From New York City, this is AltSpec, in which we collect references to Alma Mater’s dubious deeds in the wider world.  This week, while we’re all burrowed deep in Butler, the outside world is busy pointing fingers.  A smörgåsbord of topics and lots of straight talk. Jonathan Last’s column in The Weekly Standard has been […]

Oh well, seasons greetings everyone! The holidays have truly begun here at Columbia, as snow fun took a classically phallic turn. Masterful, simply masterful. Thanks to Mason Fitch and Pierre Gergis for being so vigilant about looking out for this special moment. 

Earlier this evening, University Senator Tiffany Dockery CC ’09 resigned her seat in a letter to the Student Affairs Caucus. Dockery, last year’s BSO president, was on trial for impeachment for not attending enough meetings of the Student Affairs Caucus. In her letter, Dockery lists several reasons for her resignation, including her belief that “there […]

Tonight, the Big Apple Dance Sport Challenge gives new meaning to a Lerner dance party.  If you thought those were great, the Dance Sport Challenge will bowl you over.  Although the competition started early in the morning, there’s still plenty of dancing to be done.  Dance Sport officials informed Bwog that the competition is expected […]

Bwog meteorologist Jon Hill informs us that it’s snowing! At this very moment! Go forth, huddled masses, rejoice outdoors post-haste — these flakes don’t look like they’re sticking. Hans E Hyttinen’s snowy shots of Van Am Quad after the jump.

Bwog apologizes profusely for the late arrival of this review.  This afternoon’s  technical difficulties prevented us from posting it earlier. If you can hurry to the Wien Lounge for the final performance of The Winter’s Tale, do so now. It begins at eight—run! As odd as it may seem there are traces of Othello, Lear […]

Oh hello! It’s good to be back home on the web again. (Though according to B&W layout editor Hans E Hyttinen, we never actually left “the internet.”) Bwog’s crack team of computer whiz kids point to something server-related as the cause of our spotty presence this weekend. But no matter, said whiz-kids are working their […]

Two tragic tales of lost items to report this morning: Says former 2010 ESC VP Lili Gu: “I lost a camera last night, and was hoping you could help me find it.  It’s a Canon Powershot SD400 (I think), has my name Public-Safety-engraved in cursive on one side, and was probably lost somewhere between Furnald and […]

Come holiday season, there’s a lot of hubbub about joy and all that jazz.  But here at Columbia the first two weeks of December are decidedly unjoyous times.  With visions of forthcoming finals dancing in our heads, at this point in the year, many of us have had it with academia.  But today, Bwog brings […]

Last night’s Postcrpyt show featured a breakout performance by a one Mr.Anthony Da Costa of Pleasantville, New York. According to eyewitnesses, Columbia’s next great folk-music lady-killer already has Postscrypters (men and women, actually) completely swooning. Oh, and he’s only 17 years old. In a move that only heightened his adorableness, he brought along his dad, […]

Today, Saturday Morning Cartoons brings you refreshingly apolitical humor.  In fact, today’s offering hits quite close to home for the co-ed set.  Enjoy!   “Room, board, books, and tuition – I draw the line at corkage fees.” By Danny Shanahan from The New Yorker

So, seniors, it’s the last Friday before reading week. What to do, what to do? Well, Bwog has been encouraged to let you know that there is a Senior Pub Crawl tonight, starting at 10 p.m. at Bourbon Street (79th and Amsterdam). Arrangements have been made with bars running up Amsterdam (Bourbon St., 420, Dead […]

After an “in between seasons” break, Bwog’s Sports Roundup returns! Men’s Basketball:  The men’s basketball team may be 3-4, but one three-pointer last Saturday would give them a winning record right now. The Lions fought back from a 15-point deficit at Stony Brook to tie the game at 60 with less than a minute. Stony […]

It seems that the Spec‘s website problems are not going away – Bwog kept getting “access denied.” Nevertheless, here’s what’s in today’s paper, with a little more explanation than usual. Columbia University’s Global AIDS Campaign launches several outreach programs (p. 1) Comparative Literature “Institute” looks for more resources (p. 1) A cabbie says that, despite […]

Bwog editor Anish Bramhandkar notes that Union Theological Seminary is hosting one of TV’s most popular sex crime shows: “There’s a food van/cart there with a sign saying something about serving food to film productions on location, and a bunch of people eating food.  A few of them have nametags that say Law & Order […]