In other news, Wien residents awoke to a cordial email from Housing & Dining today, apologizing for the shut-down of the building’s food court. In its place, Health Services and friends are moving into the arena (perhaps adding to the onslaught of mental institution jokes about the building). As a gesture of reconciliation, Dining Services […]

Tonight, from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Postcrypt is opening its photo show with free food and music! A few teasers (more photos after the jump):

More news on everyone’s favorite Iranian president CU attempts to make some good in Manhattanville, sort of Columbia football: better luck this year? Spec editors on the “War on Fun”  Professor makes professional notes on Al-Haj  

A statement from the Columbia Coalition Against the War: Open Letter to Progressive Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad As Columbia only very recently announced, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be speaking in Roone Arledge auditorium this Monday. A number of students and student organizations have already announced plans for a protest rally the same day. We […]

While walking over to the WBAR show this evening, Bwog ran into Columbia’s Greek girls celebrating the rites of fall: jumping up and down and screaming at the top of their lungs in a semiannual phenomenon known as “Bid Night.” That’s when all the pledges, having been divvied up by the sororities the night before–details […]

We promise we’ll lay off the Ahmadinejad soon, but these were too good to pass up. If you’re a potentially nuclear Middle Eastern state, how do you get in touch with the University? In the case of Iran, you contact Professor Richard Bulliet, who served as the intermediary in arranging President Ahmadinejad’s visit. “This year the […]

Enough about Ahmadinejad, what about fashion? Labyrinth bags are like sooooo vintage now!

PrezBo spotted in 555 Lerner, discussing with student representatives his reasons for allowing Ahmadinejad to speak. Also, hot tipper Jon Berliner stumbled across an extra ticket on Craigslist. Look out for more scalping over the weekend.

Tune in to Channel 2 later tonight, we suppose. Also spotted near Lerner, a camera crew from Fox News who actually had no idea why they were shooting b-roll of the campus. Bwoggers shoved a Spectator in front of their faces. “Oh. Ok,” the camera guy said.

Spectator‘s site is down, per usual, must be all that high traffic. Grrl Power! (Mean Zine Fighting Machine p. 12) Did The Eye forget to print a page? (After the Lights Go Out p. 7) The Nanny Diaries was already published and made into a movie. (Babysitters’ Club p. 5) Indie music blogs?! What an […]

Of course Columbia students hate secrets. Spectator promotes body-image issues. Soon we’ll vote via texting too. Newsflash: learning Mandarin is useful for jobs! What about Barnard’s needs? P.S.: The Spec site is moving really slowly due to the high traffic generated by being linked to on every right wing blog in the country.  ALSO! A […]

It’s a big city out there. Bwog continues its (fledgling) series of artsy picks to help you navigate the world below Morningside. Orhan Pamuk Pamuk–winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature–is taking time off from his part-time professorial duties to read from his latest, Other Colors: Essays and a Story, a collection of essays […]

In which Bwog freelancer Joseph Meyers journeys uptown for a free-for-all public hearing on Manhattanville. Next Wednesday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer will decide whether or not to rubber stamp Columbia’s proposed expansion plan in Manhattanville. It’s only an advisory decision—but that didn’t stop hundreds of impassioned Manhattanville residents from descending on City College’s Aaron […]

Bwog movie-goer Christian Kamongi scopes out the New York Film Festival and shares his picks. If you do one thing this semester, make sure you attend New York Film Festival (headed by Columbia’s own Richard Peña). Much of its Cannes-heavy lineup has not yet secured distribution, so this may be the last chance to view […]

Yesterday, Bwog staffer Lucy Tang sat in on the Future of Book Reviews panel and realized that all Columbia arguments center around elitism. Panelists: Steve Wasserman (former editor of the Los Angeles Book Review) Peter Osnos (founder and editor at large of PublicAffairs) Elizabeth Sifton (editor and senior vice president of Farrar, Straus & Giroux) […]