Hipsters and their music- blech. Can video games fall under verisimilitude? Here, we call “go pills” Adderall (or cocaine). Before Ahmadinejad, there was El-Haj. Real Africa is a little harder to get funding for. Also worth noting: Marty Peretz is a fan!

While the rally was happening on the sundial, there was a curious little table set up on Low Steps with cookies and hot chocolate. No it wasn’t a counter-protest against the strikers, or the work of Columbia Republicans, but rather Obama-supporters. Cookies and hot chocolate in the name of Barack, rather fitting for this rainy […]

Reading comments, it’s pretty easy to see who cares enough about campus events to post on Bwog. Yesterday,  Bwog went around campus to force people (mostly freshmen) to talk, whether they care or not. We asked them two questions: 1) Do you think you have a full understanding of the strikers’ demands?  2) Do you […]

Despite the stormy elements, at noon, the hunger-strikers organized a rally at the sundial. They explained to supporters that two strikers had dropped out for medical reasons, declared progress due to the university’s concessions, and reiterated the six points of negotiation. Due to Columbia’s agreement to make major cultures into a seminar format, shower curtains […]

Two of the hunger strikers, Emilie Rosenblatt, CC ’08, and Bryan Mercer, CC ’07, have decided to cap off the Gatorade for something more substantial. Concessions were made, medical leave threatened, Manhattanville still happening. For the full release…

Art for Alzheimer’s! “It’s fashion, but not with a capital F.” See, progress can be made without stooping to hunger-strikes. Even beatniks get old. McSweeney’s did this better.

Maybe you should take the Core first before protesting it. Up next in Lit Hum– Toni Morrison!  The way to Kuwalik’s heart is through his stomach.  Why are we so cynical? Another day, another protest, another bar.  PLUS: Minneapolis Community College students find novel uses for nooses.   AND FOR THE VISUAL AMONG YOU: Video […]

Wednesday was a big day. Thursday, though, might be even bigger: striker kids (whom this UCLA student thinks are great) have scheduled a rally at the Sundial at noon in preparation for their final negotiations. While it seems that the three academic components have been largely straightened out, expansion has yet to be settled–and the […]

We’ll update this post as more developments roll in. It’s the ninth day of the strike, and this time the vigil isn’t just a quiet watch. Starting an hour ago, about 150 kids gathered around the sundial to hear members of the striker negotiation team speak, standing in silence and chanting in response when asked. […]

Bwog’s not sure what it thinks about noise music. After all, what separates it from, well, normal noise? Music correspondent Jamie Johns tries to get at the mystery in this e-mail exchange with Carlos Giffoni. Since the early 2000s, Carlos Giffoni has been at the center of a burgeoning noise scene in New York as […]

Grammatically, Nuts4Nuts, a NYC snack food cart chain found most proximately outside the 116th Street Subway, is pretty interesting. “Nuts” has several meanings as an adjective, noun, and verb, and the numerical “4” can be read as “for,” “four,” or even “fore!” if you’re creative enough. Even paring down the options to “for,” nuts (food), […]

He’s the guy who wanted to bring Gilchrist back to Columbia, and the only presidential campaign communications director you might also run into on College Walk. Bwog correspondent Christopher Morris-Lent was  sat down with his former Lit Hum teacher to chew over free speech, gay rights, and why Mike Gravel is an American hero. Illustration […]

Hunger Strike  Faculty Dissent! Faculty Meta-Dissent! Some Show About Models Sounds Like a Show About Airplanes The Fuckin’ Googleplex!

As hard as it may be to believe, there are still other issues around campus besides striker stuff that people care about. If you were outside between the hours of 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM today, you might have noticed a large cardboard dollar bill and a halloween-worthy Capitol Building. The connection may seem vague, […]

HOLY SHIT! Columbia is up 23-21 against The Ohio State University in basketball. The game is on ESPN right now, so tune in if you want to see what is currently a miracle and will either stay that way or turn into a heartbreak. Halftime UPDATE: Well, maybe we shouldn’t have posted anything, because the […]