ABC elects new reps. Congratulations to the new board! The geopolitics of Morningside media: the new news guy threatens to take over 116th. Stand strong, Rose! (Spec) A teacher and student get into a fist fight…um, accidentally? (Gothamist) Columbia announces a new filmmaker award. (Futon Critic) Oh Housing, you tease! 60 sophomores are still waiting for […]

Yes, it’s getting to be that time of year again. As classes wrap up, your professors will undoubtedly have interesting things–or maybe just things–to say. As per usual, we want to hear about it.  Send anything particularly funny/shocking/melodramatic/actually dramatic/inspiring/etc. to tips@bwog.net, or just leave ’em in the comments. Photo via Wikipedia

…because it seems like EVERY SINGLE CU STUDENT IS. Enjoy that barbecue, whether you get it now or at midnight! Photo by AB

It may not be summer yet—finals and the weather are conspiring against us, it seems—but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a veritable summer’s day of free food this afternoon and evening. At 5:00pm, the annual CU Carnaval barbecue takes over South Lawn. Expect free eats and lots of samba–Facebook event here. And what’s a […]

Hoot Magazine, Columbia’s newest—and only?—fashion publication, has readied their premiere issue for publication: it’s online now, and will hit newstands in full glossy glory shortly. As with other campus publications, we’re here to reduce it to a few sentences. This is Two-Minute Hoot. A look at unorthodox Orthodox fashion. A glance at stylish English professor Sarah […]

Maoz is officially open. Having attracted a flurry of media attention, Bwog joined the ranks of the falafel fiends whose steady flow kept the joint buzzing during lunch hour its first day in the new 111th St location. The premise is simple: choose a form of falafel, either in a pita (whole wheat or white), […]

Tipster Simon Jerome snapped a photo of this, um, compromising sign next to the pastries in Morton Williams: We’ll stick with the tissue paper, then.

Floridita closed–forcibly, and by Columbia–for “repairs.” You got some ‘splainin to do, PrezBo! (Spec) If it’s any consolation, Maoz opens today, and we’ll have a taste test up later in the day. Falafel, anyone? (Spec) A trip into the Village Voice archives takes us back to wild-riotin’ CU. Dated references abound: “Jimi Hendrix blared from […]

UPDATE: More fun foods, like the Turkey Shollen Burger! And a big sign for the Varsity Show! But that never keeps Dining Services from trying to make their food seem more palatable.  Tonight’s theme is, uh, “Columbia”? Photos by Anonymous Tipster, DBH, & CCS

Ben&Jerry’s is available for gratuitous consumption this evening courtesy of CCSC tonight at 8pm at the Lerner Piano Lounge. Get an extra scoop if you show up in PJs! Donations will also be collected for Save the Children. There will also be free food at Quarto Literary Magazine’s launch party and reading at 8:30pm in […]

Time is running out! While Senior Wisdom is imminent, we thought we’d also give out some advice as well as receive it. Bwog presents hyperlinks and highly recommends getting these under your belt before you leave. Who ever heard of a War on Fun? Visit every roof Explore the tunnels Take the public safety shuttle […]

William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology Sudhir Venkatesh (yes, the one who pretended to be a Gang Leader for a Day) organized a group of young idealists, called them the Urban Research Workshop, set them loose in cities like Mexico City, Paris, and Chicago to research public housing, and wound up with this — an event […]

As of yesterday, tipster Masud Mahdi informs us that Columbia now is now featured in the integrated Google Earth and Google Maps. Cool!

Happy Barnard Spirit Day! Highlights include an I <3 BC t-shirt sale ($8 each), a barbecue, cotton candy, and a Biggest Barnard Fan trivia contest for non-Barnardians. Beacon of Campus Spirit Hannah Goldstein reports tons of people are out and about, enjoying the festivities despite bouts of rain. Don’t spend all your spirited energies at […]

The semester’s latest edition of the Fed is now online. Bwog presents a survey of the topical headlines. On the military, “Congress has agreed to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the military in exchange for a similar policy in the following areas of civilian life…” On Columbia’s underground social scene, “We present some of […]