So you probably missed the blood moon last night (like we did), but you can still check out some awesome pictures (and find out what a blood moon actually is). (Space) Former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi is sentenced to a year of community service for his crimes, which for some reason sounds kind of comical to us. […]

Rather than running for office, it seems many former Obama aides are going into consulting… Looks like the President uses CCE too much. (NYT) In light of the recent events around “Heartbleed,” the President has failed to call for full disclosure on security exploits made available to various Executive Agencies.  (Wikipedia, Al-Jazeera America) James Franco […]

You may have been passed out in a hallway last night, but J-Lo won some award for something other than her butt. (Fox News) US put on their concerned face and told Ukraine to knock it off. Mother Russia don’t play like that. (The Independent) Twitter is going to launch another redesign. At this point, […]

SEND ALL YOUR KKRRAAZZYY BACCHANAL TIPS/ PICTURES TO tips@bwog.com OR USE OUR ANONYMOUS TIP FORM! Pregame overheards/seens: McBain security guard after a group of girls came running and screaming out: “Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…” “It’s the dust from the powder!” says paint-splattered person during Carman fire alarm. Seen: Group of Carmanites taking a […]

A knife-wielding 16-year-old Pennsylvanian boy stabbed twenty-two people yesterday. (Reuters) Maybe Comcast merging with Time Warner is good for business — “sometimes big is good,” one probably-grey-flannel-suit-wearing executive man argues — but it may or may not be so great for consumers. (Forbes) Mad Men is now only 85 hours away. Spoiler alert: here’s everything that will […]

Emma Sulkowicz, CC ’15 and Zoe Ridolfi-Starr CC, ’15 spoke yesterday at a press conference with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand about Columbia’s sexual policies.  The Senator is hoping to increase federal funding to combat campus sexual assault. (CBS New York, Fox NY) Joe Biden…or Twitter superhero? (Politico) Well, we guess this means no more mile-high tequila […]

Not like we were actually going to stand in that line, but the Cronuts guy got shut down for mice. Ew. (NY Daily News) No, Bush. We don’t want to see your paintings again. (CNN) We’re so pathetic that apparently we need to type emojis on Yelp instead of words. (Gothamist) And because we could […]

Job growth remains steady, with employers adding thousands of positions in March. Now if only employers would add thousands of generously paid internships. (USA Today) Columbia’s Earth Observatory predicts more depressing news. At least most of us will be dead by 2100. (Salon) A savvy Scottish teen got hit on by James Franco, and she turned him […]

There was a fatal shooting at Fort Hood in Texas yesterday, leaving four dead, including the shooter, and fourteen injured. This is the same exact location of another shooting that occurred in 2009. (Slate) GM recalls your car. Again. (The Economist) The fast food chains are waging war on each other — and your body […]

Be sure to check out our new website redesign. We hope u like it!! Bacchanal will be canceled this year because Columbia forgot to reserve the Low steps.  A town hall meeting will be held to discuss the matter on May 16 at 11:59 pm. (Bwog) PrezBo’s notoriously absent wife has officially been revealed to […]

De Blasio earned $300 million in the state budget to go towards Pre-K in New York City. (NY Times) We might feel less afraid of being hit by a cab going 70 mph on Broadway sometime soon with speed control laws. (Staten Island Live) Because gentrification. (Gothamist) The Willy Wonka of Ukraine is now the […]

England and Wales hop on the slowly but steadily moving marriage equality bandwagon. (BBC) No need to fear: that Turkish Twitter account you surely follow is going to survive. (Belfast Telegraph) An ideal solution to having to interact with other humans. Plus, you’ll look super cool wearing it. (The Ledger) PrezBo touted diversity at the University of […]

Bwog missed you crazy kids so much that we practically spent all of break crying in misery. Just kidding, Bwog loves vacation. Here are a few shenanigans from both the news and also the Bwog Tips inbox that occurred at the good ol’ Columbia while you were gone. We love Bwog Video and apparently so […]

The story of yesterday morning’s building explosion in Harlem continues to get worse, and now has its own Wikipedia page. (CNN, Wikipedia) A potential new medication to treat anorexia has been announced, a great possible first step toward furthering biological treatment rather than the disease’s mainstay talk therapy. (Time) Way to go, House of Representatives. […]

C’mon Columbia, even Congress has got you beat. (The Washington Times). Police in Portland were called when a “crazed” 22-pound cat trapped its owners inside their own bedroom.  Only in Portland… (Fox News Phoenix) A Brooklyn boy who had been missing was found after he had been riding the subway for five days straight.  The […]