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So far, only a few advertisers have realized the power of Facebook to reach extremely specific demographics: today Maharishi University of Management joins their ranks. Organizers of their David Lynch Weekend seem to be banking on the hope that Columbia is the place to reach kids who are both indie film fans and potential cult […]

Posters for the Taiwanese Student Association’s spring general meeting (with seductively posed Asian women): Haiku – ‘The Freaky feeling’ She gives me a look Sweating, I walk towards her Damn yellow fever. The haiku is a traditional Japanese form of poetry, making the TSA’s statement either a capitulation to the imperialist force of Japanese culture, […]

Normally the Bwog isn’t one for TV watching, much preferring online trash talking, but we might make an exception tonight. At 8 and 11 the Discovery Channel (channel 28 on campus) is screening Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary Grizzly Man with repeats at the same times tomorrow. An impressive number of critics agree this is one […]

From Bored at Butler: So looking at a hot celebrity is emotional cheating? My gf and I love eachother, and the only emotions I feel when I look at an attractive girl are physical ones. The reason it’s not a problem is because we know that our relationship is so strong in every aspect, there […]

In the information age, Rome can be built in a day. Here are some highlights from our first week of existence: – Bored at Butler: enemy, or groupie? – The Definitive Guide to Butler Sex. Seriously. – Middle School Girls Experimenting. But not with each other. – Rent Fellini! For free! Or, get almost-free almost-porn! […]

In which we give you your morning news round-up, saving you time for Sudoku-solving. •Glass House rocked, food tables ravaged, lights eeried out, Student Council congratulates self. •$15 million to hire diverse professors but ‘not every diverse candidate to come through the Diversity office.’ Diverse! •Hey, Pa! Take the kids ’cause I’m movin’ to NEW […]

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Everything is Illuminated

Prior to tonight’s Glass House Rocks festivities, 64 people signed up for the Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament in the Satow room. 56 people actually showed up. None of them were women. We can only assume they were too busy taking part in the DDR tournament. – Lydia Depillis photo by Mark Krotov

Overheard in a Columbia finance class: Professor: So, some companies reduce their tax costs by shipping inventory around the country when auditors come to the warehouse. Idealistic Columbia Student: Wait, isn’t that illegal? Professor: Of course it’s illegal, but who cares? Ah, Columbia, preparing the next generation of white-collar inmates.

In which staffer Mark Krotov reveals his cinematic snobbery to the wider world (and gives you a list of what’s playing at select nearby theaters). AMC Loews 84th Street Six 84th and Broadway Annapolis Pay money to watch a commercial for the Navy, except this time it’s not in the trailers. With the guy that […]

He must’ve been talking shit about Interpol. – Adam K. Raymond, NYU ’07

Every night you spend drunk at the Abbey causes the same existential crisis: lazy as you are, you really do need to get out of Morningside Heights. Now the Blue and White offers you a no muss, no fuss approach. A four stop, weekly walking tour. Print, follow, see a little, and come back to […]