After an attempted robbery at Banco Popular on 111th and Broadway this afternoon, much of the block as been blocked off. We’ll update you as we get more information.

Though Postcrypt opens its first show of the semester this weekend, the coffeehouse continues to struggle to stay up and running in the face an endless stream of administrative hurdles. After meeting with Columbia administrators on Tuesday, Postcrypt members inform us that they will not be serving alcohol this or next weekend, since they failed […]

Warm yourselves on your way to class! Campus Media Watch is serving free hot chocolate and coffee on College Walk.

Though it may have looked like a blizzard this morning, Manhattan expects more rain than snow. (The Weather Channel) It’s cold on Wall Street too. Angry brokers and traders rally for their rights. (Gothamist) Our second favorite alum takes stock of a hard year and tries to stay positive. (NY Times) Ke$ha could have been in […]

The World Traveler Internship (http://www.worldtravelerinternship.com) is back for 2010 and applications are now open. Two Interns will travel the world for three months taking photographs, videos, blogging, and tweeting to share their experience with their followers.  This is the fourth year of the Internship and we’ve got mtvU on board this year and the UK division of STA Travel […]

The men of Delta Sig are hosting Columbia University Dance Marathon’s Annual Date Auction. The proceeds of this great event benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation directly. Bwog wishes you happy bidding! The event will be held in Roone Auditorium from 8 to 11.

The Undergraduate Mathematics Society hosts their first talk of the semester this evening. Alex Blumenthal will be speaking about the applications of ergodic theory to additive number theory, plus some cool stuff about primes. Bwog also notes that there will be FREE FOOD from 7  in 508 Math before the talk at 7:30. Full event […]

Bwog’s chief Lecture-Hopper and free speech enthusiast Mark Hay reports from last night’s panel discussion moderated by David Remnick, (editor of the New Yorker), with Bernard–Henri Levy (philosopher and author), and Peter Awn (Professor of Islamic Religion and Comparative Religion, Director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia), Kent Greenawalt (Professor of Law, Columbia), Philippe Schmidt […]

Bwog is pleased to take its first PubCrawl, courtesy of Publius, Columbia’s new undergraduate journal of politics. The journal will be released biannually, so we’ll try to pace ourselves. Gay rights in Spain Can America be powerful and peaceful? Unconventional warfare Bush v. North Korea and Gore Accidental Guerilla Syndrome

During Bwog’s Wednesday morning constitutional, we were delighted to note that at least one-half of Taqueria is open and ready for business. The new-ish dining room is open, the fridge fully stocked with Modelos and Jarritos, and take-out orders are made in the back. The nice lady who handed us our chicken taco informed us […]

Plumbing and Aquatics Correspondent Joy Jorgensen sends along this picture from the EC courtyard. There’s a big leak in front of one of the townhouses that is flooding the courtyard. If you’re braving the waters, update us in the comments. Stay dry, party people.

Mochas at MacDonalds (Recession Diary) Marijuana (NYT) Mutations (Flickr) Michelle Obama (Gothamist) Mars! (Wired)

Five-plus police cars just finished a short but sweet meeting (team-building exercise? prank? traffic stop?) on Broadway at 113th street, and then left nearly as quickly as they arrived.  Theories abound.

Ding Dong Lounge, the dive bar on Columbus, appears to have ceased operations sometime during winter break.  Worried friends and loved ones had mentioned in passing that the bar seemed to have new, reduced hours, but an endlessly ringing phone and those shuttered doors suggest a far grimmer fate.  We salute you, Ding Dong: you […]

A new semester, new parties, new ideas, and even a new building – here’s what’s going on in student government: CCSC: Casino Night (this Thursday from 8-12) will include several big prizes, including a PlayStation 3 and an Asus notebook. More importantly, ticket prices have been cut in half to $5, and there will be […]