Oh look, even more library system makeover surprises: The days of flashing an ID card to get into Butler are over — well, sort of. Starting today, all students heading into the library will be required to swipe in. However, the system is already down and according to a Butler employee it’s only “sort of […]

Bwog informant “please remove my name” forwarded us an email from one litigious young graduate who slipped and fell in front of the library a few years ago. Naturally, she’s suing Columbia and currently in the midst of trying to amass other slip victims to stregnthen her case. It is, after all, the American way. […]

An anonymous tipster spotted the pictured stack of books in the Butler computer lab. “If only my finals were this interesting!” he laments.  The books include: Cannabis Culture Marijuana Marijuana-The New Prohibition Sexual Power of Marijuana Man and Marijuana Marihuana Reconsidered Marihuana Papers Bitter Pill Birth Control From Private Vice to Public Virtue New Concepts […]

Bwog ventured into the dark heart of Butler to snap some photos of the most lived-in cubicles, desks, and chairs. Columbia, what we saw, it frightened us: A Red Bull bottle converted into a flower vase for a single dying rose, sheets and sheets of notebook paper used as a make-shift gum cemetery, more of […]

  It was just 11:35 PM when studiers started drifting into Butler 209 and perching themselves on ledges and chairs. 209ers, futility be damned, started Shh-ing the newcomers. One such 209er was one-half of Chromeo (the half that attends Columbia), though he soon made a quick exit. At midnight exactly, the spirited Columbia University Marching […]

Because we know how cramped and claustrophobic Butler is at the moment, Bwog would like to remind you that the lovely, large, (basically empty) classrooms in Hamilton are open and available and yours for the taking.  In fact, Bwog is sitting in a Hamilton classroom right now and the blackboard is filled with notes from […]

Around 3:30 PM, the men’s bathroom on the 5th floor of Butler (the one by the east elevator) was promptly closed, locked and surrounded by two police officers and a CU Security official. One B&W staffer overheard the policemen saying that an incident had occurred around 3 PM and heard the cops muttering the words […]

In about a week, when we can barely even see the unfinished papers and problem sets behind the stacks of Redbull and tissues, Bwog will invite you to participate in the traditional finals week Primal Scream.  But this is not a time for that. This is a time to find great comfort in a class-free […]

One particularly creative procrastinator just sent Bwog a photo essay of his Butler abode. We support you, procrastinator, and may your efforts bring calm (followed by debilitating panic!) to those of your kind.   

On Sundays, most spots in Butler are taken—some by busy students, others by a pile of cough syrup bottles and a piece of toilet paper with “IF U TOUCH MY STUFF I KILL U!” scrawled on it in red ink. This is the first in what will hopefully be a recurring Saturday series offering possible […]

Through the grapevine, Bwog has been hearing rumors that in attempts to safeguard against theft, Public Safety has plans to begin taking unattended laptops in Butler. Oddly enough, this is one rumor that turned out to be kind of true, in a vague, quasi-benevolent way. Ricky Morales, Crimes Prevention Manager at Public Safety clarified: “It’s […]

Where’s the beef? But can YouTube and modern society eat your flesh? And yet, lack of CC’s Core Curriculum requirement doesn’t preclude taking CC Core Classes? SEAS kids in Avery? Butler: Just not enough like my dorm that happens to be 75 feet away. Lion cubs!

Despite nearing the last of their reserves of sanity, a healthy several hundred out of Butler’s suffering hordes turned out for this semester’s edition of Orgo Night (see others here and here). Those not in the loop as 209 filled up might be excused this time around; the Band doesn’t seem to have done much […]

Bwog took a frightening walk around Butler. The only thing outnumbering Redbull cans and Facebook page views were the dirty looks directed at our camera flash. Nonetheless, Bwog emerged unscathed and camera intact with a photo essay of Butler’s temporary residents.              

What WAS that last night?  Now you know.    Incidentally, Bwog loves videos. If you have original footage of Columbia life, send it on in.