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 […]

Just one more Music Hum final…. Bwogline: You go, Angelia Jolie. Finals tip: The Morton Williams gummy worms not only have smiles BUT little A’s stamped on them. Start inhaling them in the hope that ingesting A’s will be the same as receiving them from your professors. Procrastinate: Nostalgic seniors? This may make you cry. […]

  NYU opens a new campus, in a nicer location than the both the Village and Abu Dhabi. (Funny Or Die) People will buy the weirdest shit, including an EKG of when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. (7News) Honey Boo Boo’s parents exchanged vows. (USA Today) Scientists have found a new species of Theropodfbnakdf. […]

Apparently Low steps is one of the best places to celebrate Cinco de Mayo—not like you’ll have time to celebrate though. (Gothamist) You might not remember anything from this past semester of Lit Hum, but you’ll probably remember the life lessons that Full House taught you. (Buzzfeed) We all check our Facebooks after hammering out a paper paragraph, […]

NYU Abu Dhabi students complain about their beach resort campus. Ahhh, what might have been! (New York Mag) New York families do crazy things for their kids’ education. (New York Times) The plight of the middle class put to music. (Buzzfeed) Seriously though, admission at the 9/11 Memorial. (Gothamist) Bwog’s first world problem… Getting white […]

A new Google Glass app, Winky, allows you to take photos just by winking. (Tom’s Hardware) Popes hang out with “four consecrated women.” Apparently they will live next to each other in the Vatican, bumping into each other “on walks.” (USA Today) Facebook develops a feature called “Trusted Contacts,” which allows your friends to help you remember your […]

Think those bright colors are funny, do ya? Think that music is somethin’ to smile about? Well wipe that smirk off your face goddammit because driving an ice-cream truck is no joke. Those guys will mess you up. (Yahoo) A couple of days ago, rapper Danny Brown got a little… erm… closer to his fans […]

Hey seniors: don’t graduate without crossing this off your bucket lists–one of Spec’s favorite hobbies! (Spectator, The Blue and White) If you see this frankenfish in Central Park, you should kill it before it eats your babies homework. (DEC, NY Mag) Obama’s to-do list: close Guantánamo Bay. “Why are we doing this?” (NY Times) Spectator’s advice […]