Zach van Schouwen reports on all the hooplah down at City Hall, as the Land Use Committee voted on Columbia’s Manhattanville plan. At City Hall, the room is only about half-full for the first 20 minutes of the committee votes on the proposed expansion into Manhattanville. It could be because the temperature in the Council […]

Near fisticuffs! Veritas vs. Tarantino Double Backwards Meta: Bwog links to a Blue and White article about a blog devoted to the The New Yorker.  The 20th Century: A Blue and White Retrospective of… The 1920s and today: Drinking liberally The 1950s and today: Worshipping liberally The 1950s: Still drinking liberally

As you sit there drinking coffee to study for finals or liquor to forget them, New York City is deciding the fate of Manhattanville and the Alma Mater.  Bwog webmaster Zach van Schouwen is down at City Hall, sending us waves (particles?) of information  via the miracle of technology. Columbia needs the approval of the […]

Remember Manhattanville? The Renzo Piano campus Columbia is planning to drop onto a 17 acre swath of West Harlem? Well, the City Council vote, the final step in the relay race that is the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, (which will only decide the fate of the entire project) is rumored to be later today. […]

For those of you who celebrate Christmas and for those of you who just like asking for stuff, here’s what BwGossipers want for the holidays, material and otherwise. Is anyone up there listening? a time machine Pinkberry for life the secession of New York City dinner with Katherine Boo a bean bag chair more presents […]

Is Morningside Heights doomed to the depths of hipsterdom? All signs point to yes. Hipster overlord Todd P‘s Showpaper, a Brooklyn-based DIY zine focusing on upcoming independent concerts, is coming to Morningside, specifically Kim’s. (In other news, writing the phrase “Brooklyn-based DIY zine focusing on upcoming independent concerts” is something like a crime against humanity, […]

The magazine will be posted online later tonight, but for those brave enough to emerge from Butler, the print version is already scattered around campus. Emmy and Pulitzer winning playwright Tony Kushner, CC ‘78, had to cancel our first interview when the Writers Guild of America strike called him to the picket lines. When we […]

Barnard Facilities is going to be sanitizing and scraping the interior of the water tanks that supply many of BC’s dorms and buildings with water. While Bwog still can’t quite get past a few burning questions (Was the water unsanitary before? Scraping what off the tank? GUNK?) the real news is that Barnard isn’t going […]

In Rainbows–a frequenter on this year’s top ten lists–is now complete with the release of Disc 2 about a week ago. Bwog’s newest music critic Michael Molina provides his assessment. As of December 10th, Radiohead’s In Rainbows is no longer available to download online, but will be sold on CD and vinyl starting January 1st […]

The New York Post  has picked up a story in which Brian Baxter, who graduated from Columbia in 1990, is suing the University, claiming he’s being subjected to “modern-day slavery” in the form of high student loan rates. Citibank—Columbia’s partner in crime and “preferred lender”—is also involved in the suit. Baxter, who likens himself to […]

Looks like they’ve been hitting the chemicals a little too hard recently.     Plus, orgo prof tenure battle of the century!

Bwog noticed a nifty multi-purpose bin in the Lerner lobby that looks like it can handle some the stuff you don’t want to take home and might just never use again. Plus, look for the EcoReps near your dorms to get rid of all those out-of-fashion closet clogging garments.  

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2012’s Facebook half-life began with Simon H.’s creation of “Columbia – Class of 2012.” Early decision applicants were notified online of their acceptance at 5pm, and by 7pm, the group’s ranks had reached 50. Mere days later, the Facebook group is brimming with 276 members—including one confused Brown 2012 pre-frosh who is “not sure if […]