Today was the HSO’s big Holi bash, and for those who missed the fun, here are some photos from the spring holiday, which featured more than 700 lbs. of paint, lots of water, and general mayhem.    Thanks to Ramya Pratiwadi and Sumaiya Ahmed for the photos!

While Bwog enjoyed the sunny weather on such a splendid day, several things also caught our attention: Bacchanal festivities coincided with today’s, er, other special celebrations, including Battle of the Bands, a much-too-limited barbecue, a moonwalk, and a sorority-sponsored “munchies” sale. Columbia’s beloved mascot was also spotted roaming about (pictured to the right), giving hugs […]

Two months after hundreds of kids set out for their one crack at stealth warfare, one team has emerged alive: C-Unit, composed of MCPants (Max Czapanskiy, SEAS ’09, also with the most kills), Der Meister aus Deutchland (Luis Quinteros, SEAS ‘09), Doublestuf (Oriana Isaacson, C ’09), and PollockandLoad (Alex Rudnicki, SEAS ’10, who, for the […]

According to the latest breaking news from the Spec, President Bollinger announced today that Thomas Alva Edison Professor of Applied Physics Gerald Navratil will serve as interim dean of SEAS for the 2007-2008 school year. Navratil has served on Columbia’s faculty since 1977 and specializes in plasma physics. He is currently being funded by the […]

If you haven’t had the chance to swing by their table for the cookies, stickers and flyers of information out on College Walk today, Free Culture @ Columbia is currently launching CU-LATOR, its new (and cleverly titled) software through its website. Basically, CU-LATOR is a program designed to encrypt web activity on your computer so […]

From Jacob Weaver:  The Journal of Politics & Society conference going on RIGHT NOW has some extra Columbia Catering.  707 IAB. ALSO: You’ve got until 2:00 to claim a portion of food from the South East Asian League’s Water Festival, going on by Hamilton Lawn. Hurry!

Bells will toll 32 times today at noon for the victims of the Virginia Tech students. There’s no official rally, but you should probably be quiet. 

If you haven’t read the post below, he’s been nabbed Diversity — it’s not just a campus issue Ah, College Confidential: wrecking the nerves of pre-frosh everywhere since you were in high school Interview with a Gilmore Girl, Barnard alum, and (apparently) former Furnald resident? Lucky. What we can learn from Virginia Tech Perez Hilton […]

The Daily News reported at 4:00 AM and Spec picked up later that the prime suspect in last Saturday’s brutal rape was apprehended in Queens at about 5:45 PM yesterday. Barnard students were notified by e-mail at 9:00 AM. According to the article, “Robert Williams, 30, is a violent ex-con who attempted to kill his […]

Hundreds stood, their fists raised, ringed by police, silent. And then, the cries went up. “Together we unite to take back the night!”  “Hey hey, ho ho, Sexual Violence has got to go!” The crowd, about 90% women and the most popular men on campus, lurched forward, flooding across Broadway and down 116th street to […]

Because Bacchanal is giving them out on the steps right now–enjoy the boxes of greasy goodness while watching everyone’s favorite stoner movie, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle!

If you heard the happy shouts of children outside Philosophy this afternoon, here’s why. We’re not perverts, we promise–just innocence-deprived.   – LBD        

1)  Finding the Columbia search engine less efficient than manually locating wanted pages? Google through all of the columbia.edu pages here.  It works like a dream. 2) Cents and insensitivity:  Moneycontrol India asks whether Indian students may be deterred from studying in the U.S. following the massacre at Virginia Tech.  Columbia’s cited. 3)  The beacon […]

Looks like our favorite ex-U of M president has taken a Midwestern rivalry to a new level--PrezBo is set to join the Washington Post Company’s Board of Directors on May 10, where he will govern the company with 11 others.  Word has it that Bollinger was nominated because of the help he could give Post […]

The NYPD has released information about the man accused of raping and torturing a Journalism School student in Hamilton Heights last week.  The man, William Roberts, has a criminal record and apparently frequents homeless shelters in the area.  Read WABC’s coverage here. UPDATE: Public Safety has put up a notice here, and is looking for […]