the event is full several days before it happens, we start to wonder if it could possibly be a better way to spend our Tuesday evening than reading “The Illiad” for the third time. And when the event’s moderator describes it […]

Disappointed with the variety of John Jay already? The lines for ‘good’ food in Ferris too long? Or are you just craving a taste of Italian food but spent too much on your meal plan to afford real Italian food? In this special edition of Cooking with Bwog, a first-year staffer  shows you how to […]

Late Night Television! We may read about it the next day, but we won’t be tuning in to “the Stealthy Humanism of Colbert.” (Atlantic) Relationships on your own terms! This woman pulled her dating life completely offline. Yeah, we suspect that won’t really work for us. (Washington Post) Your own dog! And wondering why it’s […]

We here at Bwog hold certain principles. Among these: nothing brings people closer together than drinking. But as a Columbia kid, you are well aware of an even higher principle: there is nothing better than being the smartest person in the room. Not even community. In honor of that last principle, we here at Bwog offer […]

Update, 8:55 pm: Read the statement Columbia Divest read to ASCRI below. Students involved with Columbia Divest for Climate Justice held a protest on Columbia’s campus this afternoon. In response to the today’s Advisory Committee for Socially Responsible Investing (ACSRI) meeting, students organized a protest to call for divestment from fossil fuels and work against “Stand Up […]

Getting back to the grind may be slow-going for you, but our Rep Councils are ready to hit the ground running. GSSC had a packed agenda this week, starting off the semester with the creation of two new Council positions. Bwog’s Student Government Specialist, Joe Milholland, reports on the findings that led to the new […]