In the name of frightening beginnings and questionable progress, Mark Hay, Bwog’s resident expert on movies, hotdogs, and the relations between the two, brings back his Netflix column with three film recommendations. Would it be trite to use the start of the school year as the basis for a(nother) list of recommendations of coming-of-age films? […]

Everyone’s favorite neighborhood BDSM club, Conversio Virium, attracted previous media attention in 2006, when Ann Coulter dissed them in an interview,  telling Fox News “[S]omeone who needs to join a club at college to find a way to have sex, probably not your lookers…probably something a little wrong about them.”CV got some revenge last spring, however, […]

And we’re gonna let you finish, but… New York City has some of the highest unemployment of all time. (NYT) We’ve also got some of the lowest homicide rates of all time. (AP) Columbia’s Joseph Massad has one of the most protested tenures of all time. (Manhattan Institute) The new swine flu nasal spray is […]

Football: The football team kicks off its 2009 season with the Light Blue looking to exact revenge against Fordham, in what has become the traditional season opener for both teams. The Lions defense will hope to do a better job of containing Rams running back Xavier Martin (155 yards last year against Columbia) and quarterback […]

Hundreds of eager Columbians joined President Bollinger early this morning for the 8th Annual Fun Run, a spirited 5K jaunt through Riverside Park. The wannabe Olympians began the run on College Walk, headed south to the 96th street tennis courts, and turned back to the finish line where they were greeted by a resplendent view […]

The Heyman Center kicked off its Fall 2009 lecture series with Harvard Library Director Robert Darnton. Stacks Correspondent Mark Hay reports: A fair chunk of the audience at the Schapiro Center’s Davis Auditorium on Thursday fully expected this, the first Heyman Center event of the fall, to be yet another aging professor’s lamentation on the […]

As those of us who prefer our underwear soft and downy have noticed, the Columbia laundry rooms have recently undergone major renovations.  Many of the washers and dryers have been replaced with high-efficiency models; some of the Flex readers still are not functioning, and, most notably for students, the price per load in all machines […]

The Helmsley Hotel has cancelled a banquet scheduled for next weekafter learning that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was expected to attend and speak.  Ahmadinejad, shown, growls toothily in response.  (NY Post) The summer’s high incidence of shoplifting has inspired storeowners’ increased attention to security.  Filling your Tupperware with free salmon dip at Westside Market just […]

Get off campus while you still can.  It’s our Guide to the Weekend. Thursday-Sunday The Whitney Museum has a “comprehensive” collection of Georgia O’Keefe artwork on display all weekend, including a portrait series of the artist who didn’t paint unmentionables.  Thursday-Sunday @ Whitney Museum. Delicatessan has sprouted a sister restaurant.  Macbar won’t service your Apple […]

CQA, the OMA, and the Alphabet Soup Commission are teaming up once again to welcome students back with the annual Queer Sushi event in Lerner. CQA president Bryan Reid has assured us that there will be vegetarian “sushi” as well. It starts at 7:00 PM in Party Space and lines have been long in the […]

Overheard in Hartley: Awkward Freshman #1: Hey, I really like your shirt.  MIA’s awesome. Awkward Freshman #2: Hey thanks!  You know, it’s crazy how many people know her here, I didn’t expect it. Awkward Freshman #1: Yeah, well she’s pretty big in Paris, so… Welcome to the LLC, where you’ll find out that you’re not […]

The Eye, Spec’s vague “features and arts” weekly, posted its first issue of the semester today.  Bwog perused it so you don’t have to. The Eye staff is feeling pretty chummy this week, it seems.  The Eye agreed with Mark Taylor and nodded at The New York Times. The Eye can write like a valley […]

Barnard SGA is holding their own activities fair today starting at 11:00 AM on the Lehman Lawn in the James Room (4th floor of Barnard Hall). The showcase of eighty, meticulously categorized organizations would be completely unremarkable were it not for their promise of free mini-cupcakes! And remember, sugary sweets are part of a balanced […]

A Spiderman wannabe has been kicking in AC units and skylights in the Village.  The real superhero would never have napped at the scene. (Post) Continuing our march towards complete apathy,  there was only a 10% turnout in Tuesday’s Democratic Primary.  Apparently, more people know what “comptroller” is than “mayor.”(NY1) Newark has many problems, the […]

Around 9pm the Lerner piano lounge will play host to a lot of ice cream, Pepsi, root beer and of course, and lots of eager, ice-cream-scooping student government kids. Though “floating” isn’t the word Bwog would use to describe the transition from freshman to sophomore year, CCSC 2012 certainly has its heart in the right […]