In the latest installment of our ongoing series of EIC reflections in celebration of Bwog’s big birthday, our second-ever Editor-in-Chief, Lydia DePillis, remembers life back when Gmail was new. Lydia remained a journalist, and now works for the Washington Post. Few things have made me feel older than the realization that Bwog, this little project we […]

“only glass stands” sounds like part of a Google Glass ad; and MaMa reminds us of kind-of-almost of a certain cello player. But the MaMa Project’s “only glass stands” dance performance was neither. Read on to find out what Bwog staffers Becky Novik and Jennifer Nugent thought of last night’s première! Warning: Written in the […]

After last week’s Bwog meeting, a few CC staffers offered to swipe me in to JJ’s Place because, as a Barnard first-year, I’d never experienced what seems to be an essential facet of Columbia life: the late-night fried food bonanza beneath John Jay. Our group of four (two CC, two BC) climbed down the stairs […]

This Tuesday is the last day to declare your English major, or whatever else you might be majoring in, Barnard sophomores! But don’t worry too much, ’cause that’s more of a soft deadline. Dean Kuan Tsu explains this in an email sent yesterday: Since there is no late fee attached to this deadline, it is […]

The Republican Debate last night hosted a narrowed field of candidates (no entrance cue mishaps this time), with only Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ben Carson, John Kasich, and Donald Trump remaining in the running. (CNN) Astronaut Scott Kelly aired his last news conference yesterday from the International Space Station, where he has spent almost a […]

Continuing our week of 10th birthday throwbacks to former Bwoggers, Sarah Faith Thompson has some insights on her time as co-EIC of this fabulously fraught publication. If you look way back in the Columbia University Class of 2016 Facebook group, all the way back to the cringeworthy month of August 2012, there’s a post where […]

After the Bwog staffers’ journey to the depths of 1020, replete with books, they had a far less tumultuous time at the newest Morningside Heights addition- Arts and Crafts Beer Parlour, conveniently located across the road from the freshmen dorms on Amsterdam. Depending on your study style, Arts and Crafts may be a better study […]

French spiritualists? Neurology? Indian food? Honestly, what could be better? But, more importantly, what do any of these things have in common? Columbia hosted Larry S. McGrath last night to speak about the “the persistence of spirit within the experimental, quantitative, and pathological methods that lie at the origins of the modern neurosciences.” Bwog sent Staff Writers Raji […]

Whether you are genuinely interested in urban issues or hoping to affect an air of interest, consider checking out “Homes and Homelessness,” a discussion to be held on Thursday, February 25 (today!) at 7:30 pm. It will take place in 501 Schermerhorn Hall.  The biggest draw of the event is the main speaker, New York […]

A Bwog staffer noticed some strange goings-on in the Barnard Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook page and decided to investigate. Last week, a post from Sanam Jalinous, BC ’19, and Hannah Hungerford, BC ’19, for a free table at Joe’s revolutionized the potential of Barnard’s Buy/ Sell/ Trade page. No more was the page just for clothing rejects […]

Last night, the Columbia MFA program concluded its creative writing lecture series with Saïd Sayrafiezadeh – acclaimed writer, professor at Hunter College and NYU, and man with a nearly unpronounceable last name. Betsy Ladyzhets – significantly less acclaimed writer, student at Barnard, and girl with a nearly unpronounceable last name – attended, and thinks she might have learned something. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh […]

Facebook introduced a new set of emoticon reactions that users can choose instead of the traditional “like.” Test them out by going to Bwog’s Facebook page and clicking the “angry” emoticon on all of our posts! ;) (The Wall Street Journal) Kesha continues to fight the good fight against rape culture, choosing to continue taking […]