The Heyman Center for the Humanities, a.k.a. the academic building oddly juxtaposed with the hedonistic wasteland of East Campus, hosts a great series of lectures throughout the year on subjects from a broad array of humanities fields. So whether you’re into Reconstruction or reification, you just might find something that suits your fancy. The Center’s schedule of […]

Alma Mater was spotted protesting Facilities’ proclamation of winter’s arrival last night.

The Street Sweets truck is on 115th and Broadway, outside the Lerner gates (for the second Tuesday in a row!). Om nom!

Here are our final contestants! We’ll be choosing a winner in the next day or two; help us out (without being a dick!) in the comments.

It hasn’t always been easy for Pinnacle. Today, Pinnacle’s legacy begins a new chapter: not really being Pinnacle. Shane Ferro checked in with some Pinnacle employees who told him that construction is starting this week and will take place this week and continue over winter break. The Space Formerly Known As Pinnacle is now under […]

45 degrees out, no signs of heat in most dorms, and the Christmas lights are going up.

Jason Bell reviews Buca, a new Italian restaurant on 103rd and Broadway. In Sebastiano Cappitta’s growing empire of Italian restaurants, Buca (201 West 103rd St.) colonizes an Amsterdam Avenue corner just beyond easy reach of Columbia students. Cappitta opened the excellent Bettolona (3143 Broadway) barely a month ago, serving brick oven pizza and house made […]

Send us a picture of your Halloween costume by midnight-ish tonight for free beer and candy. Send to tips@bwog.com!

In the past week significant steps have been taken to follow the example of MoWi in festive Halloween decorations, to varying degrees of success… The River Lobby: sheer disingenuous-ness. There is NO CANDY! Brownies: basements are spooky! A tree on 115th: subtle. Bagels at Nussbaum: hmm… Duane Reade: just in case you forgot that the […]

It’s Halloween! Celebrate by learning this week’s weather forecast with Pat and Zak. Thanks to Pauline Baudon for filming.

Halloween is certainly not a day to give thanks. And it certainly isn’t a day to honor or remember historical figures or noble members of society. But it is a bit more than a night of debauchery and terror tacked onto the end of October. Bwog’s Pagan Affairs Bureau Chief Brian Wagner explains. The name […]

At around 10:50 AM this morning, cars collided at 113th and Broadway. A white compact, two cabs and a truck unloading were involved. The white compact driver admitted to running the light and causing the accident. He is sad. One cab is absolutely totaled. Thankfully, the policewoman on site ascertained that nobody needed an ambulance […]

Behold…the PrezBo stencil! Print out the stencil, tape it to a (real) pumpkin, and trace the face onto the pumpkin surface by perforating the black shapes’ edges with a carving knife. Then, remove the paper and carve out the traced areas.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Well, sort of. Hannah Goldstein, Bwog’s New York-Enthusiast-in-Residence, tells you why you should make the un-lame choice and stick around. Fact: New York is the center of the universe. Fact: Halloween is the center of the New York social calendar. Halloween in New York means four days […]

A TI-84 Silver Plus was lost yesterday either in Ferris Booth, somewhere in Lerner, or Hewitt. There is a name in white-out on the back, Nicole Lopez , and it’s engraved with the same.  On the inside of the cover is a bunch of ridiculous writing. If it’s found, if someone could call at 3219455464, […]