We begin with an issue of immediate relevancy: the line of consent influence by alcohol. How drunk is too drunk to say yes? (Slate) Moving on, we arrive at an age old problem that can be found right outside our doorstep. Some populations of the New York City homeless, fearful of shelters, take refuge instead at, among other […]

Bwog Editor in Chief Taylor Grasdalen discusses the recent news. On Wednesday, February 11, Columbia undergraduates received emails from their schools’ deans alerting them to a new sexual respect program. The “University Initiative on Sexual Respect and Community Citizenship,” as Deans Valentini and Boyce refer to it — or Dean Awn’s gentler “Sexual Respect: Engaging […]

Interested in taming lions but not sure if you’re ready for the big cats quite yet? Try being a Bacchanal lion tamer first! This year is the first time the Bacchanal committee is recruiting a group of students to watch the backs of other students and promote safety on this historically wild day. This job comes […]

Searching for a gal to spend Valentine’s Day with? You’re in luck—we have more personals for you today! Today, we would like to introduce two lovely ladies—Aine and Alyssa. If either of them seem like the girl of your dreams, email us at tips@bwog.com and we’ll set you up on a romantic date you won’t […]

When Breaking Bad ended in 2013 we were all sad. We didn’t know what would fill that void in our life, or the hour that was dedicated to watching Jesse call Walter a bitch. Now instead of re-watching Breaking Bad on Netflix, there is the spin off, Better Call Saul. The first episode premiered on February 8th […]

This week’s installment of the Night in the Life series has gone rogue. Barnard Bearoness Maddie Stearn trades in her crown for a deerstalker hat as she imagines Professor Dorian Warren’s life on the run. Read on to get a glimpse into the life of Columbia’s favorite fugitive.  5:25 pm I take a sip of my piña […]

ADI’s DevFest took place last week, with various workshops for beginners and more experienced coders and “Open Hack Spaces,” where participants could hang out with each other and meet engineers from sponsor companies. The week then culminated with the Hackathon portion, which lasted from Friday at 4pm until Saturday at noon. Whether you’re into computer science or […]

We are pleased to bring you the first installment of this week’s series of Personals! We asked you to send us in your own personals for us to post throughout Valentine’s week in hopes to find you a special partner to share the romantic day with. Today we would like you to meet Mary and […]

In this edition of Get Hype!, Bwog’s #1 baller boi Max Rettig sat down with men’s basketball center Cory Osetkowski (CC ’15) to discuss hoop dreamz, personal goals, and the Roar Zone.  Bwog: How has the team been doing so far this season? What improvements need to be made down the stretch to contend with […]

Planning on drunkenly seeing 50 Shades of Grey on Valentine’s Day (you know Bwog will be there)? Check out this recut trailer featuring Steve Buscemi as Christian Grey. (Salon) Luckily for us poor college students, the entrance fee to the Met will remain “pay as you wish.” (Gothamist) Because it wasn’t that long ago when we […]

This morning, members of No Red Tape entered Lerner Hall during an information session for prospective students. During the info session, members of NRT distributed flyers and read a statement to prospective students and families. The mission of the demonstration was clear: members of the organization spoke of the ways that Columbia has mishandled sexual and […]

In an addition to the series that shows that Bwog is intellectual and likes to learn outside of the classroom, we dispatched Sports Editor Ross Chapman to write about his experience sitting in on a lecture entitled “Eloy De La Iglesia and Emerging Gay Identities During the Spanish Transition.” Read about Eloy De La Iglesia and the […]

With Darwin’s birthday in just two days, colleges around the United States are doing various activities to commemorate “Darwin Day.” Columbia is no exception; Bwog sent our resident Darwin expert/ Saturday daily Henry Litwhiler to check out Western Carolina University Professor James Costa’s perspective on Darwin. When most people contemplate—as they often do—the early days of […]

Here with her weekly report, Barnard Bearoness Maddie Stearn tells us about what went down at last night’s SGA meeting. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to Barnard’s position in the impending Title IX investigation, while the last bit of the agenda was reserved for going over dates of exciting events that are happening around campus soon. […]