Dear Commenter, Bwog likes your comment on one of our posts so much that we’re giving the comment its very own post. Posted by daydreamer : [3] [reply] Does anyone else ever fantasize about how cool it would be to have an “Econ Dept. Rumble Royale”? Think about it for a second. So Sachs could […]

It’s not unusual to be accosted several times on the way from Lerner up to the steps by earnest Bible studyers asking whether one is a Columbia student and/or Christian. Bwog usually thanks them politely and walks on, reminding itself to dodge the next time one homes in like a heat-guided missile. But it couldn’t […]

116th and Amsterdam may never have seen this many farm animals since, well, there were farms here. Throw in picnic food, facepainting, raffles, toy and clothes sales, and one giant inflatable firetruck, and you might just forget about that 20-page paper due on Monday. Sorry for reminding you. More photos after the jump.

You may have noticed the piles of glossy paper gracing newsstands in recent days. We in the publications world think alike, which means that Columbians have to stomach us all at once. Unfortunately, none of them have posted their current issues online, but Bwog thought it would give them some airtime anyway. From Ad Hoc, […]

The MoMA has done it again. They’ve brought us another huge, ambitious show, in the vein of last summer’s Cezanne-Pisarro. This time, the subject is Edvard Munch. The show is excellent—it not only rehabilitates the underrated Munch but also sheds new light on the artist. With many little-known works in addition to the greatest hits, […]

When I arrived at Jerome L. Greene Hall last week at 6:20 for a 7:00 lecture, I found a large mob already milling around the doors. This can’t be for Steven Pinker, I thought, although he is psycholinguist with, as some linguists would have me say, an emphasis on the “psycho.” But by the time […]

Fruit Paunch just started its annual 24-hour show on the lawn east of Low Steps, which will continue until 5 p.m. Saturday. Yes, they will be standing there saying funny things, even if no one is there to watch. Go make them feel loved. Oh, and study for finals. Edit 1:16 am After performing a […]

We’ve found Dean Austin Quigley’s double—it’s Steve McClaren, coach of the English Premier League team Middlesbrough. Is it just that all middle aged British guys with receding hairlines tend to look alike? Or could Quig be moonlighting as an international footballer, like Bwog’s other favorite academic?

In which staffer Mark Krotov gives movie suggestions for those who fear to venture off the 1, 2, and 3 lines.   AMC Loews 84th Street 6 84th and Broadway Hoot A children’s film about endangered owls, corruption and crooked land development, produced by the paragon of political engagement and vitriolic rhetoric, Jimmy Buffett. He […]

Bwog would have liked to do a QuickSpec this morning—nothing like making snarky comments to shake off a final-induced haze. To its dismay, no Year-in-Review issue appears on the Spec website, and Bwog had to wait ’til lunch today to actually read one in print. It’s 20 pages, almost 11 of which are ads. The […]

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It’s Morton Williams’ free bagel and a coffee D-DAY! Coupons can be found on the back cover of the Columbia Political Review. And copies of the Columbia Political Review can be found… (Commenters? A little help?)

Gautam Hans The scent of anxiety oozing from Butler dissipated for about 30 minutes as the Columbia University Marching Band carried out its annual tradition of making chem majors’ lives miserable. Even though most of the orgo exams are next week. This semester, the band largely avoided campus personalities, but hit SHOCC, PrezBo, PrezBush, the […]

Professor Molly Murray, in an email to her Lit Hum section about an upcoming end of-the-year movie watching party: “Then, (since, in the immortal words of Jay-Z, after the party, there’s the after-party): 8PM. V & T’s pizza, 110th and Amsterdam.” Overheard outside Uris: Girl 1: I’m not like…a fun person. I’m not a fun […]

A few issues of Spectator remain to be released, but Speccies celebrated the end of their year Tuesday night in considerable style. For the annual Spec Dinner, our campus broadsheet (whose facebook group, incidentally, has 175 more members than The Blue and White’s) rented out the private rooms of 420, a swanky bar on 80th […]