This young couple in Afghanistan is willing to risk it all to be together. (NYT) LSD ain’t coke but it’s still one hell of a drug, seeing as it hasn’t been used in a scientific study for about 40 years… until now.  Far out. (Gawker) Colombia’s former president (no, not Eisenhower) has just been elected to […]

You call yourself a champion speller and you can’t spell ‘stifling‘? (Philly.com) Our girl JLaw would never lie and you know that, Jared Leto. (USA Today) Isaiah Washington and his homophobic slurs will return to Grey’s Anatomy this season. (Entertainment Weekly) Aaaand all of these things are almost as disappointing as the fact we just […]

All you Facebook users can stop updating about Chipotle’s guac scandal; it’s going to be okay. Go get your quesarito on, guys. (Slate) Speaking of Facebook, they might be getting into the drone game. (Wired) And now that you know what “normcore” is, here’s how to do it right. Chances are, you can start with […]

In more Ukraine news, John Kerry flew to Kiev to announce that the US is giving Ukraine a $1 billion aid package. (Miami Herald) I think it’s time we all abandon our dreams and move to LA and become pizza delivery people, if that wasn’t your dream already. (NY Daily News) Facebook never fails to […]

Why does this show up in Google News?  (NY Daily News) Would you call it misery? Or only if school is cancelled? (CNN) Really, Russia? (NY Times) “Twelve Years a Slave.” Did you even watch? (Washington Post)     Just growing out the scruff via Wikimedia Commons

Be healthy: Seeing Barack and Joe break a sweat is a sure fire way to make anyone want to spend a couple extra minutes on the treadmill. (The State Column) Get drunk: Don’t worry—bottomless brunches are still legal in New York and it is still socially acceptable to be tipsy by 11am on a Sunday. […]

Hillary looks perfect to us, but apparently her advisers think otherwise. We don’t think it’s negative that’s she’s an unstoppable badass. (Washington Post) If you think the snow here was bad, we actually did alright. (Houston Chronicle) Some ventures are really worth dropping the big bucks on. The Core Curriculum would approve. (Chicago Tribune) Pertinent, […]

Columbia’s liberal bubble is not well-acquainted with red states or their predilection for causin’ trouble. So what’s the deal with Arizona? (The Washington Post) Let’s check out the great Academy Award unknown. We’ll see you on the couch this Sunday, BTW. (Los Angeles Times) Exploring “the best” of New York bagels can only turn out […]

Barnard junior Paulina Pinsky, daughter of TV personality Dr. Drew, appeared on CNN to talk about her struggle with eating disorders.  You go girl. (CNN, USA Today) Too little too late?  We hope not, AZ. (USA Today) A Mexican drug lord nearly escaped authorities by climbing through a secret hatch in his bathtub and into […]

Piers Morgan will be stepping down from his role hosting CNN’s 9 o’clock Piers Morgan Live sometime in March. (NYT) The government in Egypt is stepping down… again. (AJA) Stepping up to confront gentrification in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Brass Liberation Orchestra is fighting support counterculture institutions in the city.  (AJA) Netflix has […]

It’s official: Columbia proved that homophobia kills. (New Now Next) Maria von Trapp, the lasting surviving member of the original Von Trapp Family , passed away yesterday. The hills are not alive with the sound of music today. (Fox News) Junior’s Brooklyn site is being sold. RIP Cheesecake. (NY Times) There is now an app […]

Oh, Republican Party. You and your emails. (The Nation) Columbia’s resident Olympian Sasha Cohen might be hoping for the U.S. to win in Sochi, but naturally she’s betting on South Korea and Russia. (People) Pussy Riot is still under attack. (CNN) When good movies are left to mediocre critics, unfortunately “it’s still obnoxious hokum.” (BuzzFeed) Damn. (YouTube) […]

We’re getting really tired of your shit, weather. (New York Daily News) The U.N. declared numerous acts carried out by North Korea crimes against humanity in a 400-page report. The U.N panel directly implicated Kim Jong Un, warning him that he may be accountable in the future. (USA Today) USA, USA! (Science World Report) A […]

Yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that he has no time for a meeting of the “flat earth society,” blasting climate change deniers in a talk he was giving on Indonesia…badass. (AJA) The New York Times Editorial Board just wrote an article on why New York State’s parole system is entirely failing to acknowledge […]

Florida still has learned nothing from the Trayvon Martin case. (Washington Post) Remember kids: don’t walk, text, and subway. (Gothamist) I don’t understand why you’re not spending your weekend watching this show. (BuzzFeed) Aren’t those crazy sex dolls enough? (Slate) Scared shitless via Shutterstock