With winter comes the meat of the basketball schedule; both the men’s and women’s teams are working themselves into shape through non-league contests.  The men scored a tough 75-70 victory over Lehigh Thursday, with senior Patrick Foley and junior Brian Grimes pacing the team with 21 points each.  Having stretched their lead to seven points […]

The Post will not stand idly by while we crazy college kids “live in sin!” (NYPost) But at least your gender-neutral room is bigger than this apartment. (NYPost) Harry Potter dominates college tour rhetoric, frustrates really serious about college–you know, like, academically–high schoolers. (NYTimes) Really new media takes the lead on Tiger Woods: video game […]

…but the fire is so delightful. Congratulations to Brian Bené and Mark Stothers for tipping us off about the first flakes of the season. Sure, it’s mostly just rain, but as you settle down for a long winter’s nap in your Butler carrel, let these few flurries remind you that the end is in sight! […]

People are poor, nonprofits are in crisis. Project(RED) is paternalistic; Bono maintains that “Africa is sexy.” Global warming is a real problem. Cuba’s Castros are no match for teh Internets! But nostalgia utopian ex-commune Vermont farms are still nice.

Death (or rather, injury) from above in Central Park. (NYT) Cornell prof sues Wesleyan University for accidentally tainting his image. (AP) No need to stroke your ego, Hermione (and this article) will stroke it for you! (Times) What not to do on your junior year abroad. (Daily Intel) Eminent Domain’s most outspoken critic “wouldn’t call […]

Good evening you lucky, lucky Columbians–tonight you’ve got not one, but two opportunities to get happy on free food.  Here’s the scoop: 1) Need a little wisdom? The Emerging Leaders Program will be hosting the advICE CREAM SPEED MEETING tonight from 5:30-6:30 in Lerner Party Space. Basically, you speed-date for wisdom nuggets while chowing down on […]

Othello is not by any means an easy play to perform. The lines are long, the characters change dramatically over the course of the play, and the bloodiness is abundant. King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s attempt at it was therefore definitely something to rave about, especially considering the tightness of the group’s budget.  The audience laughed, […]

Tipster Lauren Weiss informs us that there’s an odd odor permeating room 303a in Butler’s Milstein Reading Room.  That smaller room has been vacated but the main room is full of people, who seemed unperturbed when Bwog went to investigate. Public Safety assured Bwog that there is no gas leak.  Two NYPD officers and Butler […]

As the last autumn of the decade comes to a close, celebrate the season’s bounty with the November issue of The Fed.  It’ll be nice and alternative. The MLB is all kinds of wacky! What do Socrates, St. Augustine, and Sigmund Freud have in common?  They’re all featured prominently in the CC curriculum. Writing a […]

Bwog Oldie Justin Vlasits endured enormous lines winding throughout IAB in order to bring you this report on Linguist/Political Activist Noam Chomsky’s speech last night. In today’s intellectual climate, with its emphasis on tight specialization, it is uncommon to see someone excel in more than one field.  Noam Chomsky is a member of this rare […]

Underperforming public schools—Bloomberg’s on the case. Natural History Museums that don’t grant PhDs in comparative biology—but Manhattan doesn’t have one of those anymore. Anything involving the New Jersey Nets—literally, anything. Being Hofstra and having a football team… wait, really? Drinking your alcohol. UPDATE: A commenter has notified us of a Columbia-related news item – James […]

North Tower, 17th Floor of Barnard Quad Industries include: finance, consulting, non-profit, publishing, and marketing/advertising/PR. Freshmen, sophomores, & juniors! If you are interested in acquiring an internship or full-time position in any of these industries, this is a MUST attend event for you.  Not too long ago, these seniors were in your shoes and they […]

To complete the “Campus Tobacco Student Poll,” which went out to pre-selected students’ inboxes earlier this evening. An informal and shockingly unscientific poll of Blue and White/Bwog staffers leads us to guesstimate that if you didn’t get an invite, you probably know several people who did (unless you really don’t get out that much). The […]

Generative grammar devotees, be warned! The 5th Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture, featuring Noam Chomsky, is packed to the brim in IAB’s Altschul Auditorium. Bwog’s Webmaster and Official Chomskyan Political Correspondent Hans Hyttinen reports that, as of 6:30 PM, students are being asked to leave IAB and no one else is being allowed in. Hyttinen […]

Fire alarm in Harmony. Stop Drop And Roll Expert Sean Zimmerman sends this photo of the fire trucks outside.