Winter Storm Jonas left Columbia’s campus with enough snow to last the rest of the winter, increased danger factors to many a staircase, and the inability to sprint to class without fear of slipping. But it also left Columbia’s student body irrevocably divided into two groups: those who spent all of Saturday holed up in […]

If you’re like us, you just escaped from the treacheries and pitfalls of living with your family over the break. We’re ready, full steam ahead, for the new semester and the new year…at least until our first problem set. As always, you can contribute your own field notes to tips@bwog.com.  Degeneracy got a root canal […]

Finals are a trying time – not only for our minds, but also for our hearts, bodies, and souls. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still have fun on the weekend … right? We’re stressed and we’re distressed, but we’re hanging on. At least, we’d like to think we are. And, as always, if you’d […]

As one Bwogger put it, it’s been a week of degeneracy. We’ve succeeded in setting our sights low, lying to ourselves, and mentally preparing for a week of agony that should be followed, theoretically, by a month of bliss. As you read through these field notes, (a) feel grateful you’re not us, and (b) consider sending […]

Here at Bwog we’re totally #grateful we had the opportunity to go back home, lug piles of still-incomplete homework across the country, have unproductive fights with the actual fam, and watch Jessica Jones to completion. And sometimes it got a little spicy, as evinced by our horrifying (or is it tantalizing?) screenshot from the Iowa Snapstory. As always, […]

A mainstay of Morningside Heights you could never afford goes out of business, you doubt the veracity of the American dream, and you fail your Chemistry midterm: all in a week’s work. A weird revelation: we’re beginning to think everything in our lives can be tied to the rise and fall of American Apparel, or really, any once-profitable-but-no-longer […]

As the year wears on, you are beginning to eschew your veneer of respectability—you are really letting your true colors shine, and sometimes that means revealing you are a gross, weird, clumsy, or totally unsympathetic person. We get it: we’re ready for winter hibernation too, despite the unseasonably warm weather and 1020’s unsuccessful attempt to force […]

Halloween was a lot of fun this year, regardless of whether you were downtown in a parade or on frat row looking for parties. And we had a nice fall break to recover from our hangovers and try to finish some work. Thanks Columbia! Remember, you can send in your own experiences by emailing them to us at tips@bwog.com. […]

Lately, it’s seemed like everything has been topsy-turvy. Babies are just hanging out in pumpkins, parents are eating at Hewitt, and random women are getting pepper-sprayed on the subway (although that might just be an #onlyinNewYork kind of thing). We know it’s been weird, but allay your fears with some field notes. As always, send […]

Homecoming! We lost the game, as expected (although the tragic death of the streak gave the less experienced of us some doubts), but people still had fun, didn’t they?? Whether you showed up only for the pregame, left at halftime, or spent the weekend mourning the death of America’s Next Top Model (RIP the greatest GIF […]

From a week of incessant testing (“midterms”), indecisive weather, and widespread incredulity over the first Columbia football victory in three years (!!!), emerge love, sex, disappointment, and Butler (always in the backdrop)—just don’t go as far as the dead bird we found, gone too soon from the NYC skyline. Congrats to all first-years for surviving their […]

So, Hurricane Joaquin happened. The wind howled, the rain drops fell mercilessly against your window, and you binge-watched the entire first season of How to Get Away with Murder in one and a half days/had a fight with your boyfriend. It’s okay, because other people got up to stuff for you! Enjoy, and email any and […]

If you stood outside yesterday and entered into that mass of humanity before the Low Steps, you understand the distinction between what came before, and what came after the Blood Moon. On one hand is the trivial, and on the other is the sum of all meaning, the weightlessness of understanding. Among your fellow Columbians, […]

Columbia students are great at finding new and creative ways to hurt themselves, physically and emotionally. Sometimes there’s a reward, but usually the result is deep and existential dread/the shattering of a once dearly-held worldview, just like an angry 1020 line-dweller shattered a V&T window during the wait to get in. To contribute, share details […]

When the Columbia social scene gets tough, look to the escape tactics of these found first-years: retreat to glass-filled local establishments so that people know you’re out, but that you’re above whatever is happening in Mel’s. And make sure you bring snacks! But more about Mel’s below, and we want to hear more about your […]