We just wanted to take a quick minute to thank you, the reader, for reading.

We've had an exciting fall, with pageviews numbering just below 1.5 million/month for October and November (our highest since April '08 by about 100k).

So again, thanks for reading -- we're humbled and grateful that you do.

Hey guess what? We've made a Google Group, and it's called Bwog Freelance!

So here's the deal, if you're interesting in reporting on -- or taking pictures of -- lectures, theater performances, cultural events and campus happenings, send an email to juli.weiner@gmail.com saying so.

You'll be put on the listserv, and will soon begin to receive weekly emails about all the exciting things happening on campus that we'll need people to cover. You can then volunteer to report on these things, using the Google Group. Hooray!

Bwog is looking for a daily editor or two to join our staff. So, the job: On your designated day, you'll write QuickSpec, various news and culture pieces and free food listings. Plus, you'll chronicle "Stephan's" every move: it's the stuff of dreams!

So here's what to do -- send us the following:

1. Five (5) QuickSpec headlines for any issue from this week.
2. One (1) previous Bwog post you liked and why.
3. One (1) previous Bwog post you didn't like and why.
4. A list of five (5) ideas for future posts and/or consistent features.
5. A mock Bwog post on any topic of your choice, not to exceed three hundred (300) words.

Email these things to bwog@columbia.edu by Sunday, September 28th at 11:59 PM. Email any questions to this same email address. 12s are encouraged to apply too! (And as always, we're always looking for contributors of all sorts.)

So, as you may have noticed, Bwog is a little on the fritz today because of course.

We're looking into the problem (something with "servers," maybe) and it should be fixed soon-ish.

Thanks for your patience.

Tonight marks the first Blue and White and Bwog meetings of the semester. Come to St. Paul's chapel basement at 9:30 PM to pitch stories for the March issue, perhaps engage in a game of Pokey, and meet our new editor-in-chief Anna Phillips and managing editor Katie Reedy. Bwog also hears rumors of ginger snaps.

10:30 PM in the same location is the Bwog meeting. New writers and old welcome—nay, encouraged—to attend. We'll throw around ideas for stories, features, sports and arts coverage. There may even be left-over ginger snaps.

The Bwog is savvy. The Bwog is so savvy it can read your mind.

Not really.

But the Bwog can see what Google searches you use to get to the site. In the name of "Not Thinking About Finals or Graduation," the Bwog gives you the list of Best.Searches.Ever.

Can you find a theme?

how to give a good wank

We are famous.

Also, we sound like men.

Oh my God! How are you?! How was your break? Really? That sounds incredible. Really? Wow. That's fantastic.

So, the Bwog is back-- tan, rested, and behind on all its take-home exams. Never fear, though. We're willing to sacrifice a few grades in order to give you the quality gossip your procrastination deserves.

Currently the Bwog is compiling a Bwogroll and is soliciting suggestions for good Columbia-centric blogs. Do you have a blog? Your friend? The creepy guy down the hall? Send tips to bwgossip@columbia.edu.

And as always, gossip, rumors, hearsay, incriminating pictures, and funny signage go to the same place.

The Bwog looking forward to the rest of this semester when things heat up with short shorts, CCSC elections, and John McCain. And, really, we can't wait to hear about your summer plans.

Spring Break is here and the Bwog is hightailing it to warmer climes. You might notice posts are fewer and farther between this next week.

We'd tell you it's because our motel room doesn't have internet but, honestly, we'll probably just be getting too drunk with our blog friends to make much sense. If the Bwog's reduced publishing schedule fails to satisfy, we suggest the following sites, most run by responsible adults with responsible vacation plans:

•Gothamist

•Gawker

•The Morning News

•The Splog

Jeff Sachs, with you and me together, why, we could end world poverty by Christmas!


More party photos after the jump.

For all you Bwogomaniacs out there, a recap of our launch party, by the numbers, at least as Bwog remembers them:

ONE life-size cut-out of Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia's sexiest sustainable developer.

TWO strains of mono.

THREE ungraceful moments of, how shall we say, upchuck?

SEVERAL socially awkward moments with that guy from Gawker.

HUNDREDS of terribly attractive people.

TWENTY EIGHT pretty pink and red balloons.

ELEVEN virginities preserved, much to their chagrin.

ONE legend in her own time, Bwog.

Thanks, all.

The Bwog is freaking out! Why is the Bwog freaking out? Because in 24 hours it makes its social debut. All we can hope is that our dress doesn't rip, the boys from the local military academy don't get too drunk, and we can remember everything we learned at Junior Cotillion.

Want to be there for the awkwardness? Come witness the train wreck tomorrow night, 10pm, at Mona Lounge (b/t 108th and 109th on Amsterdam.)

Gothamist, the Bwog will have Butler Sex with you anytime, any stack. Now, are you coming to our party?

A Blue and White correspondent was killed today during the game of "assassins" when she received a fake flower delivery call. Dubious but curious, she was shot in the back with a water pistol when she went to verify.

Don't mess with the Bwog. The hearts of first-years are not fair game. You'll pay.

When one industrious Bwog staffer googled our name, his search revealed:

a. a blog about puppies
b. Bloody Wall of Gore
c. Bible is not the WOG (word of God)
d. The Elmer Fudd "dialectizer" (see: 'why this site is not racist')


When that same staffer felt compelled to search "BWOG porn" he found, on page 2, Dave Barry's Blog.

Go figure.