In today’s New York Times, everyone’s favorite Principles prof, Sunil Gulati, explains why you’re better off at Columbia than pursuing your dreams of soccer stardom. As if our Major League Soccer dreams needed any more dashing.

It’s Friday and the Bwog really needs a cold one. Or ten. We’ll start with Crackergate 2006. Tuesday a Bwog photographer posts the picture of “a hate care package” seen round the world. Thursday the same photographer tries to get in touch with Public Safety through the Bwog, eventually figuring out that’s what phones are […]

In which Blue and White film savant Iggy Cortez gives you another reason to love the French. This week’s selection is Read My Lips. If you, like many Columbia students, are waiting until the very last moment to fill out your tax returns, Jacques Audiard’s smart yet entertaining thriller-cum-noir, Read My Lips should provide both […]

Blue Java sells Mentos and Diet Coke- here’s something to make the floor waxers hate you.

Packed with more old women and men than actual Barnard students, the Women Poets at Barnard’s final Spring 2006 lecture was insightful. The Sulzberger Parlor served as the perfect space for the intimate and soft spoken reading of poetry accompanied by free samples of wine among other refreshments. The Women Poets at Barnard reading series […]

Spec gets in on Crackergate. iPods in the vending machines?…Wait, the Bwog scooped you two months ago! Spec asks, ‘Can Erotica Work Without Sharon Stone’s Vagina?’ Jacob McKean: Read this.

You knew something was missing in your life… oh, yeah. The social part. Well, the Bwog is here to cure what ails ya. Today you get FULL ACCESS to this eligible bachelor’s profile. If you have dreams of one day being the girl cropped out of the picture, shoot an email to bwgossip@columbia.edu with a […]

In which staffer Mark Krotov gives movie suggestions for those who fear to venture off the 1, 2, and 3 lines. Now with IMDB links! AMC Loews 84th Street 6 84th and Broadway Scary Movie 4 Just to clarify, the implication of the title is that it’s the fourth in a series scary movies, rather […]

Even if a tree can’t grow in Morningside Heights, no problem–you can always stick another in the sidewalk. Instant cherry-blossom charm! Note: First person to make a SHOCC joke about this post gets their IP address banned from the site. For reals, ya’ll.

Armchair investigators, there’s no reason you shouldn’t have all the evidence Public Safety does. Have at it!

Oh how quickly Columbia’s wheels of justice turn. A little less than 48 hours ago, I posted on the Bwog a pictures of a bizarre little homemade cracker packet I found. Then came the increasingly frantic emails from the Class Deans and Public Security to the Blue & White’s editor-in-chief, Avi. By last night, the […]

Jews have Matzo, Catholics have peeps. For those people unfamiliar with the blue-and-yellow sugar coated marshmalllow goodness, NPR offers a brief history. Here’s an excerpt: “Why Peeps for Easter? The tradition dates back further than company history — way back. Ancient pagans in Europe used eggs, chicks and rabbits as symbols of renewal in their […]

Bwog correspondent Adam Stern recently sat down in John Jay Dining Hall to speak with Brad Sullivan over a plate of eggs and hash-browns. Brad Who-ivan? Well, the answer to that question lies in another. It is a question that we have all asked ourselves at some point while sitting in the first-year dining hall: […]

If you were a refugee you’d be home by now. A woman president! Changes made to this year’s Bacchanal, Agave to eat own son. Is Jacob McKean dying?

After a week-long postponement and numerous technical difficulties, SGA Election Results are in! Total number of offices: 20 Total uncontested seats: 13 Races with no candidates: 1 Rugby player Eman Bataineh emerged victorious, beating out Cypriot Sophia Mouyis and bartender April Hovav, all juniors. Curiously, SCEG activist Brett Murphy–who had been running as a ticket […]