Jerone Hsu, CC ’07, former Editor-in-Chief of Tablet, founder of Eclectica Esoterica (whose latest, beautifully designed issue includes essays about Times New Roman and psychedelic drug use), and B&W graphics editor of yore is still gracing campus with his artistic talent. Now, though, it’s for hire, albeit for a good cause: he’s selling his mural-painting […]

John Zorn Improv Night—A Stone Benefit John Zorn (sax), Ikue Mori (electronics), Ned Rothenberg (sax), Shanir Blumenkranz (bass), Theo Bleckman (voice) and many special guests join forces to raise some funds to protect this home of the avant-garde. Don’t let the Stone become the next Tonic. The Stone, Avenue C at E 2nd street, Sets […]

The residents of a Columbia dorm floor received these bizarre emails from their RA (specifics redacted) on Thursday morning. Here they are, very sic, copy-and-pasted. “Date: Sep 13, 2007 3:27 AM Subject: Incident Tonight Hi Everyone! As some of you might have heard, an incident occured around 1:40am this morning.  There were screams, loud noises, Public […]

So Park Slope is far away, but intrepid Bwog correspondents Maryam Parhizkar and Emma Jacobs made the trip and rediscovered their childhood. Remember a time before CC? Well, maybe this well help… Before the semester really gets under way, you might want to stock up on some extra support. There’s still time left to get […]

Collegeboxes screws up deliveries, not that’s it’s anything new. U.S. News screws up Barnard’s rankings. How much can Bill Clinton tell you about saving the world? Spec tells PrezBo and Shapiro to be careful on this one… This is just terrible!

Oh those Krazy Karman Kids! A brigade of three fire engines and two support vehicles showed up at Carman tonight around 10:15 to squelch a firey blaze of nothing. According to a few of the dozens of students milling about outside, this is the third or fourth false alarm the building’s had in the last […]

Shame on you, uke stealers.

It’s a big city out there. This week, Bwog begins a new series of artsy picks to help you navigate the world below Morningside.   Neither New nor Correct: Mark Bradford Mark Bradford, recipient of the Bucksbaum Award for truly exceptional work at the 2006 Biennial, now has his own exhibition at the Whitney involving […]

With kids back in school, autumn is a perfect time for street-hitting activism to bubble up through the cracks in society. In the next few weeks, anyone seeking an interesting day-trip, a way to act on latent strains of idealism, or an excuse to visit friends at school in DC should check out one of […]

The Eco-Reps, that cadre of kids who’ll always cheerfully remind you to recycle, need help. Applications are due this Saturday, September 15th at midnight. Apply here, and check out their nifty new site while you’re at it! 

Leonard and Louise Riggo has given $5 million to the Department of Art History and Archaeology. $3 million will establish two professors in the department, one in African Art, and the other of the department’s choice. The rest is divided evenly between undergrads and grads for internships, thesis research, traveling expenses, and etc. Leonard is […]

Like a phoenix, Spectator rises from the ashes. Subway violence does not stop yuppies from buying their brie. Bye bye Zeta Psi. Now you really have to go to New Jersey to get your car fixed…  Mamadou Diouf speaks.  But we still have Sean Lennon…

Love the fashion, hate the week. For people who are interested in Harry Potter’s sex life. Keys open doors. How does Mark Lilla have no reviews on culpa? So is it organic or not?   

Esteemed School of the Arts professor James Schamus received the Venice Film Festival top award, the Golden Lion, for Lust, Caution. The duo saw previous accolades with Brokeback Mountain, which also won the Golden Lion. Directed by Ang Lee and produced and co-written by Schamus, Lust, Caution piggybacks on Brokeback Mountain‘s sexual frankness, garnering the […]

It seems that Spectator and The Eye are both currently down. The Eye is probably hungover from fashion week and parties; Spectator, what’s your excuse? The New York Times finally discovers that people who attend Marc Jacobs’ show are cool. Harlem was too preoccupied over Columbia expansion to note Scientologists creeping in, but the Village […]