The second edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City, edited by Columbia’s own NYC expert Professor Kenneth Jackson, is now available. (ABC News) MySpace “surrenders”‘ to Facebook and announces future “integrations” between users’ MySpace and Facebook accounts. (TechCrunch) Vuvuzelas banned at the annual Harvard-Yale football game. (NY Daily News) With Pluto now merely a memory, […]
CU Records started recording musicians at their events this year, and they’ve just released their first two compilations of live performances. The BetaJam and Lounge Night compilations are now available to download for free, and feature bands like Life Size Maps and Blaxel. CU Records is also hosting an Open Mic Lounge Night in the John Jay Lounge […]
Finally, the movie event you’ve all been waiting for the first half of the movie event you’ve all been waiting for! (Hey, everyone’s got to make a living!) We here at Columbia have always been Potter-conscious, so how is everyone gearing up for the big day night? Head Girl Hannah Goldstein finds out: Costumes A number […]
There will be a Slavic Study Break from 6pm to 7pm in the Lerner East Ramp Lounge with free pastries, candy, music, matryoshka dolls and tote bag decorating. The Birch, the Russian International Association, the Ukrainian Students’ Society and the Polish Club will be hosting the event. Update, 7:10: Also, the Student Athletic Advisory Committee and Columbia/Barnard […]
Pedagogy pundit Peter Krawczyk attended “Urban Education Summit: Innovations in K-12” in Low this morning to hear Major Bloomberg assess the state of public education in New York and urge international education reps to do some shopping. As the approximately 1.1 million students in the New York City public school system began school on Thursday […]
Bwog’s people report that the other car that got rear-ended stopped near the next intersection going downtown. What’s with all the accidents on Broadway? Photos by Hans Hyttinen and Yenny Su
An interesting melange of foodstuff, flowers, fowl and fish at the Greenmarket today: Goat cheese from new cheese maker Pete Martin Lavender by the Bay Ostrich Fish from Long Island Things to remember: The market will be open on Tuesday November 23rd instead of Thanksgiving Thursday. Go to the info tent to use EBT/debit/credit. Image […]
Nom^3 is giving out mini sweet potato-coconut (!) cupcakes in Lerner right now, promoting their Thanksgiving lunchbox next Nomday (Monday in layman terms).
The Columbia University Students for Justice in Palestine (CSJP) have set up a theatrical mock Israeli checkpoint on Low steps. The demonstration is part of Right to Education Week and is designed to raise awareness of the hardships faced by Palestinian students on their journeys to and from school. “Israeli guards” are walking around with […]
Take Back the Night’s Sexhibition Health Fair is going on today from 11am-3pm on the Lerner Ramps and in the Roone Arledge Lobby. Decorate peen cookies, nab some free préservatifs and pomegranate vanilla-flavored lubrication, and enter the playful toy items raffle. Baked goods and o-faces for all! At 7pm, Sexhibition will be screening the documentary Orgasm Inc.: The Strange […]
George Rupp, as president, sought to stop political correctness, stop departments and schools forming silos. He expanded interdisciplinarism, and making
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