Columbia librarians are using the Internet Archive to save full websites from human rights organizations so that they can continue to be accessed by scholars even after they’re shut down. (Internet Archive, Inside Higher Ed) Although the late Manning Marable “never read e-mail on a computer, but had an assistant print it out,” his students […]
Black cashmere Burberry peacoat with fuchsia scarf. Lost at Havana Central on Senior Night. Reward if returned! Please contact nas2126@columbia.edu or call 917-589-8947 if found.
iPod Touch with no cover and pink lily background. Lost in Hamilton or Hartley. Please email hz2219@gmail.com if you’ve seen it. There will be reward if found.
In perhaps the most confusing 30 minutes of campus tradition in history, both the pillow fight and Primal Scream overlapped. Though purists waited until 11:59 pm to start, zealous first years joined the fray as early as 11:30 pm. Even a few of the dedicated bodies in the reference room rose from their seats to […]
At midnight 11:30pm MIDNIGHT (there’s still time—get your asses out there!), rouse yourself from whatever it is that you don’t want to be doing, and vent your emotion, exhaustion, and aggravation on others by smacking them with pillows and screaming your lungs off. Remember the last pillow fight? That was epic. Facebook says 864 people […]
Keep on keepin’ on with the help of some senior wisdom Name, school: Yonatan Gebeyehu, Columbia College Claim to fame: Numerous Columbia theatrical productions, including 115th and 116th annual Varsity Show, playing PrezBo with a white wig and soffe shorts. Where are you going? Staying in New York, I got a job working at a […]
In Hidden Talents, Bwog exposes your classmates as the strange and glorious wunderkinder they truly are. Below, Bwog’s Embers Enthusiast, Atira Main, interviews the vivacious vixen Reina deBeers, a fire breather. If you know a stunt double, hostage negotiator, or curling champion who’d like to be profiled, email us at tips@bwog.com. You may have seen […]
Love is in the air! Just look around you—sometimes you have to squint a little, but there’s magic in the minutiae. On 116th and Broadway: Girl: So do you love me or not? Guy: Right now I just have to take a massive dump. Coming out of a girls’ bathroom: Guy: I don’t understand what […]
Hamilton is FUCKING FULL, kthxbai. (Click the pictures to enlarge) Butler is probably full too, but at least the Hamilton squatters have the decency to leave apologetic notes. Tipped by D.H.
Another senior bestows his fleshy wisdom. Name, School: Nicholas Sanz-Gould, CC Claim to fame: I’m co-president of Chowdah Sketch Comedy, sometimes I have poems published in Quarto and New Poetry, I kinda have a thing for gold shoes, and maybe you listened to my radio show with Peter Licursi. (It was called Boy Polloi.) Where are […]
Bwog is pleased to bring the second edition of our relaxation series. This time, our Scandinavian-in-Residence Ricky Raudales tells you how and why to take advantage of the sauna. Treat yourself (literally!) after your long weekend of studying. Bwoggers, circa 1993 With the dog days of summer mere weeks away, the sauna may not seem […]
One unfortunate Wienie was devastated upon returning to the communal fridge—rather than the comforting icy delights of Ben & Jerry’s, this Wiener found nothing at all. Not sure we want to think about where that ice cream could possibly have been…
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