Guys, you’ll never believe this: Mark Hay was there! Just past the doors of Roone Arledge Auditorium last night, a chubby and balding older man spasmodically twirled about to the sharp rap of a dhol over a loud speaker. As he twisted about in what could have been a reenactment of Monty Python’s Ministry of […]

Things spotted by Bwog this week that were less dull, and more sparkly, in all sorts of ways: The bookstore is now totally stocked for holiday shopping…but more importantly there are hats with rhinestones! Thank god for Collegiate Fashionista! Holiday lights at Westside New light outside Greenborough New signs at Ferris Booth proclaim the glory […]

The ever-subtle Huffington Post believes SIPA’s WikiLeaks drama (beat you by a day, HuffPo!) worthy of the following massive headline: That Photoshopping! Brutal!

Photo by DH

The November issue of The Blue and White will be on campus shortly.  Bwog has posted highlights from the issue over the last few weeks–take a look! “You could die,” reads the slogan of the Broadway Bomb, an unsanctioned longboard race down the legendary avenue. The disclaimer is no exaggeration; more than 500 boarders barreled […]

Photo by MT

The New York Times talks about education with professional dancers in GS. But we all love to see people chain smoking anxiously outside of Mathematics… (Spec) Elaine Kaufman, owner of the famous restaurant Elaine’s, dies at 81. (NYT) He’s got 99 problems, of which one is definitely not a birthday. Happy birthday from all of us on […]

The latest issue of The Blue and White hits campus very soon.  You can read the entire magazine on Bwog until then. In this installment of End of the Line, Claire Sabel visits the Bronx riviera. The 6 train emerges from beneath East 139th street, rising in languid arcs above the Bronx. It crosses over […]

LateNite Theatre presented the first showing of its fall anthology last night. Bwog’s own Peter Sterne reports. Last night, LateNite presented a series of six short plays written, directed by, and starring members of the Columbia community, as they have for the past 15 years. All of them were quite funny, though they varied in […]

Break out of your pre-finals slump and head over to Hewitt Dining Hall for WBAR’s Winter Formal for free unidentified giveaways, in addition to the free music and fun. Featured artists include Amen Dunes, Sweet Bulbs, Sleepies, Mr. Dream, and Midnight Magic. The Facebook event promises lots of dancing, so for all those tired of […]

Cooking with Bwog’s Matt Powell is back to warm your hearts with some sinfully delicious recipes for hot chocolate. We promise they’re way better than the usual Swiss Miss. New York weather continues to confuddle me, but I do know one thing: the perfect cure for the cold weather blues is a nice cup of […]

Students eyeing federal government positions, beware. The U.S. State Department has barred its staffers from reading classified documents released via WikiLeaks. A SIPA alumnus working in the State Department saw fit to email SIPA’s Office of Career Services to warn students against linking to any leaked documents on social media sites as well, as it could […]

Found in the African Studies Reading Room on Butler 6. Looks like the War on Fun is still alive and well…

Goodbye lawns, we barely knew ye. See you in the spring! They’re baaaack!

Bwog found Mickey Avalon’s backstage spread rather ordinary – fruit, iced water, some Red Bull. When Zoe Camp and Peter Krawczyk showed up to interview him before last night’s show, they couldn’t detect slightest sign of illicit behavior – for all we know, it could have been Al Gore’s green room. But then out walked […]