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 […]

This young couple in Afghanistan is willing to risk it all to be together. (NYT) LSD ain’t coke but it’s still one hell of a drug, seeing as it hasn’t been used in a scientific study for about 40 years… until now.  Far out. (Gawker) Colombia’s former president (no, not Eisenhower) has just been elected to […]

You call yourself a champion speller and you can’t spell ‘stifling‘? (Philly.com) Our girl JLaw would never lie and you know that, Jared Leto. (USA Today) Isaiah Washington and his homophobic slurs will return to Grey’s Anatomy this season. (Entertainment Weekly) Aaaand all of these things are almost as disappointing as the fact we just […]

All you Facebook users can stop updating about Chipotle’s guac scandal; it’s going to be okay. Go get your quesarito on, guys. (Slate) Speaking of Facebook, they might be getting into the drone game. (Wired) And now that you know what “normcore” is, here’s how to do it right. Chances are, you can start with […]

In more Ukraine news, John Kerry flew to Kiev to announce that the US is giving Ukraine a $1 billion aid package. (Miami Herald) I think it’s time we all abandon our dreams and move to LA and become pizza delivery people, if that wasn’t your dream already. (NY Daily News) Facebook never fails to […]

Why does this show up in Google News?  (NY Daily News) Would you call it misery? Or only if school is cancelled? (CNN) Really, Russia? (NY Times) “Twelve Years a Slave.” Did you even watch? (Washington Post)     Just growing out the scruff via Wikimedia Commons