Ah, Valentine’s day. Whether you take today as an opportunity to make your lover a locally-grown feast, or as a time to gorge yourself on chocolate, the Columbia Greenmarket is there for you! Take a break from loving/ crying/ pretending-not-to-care/ actually-not-caring and come support your community! As always, the greenmarket is open year-round on Sundays […]

L is for the way you look at me (NY Times) O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary (NY Times) E is even more than anyone that you adore and Love is all that I can give to you (Buzzfeed) Love is more than just a game for two […]

Update, 2/14 11:45pm: CUCR confirms that, in fact, not all of the Ivy League school groups have agreed to sign on to the statement, despite what both political sides at Columbia were told from UPenn.  CUCR President Tyler Trumbach asserts that CUCR and CUDems still stand by their own joint statement and hope that the remaining […]

If a picture says a thousand words, how many words does a moving picture say? And if that doesn’t interest you, meet 1/2 of the reason Bwog is still running. Tonight’s personals: Alex Chang and Sam Aarons.  Full disclosure: the personal for Sam, half of Bwog’s tech team, was secretly written and submitted by the […]

I lost a macbook charger on campus. Please email at sc3113@columbia.edu if found.  

Still haven’t found your special someone a Valentine’s gift? Woo your sweetheart with these seductive truffles, which take an hour to make, including the trip to Westside. And even if you’ll be celebrating Single’s Awareness Day, it’s worth making chocolate while singing along to Columbia’s own Mickey McDonald.  Basic Chocolate Truffles adapted from Mark Bittman […]

You never know what’s going to go down at Liz’s Place. This happened yesterday: Girl 1: Oh hey! Girl 2: Hey! What’s up? Girl 1: Oh I’m good! Married, haha. Girl 2: Oh my god, what? Girl 1: Yeah we eloped over the weekend haha. Like we were engaged but my mom is totally going […]

MetroCards only cost $2.25—what’s keeping you on campus? There are places to go and things to see around New York City! Our Arts Editor Kyra Bloom spent hours meticulously researching how to best spend your money on cultural events, and here’s what she found. If you know of a super-cool event, send it to events@bwog.com. On-Campus […]

Sarah Dooley, BC ’11, just launched her first video for her single “Peonies.”  The project was funded largely by a successful Kickstarter campaign that surpassed its goal in July.  This quirky, colorful video is the preview to Sarah’s upcoming album entitled Stupid Things.  Her manager Erin Byrne, also a Barnard alum, told Bwog that Sarah’s office in […]

The latest event in the World Leaders Forum series featured Song Sang-Hyun, President of the International Criminal Court, speaking on the history and structure of the ICC. We sent our atrociously amateur reporter Artur Renault to watch what went down. The lecture about one of the world’s most ambitious judicial projects took place in the […]

How to start your Wednesday afternoon: Go to the Lerner Piano Lounge between 12 and 1 pm for Live at Lerner’s Sounds event. Place pork pot stickers, fried rice, and fortune cookies directly in your mouth. Chew. Swallow. Soak up Vensaire—Live at Lerner calls them “a little bit Animal Collective-y,” and their Facebook notes their […]

1,000,000—Dollar amount of the reward offered for ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner. All turn to dust again. (USA Today) 34,000—Troops Obama promised, during his State of the Union address, to bring home from Afghanistan in the next year. (NY Times) 24—Hours it takes a sea slug to regrow its detachable penis. (BBC) 16—Papal wardrobe malfunctions. Janet Jackson would be proud. (Buzzfeed) 5—Reasons given for disliking Valentine’s […]