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

Be healthy: Seeing Barack and Joe break a sweat is a sure fire way to make anyone want to spend a couple extra minutes on the treadmill. (The State Column) Get drunk: Don’t worry—bottomless brunches are still legal in New York and it is still socially acceptable to be tipsy by 11am on a Sunday. […]

Hillary looks perfect to us, but apparently her advisers think otherwise. We don’t think it’s negative that’s she’s an unstoppable badass. (Washington Post) If you think the snow here was bad, we actually did alright. (Houston Chronicle) Some ventures are really worth dropping the big bucks on. The Core Curriculum would approve. (Chicago Tribune) Pertinent, […]

Columbia’s liberal bubble is not well-acquainted with red states or their predilection for causin’ trouble. So what’s the deal with Arizona? (The Washington Post) Let’s check out the great Academy Award unknown. We’ll see you on the couch this Sunday, BTW. (Los Angeles Times) Exploring “the best” of New York bagels can only turn out […]

Barnard junior Paulina Pinsky, daughter of TV personality Dr. Drew, appeared on CNN to talk about her struggle with eating disorders.  You go girl. (CNN, USA Today) Too little too late?  We hope not, AZ. (USA Today) A Mexican drug lord nearly escaped authorities by climbing through a secret hatch in his bathtub and into […]