Teenage prostitutes. (CNN) The blobfish. (Daily Mail) New York accents. (Gothamist) New York mafia clubs. (NY Daily News) Male college students. (NYT)

If you’re up for a few more hours, look outside.  Our SEAS mole Sean Zimmermann informs us that the space shuttle that launches (hopefully) tonight will be visible in the southeast around 4:39 AM. That is, if it’s not still cloudy.

Bwog’s Dane Cook reports slightly deafened yet enlightened from Miller Theater. A tidal wave of sound hit Miller Theater last night during Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music—an orchestral rendition of Reed’s 1975 avant-garde album of the same name. The original album consists entirely of electric guitar feedback played at varying speeds, and the purpose of […]

This past Tuesday, amid a captive audience of caffeinated law students and pedantic professors, Dr. Klaus Muehlhahn, discussed the history of Chinese national security policy.  Bwog’s Human Firewall Jenna Matecki brings us word from “Intelligence Wars: Security, Sovereignty, and Information in China, Ca. 1940.” Despite a thirty-minute kick-off of academic formalities and introductions, the audience […]

Overhead before Microeconomics, about the Culinary Institute of America: “I’d totally go there if I didn’t have any academic ambition.” Overheard shortly after, during Scientific Computation: “I know some of you want to become chefs. You should join the CIA… the Culinary Institute of America.” —Professor Traub

Modesty (Gothamist) Optimism (NYT) Gratitude (Post) Generosity (Spec)

Wallach floods again! Here’s a view from the stairwell, which looks sort of like all the worst horror movies ever morphed into one. Help!

The Travel section in Today’s Times features a “local stop” in Morningside Heights purporting to give an itinerary that mirrors the weekend afternoons of real Columbia students. The only problem? When was the last time any student you know went to, for example, A Cafe or the Ding Dong Lounge? Another dubious sign: the article […]

Bwog tipsters noted the juxtaposition of Marine recruiters and medical marijuana advocates on the ramps yesterday:

Bwog’s Color Wheel Checker Rebecca Newman reports from Glass House Rocks, Columbia’s closest approximation of a middle school dance. Lerner Hall was turned into a veritable jukebox last night in tune with this year’s theme for the annual Glass House Rocks party, Glass House Rocks and Rolls.  If you didn’t already know the theme, the […]

If you wandered past Barnard’s new Events Oval last night, the first thing you might have noticed at the Meal Plan Forum, even before the presence of the forty or so mostly angry attendees, would have been the two tables of catered food. Ironic, yes, but it did placate the hordes of meal plan-protesters, at […]

On Monday evening, Bwog’s Claire Sabel joined Columbia International Relations Council and Association (CIRCA) to hear journalist, author, photographer and most recent addition to J-School faculty Professor Howard French talk about his life and work. French has had a fascinating career in journalism, spent predominantly working for the perennial Columbia favorite, the New York Times. […]

It’s finally time to buy an apartment in Manhattan! (NY Mag) MTV is letting people like you choose where to send season 2 of Jersey Shore. Giants Stadium is being demolished. (Daily News) Strippers (including an NYU student) pick the Saints to win the Super Bowl. (Post)

The NYPD tells us that at some point after 8 AM tomorrow, our fair city will be visited by something called an EA6B Prowler.  The reason for flyby is not really clear, so even though you New Yorkers are notoriously jumpy, it seems safe to assume we are not under attack. So if you see […]