Yesterday, Apple released the latest iteration, iOS 6, of their immensely popular operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. The flagship feature of the release is a completely re-designed, Apple-developed Maps application, which has already drawn flak from users and experts alike. The fanciest innovation is Flyover, giving you a birds-eye-view of major […]
Do you like music and/or revolution? Sick of Psy Gangnam style? Maybe you should be listening to some riot grrrl. Today at 4:00 the Columbia University Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWAG) is putting on a free outdoor concert featuring a small handful of riot grrrl acts and students from the Willie Mae […]
Do you live with all political feminists? Have you made a giant Harry-Potter themed map of Columbia? Does your suite have artistic domination over all of campus? If you’re not impressed by any of these situations, then we’re interested in you and your illustrious living companions! Bwog is bringing back Powersuites, aka the living lifestyles of […]
Rejoyce, fellow Columbians! Peek your heads out from Ulysses (after you ditched the Odyssey, right?) and sprint over to the Package Center to be first in line. Just kidding—there is no line. Although the crates behind the counter are still strewn about like the plot line of Finnegan’s Wake, employees at the Package Center happily report […]
Arctic ice shrunk a record 18 percent this year, to the shock and distress of the scientific and environmental community. The fall is said to be unprecedented and the clearest sign yet of climate change. (The Guardian) It looks like Samsung finds the iPhone 5 to violate just as many of their patents as its […]
“Here in this Purgatory, all the people with whom you’ve ever come in contact are gathered. The scattered bits of you are collected, pooled, and unified. The mirrors are held up in front of you. Without the benefit of filtration, you see yourself clearly for the first time. And that is what finally kills you.” […]
Last year Ben Platt, CC ’16, landed a major role in the college a cappella comedy Pitch Perfect, which is set to release in early October. Now he’s settling into the college community and singing in Columbia’s Nonsequitur group. Bwog’s Film Fanatic, Alison Herman, caught up with the budding celebrity… Bwog: When did you start singing […]
If you’re in the mood for ice cream, Peace by P.E.A.C.E. is preparing copious amounts of it today and tomorrow at 8 pm in 103 of Diana’s lower levels. The organization is holding info sessions for those interested in working with elementary school students in Harlem or for those interested in consuming frozen dairy and sprinkles. […]
The September issue of The Blue & White is now on campus, and Bwog will continue posting tasty tidbits for your reading pleasure. Below, Peter Sterne sits down for a chat with Deaton Jones. If you are one of the few who don’t already know Deaton, here’s why you should. Pretty much everyone knows Deaton […]
Around midweek, Bwog begins to yearn for the marks of high culture. Alex Katz, Art Editor and Representative of All Things Sophisticated, has compiled the area’s best in music, art, cinema, and drama for this week. If you’d like your event included in Where Art Thou, email events@bwog.com. Ongoing Marius at The Storm Theatre. In […]
The good people of 7-Eleven have decided to open a fourth location on the Upper West Side, and this one is actually relevant to us! The newest branch will open at 106th and Broadway in January, according to West Side Rag. This is great news, for many serious and important reasons (see: slurpees). If you’re still […]
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