In which Learned Foote, one of those delightfully over-eager first years (and a legit film reviewer), muses on Nicole Kidman’s latest risky venture. No sarcasm intended whatsoever�Invasion of the Body Snatchers, in which weird alien intelligence hits Earth and stealthily creates duplicates of the people we know and love,  should definitely be remade every twenty […]

Bwog received a similar e-mail in its inbox this afternoon. A kind reminder that doors are closing every day now! Dear Bwog, On behalf of the The Firm Columbia Recruiting Team, this is a kind reminder that the application deadline to be considered for the early interviews is Friday, August 24th.  Please make sure to […]

Today’s Sunday Times is chock-full of Columbia nuts. First, the lead story in the Magazine, by Mark Lilla, is regurgitated CC, and any good humanities student worth his or her weight in Enlightenment and secular/liberal theory should be able to follow his argument and add a dash of insight to boot. Then, the Lives essay is by […]

In the grand tradition of Columbia media outlets, CTV News has released a guide to everything you need to know to go here, an 11-minute broadcast that’s been split into six bite-sized videos for your viewing convenience. Bwog brings you the CliffNotes to the highlights. Most Useful: Year in Review Judging by the class of […]

In which Bwog staffers reminisce–namelessly, by and large–about how they occupied themselves for the last few months. If you’ve got something better, send it (bwgossip@columbia.edu) in and we’ll share! So my boss just sent me out on an errand, with nothing more than an address and his credit card. I assumed the location was a […]

But the ULURP committee of Community Board 9 rejected Columbia’s expansion plan for Manhattanville last night, and it looked like a party. Bwog wishes it could have been there, with popcorn. Good thing Atlantic Yards Report was blogging, and Spec was scribing.

But there’s something to be said for promulgating embargoed press releases, even if “Princeton, Harvard, and Yale Lead U.S.News & World Report’s Annual Ranking of Best National Universities” could almost be an Onion headline.  

We noticed this article yesterday, but in case you didn’t, here’s the bit that might have to do with why it’s hard getting your study abroad program approved: “At many campuses, study abroad programs are run by multiple companies and nonprofit institutes that offer colleges generous perks to sign up students: free and subsidized travel […]

Bwog scheduler Stephanie Quan is back with your weekly dose of fun. Monday, August 13 * Casablanca – here’s looking at you ki-BLAHHH. Bryant Park, Sunset. * Breath – illuminating exhibit at Lincoln Center, 8:30pm Junior Senior – D-d-don’t don’t stop the beat. Highline Ballroom, 7pm, $18. Tokyo Police Club – because you missed them […]

Bwog likes to report the occasional celestial phenomenon, so Stephanie Quan sends along this tip: “Perseid Meteor Shower TONIGHT Go outside tonight after midnight. If there isn’t too much air pollution or cloud cover, there will be a spectacular meteor shower in the Northeast (strongest in the pre-dawn hours). If you’re out in open, dark country, you might […]

Take that.

We got distracted in all the weather-related excitement, but if you did read the Times this morning, you may have noticed a full page ad headed by none other than Lee Bollinger–he became the poster child for academic freedom after protesting a British teachers union boycott of Israeli universities a few months ago, and now […]

Passengers are still stranded, sweaty, and discontented along nearly every subway line, as the city recovers from this morning’s as-of-yet unconfirmed tornado. People are still waiting in droves for buses and taxis or walking across the city’s bridges and Mayor Bloomberg has canceled his entire morning to no doubt assess damage to homes and trees in Brooklyn. Send Bwog the story of your wacky commute! We want […]

Last week a vigilant commenter tipped us off to a possible They Might Be Giants concert happening on October 14th on campus. Well, first, said commenter was lucky that a Bwog editor caught that tidbit (send in things to the alias, come on now!). Second, we emailed TMBG’s bookers High Road Touring and they confirmed the date- and added that […]

To those who have e-mailed and commented in panic over the apparent disappearance of CULPA: please calm down. The relevant authorities have been rousted from their sleepy summer reveries, and are checking into the problem.  Besides, it really is still the first week of August. UPDATE, 8/7, 12:15 AM EST: We’ve been notified that the […]