Today’s Bwoglines challenge the things you love most: Cartoons: Pinocchio should be punished, Spongebob will destroy our children (Slate, Atlantic) Cigarettes: The future of smoking is e-cigarettes. (NYMag) Sex: Has been displaced by Facebook. (Gizmodo) World History: It’s whatever. (New Yorker) Take-Out: It’s evil! (Gothamist) Emoticons: Sometimes they look like vaginas. (NYT) Google: Is actually taking over the world. (WSJ) There’s one exception! Beavis and Butthead […]

Black Ray-Ban eyeglasses and an alligator eye glass case. Possibly lost in Mathematics or Dodge. Please contact acj2122@columbia.edu immediately if found!

Tian Bu, a junior in Columbia College, passed away this weekend. After her family and friends were notified, Dean Shollenberger informed students of her death in an email. He writes: “With the death of Tian, also known as Tina by friends on campus, we grieve the loss of a caring and valued member of our […]

Saving Kyoto by Chichilnisky, Brown Hard-Cover Book. Possibly left in Kent 522 Sunday afternoon, 10/23/11. Reward: Pinkberry treat. Contact: jjh2168@columbia.edu

RoomHop returns, delving into the depths of Columbia Housing for creative uses of the drab rooms we’ve been provided. Room and Lighting Enthusiast Meriam Raouf reports. A flickering light fixture known as the “orb of doom” illuminates nearly every dreary dorm. This fixture emanates a gray light, causing vitamin D deficiency and widespread slumping in sophomores. […]

It’s that time of year! As the end of midterms slowly crawls closer, we’re just a week away from Halloween. This past weekend, the Marching Band carved these pumpkins for the Dartmouth-Columbia football game in Hanover (one of several clashes with the Big Green this past week). To help you get in the holiday spirit, […]

Maybe you’re reading this because you’re done with midterms.  More likely, you’re reading this because you’re trying to avoid eye contact with all that reading that you told yourself you were going to get caught up on weeks ago.  Either way, there’s no better way to escape their disapproving gaze than heading to this week’s Bwog meeting. […]

This weekend, the football and soccer teams made the trek up to Hanover, NH to take on the Big Green, while the field hockey team faced Dartmouth at home. After all four games were said and done, the Lions ended the weekend in dead heat with Dartmouth 2-2.  Bwog Sports Commentator and Expert Tie-Breaker Kevin […]

Searching for a job in this economy can be a pretty bewildering experience, but, in some cases, employment can be just as perplexing. Big, authoritative man in a suit: “…and that’s why you dont have sex with a convict you don’t know!”

Today, Tunisians will be heading to the polls for the first time since the ousting of Ben Ali, marking the first official election of the Arab Spring. Still, officials are worried of widespread reports of corruption could mar the election’s legitimacy. (Guardian, NYT) Another day, another celebrity Occupies Wall Street.  This time, it was Katy […]

This week, it’s all about the subtleties of Columbia architecture. Can you tell the differences in the photos below? Update: Further architectural curiosities abound! A tipster has sent us the photo below, showing a new “little blue bird creature” nestled between a few objects on the ever-growing 114th median sculpture. Curious in that it was […]

A too-little, too-late (too-gross) allusion to shock porn? We would never! And we resent the accusation. No, this is just our feature about two very hungry girls trying to share big mouthfuls of one snack. Morningside is overflowing with seasonal treats, so we summoned Alison Herman and Sam Schipani to navigate the deep, dark, gooey (and […]