Happening in the World: Remnants of Hurricane Ophelia (which has killed three people in Ireland so far) were noticeable throughout the United Kingdom as the skies turned orange, causing a flurry of apocalyptic Instragrams. Meteorologists attribute the ‘red sun phenomenon’ to dust and debris from forest fires in Iberia. (BBC) Happening in the U.S: The Governor of […]

Do you feel strongly about how Columbia handles mental illness? Are there ways in which you think it could change? The Columbia University Mental Health Task Force is holding an Open Forum tomorrow night (October 9) from 6-8pm in Lerner 477. Come and voice concerns, share experiences, and brainstorm ideas to make mental health services better. They will […]

Tonight’s Senior Wisdom: Matt Martinez, who makes some excellent cheese-related puns (after Bwog’s own heart), and quotes some Winnie the Pooh. Name, Hometown, School: Matthew Patrick Martinez; Sayville, NY; Columbia College Claim to fame? Actor in KCST and Latenite Theatre; wrote my thesis on larping; read The Night Before Christmas at the Yule Log Ceremony […]

Bwog was born out of remedial html coding and ramblings about Russian art. Life was never very easy in the beginning. Spec was curious, Gawker didn’t want to play nice, and Bwog tried to be the big kid on the playground. Since then, Bwog kind of grew up, but never at heart. There has been a […]

8:41 PM, January 30th 2006, five years ago today: Someone at NASA collected the first comet dust. Nelly bragged about his dental swag on someone’s stereo. Someone celebrated Mozart’s 250th birthday three days late, while someone else bought a plane ticket to Italy for the upcoming Olympics. The stage was set for the Bwog’s inception, […]