Abbey Zhao

Dec 10, 2024 | bwog.com | Barnard College |Abbey Zhao

Bwog has two Zoë B.’s, and we’re out here looking for more. Is your first name Zoë/Zoe/Zoey/any other variation? Does your last name begin with a B? If so, Bwog wants you. Now, Bwog already has two Zoë B.’s (umlauts included), and we even had a Zoe B. (umlaut not included) visitor at our last meeting! That’s made us have a realization: we simply must add to this confusion of never truly remembering which is which and increase our multitude of Zoë’s.

Nov 16, 2024 | bwog.com | Abbey Zhao

Staff Writer Abbey Zhao is fed up with all these doors—they’re either too heavy, too light, with no Goldilocks zone to be found. Blame it on being an old campus from the times before our great-great-great-grandparents, but none of these goddamn doors are consistent. First, I’ve never been one for a push-pull door. Those are basically the only types of doors here at Columbia. I never realized how much I’d miss a revolving door. The ease. The simplicity.

Oct 24, 2024 | bwog.com | Abbey Zhao

Staff Writer Abbey Zhao explores another famous “Abigail’s job”—giving advice. Let’s see how she does. I am a frequent scroller of Apple News, and more often than not, I stumble across Abigail van Buren’s—real name, Pauline Phillips—advice column. Despite being one of the few people in this generation who understands my name’s comparison to Phillips,’ I have decided to go after my true dream of copying hers. *Spoiler: don’t listen to anything I say.

Oct 18, 2024 | bwog.com | Abbey Zhao

Staff Writer Abbey Zhao explores life at Columbia in the context of being from Ohio. With freshman year and NSOP comes the infamous question: “Where are you from?” And my answer will always be prefaced with “unfortunately,” because, unfortunately, I’m from Ohio. We’ve become the new Florida. Move aside, Florida man, Ohio’s taking your place as the butt of the joke. And as an Ohioan, I half get it. Travel 30 minutes outside the city, and you’re in corn land. We’re boring, and we don’t have much to do.

Oct 3, 2024 | bwog.com | Abbey Zhao

Staff Writer Abbey Zhao has two left feet—let’s see where she’s fallen and lost her dignity so far. I’ve been blessed with both an incredible lack of coordination and also bad vision, making my journeys across campus a dangerous trek at all hours of day—and night. Combined with the weather as of recent, it’s surprising I haven’t fallen more often. Columbia’s a historic campus, but unfortunately, this means a lot of stairs and uneven walkways.