German thieves have stolen 5 metric tons of Nutella. What exactly are they planning to do with all that chocolate-hazelnut goodness? Make 5 metric tons of delicious crepes? (Slate) It turns out that an intelligence agency in France is just like us; it accidentally calls huge amounts of attention to its embarrassing mistakes, too. Now […]
Tomorrow morning is the beginning of sophomore suite selection. Rising sophomores, your housing options will pretty much be Schapiro, Wien, Nussbaum, Broadway, or the most notorious of sophomore dorms, sometimes known as Carman 2.0, occasionally called McBizzzzz, often referred to as a pit/dump/hellhole: McBain. The distant noises of sophomore selection are all singing the same […]
So… Bacchanal is coming up. It’s headlined as we all know by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, also featuring Flosstradamus and Morningsiders. Another thing: it starts at 11am. How do people feel about all this? Well, your trusty Bwog braved Butler in a quest for answers. Here are some of the best ones: Girl in elevator: […]
It was a light but significant agenda for last night’s CCSC meeting. As council and audience members shuffled in Prezbu encouraged everyone to “get ready to pass some policayyy.” Ain’t no party like a Satow party, ’cause a Satow party never freaking ends. Updates: The Class of 2014 will be hosting a Juniors-only post-Bacchanal brunch featuring […]
In the latest dispatch from Bwog’s multimedia unit, we catch up with rap artist Lubeen (aka John Lubeen Hamilton CC’13) as he gets ready to open for Hoodie Allen this Tuesday (it’s in Roone, doors are at 6pm). We talk Clams Casino, Queens, and Columbia [spirit [, or lackthereof]]. Lubeen graciously stuck around to spit […]
Happy Monday! Bwog’s back for another glorious round of live suite selection coverage. Things may get a little lower this week as the housing options get less and less desirable (although Bwog is a staunch supporter of McBain), but we’re still here to chronicle every single second. Our loving liveblog waits to confuse entertain you […]
We all have stuff, and lots of it. By May 12th, that stuff has to be out of our current Columbia housing. So what are you going to do with it? Even if you’re staying in the city, there will be some items you would rather tuck away for the summer. The Housing Website has […]
As commenters and tipsters made sure to repeatedly let us know, the last episode of CUMB’s sensual sundays came out yesterday. It was an elaborate, funny homage to Columbia’s favorite Facebook page, CU Admirers (may it rest in peace). And to top it off, it’s off of R. Kelly’s “Ignition.” It’s too much swag for […]
Columbia has just sent a press release announcing the list of honorary doctorates from the class of 2013. The University Medal of Excellence went to Alicia Abella, advocate for women’s and minority education in Science and Engineering. Stanley Falkow, prominent bacteriologist, and Zena Stein, researcher on child development, famine, and more, have been awarded Doctorates of […]
Columbia alums and former Fruit Paunchers Michael Molina (CC ’10), Colin Drummond (CC ’09) and Addison Anderson (CC ’07) created and write for a new sketch comedy group, Local Empire, which focuses on the absurdities of life in the city. One of their sketches, “Phone Girl,” recently got attention from Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, and College […]
Everyone seems to think that Hillary Clinton has decided, “I’ll run for president, yolo.” (NY Daily News) Boston College has decided that free condoms aren’t OK. (NY Times) Decided that you’re a winner? Here’s some gifs and songs to help you do it. (Buzzfeed) And of course, Kim Jong-Un still doesn’t seem to calm the fuck down. (CNN) […]
CU Admirers has been unexpectedly shut down by Facebook for the next 3 days–with a possible extended hiatus by the showrunners. In reaction, Bwog staff first said, “Oh god we might have to collectively result resort to just telling each other about our feelings in person shit we’re doomed it’s all over,” and second started […]
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