Jews have Matzo, Catholics have peeps. For those people unfamiliar with the blue-and-yellow sugar coated marshmalllow goodness, NPR offers a brief history. Here’s an excerpt: “Why Peeps for Easter? The tradition dates back further than company history — way back. Ancient pagans in Europe used eggs, chicks and rabbits as symbols of renewal in their […]

Jim Williams reports: A recent event in Noha Radwan’s Contemporary Islamic Civilization lecture causes this Blue and White correspondent to wonder whether certain students are making a feeble attempt to revive Prangstgrüp or whether said students are merely assholes. About 20 minutes into class, a college-aged male who may or may not attend Columbia University […]

He’s the most envied and hated man on campus—yes, Steven Rubel, who snagged housing lottery number 21. So what’s going on in that lucky head of his? Via e-mail, he responds to Bwog’s queries: How does it feel to be the shit? What’s your secret? It’s just further proof that God likes me a lot […]

At about 12:45, all 70+ students lunching in a packed Cafe 212 were treated to a soaring gospel rendition over the loudspeakers of “Jesus Loves the Little Children,” a favorite with Sunday Schools the world over. Basically, the only words are a repeated loop of “yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.” Probably […]

Bwog is proud to bring the third installment of “Lecture Hopping,” in which correspondents go to speeches, lectures, and public displays of erudition so you don’t have to. ID: The Politics of Intelligent Design February 27 Roone Arledge Cinema, Lerner Hall Few titles herald a more dismal evening than “The Politics of Intelligent Design,” a […]

Eight years after Katie Holmes decides to permanently defer enrollment at Columbia, Daddy Holmes decides he wants his $500 deposit back. Is the Scientology wedding really turning out to be that expensive?

Rabbi Yonah Blum has invited you to a dinner party hosted by Chabad @ Columbia. Who: Chabad @ Columbia What: Going Mental on Shabbos When: Friday, February 24 Where: Chabad at Columbia University

Bwog, So suppose someone has left you candies and such on your door for Christmas, Valentines, etc. Problem is, you don’t know who this person is, and you have a strong suspicion that the candies aren’t actually intended for you, but someone else with a very very similar name. What should you do? ~Anonymously Confused […]

Undergraduate history theses were originally due April 15, until the department realized that day was Good Friday. The due date is now April 13 … which is the first day of Passover. Good job, goys.

Working in a Butler computer lab, Bwog’s computer was ambushed by an announcement THAT EMERGED FROM WITHIN THE COMPUTER proclaiming “this PC will run an update at 3:00 AM” Those campaigns for free wireless are starting remind Bwog of that genius give-guns-to-Osama-Bin-Laden-to-fight-the-Soviets idea. Find other instances of cyber-dominance (har har) here; documentary evidence of the […]

An empty puff piece on South Asian studies at Columbia (“Of Columbia’s many ties with South Asia, India is probably the strongest”) ends with a dazzling flourish of geopolitical hubris: “the buzz about Columbia’s newly revitalized South Asia program will soon be spreading all over the Subcontinent.” Just like militant Islam! Um, the world is […]

Students are currently giving out blue and white t-shirts on College Walk. You might want to pick one up if you’re comfortable with the message: Front: “Our bodies are temples….” Back: “Reform Jews are HOT” The Blue and White: Now using sex to sell Judaism…. -Lydia Depillis

Heard outside a nightclub in Time Square: Jewish female A: What do you call a Jewish dilemma? Jewish female B: What? Jewish female A: Free pork. PAUSE Non-Jewish female (in a confused tone): Oh, I thought you were going to say the Holocaust. That’s a dilemma, right?. Right? – Lauren Zimmerman