Girl 1: So we’re gonna get really drunk and then read The Bacchae because that’s, like, totally how it should be read anyway. Girl 2: Obvs. The end is nigh… Image from Wikimedia Commons
In this week’s Cooking with Bwog, resident culinary expert and quasi-mixologist Matt Powell shows you how to make love potions for Valentine’s Day out of the two most potent aphrodisiacs known to man—chocolate and alcohol! I may not be a mixologist, but I’ve always liked to experiment with different kinds of drink combinations. It probably […]
“I’m calling the shots today, get up out of bed, into school!” – Magic Johnson (NYT) “The present moment has nothing to do with me personally, with Hosni Mubarak, but with a situation of Egypt in its present and the future of its sons.” – Hosni Mubarak, who has just stepped down as president. (Al […]
Head over to Lerner NOW for the biggest free food event of the year. Expect oodles of sweet treats, dance groups stomping in funky formations, and a MOONBOUNCE! Then get yo drank on at an uber classy “speakeasy” (21+ with 2 IDs). And if you’re in the mood to move, there’s a “bungee challenge” and […]
Welcome back to Drinking with Bwog, your favorite way to start the weekend. This week, the Columbia Bartending Agency’s Matt Kalish shows you how to make a Tequila Sunrise. Drink responsibly…who are we kidding, nothing responsible ever came from tequila. Next up is a personal favorite of mine—the Tequila Sunrise. The recipe is simple, but […]
Apparently Columbia students aren’t the only ones getting grades in Morningside Heights. Our favorite neighborhood restaurants were undergoing some pretty intense midterms of their own, recently, and according to the New York Health Department’s most recent data analysis, they didn’t do so well. DNA Info and amNY report that the Morningside zip code (which it’s […]
If you were planning on studying, or catching a quick nap between classes, or hosting your Free Weezy fan fiction club meeting tonight around 6 in the Davis Auditorium of the Schapiro Center, we’d advise you to reconsider. The Heyman Center is hosting an “Egypt Arising” event, and we hear it’ll be pretty crowded. For those […]
Bwog’s new Thursday feature, Where Art Thou?, is here to keep you posted on what’s going on in the A&E department in Morningside Heights and beyond. If you’d like your new play of episodic dialogues relating to penises listed, email us as events@bwog.com. Athena Film Festival, starting tonight at 7 p.m. and running through February 13 […]
Feel like celebrating something this weekend? Is that thing women? And also leadership? Conveniently for you, then, Barnard is hosting its inaugural “Athena Film Festival: A Celebration of Women and Leadership” today through Sunday. Although the film screenings aren’t free, they’re cheap (most tickets are $5). Plus, after it’s over, you’ll get to tell people […]
Bwog likes to hop from room to room, and sometimes, when we find something good enough, we post about it. Other times, we just harass the residents for free snacks and then quietly leave. If you would like your room to be hopped, email us at tips@bwog.com. “The trouble with always trying to preserve the […]
We’d like to extend some big fat congratulations to Erin Kara, BC ’11, who has just won the Gates scholarship. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, offers full rides to non-UK students for graduate work at the University of Cambridge. The scholarship is awarded based on “intellectual ability, leadership capacity […]
Our friends at the Greenmarket inform us that despite the chilly forecast, they will be open today. Most of the regular farmers will be in, except for Stannards farm. Greenmarket-ers can expect to see a new face, Dan Madura, this Thursday. He usually sells exotic mushrooms (no, not that kind!) on Sundays, but will be […]
George Rupp, as president, sought to stop political correctness, stop departments and schools forming silos. He expanded interdisciplinarism, and making
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