Due to inclement weather (boy does that sunshine seem long ago), the WBAR concert tomorrow (Friday) is being moved from the lawn to the Event Oval on LL1 of the Diana Center.  Doors open at 4:45 pm, show starts at 5 pm.

On a similar vein, please note that security will be checking for CUIDs at Bacchanal on Saturday morning.  We’ve heard it’s because word got out to Free New York City Concerts, so the committee had to up safety measures.  But not to fret, the Red Bull truck will be playing between sets and allegedly staying on campus till 4 pm.  Due to the ridiculously early Bacchanal concert, Holi has been moved to 9:30 am, in the plaza in front of EC (Ancell for those in the know).

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Obesity waiting to happen

We’re all trying to get back in the swing of things for the new semester, especially waking up at the buttcrack of dawn for that 8:40 lecture. While the go-to energy source is the ever-reliable black gold, coffee, some purists would prefer to avoid caffeine induced seizures. If you’re one of those types, Bwog is here to tell you that another potential energy source is out the window: sugar.

Dear Bwog,

My mom would never buy me sugary drinks or candy as a kid because she said it would make me “bounce off the walls.” I’ve got some early classes this semester that I’m having trouble staying awake through, and I’m not a coffee drinker. Will eating those sugary snacks denied me as a child help me remain alert in my classes and while pulling all nighters during finals?

Yours from dreamland,
Exhausted in EC

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According to multiple tipsters, a man was struck by a hit and run tonight on the northbound side of Broadway at 114th St. That is why several blocks of the street are closed. We called Public Safety, and they explained that the victim was not a student. One tipster heard that the victim was “not expected to make it,” and several others expressed concern for his condition. He’ll be in our prayers.

Update, 9/29, 10:24 am: Gothamist reports that the victim, a 75-year-old, was pronounced dead at St. Lukes, and that “an investigation is ongoing” as to the identity of the driver.

With a life-sized game of bloons, outside Watt. BYODartgun.

All dressed up with nowhere to go.

Days on Campus propaganda ft. flow chart arrows from the GSET Facebook page

Dean Awn’s announcement today of a very last-minute date change to the 2012 GS Class Day didn’t go over so well—now, a couple of GS students are planning to do something about it. Acronyms abound.

The self-described “new and self-explanatory activist movement” GS Equal Treatment (aka GSET) has made an announcement of their own:

“Due to the urgent renewed need to support GS seniors, GSET has decided to reveal the GS Equality Fund in advance of its expected summer launch. The GS Equality Fund is a senior fundraising campaign in the spirit of the Columbia College Fund, dedicated to leveraging the collective donation power of as much of the graduating class as possible. The GS Equality Fund will finance projects for GSET, GSSC and other groups that aim to reduce the unwarranted disparity between GS and other schools at Columbia. At least one of these small projects will take place before the end of the spring semester.”

Attempts to further investigate what exactly we can expect from the GSEF have thus far been fruitless—GSET’s Facebook page was launched on April 15 and their website is nearly bare, but for a graphic of Alma smoking a cigarette and drinking what looks suspiciously like a Cisco—but we’re nonetheless titillated, as always, by the prospect of sticking it to the man. And/or by the possibility of free tee-shirts, ’cause you never know.

Spotted from a side window in Furnald; not even the construction on the facade would wake him.

That conference table does not look comfy.

If you’re looking for something exciting enough to drag you away from the shame glory shame of last call at Senior Night, head no farther than Lerner, where multiple tipsters have reported sightings of Nicolas Cage. Well, sort of…

More like Face/On, Nicolas!

Due to a fire alarm, River has been evacuated. Overheard from one of the tens of residents milling around aimlessly outside, “My room smelled like a scone…is that a bad thing?”

An uncertain bounty.

Just as an idyllic landscape metamorphoses with the passing of the seasons, some of our most familiar haunts take on new character and exoticism in deepest night. For this reason among others, Bwog, specifically intrepid philosopher of the darkness Diana Clarke, never sleeps. Tonight, ponder Westside Market in all its fluorescence.

Its lights are the beacon that cuts through your drunken haze, that points you north when you stumble out of the subway. You weave around the teetering boxes of lettuce and bananas, maybe trying to convince yourself that one night without Roti Roll or Koronet will do you good, maybe about to buy an entire apple pie because it costs less than the last cocktail you ordered. And at this hour, no matter how virtuous you’re feeling, that pie is probably the best option. The only fruit left is bruised. There are no cheese samples to soothingly coat your sloshy stomach with fatty lactose, and the empty plastic bowls and useless toothpicks only taunt. The hot food trays are empty and the sandwich bar is closed; you have too much drunk pride for a prepackaged one that’s been marinating in its own juices all day—right? Why not get a cup of coffee and round off the late-night diner experience on the go? What’s too weak in the daytime has just enough caffeine to sober you up.

