Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for are below and the full list is after the jump. Recommended “Strive to Thrive: Redefining Success in the Modern World” Monday April […]

You may have been passed out in a hallway last night, but J-Lo won some award for something other than her butt. (Fox News) US put on their concerned face and told Ukraine to knock it off. Mother Russia don’t play like that. (The Independent) Twitter is going to launch another redesign. At this point, […]

We’ve been receiving your stream of inebriated tips, and we love it. Keep them coming to tips@bwog.com or the anonymous tip form as you take this party to 1020. We’ve also been receiving your delightful Snapchats, since, in a moment of divine inspiration, we created one last night. Add “thebwog” on Snapchat—we don’t want your naked […]

As the debauchery escalates, we’re going to post all your best photos here. Send us yours at tips@bwog.com or use our anonymous tip form. We’re sure you’ve got some interesting ones. A fitting start to the day, the Carman fire alarm went off this morning. “It was the dust from the powder!” a paint-splattered Holi-goer […]

SEND ALL YOUR KKRRAAZZYY BACCHANAL TIPS/ PICTURES TO tips@bwog.com OR USE OUR ANONYMOUS TIP FORM! Pregame overheards/seens: McBain security guard after a group of girls came running and screaming out: “Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…” “It’s the dust from the powder!” says paint-splattered person during Carman fire alarm. Seen: Group of Carmanites taking a […]

Columbia announced a University Senate Town Hall for gender-based misconduct and sexual assault on April 16th, which is this coming Wednesday. The meeting will take place from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm in 309 Havemeyer; advance registration is suggested, but you should definitely bring your CUID if you plan on attending-it’s required to get in. […]

Bacchanal is right around the corner, so prepare to not remember much of the next 36 hours. One Bwog staffer used some of her last of her pre-Bacchanal hours to guide you to your best Bacchanal ever. For you freshies who have yet to experience the potential glory of Bacchanal, or those of you who […]

SEAS has just announced that Jon Oringer will give the SEAS Class Day 2014 keynote speech next month. Oringer is the creator of Shutterstock, the stock photo website that Bwog overuses, and is also an alumnus of SEAS, receiving  in 1998 his MS in Computer Science. Last year, Robert Bakish, SEAS’85 and MBA’89, CEO of Viacom Int’l Media […]

Bwogger and Opera Enthusiast Madysen Luebke went to the Black Box Opera Festival last night to soak in the sights and sounds of this time-honored musical tradition. If you missed it, there is another show tonight at 8 pm in the Glicker-Milstein Theater for $5. Tickets are available online, at TIC, or at the door. […]

In case you didn’t hear, the entire universe has been in New York this past week. Wednesday night was graced with the presence of Jeffrey Eugenides, author of The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, and The Marriage Plot. Bwog daily Tatini Mal-Sarkar saw him speak and proceeded to fangirl for hours/days/probably years. I rush to Schapiro at 6:45, […]

Okay, there may not be anything particularly sassy about the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences choices of graduation speakers, but they’re pretty awesome nonetheless. Klaus Lackner, a professor in GeoPhysics here at Columbia, will probably talk about how the world is exploding and it’s all our fault, but he’ll probably also sprinkle in some […]

This morning 10 are dead as a FedEx truck crossed a highway median in Northern California and rammed into a bus filled with college students. CNN reports. In less gruesome news, and really in undeniably fantastic news, Stephen Colbert will be taking over for the retiring David Letterman on Late Night. More Colbert, more awesome. […]

The Varsity Show is quickly approaching—but what exactly is the Varsity Show? Do you know? Do random kids on College Walk know? Not really, no. So let the crew explain. And don’t forget to subscribe to some updates to buy tickets so you can actually see it, too.

What exactly is SGA doing about the recent sexual assault issues on campus? What’s going on with the SJP banner situation? Barnard Bearoness Lauren Beltrone went to Monday’s SGA meeting to find out. In response to the recent sexual assault issues on campus, SGA created the subcommittee on sexual assault and gender based misconduct earlier […]

Bacchanal is mere days away. While some may be preoccupied with what they’ll be drinking or where they might find a toilet on Saturday, Anna Hotter is just worried about keeping up with the crazy kids and their music. If, like me, you’ve been living under a musical rock for the past 7 years, listening to […]