Columbia journalism and sociology professor Todd Gitlin knows activism. Once president of Students for a Democratic Society, there’s not much he hasn’t seen, and although now he writes from comfortable digs in the Journalism School, Gitlin has some words of wisdom for those still taking it to the streets. After an hour of stories from […]

That infectious music on Low Plaza? The red, blue and white balloons? The people playing dominoes?  It’s all about the Dominicans, baby.   

In which film savant Iggy Cortez tells us how to live forever, and live right. Sally Potter’s film version of Virginia Woolf’s irreverent biography remains one of the strongest examples of adaptation in recent years, maintaining the spirit of its novelistic predecessor while enriching it with distinctly cinematic qualities. This is a particularly impressive achievement […]

Bwog doesn’t quite know what to say about this sign, encountered unexpectedly in a stairwell to a bus platform. Fragments here, full advertisement after the jump.                 

Andy Bean, CC ’01, is one of the gentlemen of the Two-Man-Gentlemen-Band. Together with Fuller Condon (CC ’00) they perform ‘Up-Tempo, Original, Old-Time, Two-Man Music at a reasonable volume.’ Bwog Staffer Brendan Ballou asked Mr. Bean a lot about kazoos. So what’s the Two-man-Gentlemen-Band? The two is an Americana band. We play country and Dixieland […]

Since the fallout from the events of October 4th just keeps coming, we present you with a digest of the latest.  Item # 1: Matt Mireles, Spectator staff writer turned New York Post hatchet man, thinks we’re all a bunch of privileged guilty white kids.  Bwog wouldn’t want to get between him and Karina Garcia […]

Two students have been sent letters regarding discipline for rushing the stage on October 4th. They’re strategizing and don’t want to release details. We’ll keep you updated.  Bwog will try to minimize the use of all caps headlines in the future.  

Are they for real? We’re not quite sure. But the Philolexian Society does meet every Thursday, and they are quite serious about what they discuss–last night, whether humans or whales should be saved. Bwog Philo correspondent Josh Schwartz has this report. At the hour of eight and a half, the Philolexian society, Columbia’s oldest student […]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGULATI!   Regurgitated press releases…it’s what’s for breakfast.  Spec + PrezBo = BFF  There are planets! In outer space! And we can see them now! Fetch me my telescope, Jeeves!  Follow golf. It’s just so much more civilized. Plus, they win things.

Bwog recieved notice recently that a sharp eyed poster pincher has uncovered the identity of the scoundrel who plastered the Muslim Student Association’s office yesterday afternoon with inflammatory press releases announcing the appearance by ex-PLO terrorist-turned-Christian Walid Shoebat that evening. Here’s how it happened: the original of the flyer was found in Schapiro by an […]

Bwog doesn’t have the cash to “pimp your room,” and we certainly don’t want to raid it and then date you. So we bring you the semi-weekly Thursday feature, the “Cribs-esque” Room Hopping, continuing with… Bwog visitors to the John Jay single currently occupied by Sue C’10 counted thirteen handbags — ten in the shrine […]

Though clearly not all celebrities have the starpower of Scarlett or DMX, we still like to note when celebrities, especially cool ones, end up on campus. So, here’s Bwog contributor Brendan Ballou’s anecdote from yesterday: “David Byrne was just on campus!… He was wearing a black suit, white yellow shoes, and a tiny yellow backpack. Plus […]

Because images of windswept prairies and lonley gas-stations make for the best modern art, Bwog correspondent Maryam Parhizkar tells us what to expect from the Whitney exhibit Holiday in Reality-Edward Hopper. Last week, I headed to the Whitney for the Edward Hopper show. The exhibition, which takes up the entire fifth floor, is part of the […]

Bwog forgot about The Eye last week. But we suppose that other people didn’t…so the EyePoke returns! Cute profiles of random subway stops- with ratings! Something for the gay hipster in all of us Meet Barry Bergdoll, soon to be MoMA curator Something we’d prefer not to think about 

If you run to College Walk right now, you might still be able to get in on the Sugar Cube Sukkahs from Hillel. You can glue your own miniature sukkah together or just eat the sugar cubes. Or eat the glue with the sugar cubes, I suppose. That’s something to consider. Rabbi Yonah Blum commands […]