We asked and you answered. Below, read the list, compiled from all of your comments, of classes to take before you graduate. The classes are separated by department, then professor, with a separate section for Global Core. Bolded classes are being offered this semester. Go shop and get inspired! American Studies: Andrew Delbanco, Foundations of […]

Oh the weather outside is…miserable in every possible way. After Bwog fell face first in a puddle of slush, Bweatherman emeritus, Pat Blute, served us farm-fresh scrambled eggs and offered this comment: “Suck it Roker.” Grab your galoshes and stay dry, friends!

New semesters bring new absurdity. On the first day of class, those crazy geniuses who walk among us young folk spice up the classroom with their funny, strange and wise words. Share your professors’ most outrageous openers in the comments. ‘Tis a tradition! And keep sending the semester’s silliest to tips@bwog.com. Image via Wikimedia

David Hu reports straight from the court Today’s hearing was a “calendar call,” and not that much really happened. In a hearing that lasted about 30 minutes the students were all called forward but none of them spoke. The lawyers of each of the defendants conversed directly with the judge, but no new information was […]

The latest in New York City hawk drama: Lola, one member of the red-tail hawk power couple, has flown the coop. Meanwhile Pale Male is canoodling with a younger chick. We trust Hawkma’s soaring above all the scandal. (NYPost) Whoah! We beat Cornell?! Major Kudos to men’s B-ball. (Spec) Apparently we’re “academically adrift.” In a new study, […]

The five students arrested in December for drug-related charges will be represented by high-profile criminal defense attorneys, who have previously represented the likes of the Wu-Tang Clan and Temeka Lewis, one of the defendants from the escort service patronized by former governor Eliot Spitzer, DNAinfo is reporting this morning. Jose Stephan Perez will be represented […]

Chris Coles (CC ’12), Harrison David (SEAS ’12), Adam Klein (CC ’12), Joseph Stephen Perez (aka Stephan Vincenzo, CC ’12), and Michael Wymbs (SEAS ’11), who were arrested in Operation Ivy League, will appear in a hearing tomorrow at the Criminal Term of the Supreme Civil Court on 111 Centre St., beginning at 9:45 a.m. […]

In our last hometown tale from the March ’09 issue of the Blue and White, Katie Reedy defends her beloved Buffalo. And for those who’ve already moved back to school, we recommend this essay/love letter—perhaps the ultimate hometown piece. Friends, you’re living in the best city in the world. If you’ve ever talked to a […]

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Tomorrow begins a new semester, but you still have all of last semester’s books lying around and none for the Spring. Have no fear! In this “Information Age” we live in, there is a smörgåsbord of methods for dumping old books and purchasing new ones, and we’ve compiled a list of them for you. Online: […]

At last night’s Golden Globes, the rich and famous came together to celebrate themselves, while us normal people gawked and asked “who they wore?” Gervais hurt some feelings, Helena Bonham Carter wore two different shoes, and The Social Network took home 4 pretty trinkets. (We love you, Aaron Sorkin!) This week in brouhahas, Amy Chua’s […]

In this next installment of tales from homeville, hear from Daily Editor Liz Jacob on the much-maligned Long Island, and read a submission from New Mexico-native Simon Rimmele. Other reader dispatches are more than welcome. Send your photos and anecdotes to tips@bwog.com. Roslyn Heights, NY I live on Long Island. Specifically, I live in a small […]

Hidden behind this mass of hustlin’ and bustlin’ New Yorkers on 112th and Broadway is a man giving away free flavored beverages. Points to whoever can guess what they are!

A Bwogger discovered this mysterious note, reading “Anton Ivanovich Denkin. Move white army troops in strategic position around St. Petersberg (alla Petrograd). Granted.” Long-distance risk? Not exactly, Model UN is in full force this weeked. Overachieving high schoolers swarm campus! Bwogger and CMUNCE member Conor Skelding tells us committee notes aren’t always so PC. He […]

Help yourself to some more newsy musings from Bwog’s cluttered Columbia Bureau desk. We proclaim this edition loosely linked by the theme of exploring. Baxter Wood “drives around in a big truck,” listens to free university lecture podcasts and blogs about his “reeducation.” It’s learning for the sake of it! Recently Wood reviewed a lecture […]