Restaurant A–the most charming mom-and-pop, organic, French-Caribbean place that literally takes four years for freshman to find–looked long-gone with its facade painted and a real estate agent’s sign hanging like a great blue shroud.  Bwog wanted to cry and pound its tiny fists against the cold concrete.  But appearances deceived, and we’re so glad they […]

On Thursday, about 250 cyclists in varying states of physical fitness departed on the annual All Night Bike Ride, led as ever by the indefatigable Kenneth Jackson. Bwog has just recently recovered. We started at the sundial, and departed under cover of darkness with a police escort and even a volunteer ambulance to take care […]

It’s now time for Freshies to vote for CCSC 2011 and, armed with only 500 flyers and no money to spend, Facebook was bound to become a primary organizing tool.   Justin Vlasits surveyed the endless domain of the Internet to measure the standings of each ticket with less than a week until elections. Check back […]

BSO and the Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters, along with other activisty types, have tacked the SIPA graffiti incident on to a national walkout Monday to protest the Jena 6 business. It’s at noon, so you can symbolically walk out of your 11:00 AM class 15 minutes early.  Also tomorrow, of less cosmic significance but […]

The World Leaders Forum might be over, but Bangladesh’s problems sure aren’t! Armin Rosen reports on the last of this round of WLF events. Like Turkmenistan, Bangaldesh finds itself straddling a perilously thin line. In Turkmenistan, a solid tradition of dictatorship makes it all too easy for president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to lead the central Asian country away […]

A rainbow-struck tipster sent in this photo, taken from a Wein Wien bathroom window, about seven hours ago. We thought it was too pretty not to post.

One more President, one more speech. Justin Vlasits reports. According to President Zeljko Komsic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, his country is famous for three things, two bad and one good.  The assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a Serbian anarchist in Sarajevo (bad). One of the region’s bloodiest wars was waged in Bosnia and Herzegovina […]

Bwog staffer Lucy Tang stops by Bank Street and relives a time before Lit Hum. Once upon a time, reading for school wasn’t stressful. Two days ago at Bank Street bookstore, I was transported to a time when required reading was Maniac Magee, the good old days… A crowded auditorium full of clamoring elementary school […]

A few details from the Ahmadinejad event have just come to light: although the College Republicans are very good about getting themselves on TV, talking with their fellow students has proven more difficult. According to Columbia Coalition organizers, they didn’t show up for their scheduled speaking slot. And after the event, they were nowhere to […]

In which Bwog freelancer Kate Linthicum reports on a very special day.  There was more than humidity in the air Thursday. At The Riverside Church there was love.   Yesterday afternoon ten couples were wed in a mass ceremony as part of “Marry Your Baby Daddy Day.” The wedding, which was free for all the […]

Barack Obama likes young voters, and Kanye West  “The 18 chapters of Ulysses as 18 holes on a golf course.” Barnard wants your children  Baby daddys not just baby daddys anymore  Confrontational graffiti incident gets the smackdown Still talkin’ about Monday: Bollinger, Ahmadinejad, academic freedom,  other people, Bachelet(!), opinions, opinions, etc., etc., so on and […]

In which Bwog freelancer Kurt Kanazawa chronicles the bangingest new show on prime time. So for all of you not interested in the “Gossip Girls WEDNESAYS @ 9 PM!!!!” phenomenon (read: carnivores / SEAS), your antidote is awaiting you on NBC… “Bionic Woman,” starring Michelle Ryan (don’t worry you’ve never heard of her), is a […]

The Obama rally in Washington Square Park right now is streaming here– for those Barack supporters too busy or lazy to go see him themselves.  

Although he didn’t get in the news much, the man who orchestrated the Ahmadinejad visit was none other than domestic animal and ancient wheel expert (and Iranian history specialist) Richard W. Bulliet. Bwog sat down in his posh office in the Middle East Institute to ask him about his reactions to the speech and his […]

Bwog is proud to present the Dance Beat, the first in a series of weekly columns in which Siobhan Burke explores one of the city’s least discussed art forms. On long car rides, my mom, who went to college in the sixties, likes to put the Subaru on cruise control, pop in Bridge Over Troubled […]