Can’t get enough of this here recession? Take a class about it. (NYT) Columbia prof dons a head scarf and weighs in on Iranian student leader arrest. (NYT) Tiger Woods pulls the great escape that we all wish we could pull this time of year. (ESPN) MTA gears up for “doomsday mode” lite, 1-riding Columbians […]

Barack Obama CC ’83 accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, tells the “hard truth” about war, annoys the entire population of  Norway, departs with lingonberry jam and a bag of frozen Swedish meatballs; all in a day’s work. Florida judges and lawyers shouldn’t be Facebook friends; courtroom attorneys are, of course, always entitled to “Like” the verdict. […]

First we head East for Harlem For The Holidays, a new bazaar-like holiday marketplace that features unique businesses from the neighborhood. (NY1) After that we head down to New Jersey, which, in terms of gay marriage, now has a chance to distance itself from New York. A metaphorical distance, of course. (1010WINS) Next we travel […]

The Post will not stand idly by while we crazy college kids “live in sin!” (NYPost) But at least your gender-neutral room is bigger than this apartment. (NYPost) Harry Potter dominates college tour rhetoric, frustrates really serious about college–you know, like, academically–high schoolers. (NYTimes) Really new media takes the lead on Tiger Woods: video game […]

Death (or rather, injury) from above in Central Park. (NYT) Cornell prof sues Wesleyan University for accidentally tainting his image. (AP) No need to stroke your ego, Hermione (and this article) will stroke it for you! (Times) What not to do on your junior year abroad. (Daily Intel) Eminent Domain’s most outspoken critic “wouldn’t call […]

Underperforming public schools—Bloomberg’s on the case. Natural History Museums that don’t grant PhDs in comparative biology—but Manhattan doesn’t have one of those anymore. Anything involving the New Jersey Nets—literally, anything. Being Hofstra and having a football team… wait, really? Drinking your alcohol. UPDATE: A commenter has notified us of a Columbia-related news item – James […]

The USenate committee confidentiality proposal will be debated this Friday.  PrezBo will weigh in. The city hates your metal gates.  Except those like the ones over dorm windows. Xavier Sala-i-Martin does not have a tailor in the US.  Nor can you buy his jackets. Surprise! Cab drivers don’t care about bicyclists. More evidence in the […]

I am CUNY. Men fight over me sometimes. (NY 1) I Google therefore I pay (NY Times) I squeak therefore I get a miniature subway car all to myself (Gothamist) I quit! Therefore… oh. (Gawker) I think therefore I am… a thinking power grid (Electric Light & Power)

As the campus returns back to life, so does Bwog. Here are some things that you may have missed during your weekend in far away lands: New York State’s economy is in $3.2 billion worth of trouble, and Governor Paterson is taking $1.6 billion in emergency measures. (1010WINS) Twitter got more street cred as gangs […]

It’s almost officially Thanksgiving break – Bwog will be on bweak too with only a few posts a day. Enjoy your exoduses! The Thanksgiving travel rate hasn’t recovered from last year’s little spill, and the cheap early bus was probably filled to the brim yesterday. (Gothamist, NY Times) If you’re sitting in your dorm room […]

You may want to be wary when ordering sushi. Luckily, Columbia scientists have the low-down. (Wired) Not looking forward to the wrath of irascible travelers Wednesday afternoon? Not to worry, apparently we’re chemically programmed to be kind. (NYT) “Things are moving extraordinarily fast” (finally…) at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. (National Geographic) There’s a […]

Suffolk County on Long Island was open for hunting for the first time ever on Saturday, but barely any turkeys showed up. Go figure. (NYT) Speaking of eating turkeys, although fewer flights mean fewer delays, good luck flying out of the city for Thanksgiving and after exams. (NYP) Butler Lawns won’t be the only green […]

If you ask nicely enough, the Postal Service will send your letter to Santa. (1010WINS) If you fire a gun, the cops will hear it. With computers! (New York Times) If you’re a waiter and fail to bother your customers for their e-mail addresses, you will get YELLED AT A WHOLE %&$*@#$ lot. (NY Post) […]

How to deal with newspaper-related beefs: Take your paper’s website hostage? Or hang up a giant piece of “art” that depicts a rival editor, naked, with a twenty-foot penis on the side of your building? Is that even a question? (TheLocal) NYU kids find their own James Franco to stalk; lack the subtlety and finesse […]

Break out the cheap wine and hors d’oeuvres: there’s an art installation on your Metrocard. (NY Times) Mayor Bloomberg makes a $125 million impulse buy. (NY Daily News) Hipsters are arrested in Williamsburg for their overzealous labeling (and drug possession). (The Brooklyn Paper) The Department of Transportation says it’s “Gridlock Alert” Day; thanks, but we already […]