Columbia’s own associate professor Rama Cont is featured in the most recent edition of City Journal discussing new ways of financial modeling and his unconventional view on the economic crisis. Although Bwog has a hard-ish time wrapping its head around the more specific econ bits, all you would-be i-bankers may find Cont, who conducts his […]

A tipster has informed us that the swipe machine in Hewitt Dining Hall is broken and everyone is getting in for free. Go now, before they fix it!

The east side of Broadway is barricaded this afternoon for a street fair. The festivities stretch as far as Bwog’s eye can see from its 3rd floor window in Nussbaum, or, at least from 112th to 114th street. Sausage, fruit, Thai food, and (we assume) pashminas abound!   Photo via compaswebworks.com

Even though Blair from Gossip Girl considers them her “holy trinity,” 2/3 of HYP are officially Big Losers now! (WSJ) (Bloomberg) Columbia, on the other hand, reports smaller losses. (Reuters) Morgan Stanley’s new CEO made it through the B-School. (WSJ) New York Fashion Week keeps on strutting its stuff, despite the recession. (NYT) And in […]

For all you forward-looking seniors- the Center for Career Education is extending an invitation to “launch the academic year and your job search” at their first career fair of the semester. It runs until 12 today in Low Library. (So Days on Campus isn’t the only time you’re allowed up there after all…) According to […]

Friday, Saturday, Sunday NY Craft Beer Week 9/11 through 9/20, various locations  If you’re getting tired of Pabst, take your pick from over 80 bars and sample some of the finest micro and homebrews the city has to offer. Price: passport costs $35, but with it you can try each beer for just a few […]

It’s a new season, and with the new season comes the return of the Friday Sports Roundup, where Bwog summarizes the past week’s sports scores (this week, to be honest, there aren’t that many), and looks ahead to the weekend for the Light Blue. Football: Football does not begin its season until next weekend (at […]

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For several years, cinephiles hoping to use Butler’s growing DVD collection (now over 10,000 titles) were forced to watch the DVDs inside the library, without being able to borrow them. But last year’s otherwise-unfortunate demise of Kim’s Video and Music has finally yielded one big benefit: parts of its collection have made it into the […]

Kiss those tapas goodbye: Floridita owner Ramon Diaz loses his lawsuit, Manhattanville finally begins construction, and PrezBo celebrates (Spec). Remember what happened the last time Columbia tried to expand?  Carle Hovde, CC ’50 and Dean of the College from 1968 to 1972, died last Saturday.  Faculty mourns (Spec). As if the updated Kindle wasn’t bad […]

Good news, under-laid Columbians: the “sex positive” magazine C-Spot has announced that they’re expanding their sexcapades to other campuses.  Now you can share your lust with your, er, friends from NYU.  Or just read the current issue while your roommate is out.  The gist: “I discovered that Robert’s foreskin acted as a fantastic penetration aide.” […]

After two years with an interim dean, PrezBo announced five months ago that SEAS has a new dean.  Feni set up shop in Mudd this summer and to welcome him, ESC is hosting a picnic party on the plaza in front of Pupin from 4 to 6 this afternoon. This evening, when the indigestion from […]

Two pieces of good news came in over the official Bwog wire this afternoon.  First, the first Mac Gray trucks have been spotted about campus after the Great Laundry Flex outage of 2009. Flex readers in laundry rooms all over campus have been out since just before the start of the semester, but as of […]

Bwog’s in the market for a daily editor or two for the new semester. The job: writing the various posts for your day, covering breaking news, and generally running the Bwog’s minute-to-minute operations. Perks include scaring administrators, advance free food knowledge, the chance to write witty headlines, and free extra emails. If that strikes your […]

The annual activities fair is now well underway on Low Plaza and the ruckus can be heard all over campus.  This is your only chance to get on the mailing lists of groups you’ll never hear of again.   Generosity is abound with free water bottles and free Dinosaur BBQ.  The line is long so […]