Name, school: Ruqayyah “Rocky” Abdul-Karim, CC Claim to fame: CCSC 2010 council (aka pouring beers at Lerner Pub and giving out free t-shirts), President Emerita of the Black Students Organization, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee (hey tour guides!), co-chair of the Multicultural Recruitment Committee, avid fan of in-text parenthetical thought Where are you going? I am (finally) […]
Someone’s been leaving love in Butler! This sign was spotted hanging across the Thou Shalt Not Steal Books Forcefield on one in one of the side exits of Butler. Bwog believes in you, too.
The latest issue has hit campus! Look for it in most dorms and public spaces. Today, Bwog Editor Emeritus Jim Downie investigates the other half of Sunil Gulati’s life. It’s a beautiful August day in Mexico City. The temperature is a balmy 78 degrees; the lung-choking smog is blown away by a cool breeze. In […]
We’ve been reading the comments, and counting the thumbs down. You’re stressed. We understand. And we want to help. Today, starting at 4 PM outside Butler, Bwog will inaugurate its Bitch Box. The internet is a great place to complain, but bitching in real life is much more satisfying…especially when there’s free comfort food. Butler […]
Bwog puppy-cuddler Claire Sabel found a puppy adoption truck parked on 104 and Broadway. It’s too bad we can’t keep them in our dorms, but they look like they’re fun to play with!
Name, school: Arianne Richard, CC Claim to fame: CC 2010 Valedictorian, Columbia University Dance Marathon (CUDM) 2010 Co-Overall Chair Where are you going? National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD Three things you learned at Columbia: 1. The 1 train splits from the 2 and 3 trains at 96th street. (Learned during orientation week freshman year) […]
More suspicious packages. (Gothamist) Another Staten Island Ferry crash. (City Room) Emma Watson likes Brown. (Vanity Fair) Oh, and don’t respond to that phishing email everyone’s getting from the “COLUMBIA Webmail Maintenance Unit”.
Sike about these recipes being for your health, but it’s finals so you’re excused from all your responsibilities as a human being for about 10 days. A few days ago, we asked to you to send us your desperate-times recipes. Below, we compile your submissions, some of which sound more delicious than others, all of […]
Name, school: Sari Ancel, SEAS Claim to fame: I broke my foot last semester while receiving a hug. And, in 2008, I was the first person assassinated in CU Assassins. Where are you going? Right now I’m writing this on the subway on my way to buy one pound of red wiggler worms for a […]
Early this morning, Bwog received an urgent message: “Chairs Piano Lounge,” wrote the anonymous tipster. “They’re new. They’re now.” Accompanying these cryptic messages were photos of the old beige chairs in undignified stacks by the ramps. This afternoon, Bwog Private Eye Carolyn Ruvkun went to investigate. “Verdict: firm, supportive back. Less butt cushioning,” she wrote […]
Fruit Paunch will be holding its annual 24 Hour Show, starting at 5 p.m. today and going until 5 p.m. tomorrow on Low Plaza. Ay caramba! Enjoy free improv comedy an hour of the day, night, dawn or dusk. The Paunch jokesters request human interaction, and maybe snacks: Mike Molina is lactose intolerant (but you […]
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