Good Morning, Mr. President
Bwog staffer Alec Turnbull, like the rest of the media, got up way too early this morning.
The vans pulled up early, far before sunrise. By the time I’d made it out to Broadway at 6am, all the morning news stations had staked out a corner spot and were broadcasting. Their antennae interfered with doorway intercoms along Broadway, turning them into little radios playing the morning news. But the vans were otherwise unobtrusive, given how much hype has been built up around the event. I soon discovered why reporters decided to come later: there’s almost nowhere to get decent coffee before 7. The few interns I saw were at a loss. “It’s going to be a long day,” one said.
A few minutes later, walking through the gates on 116th, a campus security guard told me the same thing. When asked about getting onto campus later today, he seemed as out of the loop as anyone, and the details of how they’ll deal with crowds of people flashing CUIDs are unclear.
Photos after the jump.
Tags: ahmadinejad, mornings
24 September 2007 @ 5:41 AM · 8 comments
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Starbucks opens at 6. I don’t understand.
he said “decent coffee.”
What “decent” coffee place opens any later? If you say Oren’s, I will cry.
Appletree = 120th and Amsterdam = 24/7 = best damned coffee in the city, perhaps the world. Hella cheap, too.
so i’m in grad school now, and although it was a bit chilly out, i decided not to wear my long-sleeve columbia shirt to class today, as to not get into numerous discussions on free speech/ columbia as a bastion of decadence.
anyway, my morning class, in which we supposed to be discussing catholicism in the 19th century, ended up devoting half an hour to the topic.
this is big time folks. get ready for you mug on the cover of time magazine prezbo.
imagine if the picture is of Bollinger and Ahmadinejad shaking hands!
great writing. especially for the sleep-deprived. kudos alec, and bwog.
is not a baller