Our pal James is at it again, this time guesting on 30 Rock and totally destroying our long-held ideas on celebrity.  Subversion! (Hulu) CU prof Ilan Meyer testified in the federal Proposition 8 trial, and said that Prop. 8 would adversely affect the health of the gay community.  Your faculty: on the right side of […]

You know the drill: it’s the first day of classes, your new professors are going to say strange, exciting, baffling, and silly, silly things. Tell us what they come up with this time at tips@bwog.net. Happy first morning!

Columbia University’s Journal of Politics & Society, published by the Helvidius Group, invites you to submit your class papers and theses for consideration for their 2010 edition. The Editorial Board is seeking submissions from undergraduates (class of 2009 or later) in colleges and universities across the nation. The deadline for the Spring 2010 Journal is […]

Welcome back! Bwog is continually looking to bring in new talent to our crew of eye-rollers, so we’re trolling Butler for a few new Daily Editors: The Official Job Description: Writing the posts for your assigned day, creeping around with a camera, and generally running the second-to-second operations of this noble weblog. The Official Perks: […]

More sad news from the Columbia community tonight.  John David Fernandez, CC ’12, passed away over the weekend because of complications from pneumonia. A self-described Misesian libertarian, he was Vice President of the Columbia Libertarians and helped organize and host several on-campus libertarian events. We’ll keep you updated with information about memorial services. Our thoughts […]

The Barnard website is getting a makeover, but it seems like it’s going to take a while. On Thursday, Barnard students received an email from Scott DiPerna, Director of Electronic Communications (?!), announcing the plan for an overhaul of Barnard.edu and introducing a Barnard Website blog that will keep whoever’s actually interested up-to-date about the […]

Today, the University issued an update on the situation in Haiti, confirming that six SIPA students and one SIPA faculty member are on their way back to New York after being safely transferred to the Dominican Republic yesterday from Haiti. Two CIESIN (the Center for International Earth Science Information Network) faculty made it back to […]

Do you have 3 hours to commit one night per week this semester? Put your time to good use by coaching high school students this spring! Let’s Get Ready is a program designed to help under-served students achieve their college dreams. Coaches work in Harlem at the Frederick Douglass Academy, and tutor a group of […]

What does our fearless leader do when he’s not, um, doing whatever he does everyday? He watches Dean Quigley buy soup and he appears on public television. Last night, Bwog stayed up past our bedtime to catch PrezBo on Charlie Rose. Bollinger and the nearly equally dapper Mr. Rose spent most of El Presidente’s half […]

We were just informed that Michael Sinnott, an Environmental Biology major, passed away over the weekend due to natural causes. Memorial and funeral services have been planned and donations are being accepted in lieu of flowers. Our thoughts are with Michael’s family during this time.

The world’s best known former Ruggles inhabitants, Vampire Weekend, released their new album Contra yesterday. The album has received positive reviews so far, including  a shockingly high 8.6 from notoriously picky Pitchfork Media.  The band was recently interviewed for a Wall Street Journal music blog, Speakeasy. The band talked about books and wore cardigans. VW […]

An article from today’s New York Times outlines the large (and growing) presence of veterans enrolled at Columbia. The article claims that good old Alma has, “more than any other Ivy League institution…thrown out a welcome mat for returning servicemen and women.” There are currently 210 veterans at CU (88 are in General Studies); GS […]

Right when we all skip town, Morningside goes crazy! Pinnacle shuttered; our delusions of security shattered, etc. Chase Bank on 109th and Broadway was robbed. (Westside Independent) More Manhattanville commentary, this time alluding to Albany. (WSJ) Bored at Butler is back. Recent posts include “entourage is good” and simply and mysteriously, “koronet.” It’s really cold […]

Bourbon Street Bar at 346 West 46th Street Kick off the semester at our “Bourbon Street” style CAVALIER COUTURE launch party/BeNEfIt for Cataract International! Gothamist Magazine describes Bourbon Street as… “…a lavishly appointed homage to New Orleans’s French Quarter opened in the theater district… the two-story restaurant evokes the Big Easy with gas lamps, wrought […]

Matt Kalish, SEAS ’12,  sends in this photo of a shuttered Pinnacle Deli: The phones happily rang when we tried to call Pinnacle but no one answered.  The Department of Health is closed on Sunday and the most recent inspection is not online yet, so use your imagination!  Because, as you know, Pinnacle was always […]