Photo by Jon Hill A Bwog tipster has sent in a report of dastardly doings in John Jay. Last Monday, unsavory characters entered the 10th floor lounge and made off with an 8-by-10-foot flokati rug.  JJ10ers point out that “the carpet is extremely heavy,” making it difficult to move very far or very fast, […]

  –  Image by Joe Schumacher Want to sightsee, but worried about finishing that paper on time? Why not visit an alley? Well, more specifically, the alley where Barack Obama spent his first night in New York, as he mentioned in Dreams from My Father. Arriving at his new apartment only to find no one […]

 – Columbia University Athletics A tough night on Friday for Columbia’s basketball teams: the men’s team fell to Harvard 71-63, while the women lost as well to Harvard, 71-58. The men’s team went into the night holding teams to a 41% field goal percentage, but Harvard shot 60% from the field in the second half, […]

Here’s a reason (the only reason?) to wish you’d committed your four years to the Bronx instead of Morningside Heights:  a TOP SECRET U2 concert!  The Irish quartet will be gracing Letterman for the first week of March, and Fordham indie radio station the Alternate Side strongly suspects that a Friday morning show (that’s the […]

Men’s Basketball: Let’s face it – last Saturday’s loss to Yale, after a huge win over Brown was a big blow to the team’s title hopes. With 4 games left in the season, though, anything is possible, and the Lions (11-13, 6-4 in the Ivy League) are at least looking to finish a strong second. […]

   Image courtesy of FujiTV Find out in less than an hour whose cuisine reigns supreme. CCSC’s Campus Life Committee is sponsoring an Iron Chef-style competition in Lerner Hall’s Party Space for teams of three to four beginning at 5 p.m. The twist is that, instead of challenging the cooks with luxurious ingredients like cod […]

Housing and Dining officials now advise students paying by Off-Campus Flex to expect transactions to take “about 45 seconds from swipe to signature.” You can thank technology straight out of 1996: dial-up modems. Merchants use them to connect to the Flex network, and in an e-mail to Bwog this week, Michael Novielli of Student Auxiliary […]

 Image courtesy of NYTimes.com So much for animals not being allowed in the dorms. A New York Times article today reveals how two Manhattan exterminators have begun using trained dogs to sniff out bedbugs, and they tell the Times they’ve visited “a big, big university on the West Side.” The dogs, named Pasha and Ruby, […]

Hugh Jackman hosting the Academy Awards The 81st Academy Awards last weekend sent home Slumdog Millionaire and Milk big winners, but they’re only the latest in a long line of movies deemed Oscar-worthy by the Academy. Many of these classics are available on Netflix through its “Watch Instantly!” feature, although they’re often hidden amid entire seasons […]

It’s been said that everyone has a doppelganger, but up till now, that’s just been a quaint piece of folklore. Startling administrator photos discovered by Bwog this week may force us to reconsider, though. Is this the product of mere coincidence or are our twins really out there? Take a look at the comparisons and […]

   Image courtesy of Parker Brothers You have been named Dean of the College. Pay each student $50. College Republicans are assembling to chat about Pennsylvania Avenue. Columbia takes a page out of Rich Uncle Pennybags’ book and buys up two more properties. It’s not quite Marvin Gardens, but it’ll do. A sports column goes […]

 -Photo from Ariel Moger For the final installment of this week’s Veritas Forum,whose symbol looks bizarrely similar to the Mac Wireless sign, the group hosted a screening of Justin Dillon‘s film Call and Response and brought Matisyahu, the greatest Jewish reggae singer of all time, for a performance that can only be described as “kick-ass.” […]

Since Fat Tuesdays is inconveniently placed during the week, carry the festivities into this weekend with these helpful hints:   Friday, Saturday, and Sunday  New Voices of Blue Note: A 70th Anniversary Celebration Nightly 6:30pm-1am, 111 East 27th Street (212-576-2232) The youngest (and therefore hippest) of the jazz labels, Blue Note, come together to blow […]

Bwog fearless restaurant resuscitation expert James Downie sent in this picture of the restaurant replacing Caffe Swish: It looks like the new eatery is The Vine: Sushi and Sake. Given their chosen language for job notices, though, the authenticity of the cuisine remains to be seen.

 –Photo via the Harlem Eye After a student protest and subsequent squabbling, the NY1 channel ran its story on the fate of Floridita restaurant, a locally-owned business that the Manhattanville expansion may displace. Both current CC student Andrew Lyubarsky and CU public affairs, who have been battling over the story for the past couple of […]