Libby Kandel and Christina Clark, aka Bwog’s kangaroos of room-hopping, went to get the story behind the intriguingly bare room of a John Jay resident. “Did you just get robbed?” would be an appropriate question when you walk into the room of Resident X* on John Jay 13. He’ll shrug his shoulders and say, “I […]

Video Editor and décor correspondent Anna Hotter goes to discover the maybe classiest room at Columbia. If you are the kind of person who has thought seriously about getting a wine rack, this might just be the inspiration you need. When you walk into the Broadway single of Alex, CC ’16, you feel like you just […]

Bwog took a trip to the LLC on the rumor that a simple single had been converted into a castle. And indeed, the rumors were true. As always, if you find a room that you think should be hopped, send it to tips@bwog.com Rienzi Gokea has a creative soul, but he decided to take the […]

“The government may be shutdown, but the Bro Chateau isn’t!” Bwog recently made a couple of weekend visits to the Bro Château, a popular EC townhouse which is becoming known for its themed get-togethers. As always, if you find a room that you think should be hopped, send it to tips@bwog.com. Their most recent event, […]

Bwog decided to revisit days of study abroad programs past and sent resident culture arbiter Alexander Pines to RoomHop Emily Hyatt’s (CC’14) beautiful, villa inspired EC Townhouse single.    “Basically everyone thinks I have a gay Pace University flag,” Emily says when I walk in, indicating a slightly singed rainbow flag with “PACE” (pronounced pah-ché) […]

This weekend, Teen Vogue gave one lucky Barnard First-Year the chance to show off her stylish digs with their version of a Roomhop. In the article, Gabby Noone talks about cost-effective ways to be a hip, 60’s inspired, girl in the city. Noone’s room is furnished primarily by knick-knacks she has found at little boutiques, […]

Bwog caught wind of a mysterious room in Barnard’s Hewitt Hall. Extravagance Expert Maud Rozee and lucky resident Linda Crowley, BC’15, present the deets on this sweet crib. From the outside, Linda Crowley’s room looks like any other Hewitt single. Once inside her bizarre pastel fuschia door, however, I felt as if I’d entered the […]

Sparsely decorated and warmly lit with incandescent bulbs he installed himself, JG’s Woodbridge room is nice enough to look at. But it’s not what’s in the room that caught Bwog’s attention; it’s what’s notably absent—namely, the Internet. Unlike the rest of Columbia’s Gmail-addicted, Twitter-happy student population, JG, CC ’14, prefers to minimize his use of […]

We sent Bwog’s decoration devotee Roberta Barnett to check out Columbia’s own North Pole in EC. She wasn’t disappointed with her findings: It’s finals holiday season, and the days (and nights in Butler) are full of warmth and brightness and clichés!  For those of us who haven’t stopped studying except maybe to check Bwog, shower, […]

Walk into Katie Wolf’s and Sasha DiGiulian’s Wallach double, and you might ask why exactly their room is even being “hopped.”  It’s pretty college typical: brightly colored sheets, desk lamps, some artwork, and (only a little) mess.  Upon closer inspection, though, it’s clear the two aren’t the room’s only inhabitants. Along with Sasha and Katie, […]

Bwog’s Zealous Hopper Zachary Hendrickson shows us the inside of not the most unbecoming of abodes in this RoomHop. Classy as ****! That is what immediately enters your mind when you step into Harry Stephenson’s elegant abode in the Sigma Nu house. Harry, CC ’14, plans on studying sociology and possibly concentrating in art history. […]

Bwog’s musical maven Roberta Barnett roomhops a very musical (and sturdy) John Jay abode. It’s hard to resist investigating the sound of the light piano melody that often floats out into the hall of John Jay 9.  Upon further exploration, the music isn’t simply a tasteful mix of WKCR and a personal collection of contemporary […]

Connoisseur of Fine Art and Fine Bagels Brit Byrd visited CC sophomore Alex Chang’s Nussbaum dorm-cum-museum. Here’s what he found out from its curator… Impressionism, curatorship, and soft lighting are three concepts not usually associated with the address 600 W 113th St. This year however, the focused glow of one resident’s set of museum-caliber LEDs is on […]

For our first Roomhop of a sweet ’16er dwelling, Crackerjack Cartographer Zac Collazo took a trip to the unexplored reaches of the LLC to document the impeccably-planned walls of one freshperson’s single. Upon entering Alexander Pines’ 94 square foot Hartley single, you might comment on its cramped size. The next thing you’d notice, however, would surely […]

Think the poster vendor who was at the gates for one day was your only shot at decorating your room?  Learn from your peers and think again.  Our RoomHop feature shows just what can be done with a cramped room, institutional concrete walls, and some imagination.  Click the links to read the full RoomHops and […]