The Brooklyn Book Festival is taking place today until 6 p.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall. All events-panels, forums, booths- are free to attend! Famous people, like Venus Williams and Sarah Silverman, will be there, along with Columbia’s own Professor Gary Shteyngart and Librarian Karen Green. Get your intellect on! Photo via Wikimedia Commons
The drones are coming! (NYPost) The hipsters are coming? (Gizmodo) Lady Gaga has arrived – in the classroom (HuffPo) Money buys less happiness in New York (WSJ)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt returns to Morningside Heights for the filming of Premium Rush! 114th Street has become Columbia Pictures’ storage closet, while Nussbaum offers prime views of JGL himself. If you’re lucky, you may even get to see stunt cars drive backwards on Broadway! Top-left photo by Annie Liu. Top-right photo by Robyn Gordon. Remaining photos […]
Columbia has created a University-wide student group website that allows students to browse, join groups, and participate in discussions. Student group leaders can post notes, events, and send messages to their fellow members. Among the most useful tools on the site is the events calendar, which can be filtered using many different criteria (e.g. filter […]
As you surf the interweb while nurturing your first Friday Night Hangover of the semester, Bwog’s Saturday Morning Cartoons offers you a giggle that hopefully will not bounce your belly too hard. Cartoon by Abigail Santner
Bwog’s heart is with those that were affected by the 9/11 attacks on this solemn ninth anniversary of the tragedy. While Columbia’s American flag flies at half-mast today, there are no events or memorials planned to take place on campus.
The Times recounts last night’s Fashion’s Night Out. New MTA service change signs prove just as useless as before. (Gothamist) The New York City Ballet wants you (to give them money). (WSJ) Citibank helps their female employees avoid sabotaging their careers. (Gothamist) Terry Jones graces the Today Show with his presence this morning. (WSJ) Image via Wikimedia Commons
If you’re still cursing the housing gods for your 90-square foot single in Wien, cheer up! Though you’ll probably be stuck there all year, at least Housing’s tried to make it a little nicer for ya. Check out our list of all the new renovations, and let us know what other new changes you’ve seen […]
Dying to hit up Fashion’s Night Out and ogle at clothing worth more than your tuition, but too lazy to head all the way downtown? No worries, the Columbia Bookstore’s got your back. To celebrate Fashion Week, the bookstore will debut its new School House Rock collection. Apparently, “campus pride is always fashionable.” The House […]
We called it Cooking With Bwog 2.0 last year, but you get the idea now. Delicious weekly recipes from Matt Powell of the Culinary Society, using lots of ingredients you can pick up at the Greenmarket. Look out for much more Bwog foodie stuff in the next few weeks. This week: lamb kabobs and palmiers. […]
Attention first years! Bwog knows you’ve probably grown tired of the drabness of your Carman prison cell dorm room, but we have good news! There is currently a poster sale being held on College Walk to supply you with all of your wall-adorning needs. Get ready to grapple with one of the toughest questions of first […]
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