A bougie, white, early 30s, peacoat-wearing couple enters Oren’s. Man: We would like to buy coffee beans. Oren’s barista: Okay, let me show your over here. M: Before you start, I just wanted to make sure that it was fair trade. OB: Well no, it’s actually better than fair trade. M: What? OB: It’s actually […]

Think your workload is rough? Imagine having to squeeze it in between a demanding regime of “social planning” and, like, a million Bat Mitzvahs. The following exchange, overheard by a tipster waiting for the subway, falls somewhere in between precious and precocious. “Sixth grade, you’re still trying to figure out who you are. Seventh grade […]

This morning, senior economics majors had their last chance to sign up for required seminars.  The department necessitates students to be there in person for a 9 am first-come, first-served sign up, and thus the annual IAB slumber party ensued.  Bleary-eyed campers appeared at ungodly hours, trying to figure out how they would survive work […]

For high schoolers whose involvement with international affairs surpasses that of a game of Risk, Model UN is a glorious playground. Nevertheless, such a fulfilling extracurricular has its sacrifices—for example, remember how hard it was to balance the stress of being President of Pakistan with the stress of spending all week convincing your parents to […]

House of Lies premiered last Sunday night, and nestled in between raunchy lesbian bathroom sex and unbridled elitism was this little gem of an exchange. You might think it sounds familiar, and you’d be right—the ‘ole “is Barnard part of Columbia?” debate has found its way onto a national stage. Skip ahead to 24:00. Bwog is […]

As the first day of classes draws nearer and nearer, you should prepare yourself for classmates’ and professors’ accounts of how they spent their breaks (even if, like us, your only response is to admit you spent it in a raggedy Hanson tee-shirt, blogging). Tales of alleged “reading for fun” are sure to abound, amidst […]

The adorable back and forth between Deantini and Prof Mercer on set: Deantini: She’s my favorite philosophy professor! Professor Mercer: He only knows one. Professor Mercer: I asked Jim if there was any chance he had ten minutes on a Friday morning— Deantini: I had to clear my schedule, my meeting with the President, the […]

Lend us your ear as we eavesdrop on the heated debate casual conversation of two Nussbaum patrons re: multiplication tables and the the real definition of “precociousness” (it’s Bwog, and you know it). Nussbaum Patron 1: I was very precocious. I remember that in third grade, I argued with my teacher about whether their definition of […]

Waking up with no idea where you are and how you got there isn’t an experience only reserved for the cast of The Hangover. After sitting through the pain of that final three hour exam, who wouldn’t want to go from hitting the books to hitting the bar? While most of these nights end with […]

Join us in bed as we bemoan the existence of Sunday finals/try to eat an everything bagel without spilling poppyseeds into our bedding (spoiler alert: it’s impossible).  Bwogline: We’re a little late in the game to report that a GS alum handed out $50 bills to current students on Friday, in a random act of […]

Think your roommate’s bad? You may be down a stapler and up a few passive-aggressive handwritten notes, but it’s nothing compared to the adversity that some of our classmates apparently face in their dorm rooms each and every day. A concerned tipster reports overhearing the following roommate complaint, in a Starbucks: “I wish I could […]

Remember when Yo Momma jokes were cool? Neither do we. Remember when Fes from That ’70s Show even had an MTV show dedicated to solely Yo Mamma battles? Neither do we. Okay, maybe we watched it once or twice, but still, it looks like a few Columbians can’t grasp the fact that talking about moms […]

So as to continue this wonderful recent trend in overheard/seen pleasantries, now a gossip gem from the Harvest issue of the Blue and White: One recent Saturday night, a drunken blond gentleman tried to order Koronet* pizza with his jeans pooled around his feet and his eerily transparent boxers on full display. When the cashier […]

Once upon a time, when you were young and carefree, there was a comedian who made movies you thought were hilarious, or at least pretty funny. Now that guy is making movies in which he plays his own sibling that get a 4% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Needless to say, a whole generation is confused: Boy […]

*Guffaw* Why can’t all these plebes get on my level? “I hate it when people are stupid. Like, I hate it when you’re trying to explain a concept that you think is really obvious, and you can’t even begin to try explaining it because you don’t know how to break it down to their level” guffaw face […]