The “Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg” collection, currently on display at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery, is, to say enough, engaging. There’s certainly something subtly exciting about seeing a young William S. Burroughs with a young Jack Kerouac, but it suggests that excitement is better attributed to the subjects’ proto-celebrity rather than quality of […]
Professors still trying to impress? Let us know at tips@bwog.com or comment on this post. Here are some of this week’s highlights. Hlonipha Mokoena, Africa & the Anthropologist: “If you plagiarize, I will descend on you like a ton of bricks.” Sunil Gulati, Principles of Economics “Can we borrow forever? Generally the answer is no, […]
Remember when the entire lexicon of AOL emoticons consisted of tilted punctuation? Do we even need to say “XD”? How far we’ve come. Can we put down the hundreds of emoji available to us and just pick up the phone? Alexander Pines, CC ’16, says it might be time to stop screenshitting and start calling. […]
As may have come to your attention, the newly pastel lobby of East Campus transformed further over winter break, boasting new flora and cushy-yet-trendy lounge seating. In order to investigate the potential benefits of the new set-up, we reviewed the shocking decor in the most realistic manner possible: drunk. Our pregaming consists of hurried shots […]
In the aftermath of the Beyonce lip sync scandal, Republicans are calling for Obama to resign from office. “If Beyoncé lip-synched the national anthem, how do we know President Obama didn’t lip-sync his oath of office?” asks Republican Senator Rand Paul. Or so believed the entire Twitter population. (International Business Times) The NAACP and the […]
School is harrrddd… Take a shot for… every seminar you can’t get into every class where the teacher actually taught every terrible icebreaker you had to endure in your discussion sections every hundred dollars you’ve spent on books this week Drink a glass of wine (so intellectual) for every shopped class you end up dropping.
Bwog isn’t really clear on exactly what Basketball Mania is, but we hear there will be free things in a heated building so we’re interested. Head to Dodge tonight to pick up a free long sleeve T-shirt, see performances by groups like the hip hop dance crew, Raw Elementz, and most likely partake in some […]
Looking out over the vast array of toppings at the Westside salad bar can feel overwhelming. It doesn’t help that everyone in line has a crazy-specific order that sounds oodles more delicious than your own generic bowl of Caesar. If you have yet to perfect your special Westside order, here are some Bwog staff suggestions […]
If we were to guess the temperature outside, we would estimate that the thermometer reads “too fucking cold.” Although the sun has been peeking through the clouds just enough to drive us insane (goddamn tease), we’re still a long way away from being able to go outside without a million and one layers. It’s getting […]
Many of Columbia’s grad students have now joined the undergrads on LionMail. As of about two weeks ago, we’re all one big, happy LionMail family. Here is the press release from CUIT: CUIT is pleased to announce that many graduate schools are now using LionMail, Columbia’s Google-powered email and calendar solution. On January 15, over […]
Get ready to shake yo’ groove thang because this Saturday (and Sunday!) is an 18 hour dance marathon! CUDM is partnered with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (try saying EGPAF five times fast), which strives to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV through research, advocacy, prevention and treatment programs. While the signup to dance for […]
A “cheese fire” closed off a tunnel in Norway yesterday (yes, you read that right), cementing the idea that Scandinavia is a hilariously strange place. (New York Times) Alright, alright, we all know that the bus can be a little sketchy at times. We can only hope that you don’t use it as an excuse […]
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