High: the number of City Council voters in favor of renaming the Queensboro Bridge after former New York mayor Ed Koch. Yesterday’s 38 to 12 vote determined that the bridge’s name will change next month to the “Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.” Low: the level of light as allied forces began the most intense night of […]
Bwog’s Wednesday feature, Where Art Thou?, is here to keep you posted on what’s going on in the A&E department in Morningside Heights and beyond (basically all the cool events your friends are in/on/at). If you would like your Lit Hum in a Week event posted on Bwog, now you can! E-mail us at events@bwog.com. Wednesday […]
Tonight at 10:30 pm in the Satow Room, Tamasha is hosting a rad study break in order to promote this Saturday’s I Know What You Did Last Tamasha. The first 40 people to buy tickets will score a free t-shirt, and everybody else will enjoy free Roti Roll, Frooti Pong, and ice cream. Image via […]
In the latest installment of In Defense Of, Brian Wagner endeavors to defend the indefensible, and redeem the much-maligned. Yesterday the lawns were liberated! Today, a pathetic attempt at snow sprinkles the grass. You don’t know what you got till it’s gone… Each year, when the fall weather starts to rear its ugly head, Facilities rolls […]
You may be wary of returning to Butler’s hallowed halls after yesterday’s news of bed bugs in on the fourth floor. However it appears the situation has been swiftly dealt with. Bwog received an update today from Francie Mrkich, Director of Access Services for the libraries. Exterminators have “vacuumed and chemically treated” the affected areas, […]
It is our habit to respect out heritage/amorous affair by posting each issue of The Blue and White. The latest issue, available this week, has a lot of cool stuff in it. In one blast-from-the-past article, staff writer Lily Icangelo forays into our pre-college Facebook haze. It is sometimes hard to think of Columbia students as a […]
Two guys in John Jay, getting silverware: Guy 1: Are you saying you’re smarter than me? Guy 2: *shrugs* A little bit, yeah. As Mencken wrote, “It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.” More brutal honesty via […]
Location: Bottom of 115th street, at 431 Riverside Drive Nearby dorms: Schapiro Stores and restaurants: MoWi, M2M, Vine, Ollie’s, Pinnacle Cost: $8,324 (same as Watt and Hogan) Amenities: Bathrooms: Each double has its very own! AC/Heating: No A/C, yes heat. Sometimes the heat is spotty which you can only really feel if you have windows […]
QuickTix is chronic. But not a drug! Or a disease! Tickets sold for on campus events this week: 520 Campus events on sale now: Operation Ease On Down The Road: March 25th, 8 pm and 11 pm, Lerner Black Box, FREE, Tickets. Barrio 2011: Slumdog Barrionaire: March 25th, 8:30 pm, Roone, $7 Advanced w/ CUID, […]
Five Guys has been unnervingly flaky. But worry no longer! They’re open for business, so get ’em while the getting’s good! Tell us how you feel (about the burgers, the opening, the state of the republic) in the comments! Update, 3:40 pm: Video coverage! Five Guys Opening from bwog on Vimeo.
UWS residents blame Columbia’s recent construction for rats the size of “cats and kittens.” Columbia they’re culpable, but will offer a pest-taming workshop. (PIX 11) Big deal physics prof Brian Greene will make a cameo appearance in the Big Bang Theory as himself! (Digital Spy) NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer introduced a bill which would prohibit cars […]
A tipster reports that a Columbia student was arrested at Westside around midnight tonight. According to a cashier, the suspect had shoplifted before, but was finally caught tonight, and led away in tears. Update (1:50): Ricky, the manager at Westside, confirms that a female student was arrested. He noticed her put about $60 worth of […]
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