Westboro Baptist Church members, purveyors of, well, controversial ideas, were protesting at the Jewish Theological Seminary at 122nd Street today. Their chants were protested by members of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, silently holding signs. The whole awkward affair was watched over by several police officers, who kindly told Bwog to “move along” before they pounced […]

While retrieving packages from Carman and carrying a large sign disassociating himself from that vomit-strewn hell hole, one Bwogger came across the following sign on the stairwell door to the Mezzanine: “NOT the Mail floor.  To collect your packages, go to the male floor up the next flight of stairs.  Much obliged.” (emphasis added) What […]

Bwog contributor Peter Krawczyk rappelled into Low yesterday to hear the former UN secretary-general sponsor an awkward video. If celebrity-drenched collaboration/mega-remix music videos didn’t die in the 1990’s, then Sacha Baron Cohen finally killed them with the nauseating end of Bruno. Apparently, PrezBo’s favorite Columbia Global Fellow (and two-term UN Secretary-General) Kofi Annan missed that […]

Crabby New Yorkers prefer flight delays. (City Room) Crabby insects chomp on college students. (WCBS) Crabby vendors must turn your stomach. (NY1) Crabby stuffed creatures flee Fifth Avenue. (City Room) Crabby citizens save more money. (Crain’s) Photo via Flickr

The baby blue of Columbia versus the flamboyant purple of NYU. Or, if you’re NBC New York, the forest green of Columbia vs. the baby blue of NYU.  Color issues aside, the station is hosting a collegiate version of its “Golden Local” series. The results of the poll decide which school will theoretically receive the […]

Tonight  at 6pm the Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts its fall Open House event, scheduled to include food, music, and giveaways. Bwog won’t speculate as to what these multicultural giveaways might be, but there will certainly be food around starting at 6pm in the Intercultural Resource Center (located at 552 114th between Broadway and Amsterdam). […]

A Bwog tipster spotted this brigade of Public Safety officers leading a handcuffed individual out of Low a little after noon. Though the timing coincides with the appearance of Kofi Annan at the World Leaders Forum in the Rotunda, VP of Public Safety James McShane now tells us the incident was unrelated to the goings-on […]

Thanks to an anonymous tipster, Bwog brings you the latest update from Public Safety: room keys lie scattered on the curb of Amsterdam. Is yours among them? (Cue suspenseful music.)  

The motorcade hanging around college walk, the red carpet paparazzi frenzy outside Low – those sly dogs at the World Leaders Forum must have booked another celeb. Bwog contributor Kate Hughes snuck past the cameras last night to hear what Serbian President Boris Tadic had to say. Serbia and Columbia go way, way back. Turns […]

Any business operator knows that if you kill your rival, you might get his customers. It’s just that who knew Mr. Softee was so cutthroat? (Gothamist) If you drink and drive, bad things may happen. Luckily for you, you’ll be drunk, so everything will be fine. (Reuters) If Teachers College says Bloomberg has no right […]

The MacArthur Genius Grants have been awarded, and the west side of Broadway has something to smile about. Edwidge Danticat, BC ’90, was just awarded a Genius Grant for her novels depicting Haitian history and the Haitian immigrant experience.  In works such as The Farming of Bones (1999), The Dewbreaker (2004), and Brother, I’m Dying […]

The next time you forget your ID and get turned away from Butler, remember: when Argentine President Cristina Kirchner came to visit, campus security apparently refused to let her NYPD escort enter Low. The officer, probably grateful to escape, instead took the opportunity to snap a picture of the steps. More common, but also more […]

 Photo by Anish Bramhandkar For all the statistics about Argentine economic achievement mentioned last evening, one might be surprised to learn that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the current president of Argentina, is languishing in the polls.  Her approval rating slid nearly 30% in the four months after taking office and she has remained a controversial […]

This update from NYU Local suggests that James Franco may not return to 209 for awhile — he’s too busy taking classes on topics like “You Don’t Know Dick: The Courageous Hearts of Transsexual Men.”  That’s right: Franco is ostensibly down at Tisch taking Queer Cinema 101, just hoping and praying that Milk gets on […]

Bwog’s own Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s meeting.  In the grand tradition of last year’s CCSC presidential election, this year’s Freshman ESC election is one of the most uncompetitive in recent memory.  Only 5 students are running, and both Presidential candidate Mary Byers and the Vice Presidential candidate Tim Qin, (both of the Fu […]