Bwog happened on some of the people putting the aforementioned posters up and chatted them up. Tyson Brody, C’09, who’s been putting the “bringing sexy back” posters up since 3AM, said, “This is all just political theater, so why not make something fun out of it…It’s just become a charade.” Why is he really doing […]

Spectator is flickering in and out, but SIPA bloggers are still in the game, and now some J-school students have thrown up a cute little blog, featuring a slide show and nifty map of the goings-on. Meanwhile, Rudy’s warmongering at a rally called the National Rally To End The Threat Now. His statement after the […]

A group of older-looking students has been pasting banners with maps of Iran and various statistics (especially related to the Persian Jewish population) around College Walk. They also seem responsible for a large “No War On Iran” flag poster in front of the sundial.  

Not sure quite what’s up with this one. More after the jump.

Bwog staffer Alec Turnbull, like the rest of the media, got up way too early this morning. The vans pulled up early, far before sunrise. By the time I’d made it out to Broadway at 6am, all the morning news stations had staked out a corner spot and were broadcasting. Their antennae interfered with doorway […]

HOLY SHIT!!! AHMADINEJAD IS COMING!!!!!@#@#!@!@!!@!#!@!11 Dueling historical equivalencies!   Gilchrist asks an intelligent question, David Helfand not so much   So…who’s up for a 5-hour long protest?  These guys are up for a 5-hour long protest!  Wait a second…this story has nothing to do with Ahmadinejad. At all.  And from the outside: Speaking invitation deemed more […]

The listservs have been hopping with tonight with breathless announcements and statements of varying degrees of pomposity. Here are some bullet points, with complete statements either linked or pasted after the jump (and a few more photos from today’s mini-protest).  The Muslim Student Association empathizes and keeps it brief Lucha drags up Minutemen and takes […]

Geraldo Rivera was in front of the Broadway Gates tonight. So was Armin Rosen.    When I saw a Fox News producer scouring College Walk for students willing to stand behind Geraldo Rivera during a live episode of Geraldo at Large, my thoughts instantly turned to the mustache. Specifically, I wondered whether and how such […]

Let’s check in with our batch of fresh-faced presidential hopefuls to see what they have to say about Ahmadinejad’s Columbia visit: During a Fox News interview, New York  Senator Hillary Clinton says she is, “Leaving that up to Columbia.” Thanks, Hil! “But I was outraged that he wanted to go to Ground Zero and did […]

Ahmadinejad spoke to 60 Minutes and the interview aired about an hour ago.  His smirk, defying all odds, actually beat that of our own President. UPDATE, 11:35 PM: John Krauss took this post and just made it extremely trippy.    

There are free t-shirts, courtesy of Hillel! Commemorative mugs and tote bags to come.  ALSO: Tonight’s 60 minutes, which started 6 minutes ago, is on Ahmadinejad. In case you want a preview.   UPDATE, 7:45 PM: GERALDO RIVERA IS INTERVIEWING CHRIS KULAWIK AT THE BROADWAY GATES RIGHT NOW

And so the madness begins. An anti-Ahmadinejad press conference that just went down in front of the Broadway gates included state assemblyman Dov Hikind, who called for New Yorkers to “show up by the thousands” and create an impenetrable human barrier around Lerner Hall. Also present was the principal of the Rambam Jewish day school […]

So the Columbia Coalition Against the War (the War defined broadly at this point) is planning a picket of the main forum/speakout/thingy tomorrow. CCAW released another statement last night, reprinted after the jump, and is waiting on approval from the Dems for another consensus statement that’s expected to announce they’re all getting along again. Also, […]

The swirling storm of shit due to descend upon our fair university sometime tomorrow morning is predictably picking up steam. Current editor David Feith and Giuliani supporter Jordan Hirsch sure have a strong opinion on things, while conservative twit William Kristol has a rather novel idea for protesting the Iranian president. That guy who led […]

A Fox producer told Bwog yesterday that Chris Kulawik would be going on with Jamie Colby to oppose Columbia’s decision to host President Ahmadinejad. In typical face-off style, the anchor had him as a counterpoint to journalism school student Bess Kargman, who was supposed to argue in favor of the visit. In fact, they both […]