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The Gossip Girl books are ludicrous preteen-girl fantasies marketed by Alloy, a tween clothing catalog. But who are we to judge quality? We are CW viewers. The TV show spin-off of Gossip Girl is The O.C. creator/executive producer Josh Schwartz’s newest foray into the world of teen melodrama. With the onset of The O.C. and […]

Can the apocalypse be funny? Ashraya Gupta, Bwog’s Blue Notebooks correspondent (and member herself), summarizes novelist Matthew Sharpe’s recent visit to Morningside and reviews his latest, Jamestown. Not the ex-bassist for Weezer, but Matthew Sharpe, author of the best post-annihilation novel this side of the Book of Revelations—well, maybe. Matthew Sharpe has the kind of […]

A couple weeks ago, Bwog reported on the sudden and upsetting disappearance of JJ’s spicy chicken. However, inside sources revealed that the finest culinary delight Columbia has to offer has been reintroduced to the menu of JJ’s. That’s right. Spicy Chicken is back. Reduced to a humble cafeteria by the loss of the famed dish, […]

Bwog has been experimenting with Google Docs, the friendly and clean web-based word processor, (really the West Side Market of word processors). It seems that under the “Word Count” feature, the program will tell you the grade-level equivalent of your writing. We played around with this feature using some of our favorite theorists, celebrities, novelists, […]

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Congratulations to Barnard ’11 President Reni Calister! (Time to put the red cup down, Reni). She’ll be joined by Becky Gimple and Abbey Warner as the first-year SGA VP and Secretary, respectively.  The wheels of democracy are also in motion over at SEAS. Kamal Yechoor of the Fu-Tang Clan was declared the first-year ESC president. […]

It’s time to formally welcome two new Columbia blogs to the ‘sphere. First up, The Commentariat, the new home of Spectator‘s opinion section. This time, the focus is “on the voices of individuals with specific interests and unique ideas,” opined the editor’s note. And what’s sure be remembered as the perfect commencement for such a […]

In which a Bwog freelancer attempts to find spirituality in tourist purgatory. At 2:00 AM last night, I set my alarm clock to wake me up at the obscene hour of 7:30 AM. The next morning, I was going to church. Specifically, I had two churches in mind. The first is the most famous church […]

Spec really steps it up with a 2:7 words-in-headline to pun ratio Arts and Entertainment responds with an athletic 3:7 words to pun stat Ref rules against an impressive, yet illegal use of yesterday’s 3:7 A&E headline.   A solid 2:7 words to pun rebound to win the game!!! GO TEAM SPEC!!! (…and Lions.) It sounds […]

Wish you were in Paris right now? Bwog foreign correspondent Sumaiya Ahmed reports on Columbia’s big weekend in the City of Lights. This weekend, Columbia students in Paris were treated to another sort of World Leaders Forum organized by the Columbia Alumni Association. The three day affair included Nobel laureate and 7th Secretary-General of the […]

Working its way up from the Warehouse in Winston-Salem to Webster Hall, Okkervil River has cemented its place among the best in hyper-literate indie rock. Bwog correspondent Max Friedman chronicles his personal journey with Okkervil River. When I first saw Okkervil River play, four years ago, it was at a small, artsy venue in my […]

Sick of hearing about Ahmadinejad? Of course you are! But watch this anyway. And are you sick of real estate tycoons conspiring with major universitites in order to mind-control unsuspecting students using electromagnetic satellites? Then you, my paranoid friend, have something in common with a former SIPA student who has spent the past week spamming dozens […]

Even ghosts love stale bagels and lukewarm ice-cream! It’s an early Halloween celebration for Morton Williams.  Boo! It’s Sepia tone! What say you, West Side Market? – JNW

So can Columbia go a week without a protest? No. No it can’t. But, as speakers at today’s Jena 6 walkout pointed out, Columbia also can’t seem to go very long without somebody taking out their racist vitriol on a bathroom stall or stairwell. “Are you sick and tired of the same shit happening every year?” one […]