USA Today has chosen their 2006 All-USA High School Academic First Team, a ponderous name for 20 kids who have WAY too many activities in their young lives, including–we kid you not–inventing a patent-pending wearable breast exam training apparatus using diaper gel, cashews and a bikini. Math problem: Yale got 27% of those who didn’t […]

Admit it, you’re glad you didn’t have to sit out in the rain for the class days and Commencement, but you kind of want to know if anything interesting happened during the graduation festivities. As usual, Bwog’s got you covered. Precipitation: It rained, dulling the much-ballyhooed McCain protest (sez the NY Times), and giving rise […]

Free dorm fridge (not a cube but the bigger one) spotted on the fourth floor landing of Nussbaum. Be a dear and email bwgossip if it gets picked up.

The Spectator reports that a body believed to be that of Richard Ng, the SEAS senior who went missing last Sunday, was found Tuesday afternoon in the East River near South St. and Fulton. The NYPD is investigating. Update 11:11 p.m.: More info available from Newsday. Update May 17, 11:30 a.m.: Gothamist has posted a […]

A loyal (indeed, very loyal) Bwog reader reports: “Shortly after the SEAS class day festivities finished (e.g. now), the sound system is playing the Mos Eisley Cantina song from Star Wars.” Bwog has heard many graduating students proclaiming that they have waited a long time for this. We bet they have.

Promoters for Mad Money, Jim Cramer’s CNBC money talk show, are giving away squishy little baby-blue bulls by the Broadway gates. Now you can squeeze your own little stress bull while watching your cell phone’s stock ticker. Also, Bwog thinks they go perfectly with a Columbia graduation gown…

Commencement is being webcast (rather well) by the school here.

This is the ninth post in the senior wisdom series. Read the rest here. Bethany Milton, C ’06 Claim to Fame: Bwog Co-Editor. Post-grad plans: European Politics and Society Program Assistant, Danish International Study Program, Copenhagen, Denmark. (It’s the secret English-language study abroad program everyone loves.) Preferred swim test stroke? The “Oh-let-me-just-make-sure-my-bikini- top-is-going-to-stay-on-before-I-jump- in-OH-MY-GOD-I- JUST-UNHOOKED-MY-BIKINI- […]

Class day has transformed the South Lawn into some kind of mass graduation arena! Just in case you’re not in Morningside Heights this week, see what your campus has become…     Bring an umbrella and look for wet powder-blue robes. Forecast calls for intermittent showers tomorrow.         And even if it […]

This is the eighth post in the senior wisdom series. Read the rest here. Jen Schnidman, C ‘06 Claims to fame: Senior Week Grand Dame, University Senator. Preferred swim test stroke? Shh. I never officially took the swim test. Hey, does Ken Torrey read the Bwog? What are three things you learned at Columbia? 1. […]

Details are in on the CC Class Day McCain protest and things are looking peachy. Well, orangey? An email from protest organizers says “orange at Class Day signif[ies] our opposition to McCain’s policies and support for equality, women’s rights, and peace, among other values.” Official protests run from wearing orange buttons to “an orange demonstration,” […]

Starring: Max Minghella (previous credits: Syriana, Bee Season, Art School Confidential) Also featuring: Joey Alvarado, Liz Strauss Location: Cafe Swish, Kim’s, JJ’s Place Plot Summary: New York Times decides to profile progeny of esteemed director Anthony Minghella, cute freshman friends provide sense of natural environment. Rising actor eschews usual activities of the young and famous […]

This is the sixth post in the senior wisdom series. Read the rest here. Andrew Stinger, CC’06. Claim to fame: Mr. CU Relief. Post-grad plans: Still waiting to hear about a spot in the Associates Program at Random House. Other possible back-up plans include marketing with Starwood Hotels, a position buying air time for an […]

The folks at Northeastern University have blown a fuse somewhere. When students from their incoming class attempt to sign up for a University-provided email account during Orientation, they will have to complete a “Facebook.com Tutorial.” A Powerpoint presentation cooked up by the admins sez: “The facebook provides excellent opportunities for students to connect with their peers […]

The New York Daily News is reporting that missing senior Richard Ng looked up directions to the Brooklyn Bridge before leaving EC Sunday night, leading investigators to look at his disappearance as part of a suicide attempt. A commenter on the Bwog’s original post also mentioned a similar scenario. All of us at the Blue […]