The NYC Regional Brain Bee took place in Lerner on Saturday, where high school students failed to know that the brain has 100 million billion cells. If only they had taken Frontiers! (NY Times) After progress in California, gay marriage is not close to being legal in the state of Washington. (Reuters) The work of censored […]
There’s less than a week till Valentine’s Day, but fear not loveless single people. Personals continue with CC juniors Camille Murphy and Erin Gillingham. They both nominated each other. Cute stuff. If either of these gals strikes your fancy, let us know (personals@bwog.com), and we’ll shell out $10 for your romantic date. Email us at […]
Last week, Columbia associate professor Timothy Donnelly won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, one of the most prestigious prizes awarded to contemporary poets. Not only does the award identify Donnelly as a rising star in the world of contemporary poetry, but also bestows him with $100,000, an enormous sum for a mid-career poet in today’s […]
I’ve been missing a green notebook for my Evolutionary Basis of Human Behavior (EEEBW4010) class since Feb. 7th. It should have the name Kimberly Young written inside. It was last seen in the Schapiro computer lab. If found, please contact kty2102@columbia.edu
Net Impact is a global organization that allows motivated leaders to connect with organizations already making a difference to some of today’s toughest global challenges. This evening, Net Impact Columbia will kick off its semester with an information session on how to get involved. To help you expand your culinary perspective south of the border south of central […]
Last night, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan sat down with The New Yorker fiction editor Willing Davidson in the swanky penthouse of Columbia’s very own International Affairs Building. Luscious lecturehopper Diana Clarke reports. The fifteenth floor of IAB is all corporate conference rooms, which, when the sun goes down, reveal the kind of glittering skyline New Yorkers pay penthouse […]
Pfft… you don’t have midterms next week! Or at least you can pretend you don’t whilst taking in some of the amazing sights and sounds of Morningside’s arts scene. If you would like readers to escape their realities at your events, please e-mail us at events@bwog.com. Thursday French Film: Qui m’aime me suive, East Gallery, Buell […]
Bwog hates to break it to you: it’s job-search time. Continuing our series of sitting down and writing about it, an anonymous posterior with perfect interview posture shares what it’s like to be in the hot seat. What has five minutes to memorize a stock pitch, two stiffly crossed legs, and one weirdly plush, Columbia-crested […]
Bwog knows that “everyone” has been to a football or basketball game at Columbia, but what about some of our lesser-known sports? Premiering our new Spotlight on Sports series is fencing. How does it work? When can one shout “touché”? If you had a secret British twin, would you beat her in a duel? Expert […]
In BwogSalon, we feature smashing articles from our many niche campus publications. Today, we look at the most recent issue of Consilience, a Columbia-based online journal of sustainable development. Name of Publication: Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development Edition: Issue 7, Winter 2011/2012 Description: Consilience is a global, online publication, based at Columbia University, dedicated […]
Dearest First Years, By this time next year, most of you will be in McBain. Now, McBain is great! Unlike last year, you won’t have to weigh the principal disadvantage of Carman (the roommate) against that of John Jay (dirty floor bathrooms). McBain gives you both in a beautiful building that hasn’t been renovated since was “recently” […]
While a select few Columbians were sipping mineral water in PrezBo’s cozy living room, an even smaller contingent endured less luxurious conditions to hold their own conversation. Bwog’s Human Microphone Translator John Sarlitto reports from Occupy CU’s “Fireside Chat.” While the Occupy CU “Fireside Chat” on the sidewalk outside PrezBo Manor was scheduled to start […]
it's a sign from above if u get so fucked up after your first drink
keith urban
nebraska
our dealer is our best friend
PrezBo is so PrezBo even on the phone
ritz crackers
thanksgiving
the "faint trace of urine" is probs the administration pissing on ur hopes and dreams
the Bible money for alcohol is def sacrilegious
there are two types of people in the world: those who desperately want to crawl back into their mother's wombs and feel safe and full again and those who hate thanksgiving
Veuve Clicquot
vomiting into your hands while on the F train: a state of mind
we found alcohol in a hopeless place
we survived
we're starting a jessica jones support group so email ur deets to tips to join
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