As you may or may not be aware, Columbia was a major hub of the Beat poetry movement, that is if you believe the plaque about Jack Kerouac in the Hartley sky lounge. Daniel Radcliffe shot a movie about the Beats on our campus, and the result, Kill Your Darlings, is now in wide release. […]
If you’re not a freshman, sophomore, or junior, you can get free food tonight! From 7:30 to 10:00 tonight, seniors can get eat, drink, and be merry with Dean Valentini in Lerner Party Space at the Senior Fund Giving Day Kickoff—your dream come true! Eat Dino BBQ, drink beer, and talk about Columbia University’s 2nd […]
BUTLER called out from Floor 9 , and He called Bwog to the top of the mountain. Then But spoke all these words, saying: I. Thou shalt use thine headphones for any and all media playing, lest thou shouldest disturb other studiers. Thus thou shalt do, unless thou happenest to be listening to The Eye […]
Keenan Albee reports the latest SEAS change. Breaking news from last night’s ESC meeting: requirements for a SEAS degree will be changing—if you’re a high school senior, that is. SEAS Vice Dean Kachani dropped by, making public the announcement that professional level course requirements will be dropped—though still recommended—beginning with the class of 2018. From […]
Maybe we’ll never be royals but we can still see Kings at noon in the Lerner Piano Lounge. That’s right, folks, we’ve got another Live at Lerner today, featuring a selection of miso soup, rice noodles with vegetables, kimchi fried rice, assorted dumplings, and even some fortune…cookies. The band, Kings, is promised to have “tight vocal harmonies, […]
In today’s installment of Small Victories during midterms, Claire Friedman reminds you that you’re great — you took the stairs! — and Alexander Pines awards you this congratulatory mug. Until a week ago, you didn’t even know where the stairs in your building were. Well, just look at you now! You took one look at […]
Chris Christie is trying really hard, but we’ll see how that goes. Who’s watching out for 2016 already, anyway? (The Washington Post) (LA Times) (The Huffington Post) So many remakes, so little time. (LA Times) Oh, Walmart. What are we going to do with you? (NY Times) Breaking Bad feels real. (Vice) People who are interested […]
In case you missed it, this weekend was the big homecoming game–that’s football, for you uninitiated. Not to worry, Bwog’s own Odysseus went on an epic journey to find Alma Bwogger Penelope, as they both homecame. Tell me, Muse, of the men of many ways, who were driven to 218th Street, after they had been sacked 53-7 […]
It’s Monday evening, which means that you’re looking back on the ghost that was your weekend with some hopefully fond memories, waiting for the next Thursday night to arrive. To help you out, we’ve gathered some field notes (or, if you prefer, notes from the field), a random collection of observations and occasional judgement from […]
Barnard just gets us. To help cope with the tendency to eat our feelings the midterm season, the annual Big Sub event will take place tonight starting at 7pm on Lehman Lawn at Barnard. Whispering secret sorcerers say that you should arrive around 6:45pm to secure your spot in the line for the sub. This year’s […]
When would Bwog ever turn down a chance to give sex advice? In case you, too, have any burning questions or kind of clever jokes, tip it in. And now, an actual anonymous tip we received: Can you do a post about sexistentialism? Is that related to the kama sartre? Dear Sexistentialist, Did you get […]
In today’s installment of Small Victories, note-taking ninja Maud Rozee congratulates you on making it to class. Drawing master Alexander Pines provides you the award. This morning you lay in your bed thinking: What would happen if I just didn’t go to class? Absolutely nothing. The siren song of skipping tempted you to shirk all […]
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