In the first Freshmen Profile, Tania Harsono was giving a chance at redemption. This time around, Bwog staffer Lucy Tang pokes and prods at Dan Cho’s insecurities. RA RA SHISBOOM BAH Here’s Dan Cho Friend or Foe?  Hometown: The twilight city that’s gonna set my soul on fire. (For non-Elvis or Dead Kennedy fans, that’s […]

Just kidding. We didn’t even peek.  Anyway, Harry Potter 7 comes out at 12:01 am Saturday morning. But you knew that already. If not from little siblings or nerdy friends, it’s probably from the fact you, yourself, are a HP freak and have joined Facebook’s Admit It, You Wish You Went to Hogwarts!, or I Trust […]

The bowels of New York exploded in a seismic geyser-like spew! Turn on your TV to local NY news to watch incredible footage of a steam pipe gushing gas and mud into the air! It’s not terrorism. UPDATE 7:20 PM – Our resident steam correspondent ZvS can see the steam all the way from Brooklyn, […]

A couple Teacup Yorkie puppies have wandered over to Bwog to help get you through the workday! Bwog has named them all! This is Dot!    Meet Eloise (above) and Harold.

Bwog scheduler Stephanie Quan is back with your agenda for the week. As usual, * denotes free. Monday, July 16th The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear, Land of Talk – Green screen challenge anyone? This Central Park Summerstage concert is not free. However, it is free to sit outside the concert area and listen while picnicking. Central […]

Heading to River to River on Friday, July 20th at South Street Seaport? Bwog staffer Lucy Tang gets the back story on headliner Bishop Allen. Bishop Allen may just epitomize indie pop at its shiniest. Upbeat songs with jangling guitars and fervent hooks shape them to be a fitting summer soundtrack. Fortunately, their sophomore album, […]

You’ve probably forgotten about it, but Manhattanville planning is rolling along in our absence. Here’s Bwog freelancer Emma Jacobs–who has a comparative analysis of university expansions here–with a lightning recap of the recent history. June 4:  ULURP is coming! But not yet.  The start of Uniform Land Use Review Process of the rezoning that will […]

An odd article popped up on our Google alerts today: the news that the Columbia University Chinese Students and Scholars Association posted “a statement on its Web site on Wednesday that calls for the ‘execution’ of ‘anyone who offends China'” (which it appears actually happens). It’s from the Epoch Times, which is known to be […]

For anyone who’s spent any time at Columbia beyond Days on Campus or a guided tour, this article says nothing new. The Arkansas kid who claims that Adderall users are “nonstinky,” however, has clearly not been in an environment (read: Butler) where a thousand souls are pulling their second all-nighters with the aid of their favorite speed-like […]

Well, it seems like Columbia’s made at least one concession to the “Not for Sale” crowd–in a press release dated yesterday, the University said it will not ask the Empire State Development Corporation to use its power of eminent domain to evict anybody living in the new campus’ footprint. As with all Office of Public […]

A few weeks ago, Dan and Lucy mooned over Dave Eggers and fell in love again. Now, JJs withdrawal has finally caught up with them. As the spicy chicken grease and artificial smoothie flavoring oozes out of their pores, they seek solace in Denny’s and Haruki Murakami’s After Dark. Lucy: When I first picked up […]

Need a summer job to support your unpaid internship? Bwog newbie Sara Jane Panfil tells us why stumping for trees/starving children/cute bunnies may not be the way to go. I remember being excited to spend the summer in New York, but then summer arrived. Two months in I found myself struggling to stay afloat in […]

Looking for a platform? QuickSpecking? Hate mail? Your picture in the paper…every week? Apply to be a Spec opinion columnist! Word is they’re making all current talking heads reapply, leaving 10 spots (dubiously) wide open.  “You may propose any beat, including serials and illustrated columns, and while we are not specifically looking for a sex […]

Summer is slipping by much too fast. Stephanie Quan continues to give you a list of things to make your time pass even faster. UPDATED 3:55 PM EST Monday, July 9 *MC Hammer, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, MC Lyte- So close, you can touch him. Do dododo da dum da dum. Wingate Field, 7:30pm   *Wait […]

Bwog freelancer Steven Thomas introduces us to a departure from the campus culinary norm. Located just off of LaSalle on Broadway, two-month-old China de Puebla serves up an intruiguing array of Chinese-Mexican fusion, or as they put it: “Mexican food with a Chinese accent.”  I’m pretty sure that the young restaurant’s business will pick up […]