All Hallows’ Eve approaches! Morton Williams displays their Halloween cheer with fall foliage, cotton cobwebs and toy tricker-treaters. Those guys are seriously styled, by the way. Love the bow-ties. But don’t worry, Morningside decorations aren’t all this wholesome. In the coming weeks, get ready for trampy vampires, naughty nurses and totally unnecessary thigh highs. If Mean Girls […]

Oprah makes dreams happen: Columbia crew kids turned chocolatiers snagged an Oprah endorsement and hit it big. Grab your Salsabol and Chocomize bar, and you’ll have a veritable feast courtesy of Columbia’s culinary innovators. Plans for community garden at Frederick Douglass Houses thwarted by management. Bureaucracy: it’s not just at Columbia! Gerald Lesser, chief Sesame […]

Friday night at the Diana Event Oval, Bwog joined pleasantly not-that-sparse ranks of WBAR fans to see its showcase of campus bands. It was fun! The line-up featured a mix of styles, and included both undergrads and grad students: Puppy Cops Mike Ferraro & The Young Republicans Cloudlicker Dr. Blount Tetractys If your band is […]

Remember when? It’s back again! The weather…it’s everywhere!

Lost in EC area, number 138726.

Hey there, Bwog is having a staff meeting tonight at 7 PM in the SGO on Lerner 5, and you’re invited! Even if you’ve never come to a meeting before, Bwog wants to be your friend and wants you to come to the meeting. If you have been to one (or more!) of Bwog’s meetings, […]

Drawn from the street by the welcoming sound of accordion music, Bwog stumbled upon the celebration of the Feast of Saint Francis and Blessing of Animals at St. John the Divine. Pigs, goats, dogs, and more than a few types of birds were on hand for the festivities, along with Amsterdam Ave’s native squirrels and […]

CQA and other campus LGBT groups will be meeting at the 116th Street gates at 8 PM tonight to travel together to the “You are Loved Vigil” taking place in Washington Square Park. The vigil is being held in response to recent violence against LGBT students. CQA will also dedicate its weekly meeting to a […]

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A few tidbits to help you navigate today’s Greenmarket: This is the last week for zucchini blossoms. For the next few weeks there will be different wine vendors under the food and wine tent. If you are looking for Monkshood cherry tomatoes, get them early because they go fast. Be sure to try the quiches […]

Do you really enjoy celebrating New Year’s Eve in Times Square and wish you could do it more often? Well, you’re in luck because the “Times Square Midnight Moment” will be happening 365 nights a year! (Gothamist) Park51 recently gave the public a first look at its intended design. (NYT) When journalism isn’t working out, […]

As seen outside Schapiro: Photo by Sara Nosaka

Everything has increased in price, but luckily, life has improved ever so slightly here in Morningside. Pastries in Nussbaum have labels. What’s life without a little bit of mystery? Mel’s fry deal: Fries are now $1.75 with a burger and soda/draft beer. (Fries are usually $4.) There’s a new mushroom salad topping at the salad bar […]

Overheard: “I’ve been going through a Björk phase lately. I think it’s something about being back at Barnard.” Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Princeton’s marching band wended through campus this morning, terrorizing students with upbeat marching band tunes. Quelle horreur! The orange-clad individuals have committed such crazed acts in the past. The visit may or may not have been related to the Columbia-Princeton football game today at 12:30 p.m. on Robert. K. Kraft Field. Update: COLUMBIA WON! REJOICE!