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 It’s our favorite campus holiday: Bacchanal! It’s the time of year when you shed your seasonal depression, wear shorts no matter the weather, and end your night at 3 PM only to wake up and party later. For the first years, transfers, exchange students, and any other Bacch virgins, Bacchanal is the Columbia version of fun, […]

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Columbia students recently received an impassioned plea from Associate Director of Residential Life Scott D. Helfrich begging them to open their hearts and rooms to prospective students. ResLife still needs 100 more hosts for Days on Campus and Perspectives on Diversity. But have no fear, Associate Director Helfrich! Bwog has plenty of ways to incentivize […]

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Umbrellas are terrible, annoying, and impractical devices of minimal utility to the human race, and here’s why the world should get rid of them and switch to the infinitely superior raincoat model of rain protection.

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Housing selection can be stressful for even the most level-headed among us. But even if your plans don’t work out, you can still find a great home in Columbia housing! Internal Editor Zoe Sottile shows you how it’s done. 

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Bwog staff writer Elle Ferguson records a Q&A session between prospective students and SNL’s weekend update city correspondent, Stefon.

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A certain staff writer ventured down to the quad basement the night before she flew home for spring break only to find that the printers she usually uses were gone. Completely gone. Dear Sulzberger Printer A and Brooks Printer A, How was your spring break? I see that you got to dip from campus early […]

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Recently, the Columbia University Sailing Team was sent a concerned email from a CC ’60 alumnus requesting to unsubscribe from the team’s mailing list (see photo below). This brave soldier inspired us, as a collective alumnus of midterm exams, to speak up as well.

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Last week, Managing Editor Zack Abrams made the worst mistake of his life. Arts Editor and future Buzzfeed employee Riva Weinstein immortalizes the following Slack exchanges.

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A New Bombshell Has Entered The Campus…

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October 31, 2026
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Furry Or Festive? A Halloween Costume Guide To The 5 Stages Of Becoming A Furry
October 31, 2026
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Keeping Samhain Alive
October 30, 2026

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