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 […]

Bwog newbie Lindsay Griffith sobers up at a talk on how to remember September 11. Here is New York: Remembering 9/11 opened on September 11 of this year at the New York Historical Society as a collection of photographs, artifacts and recordings to begin to place the events of 9/11 within the fabric of New […]

Jeremy Sean and Celtic Warriors brought their own electro-acoustic Celtic pop to the Lower East Side’s 169 Bar last night. The band, led by Jeremy Blackman, C’09, tore through a half-hour set of sweet, succinct pop tunes. The rhythm section, comprised of Jacob Brunner, C’09, and Coleman Moore, C’10, lived up to their name as […]

In response to the SIPA graffiti, several on-campus organizations are calling an emergency meeting tonight at 9:00pm in Lerner C555 to discuss the recent events.

Spice up your life! Creative writing majors aren’t useless! Entry-level positions at publishing companies are great! New York Film Festival = Fashion week = Ahmadinejad forum Columbia students doth protest too much. Who cares about his policies? Ahmadinejad is like sooooo cute!

Lucky Barnard girls have it all- apple-picking and shopping! Life is so unfair sometimes. On Friday October 5th, for only $5, Barnard girls will be shipped off to upstate New York to pick apples for an hour and a half, then go shopping at Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Funny, the bus leaves at 9 am […]

Bwog doesn’t seem to remember these guys being in the 117th St. median a couple of days ago. We’re hardly experts on statuary, so we’ll throw this one to the readers–weird new Barnard sculptures: thumbs up or thumbs down?

In front of Butler Kid 1: (looking at chalk) What is… Kid 2: There was a vigil tonight. Kid 1: Oh, but it’s done… Was there food- Kid 2: No, they had a vigil. Kid 1: But like, isn’t Burma a type of food…? Kid 2: No, they Kid 1: Because I was really hoping […]

Late last night, a couple former Columbia household names–Reggie Gossett CC ’06 and Illyana Mendez-Penate–found themselves on the way to prison after a party for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a transgender rights advocacy group. The SRLP press release says members of the SRLP were trying to stop police officers from violently detaining a black […]

Moral of this article: check all cabinets for hidden alcohol.  This is why you shouldn’t poke people in real life.  Betcha didn’t know The Blue and White was broke! Mom! The kids in my Lit Hum class are pretentious ass-holes! God these first-years are whiny.