Bwog asked for the weird things seen in textbooks. Here’s what we got. No shit, Sherlock: From a book on McCarthyism: “It’s hard to have a witch-hunt without witches” The editors forgot to take it out of the final draft: From a chapter on cyclic molecules: “‘Clearly the ring had an unwholesome power…’ —J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord […]
In today’s Butler Café poetry, Bwog isn’t sure whether Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana wrote this description. In any case, the cheesecake brownie isn’t too shy about its double identity.
Thanks to the 1100-signature petition delivered by Student–Worker Solidarity to Columbia Dining, John Jay Dining Hall workers no longer have to endure a ridiculously hot kitchen. Pizza-baking, which apparently puts out a lot of heat, has been moved downstairs until Dining can put in better ventilation. Press release: This evening, workers at John Jay excitedly […]
Are you still feeling sad that Breaking Bad is over? Cry no more! The One World Symphony House here in New York is remaking it. As an opera. An anti-Semitic Elmo was arrested in Times Square and sentenced to a year in jail. Oh, and he also tried to extort the Girl Scouts for $2 […]
As we announced earlier, after an interesting turn of events, there will be a direct election for the University Senate. There will be a debate in the Lerner Satow Room on Sunday from 4:30-5:30 pm and polls will open next Wednesday. The candidate list has just been announced and is as follows: Conor Skelding Alexander Andresian Yassamin Issapour David Kang David Froomkin Marc Heinrich […]
Bwog was tipped about an interesting addition to a double in the LLC. Check out the picture and post below. Sometimes even a double can feel lonely, which may explain why a pair of roommates chose to welcome a life-size poster of baseball player Ty Cobb into their home. Now, it serves as a welcoming and terrifying surprise […]
It was a night of memes, millionaire know-how, passionate creativity, and indispensable advice. Sunday, October 6th, the Columbia Organization for Rising Entrepreneur’s hosted an event which brought reddit co-founder and webshow host, Alexis Ohanian, to the Roone Arledge Cinema – along with two other notable new-tech moguls and former CC students, Jared Hecht CC ’09 […]
Today Bwog ventured into the Butler Cafe and stumbled upon this marvelous muffin. Brown and beautiful, domed and doubtful, it drew us closer. Marked as “bran-tastic” we even felt an urge to try it. But then we saw a Red Bull and drank that instead.
In which Bwog brings you The Small Victories of Midterms: illustrations of the little things that make you feel good during midterm season. To start us off, we have he Butler-ite who looks surprisingly well put together. Note her poise, her intense gaze, her large head (containing a large brain of course). This is the smart and studious […]
All Weekend Remember this controversy? Well if you’re a self-identified woman of color, auditions for Barnard-Columbia V-Day’s Vagina Monologues start today. Tonight they’re in Pupin 414 from 8-11pm, Thursday Diana 502 9-midnight, and Friday Hamilton 316 5-8pm. Check the facebook event for more information. The Harlem Art Walk Tour is happening this weekend Saturday and Sunday from noon […]
Butler Library, the center of all things cool and fun, is having a few comic book events centered around New York Comic-Con! Check out these two upcoming events: Wednesday, October 9th, at 6pm in 523 Butler In celebration of Butler’s recent additions of Wendy and Richard Pini, the creators of ElfQuest are having a […]
Live at Lerner is back people, spreading music and cheer throughout your midterm week months. If you find yourself craving social interaction, non-study classical music, or food, head to Lerner’s Piano Lounge today from 12pm-1pm. For this hour, Live at Lerner is having Appomattox, a Brooklyn-based band, performing. They are described by the event page as […]
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