CBS ’11 students Balazs Alexa and Jean Meyer have created Date My School—an online dating site that helps studious, yet social media-inclined students from different universities meet each other. The site “now has more than 7,000 users, including some from the Fashion Institute of Technology because, Mr. Meyer said, a friend convinced him that there […]
Gramatica Basica del Estudiante de Español book. Found in newspaper rack in Hamilton. Has pink sticky tabs and writing on first page. Email tqb2001@columbia.edu
The weather sux. Life is dull. Remember the good ol’ days when life was carefree? Let’s commiserate together! Hit play on this next video, read on, and just… think about life. “I’m almost at where I want to be philosophically… and did I tell you she called me?” “Sometimes when your blood sugar is low, […]
In this week’s Cooking with Bwog, our resident poultry and pesto preparer Matt Powell shows you how to roast a whole quail. Bwog can personally attest to the fact that this dish tastes dazzling! But, if you think this is just too complicated, just wait. Your time will come—next week: Good Ol’ Fashioned Mac ‘n’ Cheese! Whole […]
What can’t Facebook do? It helped protesters organize in Egypt, it’s telling us we could win a Snoop Dogg concert (we’re in 5th place!), and now we’re getting free chipotle. NBC trying to build social-networking hype for their new show America’s Next Great Restaurant by offering free Chipotle “Buy One, Get One Free” coupons (apparently Chipotle […]
Earlier today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared on The John Gambling Show to offer his opinion on, among other things, the controversy surrounding ROTC at Columbia. He seemed disappointed upon hearing that veteran Anthony Maschek was heckled at last week’s town hall. After an audible sigh, he waxed philosophic on college kids, explaining that “a lot of […]
In the spirit of Enlightenment salons from centuries past, we present the latest installment of BwogSalon. Below, check out an excerpt from Raphaela Sapire’s article from the inaugural issue of the Columbia Economics Review. Sapire discusses the growth of the tech sector in New York City. Its new nickname, “Silicon Alley,” is a testament to this rapid rise to […]
Thanks to the Common App switch, Columbia may be the second most selective Ivy this year, after only Harvard. This has purportedly scared Harvard and Princeton into reinstating their early admissions plans. (Daily Beast, Harvard Crimson, Daily Princetonian) Columbia students, representing the Student Global AIDS campaign, plan to protest House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s speech at Harvard. (WaPo) […]
Bwog squeezed in to Havana Central’s backroom for the much anticipated Varsity Show Preview. There was promise, pizazz, and no Operation Ivy League… Last night’s 117th Varsity Show preview was executed seamlessly, but displayed no awareness of the insanity that went down last semester. Of course, we’re not asking for a laundry list style lampooning […]
Midterms got you down? Drinking with Bwog has a potent potable that will make it all better. Read on as the Columbia Bartending Agency‘s illustrious Nick Miyares teaches you how to make a Manhattan. As a bartender, while you should strive to know as many drinks as possible, you really only need to know the […]
Hungry Columbians, your dinner prayers are answered: the Civic Engagement Networking Night event tonight from 7 to 9 pm in the Diana Center promises free food. No word yet on the specifics but one source claims said food will be “delicious.” The suggested attire for the event is business casual, so plan accordingly. Here’s the specific […]
You know how bored you get trying to read a textbook? So you check Facebook, tweet about checking Facebook, then check Bwog to see if it posted a feature on funny student tweets about Facebook? And then finally, you return to the textbook dejectedly, and stare blankly at its pages wondering, “How did anybody even write […]
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