A time in which we have no government seems to call for a new perspective on life, a new outlook, and renewed motivation to help make this world better. Right now it looks like we’re collectively doing a pretty great job of keeping the American economy intact. (Vice) We have to wonder if those electeds […]

The government may be shut down, but America’s ability to be awesome at sports hasn’t faltered.  We beat a team of international players in golf’s President’s Cup for the eighth time this year.  America!!!!!  (BBC) According to the New York Times, the Twitter bio is “a postmodern artform” whose master-guru is Hillary Clinton. (NYT) This […]

The iPhone 5C will now be sold for as low as $45, which is a great price for a piece of plastic to match your Crocs. (Time) A Banksy piece on 6th Avenue and 24th Street is getting a lot of potty business from some canine friends. (New York Post) We finally did it; there […]

Yesterday, Morningside Heights got five-ish minutes of rain. Other parts of the country got tornadoes and October snow. (USNews, Chicago Tribune) The Columbia men’s XC team (ranked #27 in the nation) beat Tulsa (#7) and Princeton (#9) at the Notre Dame Invitational yesterday. This development should cause us to not be number 27 when rankings come out later this week. […]

In the midst of the government shutdown, a woman was shot and killed after trying to break through a barrier near the White House. (LATimes) Economists to politicians: can we stop fucking around now? (USAToday) Bye bye Silk Road.  Nice ‘stache. (CNN) Wendy Davis is running for governor of Texas.  Go girl!  (Chicago Tribune) Twitter’s […]

Send this to all your Georgetown friends—someone has put Capitol Hill up for rent. While the extra cash won’t really help that much with the budget deficit, it’s probably an upgrade from whatever university housing your friends happen to be staying in. What would reporting on the shutdown look like if it happened in another […]

So Justin Bieber was carried onto the Great Wall of China. This comes as no surprise. Kentucky Fried Chicken, known as KFC by the masses, has just released “Go Cups.” Now you can eat fried chicken and get in car crashes at the same time. The NYC Opera has filed for bankruptcy. Instead of going […]

Happy October! The government is shutting down because they can’t make decisions on the budget and Obamacare. Who’d have known? (NYT) Lorde finally released her new album, Pure Heroine. Do you like it? Did you see her play live last night? Are you going to her show tonight? Can Bwog buy your ticket? (USA Today) If you […]

Well if your first few weeks of the year haven’t been completely batshit crazy enough don’t worry: Danny Brown’s new album “Old” is available for stream on Spotify starting today.  It actually leaked last night but no one seemed to really care; we wonder what major media event super ceded Danny Brown.  (Consequence Of Sound) […]

While you’re sleeping in, astronauts aboard the ISS are picking up a very big package. (BBC) If you were hoping to save the planet from the doom of global climate change, here’s your goal. (LA Times) Tonight marks the conclusion of the epic TV saga that is Breaking Bad. (Hollywood Gossip)     Missing your […]

So much for a Saturday off: the House Republicans will meet in a rare Saturday session to try to keep the government open past Monday (NYT). How early is too early to leave New York? (Answer: never leave.) And then, how early is too early to write about it? (Gothamist) The drama behind the end […]

We’re all to blame.  (BBC) Too many cars are to blame.  And maybe cheese? (CNN) We’re gonna go ahead and blame Ted Cruz for this one. (NYT) Blame it on some Yankee dirt in your eyes.  (NYDN) Are you kidding me HuffPost?  Just an honorable mention?  After all we’ve been through?!  Blame listicles and the […]

A rumination on the nature of Williamsburg. Because that’s a new and innovative source of news (NYT). And they just keep doing it: the New York Times has found the saddest place in Manhattan! Using Twitter! You groundbreakers, you (NYT). An old white male professor is a sexist old white male professor. Shocker (The Atlantic). And […]

“I guess one of the heartening things is how open both students and administrators were about hazing on campus,” sez Wesley Morton, CC ’15 and treasurer of ZBT, whose super mysterious hazing, which neither students nor administrators were at all open about, led to the creation of the anti-hazing admin committee on which Morton now […]

One month into the semester and Bwog is already oversleeping. Brits stay positive. Medical center be fuxing with your private information. 1020 has upped the price of beers on the board by $1, notably Rolling Rock and Yuengling. According to a tipster, there is no water on McBain 6 and 7. Sucks to sucks.