Meet Kyle Smith, your new head coach for the men’s basketball team. (Spec) Meet Nick Tsoulos, who will soon be opening Mel’s Burger Bar in mid-June or early July. (nycfoodguy.com) Meeting new people is better with social networks… or not. (Gothamist) Midtown meets London, as the NYPD plans on installing a new security network. (NYT) […]

Tomorrow is the last day of class and therefore probably the first day on which you’ll actually be paying attention in class, and Bwog would, again, be most appreciative if you could keep your ears peeled for anything funny, sappy, or just plain bizarre that comes out of your professors’ mouths. You can send in […]

"It just seems kind of arbitrary the way everything has happened."

Due to popular demand for more badgering of Columbia employees and local businesses, your dedicated correspondent Sarah Camiscoli finagled her way through the breakfast line to ask Eduardo, the soft-spoken and loyal Nussbaum & Wu employee of nine years, what he has to say about the Columbia clientele. What is the general consensus here about […]

Studying makes you tired—and hungry! Come to the Lerner Piano Lounge from 5 to 7 and distract yourself from scary thoughts of impending finals by gazing at/consuming an array of tasty treats. (Bwog study hint: opt for chocolate ice cream with your nutella and coffee for a huge caffeine spike later.) Update, 5:45: Approximately 1 […]

The winding path to “real hope for a stable, peaceful Somalia.” Government-spearheaded womens’ leadership initiatives in theory vs. practice. Elections, the EU, and the English economy in post-Blair Britain. How the modern family fits into modern television. Racy political fan fiction.

Our esteemed Editor-in-Chief of The Blue & White tells us that the sprinklers are spouting water on River 2 and the rooms on the first floor are threatened by the amount of water building up. Residents coming out of the building say they smell gas but no one has been able to confirm the source […]

These Columbians took a break from some exhausting city biking to grab a bite to eat at John Jay. Photo by DH

It’s a perfect day for a springtime picnic! For some slices from Famiglia, sandwiches and wraps from Westside, iced tea, lemonade, and other miscellaneous yummy snacks, all on CC 2011’s dime, head over to the Wien Courtyard from noon to 3. Rumor has it that there will also be outdoor games. (Relay races? Water balloon […]

Dozens of glass displays have been vandalized at New York’s most famous arts high school. (NY Post) Hundreds of theatergoers, shoppers, and tourists were forced to evacuate Times Square last night after police discovered an “improvised” car bomb. (NYT) Thousands of desperate New Yorkers lined up for a shot at a hotel job Saturday. (Gothamist) […]

This horrific coffee spill also caused the frying of at least one Macbook. Seriously. Photo by BPD

Between 1980 and now, the percentage of all university classes taught by tenured professors has dropped from 75 percent to less than 25 percent.

In one of the most pitch-perfect moments of last night’s Varsity Show, John Goodwin, playing a young CC professor who insists that students call him by his first name and holds his office hours at 1020, declared that “CC is not about reading the great philosophers. It’s about students with different viewpoints coming together to […]

An International Food Festival shall take place in Furnald Plaza from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. featuring Mexican, Afghan, Italian, French, and Jordanian food.  All food will be cooked by students who have resided in said lands. Enjoy! Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Postcrypt Artsfest 2010 begins now in the Van Am Quad and ends with an open mic at 11 p.m. Live music will be performed all day. Stop by for free FeelGood grilled cheeses and an art sale! Rumor has it that there is also a catharsis tent.  Come support Columbia’s undergraduate artists!