Wander into the next aisle…

What looks like half of a Famiglia’s pizza has been displayed for distribution on Broadway. Sanitation might be of some concern, but, hell, you’re probably a little bit drunk and it’s free. Limited time only; while supplies last.

It's almost late enough for a cold pizza breakfast anyway.

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Improving Livelihoods in Batey Communities in the Dominican Republic” Wednesday 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm, 1302 IAB, Lilo Delbus (Economic and Political Development)
• “Why Trilling Matters” Wednesday, Wednesday 6:45 pm – 8:00 pm, Adam Kirsch and Mark Lilla (The Current)
• “Two Sudans: For Better or for Worse?” Thursday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 1501 IAB, Huda Ali, Luka Biong Deng, Tanya Domi, Kenny Gluck, Ahmed Adam Hussein, and John Prendergast (Humanitarian Affairs)
• “The Athens Dialogues” Friday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, Casa Italiana, Mark Mazower, Stathis Gougouris, Karen Van Dyck, Nadia Urbinati, Simon Critchley, and others, RSVP by emailing hg2252@columbia.edu (Heyman Center for the Humanities)

Full List

We hear he's partial to the milkshake cupcake

Bwog’s coming at ya with an early morning news flash: the new Crumbs location on 109th and Broadway will be giving out 1,000 (yes, as in a thousand) free cupcakes tomorrow (today?). But you best be off to sleep soon if you’re looking to nab one; they open at the inconceivably early hour of 7 am(!). Our recommendation: grab one whilst still in pj’s, then scoot back to bed for a nap before your 9 am. You deserve it.

Update, 8:00 am: The lovely people at Crumbs told an early rising Bwogger that they’ve only distributed 20- 30 cupcakes in the last hour, so there are still over 950 free cupcakes left for the taking. You can choose any cupcake you want for free, no matter the price. “Pick the most expensive one you can,” the cashier advised. And there’s no line!

Update, 1:05 pm: Still 200 cupcakes left.

Update, 3:11 pm: And they’re gone! Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full list is after the jump.

Recommended

• “Putin’s Russia and the Upcoming Elections” Monday 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm, Garden Room 2, Faculty House, Nikolay Petrov, Maria Lipman, Alena Ledeneva, Konstantin Sonin, Yulia Latynina, and Timothy Frye
• “Concert: Gift of Instruments” Monday 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm, Miller Theatre, Carter Brey, Alan Gilbert, Victor Goines, Marcus Printup, Aaron Diehl, Yasushi Nakamura, Marion Felder, Joyce Yang, and Simone Porter
• “Anarchy is a Choice: International Politics and the Problem of World Government” Tuesday 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, 1501 IAB, James Fearon
• “CJR’s 50th Anniversary Conversation on Journalism: How the Past Guides the Future” Tuesday 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, World Room, Journalism, Vivian Schiller, Michael Shapiro, Connie Schultz, Robert Lipsyte, Justin Peters, and James Marcus, RSVP by emailing cathy.harding@columbia.edu
• “Fiction and History Conference: Day 2″ Wednesday 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Faculty House, E.L. Doctorow, Mark Carnes, John Demos, Jane Kamensky, and James Neal
• “Discussion with Filmmaker and Installation Artist Isaac Julien” Thursday 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Miller Theatre, Isaac Julien, followed by reception, registration
• “How Can Democrats Win Back the House?” Friday 8:00 pm, 417 IAB, Congressman Steve Israel, free tickets

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A tipster sent along this photo of what appears to be a pretty big rager in IAB by the Class of 2011:

While it seemed like all fun and games, shortly after, the party (technically not supposed to be there, or whatever) got broken up by a dozen or so Public Safety officers, the fire alarm got pulled, and the NYPD have now been called. In the words of a tipster, “drunken shitshow.”

Apparently, the War on Fun doesn’t stop for degrees. Here’s to ya, 2011!

Update: Baby-faced grads pouring out of IAB. And apparently they didn’t go down without a fight first: during the process, Public Safety was met with some resistance, and partiers began spontaneously singing the national anthem. Bwog is just tickled at this point.

Owls also seem to find the am/pm thing confusing

Bwog’s Night Owl Ricky Raudales reports  that many students in Broadway and Hogan have been locked out of their rooms. Yet once again, someone seems to have forgotten the difference between am and pm.

Hartley Hospitality confirmed that a computer glitch affects many if not all non-seniors in dorms that will house parents during graduation (such as Broadway and Hogan.) A woman manning the desk said this error typically somehow fixes itself by the morning. Students have been streaming into the place all night. If you’ve been locked out, you have to go to Hartley and have your stay extended. But what we’re really saying is, go have a drink or four and try again in the morning.

Night watchmen via Wikimedia