Location: 562 W. 113th Nearby dorms: McBain is a member of The Block.  McBain shares 113th with Watt, Symposium, Nussbaum.  Hogan and Broadway are one block North. Stores and restaurants: Right above a Chase ATM, Deluxe, Milano Market, Campo Il Cibreo, and Oren’s.  Across the street is Nussbaum & Wu, Community, and Bon French Cleaners. […]

Bye! Happy Spring Break! Hello free food from parents, daytime schwastedness with pals, or getting to sleep naked because your roommate’s away…  Anyway there’s plenty of joy to be found in the week after midterms, EXCEPT THAT HOUSING STARTS WHEN WE GET BACK. Not to worry though, because Bwog will be here to hold your […]

The New York housing market really is insane! This flyer, spotted in McBain, offers nearly a thousand dollars each to upperclassmen willing to throw in their lot with rich but ridiculous rising sophomores. Of course, plenty of upperclassmen use freshpeople fears about the housing lottery to score some sweet suite singles, but it seems few […]

In addition to our totally fresh, 2011, just-for-you ;) coverage, we’ll be bringing back some posts from last year that you might find helpful and also might not want to waste time searching for in the archives. Today, enjoy this retro Housing Lottery post from last spring. No one ever really explained it to us, […]

Housing got you down? Kick worries to the curb by sending Bwog your raunchy, goofy, or just plain zany housing group names! Puggles in Ruggles dreams of tiny mixed breeds. Pussy Pounders Anonymous… that’s kind of self-explanatory. Leave them in the comments, or email them to tips@bwog.com. What we wanted, from Wikimedia.

Housing: the dark god who cannot be appeased. You’re probably in the throes of registration and have statistically calculated which friends to keep and to lose. But worry not! Bwog has been there and will be there for you. We’ve explored the mysterious underworld that is Columbia Housing for years now, and we’d like to […]

We warned you, and now it’s here. Room Selection Registration begins today! You have a little more than a week to get together with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or none of you closest friends and submit to the vagaries of the housing lottery. The verdict on your gambit comes down from the […]

The maelstrom that is housing selection looms. Buy sandbags. Hoard fresh water and non-perishable, high calorie foods. Or just keep a few simple dates in mind: Housing and Residential Programs are hosting their first info session tonight at 7pm in the Carman Lounge, in order to answer room selection questions in person. There will be […]

As you may or may not have heard, some housing news has surfaced: EC Exclusion Suites are no more. So if you’re a freshman or sophomore who was banking on a high rise suite at five for the price of three (inhabitants : lottery numbers, that is), you might be sobbing uncontrollably, or carving “McBain… […]