In the Bronx, as part of a gun buyback program, people got cash for turning in their guns… even BB guns. (Gothamist) In Manhattan, there are so many transgender name change requests that its Civil Court could be one of the nation’s leading name-changing institutions. How topical! (NYT) In Stuyvesant Town, all is not well. […]

Nightline, the Columbia community’s anonymous peer counseling hotline, is excited to announce that training classes for prospective Nightline counselors are about to begin. For more information about our organization, students can go to http://www.columbia.edu/cu/nightline/ or contact the Nightline directors at nightlineinfo@columbia.edu. Nightline Info Sessions: Wednesday 1/27 at 8:00 pm in 424 Kent Hall Friday 1/29 at […]

Columbia New Poetry welcomes anything as long as it’s new and poetic: your best haikus, compositions, artwork, flash fiction, short essays, sonnets, lyrics and letters. Submissions should include your name and contact info, and be sent by February 20, 2010 to columbianewpoetry@gmail.com. Interested in joining the editorial board? Please e-mail use with your name, year, […]

Junior forward Judie Lomax has once again been a force for the women’s basketball team all year long, leading the team in both points and rebounds per game. Lomax outdid even her normally high standards last night, though, tying her career high with 30 points, to go with a not-insignificant 17 rebounds, in the Lions’s […]

New vending machines in Butler Cafe and Uris are getting macho and crunchy, respectively. The B-School cafeteria, which already basically monopolizes the other vending machines on this campus anyway, is offering FreshDirect microwaveables: Rosa Mexicano Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas with Ranchera Sauce, Terrance Brennan Beef Bourguignon with Egg noodles, and Wild Alaskan Halibut with Wild […]

And our own bubble tea! Omnomnom!

The term “Old Master” encompasses a lot more tacky artwork than you would have guessed. (NY1) Remember that time over the summer when Republicans took control of the state Senate? Yeah, well, it might happen again. (LI Press) Another attorney general wants to run for governor, hopefully with better results. (Daily News) Speaking of infidelity, […]

Congratulations, you’ve survived the first week.  Take a well-deserved break and join this humble publication Sunday at 6:00 PM in the SGO (Lerner 5) for our first meeting of the year.  We’re looking for people willing to write, interview, take photos, and generally poke fun at Columbia life.  No experience necessary; bring only a quick […]

Men’s Basketball: The men’s basketball team (6-9 overall, 0-1 Ivy) comes into tonight’s game against Cornell looking to take revenge for last week’s 74-53 defeat last Saturday at the hands of the Big Red. Cornell, the consensus favorite to repeat as Ivy champs this year, sprinted out to a 24-8 lead last time around, and […]

Bwog’s Official Consolation Prizes Correspondent Juli Weiner reports from the Barnard Mail Center. Apparently, a suitable solution to the lack of ATMs on campus are these ATM decals printed to walls. The posters even display how to swipe–with two arrows– an imaginary credit card.

Buy the Miracle on the Hudson, sort of. (City Room) Bye, Conan! (Daily Intel) Rejoice: the Z train will be spared by the M.T.A. (NY Times) 4.8 million people watched the Jersey Shore finale. O hai, season 2! (The Vulture)

Living in Wien is hard enough: the isolation, the rust, the stigma! Now, the CU Secret Police are threatening to storm the Dorm that Time Forgot–that is, enter every Wien room–to determine where some missing lounge furniture has ended up. Bwog has heard whispers of the drama, and has just intercepted an email sent from […]