Lerner 569. Pizza. Soda. Free. And CCSC debates. Going on now.

Looks like Dean Quigley’s 10th Anniversary Dance Party, scheduled for 9pm this Wednesday, is going to have a change of venue. Quigo’s club of choice, the Avalon, has been shut down as part of a city-wide bust for narcotics. Ecstasy, to be specific. From the beginning we thought there was something a little fishy about […]

Overheard in Carman elevator: Freshman #1: What’s that music outside? Freshman #2: It’s the Armenian Pride Festival. Freshman #1: What’s Armenian? Clearly, we are in dire need of another World Leaders Forum.

The ever-so-helpful Columbia homepage has a story about Natalie Portman’s legendary visit to Stuart Gottlieb’s Terrorism & Counterterrorism class. Most important, however, is a link to the video footage! See Natalie on Van Am Quad! See Gottlieb looking hot! See yourself, unshaven and weary-eyed, totally unprepared for contact with Hollywood royalty! Also, there’s a full […]

Is SIPA plaza currently hosting weird, inexplicable initiation procedures, or a King’s Crown rehearsal? You be the judge. More photos after the jump.

Wow. Apparently last weekend’s brawl was the last straw. Spec reports that the West End is being shuttered and will be converted to Havana Central, a chain of Cuban restaurants with locations in Times Square and Union Square. While this may be the biggest thing to happen to local dining since, um, Sushi Tokyo Pop, […]

Nothing excites Bwog more (especially after a long Saturday night) than the mention of a new Japanese fusion restaurant. Located at 104th and Broadway (right near Supercuts!), Sushi Tokyo Pop seems committed to curbing gastronomic orientalism with odd items such as a “suprisingly successful” smoked eel and mozzarella roll. In any case, since it’s Sunday, […]

Wherein Andrea Gallardo observes a panel discussing “Beauty and Morals.” Plus, a Q&A session that turned adults into grade-grubbing Columbia students. “Sometimes we want to live the beauty we’ve been talking about,” said Marie Ponsot. “It is the tragic destiny of human beings not to understand and to be misunderstood.” What else could one say […]

Finally, the end to your late-night grocery expense-related insomia. Fairway wins. For everything. Too bad it’s that awkward 10+ blocks away. The 125th St. (and 12th Ave.) Fairway isn’t just the supermarket of choice for West Siders but for New Yorkers all over. The produce section alone takes up the same space as Morton Williams. […]

Street evangelist to pair of hipster guys walking along 125th street: “Hello, you need God today now? Or you need girl? God made the girl!”

Doodles found in a notebook in the Hartley computer lab: [context: drawing of a pirate holding bottle of ‘grog’ in its hook. Two colors of pen that I believe represent two authors. Distinction in italics] DONATE!!! What if the same guy buys you at auction again?! Noooooo So far we only have $11 of steph. […]

In which film savant Iggy Cortez gives you something to watch this weekend when you ask the cute girl from CC to your room to “watch a movie.” What Time is it There? is Tsai-Ming Liang’s powerful exploration of loneliness and loss, themes he has explored previously in such modern classics as the bleak The […]

Res Life has declared today RA Appreciation Day! Remember that time your RA stopped your roommate from urinating all over your chest while you were passed out in the hallway? Well, you might not remember, but it happened. So, you better give your RA a hug! …or a Complete New Yorker book and DVD set!

In which staffer Mark Krotov gives movie suggestions for those who fear to venture off the 1, 2, and 3 lines. AMC Loews 84th Street 6 84th and Broadway ATL A movie about my hometown featuring Big Boi and T.I. Being from Atlanta just got a little cooler, although, unfortunately, I can’t relate to the […]

The Housing Lottery already has a mystical quality to it. But when you’re number comes up as 666 or 1984, you really start wondering. In our ongoing series about crazy ass lottery numbers, the Bwog’s Julia Butareva interviews Samit Sarkar, C SEAS ’08, who got lucky lottery number 1984. Bwog: Do you think you’re being […]