And Lena Dunham’s getting a medal–but not giving a speech. Barnard has just announced that their 2013 commencement speaker will be Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. In the words of DSpar: Ms. Gbowee’s leadership helped galvanize an entire nation’s women to stand together against violence and end […]
A tipster overheard this charming conversation at a party this weekend: Bro 1 : I can bite a bra off! For real! I’m just like *RRRRR*! Bro 2: I’m working on just the flick and drop. One swift motion! Bro 3: Fuck yeah! Swoon. Congratulation squad via Shutterstock
Tehran has deployed sniper squads to take out its huge population of cat-sized rats. That’s one way to do it. (NPR) If Atsufumi Yoshizawa could work through the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima powerplant, you can probably finish that super-boring reading. (Independent) Pat yourselves on the back because, unlike Oberlin, we didn’t have to cancel […]
If you live near the Broadway/115th intersection and are wondering what all the sirens are about, here’s the info. A taxi cab has collided with an NYPD vehicle and spun out of control and into the sidewalk in front of Morton Williams. It appears nobody is hurt.
Bwog knows you’re bored and trying to procrastinate, so we’ve gathered some of our staff’s favorite Wikipedia pages to pass your time. Feel free to add more in the comments! Hungry for some history? Maybe you just want to own a dog vicariously. The Harlem Shake in real life Correct your friends about literally everything! […]
Found a pair of Warby Parker eyeglasses on a table in JJ’s place next to a copy of the Eye open to the St. A’s article, if that means anything. Email me at dkl2113@columbia.edu to get them back.
Ever wonder what goes on in the weekly mysterious CCSC meetings? Wonder no more, because we sent Maren Killackey on a magical mission to find out for you. Here’s a report: Because it’s not adult life if your parents still pay for your Blackberry… Dean of CCE Kavita Sharma along with Niamh O’Brien, CCE Undergraduate […]
As per tradition, every week we at Bwog leave our meeting at the SGO every Sunday and go straight to Butler. You’d think we’d be studying, but we’re just annoying everyone who is. This week, we covered the issue that is(n’t) on everyone’s mind: housing. We asked, “Housing selection starts in 3 days. How do […]
It seems that nowadays, nobody is safe from persecution. Gender, race, weight, and economic groups of all kinds are judged and grouped together as inferior. Now, Bwog has overheard that another group is also being oppressed: “All men in headphones look the same? Did you just say that? That’s like…racist.” Men in headphones have to […]
Today marked the final Frontiers of Science lecture featuring Emlyn Hughes. Last week, Hughes foreshadowed that everything would be explained today; thankfully, since the brouhaha about his first lecture mostly died down, there was no added security today. Adele’s “Skyfall” began the lecture, followed by a video of a girl changing and putting on makeup; […]
Sex just keeps improving and spreading! Having Babies Is Becoming Safer: Scientists cured a baby of AIDS for the first time yesterday, creating hope for a universal cure. (Wall Street Journal) (New York) University is Becoming Sexier: Ever wonder what NYUers looked like in the 1920s? No? Neither did we, but here are some photos anyways. […]
Well, this seems unfortunate. According to The Williams Record, (most definitely not a Columbia source, interestingly enough) the man who may have been (may still be) this year’s Bacchanal performer has cancelled his show in Williamstown—and his performance at Columbia. Bacchanal declined to comment on the report. The article text below tells the sad story, […]
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