Spring 2024
It’s Bwog, not BWOG.
Editor in Chief
Sahmaya Busby
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Managing Editor
Alison Hog
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Internal Editor
Jess Tsang
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Alma “Ate (The Strawberry)” Bwogger
Hannah Revels
Alma “High Praise” Bwogger
Sofia Fontaine
Editors Emeriti
Frankie DeGiorgio
Sofia Trujillo
Grace Fitzgerald-Diaz
Deputy Editors
Renee Bales
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Nikita Nambiar
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News Editor
Emma Burris
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Deputy News Editor:
Khushi Chhaya
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News Team:
Helen Chen
Isabelle Oh
Julie Chow
Arts Editor
Isa RingswaldEgan
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Deputy Arts Editors:
Avery Baumel
Rory Collins
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Events Editor
Elisha Dura
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Deputy Events Editor:
Kyra Chassaing
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Sports Editor
Sam Mezrich
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Deputy Sports Editor:
Katie De la Paz
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Science Editor
Emily Yi
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Deputy Science Editor:
Madeline Douglas
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Visual Editor
Elias Reville
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Visual Team:
Angelina Mao
Ara Kim
Ashna Shah
Audrey Czarnecki
Bridget Egan
Destiny Brewington
Giovanni DeLaRosa
Kaixi Zhang (Cat)
Lauren Song
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Daily Editors
Monday: Elisa Vasquez
Tuesday: Eve Bertrand
Wednesday: Sofie Huang
Thursday: Riley Stacy
Friday: Elaine Lloyd
Saturday: Peyton Goodman
Sunday: Luken Sloan
Senior Staff Writers
Alice Rodi
Anna Song
Annie Vinetz
Arlette Gindi
Ava Slocum
Ben Parkhurst
Claire De La Roche
Daniela Johnson
Elijah Horn
Grace Novarr
Jake Torres
Kyle Murray
Matthew Gay
Maxwell Lurken-Tvrdik
Meeral Tashfeen
Nia Willis
Paulina Rodriguez
Phoebe Mulder
Sophie Conrad
Shira Michaeli
Simon Panfilio
Viviana Pereyo
Yacob Melman
Publisher
Kate Mekechuk
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Ava Slocum
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Ads Manager:
Sasha Bonkowsky
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Tech Editor
Zaina Qamar
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Tech Team:
Eden Chung
Hailey Shewprasad
Katie Lee
Mohammed Alam
Siying Ding
Sofia Hirao
Tramy Dong
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Social Media Editor
Tal Bloom
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Social Team:
Avery Baumel
Elias Reville
Erika Avallone
Julie Chow
Maren Frey
Rory Collins
Miranda Lin
Karen Song
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Bureau Chiefs
CCSC: TBD
ESC: TBD
SGA: Ria Vasishtha
GSSC: TBD
Staff Writers
Adria Marin
Alex Gong
Amélie Acevedo
Ananya Natchukuri
Anoushka Sharma
Ava Schwabecher
Bayley Basson
Cadi Hu
Casey Epstein-Gross
Cate Cordell
Chancey Stefanos
Clara Goldberg
David Li
Elizabeth Ahn
Emma Joing
Emma Trápaga
Erika Avallone
Gabriel Keene
Gina Brown
Hannah Keyes
Hattie Engelke
Helen Chen
Imaan Chaudhry
Isabelle Oh
Jack Rado
Jacquie Traenkle
Jasmine Wright
Jessica Weinfeld
Karen Song
Laura Manrique
Lauren Woodroffe
Lilly Connolly
Lily Pazner
Analisa Faulkner Valiente
Maggie Aufmuth
Maggie Ripp
Maren Frey
Maria Chemodanova
Marlee Turner
Megan Rivera
Mila Noshirvani
Mira Nayak
Miranda Lin
Nora Deemer
Paula Carrión
Raymond Chen
Ria Vasishtha
Sabine Ebanks
Sahai John
Sally Chen
Sania Hammad
Sara Garcia
Sarai Martinez
Sayuri Govender
Serena Saad
Shaina Sahu
Sophia Blythe
Sophia Foschini
Sophie Cheng
Sunny Hu
Sylvia Chen
Tabia Maryam
Tara Lago
Theo Sandler
Ursula Vollmer
Zarar Haider
Zelia Lerch
Bwog is an independent, student-run campus news site. We publish content that is relevant to undergraduate students at Columbia University, including breaking news; campus arts, science, sports, and culture events; investigative features; and reflections on student life—often with a humorous voice. We also publish a weekly newsletter that packages these stories for subscribers.
Bwog launched in January 2006 as an affiliate of The Blue and White Magazine, but is now a financially and administratively independent organization from both the magazine and Columbia University. Bwog is now published by Bwog Publishing Incorporated.
Bwog’s rise to legitimacy came with the Minuteman protests in the Fall of 2006. Highlights in Bwog history include when Ahmadinejad came to campus in September 2007, comprehensive coverage of Operation Ivy League in winter 2010, breaking the news on Dean Moody-Adams’ resignation in the summer of 2011, and the Spring 2012 announcement of President Barack Obama as Barnard’s commencement speaker. Bwog also covered the Spring 2013 LitHum and Barnard cheating scandals, and broke the news on the wrestling team’s GroupMe scandal in Fall 2016 and student Julian von Abele’s racist rant in front of Butler in 2018. Most recently, we covered the pressuring of non-tenure-track faculty to teach in-person in the Fall of 2020, and the ins-and-outs of the recent SWC strike.
Bwog can be found on Twitter, where we crack jokes, promote our articles, and livetweet the Housing lottery; Instagram, where we post everything from weird scenes from around campus to pictures from campus events; and YouTube and TikTok, where you can find Bwog Videos, a.k.a. Bwideos. DMs are open and submissions are welcome on all platforms.
The Bwog comment section is intended for readers to discuss relevant topics constructively and respectfully. Bwog comments are largely self-moderated, but Bwog reserves the right to step in, as per our comment policy.
If you are interested in joining Bwog or have a tip to submit, email us at tips@bwog.com or come to our open weekly meetings every Sunday at 9 pm in Lerner 510. For inquiries concerning advertisements, contact ads@bwog.com. We do not offer sponsored posts.