Wake up from your drunken daze all-nighter with Bwog’s take on the lengthy Sergio Leone classic. The Good: A recent Japanese study has shown a positive correlation between watching cute animal pictures and concentrating better afterwards. The paper’s title? The “Power of Kawaii.” (WSJ) The Bad: Hide your wife, hide your kids! A lone scout […]
According to multiple tipsters, a man was struck by a hit and run tonight on the northbound side of Broadway at 114th St. That is why several blocks of the street are closed. We called Public Safety, and they explained that the victim was not a student. One tipster heard that the victim was “not expected […]
On Thursday, students crowded the steps of Low Library in order to grab a seat to listen to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the current President of Liberia, talk about “Challenges of Transformation in a Fragile State” as part of the 2012 World Leaders Forum. Madam Sirleaf has served in the Liberian government since 1979. Her election […]
Today at 6:30 pm, Guerrilla Grub will be hosting what they call a “flash mob picknicking” event on Lehman Lawn. You have to bring your own food and blanket, but once you find other picknickers, you are encouraged to share with them. Or maybe take all their food and run away as fast as you can. […]
Spotted on a board in the CS lounge: the only points system you’ll ever need. We love a good pun as much as the next person, and the highly specific last category, “missed train,” keeps the stakes high. In case you’re having trouble reading: Sentiments: Laid off | -2 Got laid […]
Late last night, four people were shot outside a local business in Minneapolis, prompting some to question when the recurring nightmare of recent shootings would be over. (Wall Street Journal) The man behind the inflammatory anti-Muslim video that caused so much recent strife has been arrested, but not because of the film. Or at least, nobody […]
Typically for DWB, we invent a fun new strategy for spicing up the weekly pre-gaming ritual. This week, though, we decided to give a shout out to all those drink-alone-in-their-dorm-room types. It’s a bit more… contemplative. The goal is to focus the usual, self-loathing thoughts in a quirky, yet constructive, way. What you need: 1 […]
Rejoice, dear readers, because your favorite combination of food reviews and shock porn references, 2Girls1Snack, is back! In this edition, intrepid snackers Alexandra Eynon and Alison Herman leave no avocado pit unturned in their tireless quest for Morningside’s most holy guacamole. Tacqueria y Fonda $7.50 with chips. Tacqueria y Fonda’s guacamole was by far the […]
Earlier today, Bwog learned that the residents and R.A. of Schapiro 3 collaborated on this frankly amazing Oppa Gangnam Style video. We’ve been watching it on repeat ever since.
Theo Papageorge, CC’13 took a year off from Columbia to–what else?–move across the country to LA and work in the music industry. Rusko personally listened to Theo’s music and asked him to open a show this summer. Bwog dusted off our limited DJ vocab and tried to be cool. Bwog: How long have you been DJing? […]
Last Saturday, Nobel Prize winning Burmese politician Daw Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to a packed crowd of students, suits, and journalists in the Low Library Rotunda as part of the 2012 World Leaders Forum. Suu Kyi emerged from house arrest in 2010 to resume her leadership of Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD) and […]
George Rupp, as president, sought to stop political correctness, stop departments and schools forming silos. He expanded interdisciplinarism, and making
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