Greek life recognition poll opens today. Let the games begin! (Spec) Yesterday, a bunch of super fit people ran around New York City in the annual Marathon. If you know any Columbians who crossed the finish line, leave their names in the comments. Kudos everybody! (NYtimes) PrezBill (Clinton) will hang in Harlem for another 10 […]

Nicaragua accidentally invaded Costa Rica due to a problem with Google Maps. Oops! (Gawker) The Feds don’t know if they want you to eat more cheese or less, so they’re helping you do both. (NY Times) Mayor Bloomberg flew all the way to China to have a look around. While there, he said people elected […]

Who needs personal interaction when you can just watch lectures from your dorm? (NYT) Google and Facebook clearly did not learn to share as children. (Gawker) Manhattanville building manager pleads guilty to stealing over $870,000 in rent payments! (Spec) Four Loko: “Bring it back, bring it back. Don’t take it away from me.” (NY Daily […]

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the love of Bwog’s life rapper Lil Wayne, was FREED from jail yesterday! (MTV) Harlem is hip again! Check out where all the cool cats are eating these days. (Eater) There’s lead in your drinking water, but it’s not quite as bad as it sounds. (CBS) The […]

Morningside property owner Luis Nunez just got busted for posing as a landlord and stealing $879,000 in rent money from CU students and other people. Naughty naughty! (DNAinfo) Word to the wise: don’t do drugs! Or rather, don’t do drugs and run around naked in a parking lot. (Gawker) The accreditation process was the hot topic […]

Give me Four Loko, or give me death!  Or at least don’t ban it. (Spec) In case you haven’t heard yet, we have a Five Guys coming!  Their burgers taste good. (DNAinfo) Peek into the lives of Jake and Marty La Salle CC ’07 under the big-top, on a new PBS series. (NYT) Democracy happened […]

The New York Times blogs from the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in D.C.! The Medical Center and Harvard have discovered that women who drink large quantities of alcohol are at greater risk for mouth cancer. (Health News Digest) Crime in Central Park almost doubles this year. (NY Daily News) Honor-system? What’s dat? (Gothamist) […]

Stressed? Perhaps it’s not the midterms but the lethal noise levels in 98% of Manhattan’s public spaces that’s making us all a little foufou. (NY Post) As bedbugs ravage the city, some go to extreme (and crazy) measures to deal with infestation. (NY Daily News) In case you missed it, watch Obama vs. Jon Stewart and get […]

Sheen was found drunk and naked in an NYC hotel room–and he was rushed to our very own Columbia Presbyterian Hospital! (People) Check out this Bhagavad Gita piece by PBS, with our own Professor of Sanskrit Sheldon Pollock and Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, Hindu chaplain the Bhakti Club. (Learner) Todd Combs, CBS grad, is slated to […]

Todd Combs, a 39-year-old Connecticut hedge fund manager and an alum of the B-School, will manage a “significant portion” of Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio. (Bloomberg) Lisa Anderson, formerly the dean of SIPA, has been named the President of the American University in Cairo. (PR Newswire) The molester of a “Morningside Heights toddler” has been convicted on […]

Burger Battle! Five Guys Burgers and Fries is opening nearby Mel’s. According to Zagat, Five Guys bested In-and-Out for favorite fast food. Decisions, Decisions… (CityBiz) Pop-country princess Taylor Swift drops her new confessional album today. Team Tay Tay! (MTV) Yesterday, the Times devoted its Metropolitan section to the Subway system: pictures,  poodles and profiling. Apparently […]

Proving that our generation has plenty of entrepreneurial spirit, a pair of Georgetown students was found with all the makings of DMT in a freshman dorm. (WaPo) International man of mystery and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made another huge document release, this time pertaining to US involvement in Iraq. (NYT) The British government is […]

Books have been deemed unnecessary. (Telegraph) Professor Joseph Stiglitz talks about money and stuff. (Daily Finance) Breaking: Letting children play with smart phones is bad for their development. (Today’s THV) Floridita shall live on. (Spec) Midterms may be stressful, but don’t start bashing cars. (Gothamist) Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Columbia history Ph.D. student Megan Doherty strikes back at Glenn Beck. (HuffPo) Taiwanese CGI animates those creepy bed bugs that have been taking over our lives! (Gothamist) Riding the subway can often be a trial. Subway door-standers don’t make things any better. (City Room) Maryland company rents drug-sniffing dogs to paranoid parents. (Gawker) This year’s […]

Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor of our own CU Orchestra, debuted yesterday as conductor of the LA Philharmonic, for the concert “Green Umbrella: Bang on a Can.” A federal judge in California overturned DADT, and has ordered military recruiters to start accepting gay recruits. (NYT) The J-School is making a news outlet website for NYC. (NY Convergence) […]