Give: The Emmys happened last night, with some predictable wins and many upsets. (LATimes) Take: The siege on a mall in Nairobi is continuing on for the third day, with explosions and gunfire still erupting. (Washington Post) Give: James Levine is on track for a triumphant return to conducting at the Met.  (NYTimes) Take: Farewell, […]

Al-Shabaab militants have killed 59 and injured 175 in a mall in Nairobi.  30 hostages and some dozen gunmen are still inside the shopping center.  This is the deadliest terror attack in Kenya since 1998. (CNN) A suicide bomb in a church in northwest Pakistan killed at least 75 people, one of the worst attacks […]

Were you in line to buy a 5S or 5C yesterday morning? So were some homeless men in California who were promised to be paid $40 to do so. (USA Today) “They’re focused on trying to mess with me,” says Obama about Republicans and the bill they passed linking government funding to Obamacare defunding. (NY […]

In yet another bout of gullibility the Internet has collectively fallen for a fake Playboy site applauding consensual colleges and giving tips for having a good time between the sheets without taking advantage of other humans. It turns out that the list was an elaborate hoax organized by anti-rape organization FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, and […]

Breaking News: College students don’t always earn salaries they want; blame it on their alma mater. Columbia’s Andrew Delbanco reports. (NYT) The situation in Syria is still unclear, but it appears U.S.-funded weapons may now be reaching Syrian rebels. (NPR) An Egyptian court has frozen the assets of top Muslim Brotherhood officials, although the freeze […]

Important: U.S. and Russia came to an agreement about Syria’s chemical weapons—one week for information about its weapons. (CNN) Meh: NPR is having some financial troubles. Bwog will still be here for you. (Washington Post) Of regional importance: Bloomberg will remain neutral in the upcoming mayoral elections. “I want to make sure that person is […]

Saul Goodman, Breaking Bad‘s skeezy lawyer and resident snappy dresser, is getting his own spinoff series. The world can only hope this means there’s a possibility of a Huell-centric spinoff, too (Hollywood Reporter). Why Bwog doesn’t go fishing and, to be honest, is a little uncomfortable swimming in the ocean. (Grind) Looks like Miley and […]

Unfortunately, Miley Cyrus’ twerking wasn’t a hoax. But this video was (YouTube, HuffPo, Flavorwire). In other fails, NPR thinks President Obama’s speech on Syria won’t sway doubters (NPR). RuPaul and several Drag Race stars hit Grammercy Theater last Friday (including Carmen Carrera, Ivy Winters, and Sharon Needles). You better werk (NewNowNext). Bill de Blasio, shante you stay (New […]

Hang out with Michael Bloomberg before he disappears forever come Tuesday’s election (NYMag). Have you ever been a zombie elf? There’s a new college scholarship specifically for players of Magic: The Gathering, with funds specifically from older, more successful players of Magic: The Gathering. We bet the application questions are far more entertaining (NYT). There’s no […]

Apologies for the delay; Bwog’s hungover. World leaders continue to debate  taking action in Syria because, well quite frankly. (NYTimes, The Onion) JPMorgan has decided to stop making student loans.  Can we decide to stop paying too-high tuitions? (Reuters) Many of the final artifacts have been put in place at the September 11 Museum. (USAToday) […]

Nobody can decide what to do about Syria.  (Time, BBC, CBS, NYTimes) Football season is officially back.  Bwog thinks that’s…great. (Washington Post) George Zimmerman’s wife filed for divorce “after much soul searching and recent disappointments.”  We can’t at all imagine what she may be referring to. (USAToday) “‘You can’t feel sorry for yourself,’ Joe Girardi […]

According to this super-scientific survey with lots of fun graphs, Columbia is the most-mentioned school in the NYT wedding section. Start lining up your eyebrows for the pictures (Rap Genius). On this Thursday morning in New York, Anthony Weiner both heckles at a Brooklyn bakery and is a weatherman. Thank you, Anthony, for providing constant […]

Be an informed citizen and catch the highlights of last night’s final NYC mayoral debate. Specifically, NYMag‘s sassy commentary about the moderators and Weiner’s facial expressions (WSJ, NYMag). Our friends over at The Lion actually read that annual safety report that’s sitting in your inbox and noticed that forcible sexual offenses have quadrupled in the […]

64-year-old Diana Nyad swam from Florida to Cuba without a shark cage. You can remember her today as you make the harsh walk from you bed to your class. (ABC) Retired NBA player Dennis Rodman is heading to Pyongyang for a visit to his “friend” Kim Jong Un. Basically, Rodman’s basketball skills could save the […]

Some Columbia related news passed in the month of August.  We rounded it up for you: Aditya Mukerjee, CC ’12 and the former publisher of Spec, was detained at the airport after setting off an alarm because he had bedbug spray residue on his hands. “You’ve got to understand, when someone of your background, traveling […]