Columbia professors get elected to things (Senate.gov) Columbia’s core is the magic of video games (NYT) Columbia’s architecture is blogworthy for Bloomberg (Bloomberg) Columbia knows about the best diets (CNN) Now that Obama’s popularity is declining, it turns out he never attended Columbia? (TransWorldNews)

Our four-legged friends took a field trip to Central Park yesterday, and wound up all over the internet. (Urban Hawks) The Royal Shakespeare Company will ply the bard’s trade during a month-long residency at Lincoln Center in the summer of 2011. (NYT) The MTA figured out that the F train was slow, so, naturally, it […]

Coyotes were spotted on campus yesterday; local news channel seemed amused that we seem amused about it. (WABC-TV) Mayor Bloomberg receives over 8,000 letters a month, and every one gets a response. (NYPost) The G Train has talented conductors. (Gothamist) Your favorite economics professor Sunil Gulati was re-elected yesterday as the U.S. Soccer Federation president. […]

Teenage prostitutes. (CNN) The blobfish. (Daily Mail) New York accents. (Gothamist) New York mafia clubs. (NY Daily News) Male college students. (NYT)

Modesty (Gothamist) Optimism (NYT) Gratitude (Post) Generosity (Spec)

It’s finally time to buy an apartment in Manhattan! (NY Mag) MTV is letting people like you choose where to send season 2 of Jersey Shore. Giants Stadium is being demolished. (Daily News) Strippers (including an NYU student) pick the Saints to win the Super Bowl. (Post)

Columbia beats Yale and NYU, placing sixth on the list of top fundraising American universities for 2009. (CAE) Don’t like the fowl new Barnard meal plan? Now’s your chance to grouse! Attend the open discussion today at 5pm hosted by Dean Denburg in the Vag’s 2nd flood dining space on the first floor Diana Event […]

Columbia Alum finds success in direction of Hurt Locker (BBC) Academy award nominations are out, including 9 for above-mentioned Hurt Locker (NY Daily) Director of Avatar and director of Hurt Locker were once married! (NY Daily) Joe Biden reviews Hurt Locker rival, Avatar (Jezebel) Hurt Locker producers challenge Academy’s rules (NYT)

It’s Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil thinks there’s more winter coming. Staten Island Chuck, though, forecasts an early spring.  In any case, if you see Ned Ryerson, run. Or start ice sculpting. (Gothamist) From our comments: reader Pantsless sent in this awesome time-shifting map of New York. (Kottke) Firefighters rescued a man and a woman […]

What’s that smell taking over your dorm? Probably stink bugs. (Gothamist) Where can you find information about the best ramen in Tokyo? Start by reading Ramenate!, started by a Columbia grad student. (NYT) How can New Yorkers communicate without actually talking to each other? Through the use of Wi-Fi network names. (NYDaily) Who impregnated Padma […]

People taking cars that don’t belong to them. (NY Daily News) People taking children that don’t belong to them. (Yahoo! News) Strange people doing strange things. (Gothamist) “Jobs and industries of tomorrow taking root beyond our borders.” (NYT) Colors you’ve never heard of before. (Jezebel) Reality stars who just won’t go away. (Entertainment Weekly) Columbia […]

Harlem vs. Columbia University (BookTV) Gov. Paterson’s love of Ultimate Fighting vs. New York State voters (Gothamist) Men’s basketball: Columbia vs. Harvard (Spec) Cabbies vs. Taxi and Limousine Commission 9/11 Trial: Guantanamo Bay vs. Manhattan– Manhattan definitely loses! (NY Post)

The economy grew at the fastest rate since you’ve been in college last quarter. (NYT) Sophomore basketball star Noruwa Agho is leading the NCAA in 3-point shooting percentage, and he’s from Jersey. (NJ.com) The White House requests that the 9/11 trial be moved out of Manhattan. (Daily News) Urban Outfitters is still not moving in […]

Mochas at MacDonalds (Recession Diary) Marijuana (NYT) Mutations (Flickr) Michelle Obama (Gothamist) Mars! (Wired)

In the Bronx, as part of a gun buyback program, people got cash for turning in their guns… even BB guns. (Gothamist) In Manhattan, there are so many transgender name change requests that its Civil Court could be one of the nation’s leading name-changing institutions. How topical! (NYT) In Stuyvesant Town, all is not well. […]