On Halloween night, in an act that involved the time-honored tradition of firewater-induced mischief, a Harvard Law grad set fire to a chapel that housed the remains of victims of the September 11 attacks. (Gothamist) For the second time in two months, a Yale student has been found dead on campus, this time a 19-year-old […]

While you’re sleeping off Halloween, 40,000 brave humans are running the New York City Marathon. Here’s what you’re missing, minus the shin splints. (New York Times) From the Fake Street Cred Department: this chic East Village hotel has commissioned a graffiti mural, because that’s what street art is all about. (NYPost) Al Sharpton’s ex-wife and […]

When writing a whole column about ROTC at Ivy League schools, do not mention Columbia’s survey last fall. (Times) Despondent over lack of dates? Manhattan’s 50% single! (Post) Did you know leaving confidential House ethics reports on easily accessible file-sharing networks might lead to someone finding it? (Washington Post) NASA is exposing squirrel monkeys (pictured) […]

More than half of Manhattan residents are single and live alone; evidently they think it’s really cool. (NY Post) City Councilman Robert Jackson is unstoppable, unstoppable. (Spec) Taxi fares will be increased by 50 cents this Sunday. (NY1) The New York State Police launches its annual “Pumpkin Patrols,” bringing some much needed zaniness to the […]

Oh, you don’t want the vaccine?  We’ll take it. Choppers landing on Mudd?  It’s just a movie. Hawkma in Midtown?  If only. You want space in Lerner?  Your tuition isn’t enough. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: It’s the Navy way! Photo via NY Daily News

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s remarks don’t apply to Dartmouth. How dare you imply such a thing! (The Dartmouth) Thompson accuses Bloomberg of distorting the facts of the former’s time at the Board of Education in the final mayoral debate. (Gothamist) It’s quite old-fashioned to get defensive about dirty money. Still, Mayor Bloomberg went […]

Andrew Cuomo v.  the President of 9/11 (NY Post). The University Senate gets meta (Spec).   There’s something in the water at Harvard (Gawker).  The Office of Multicultural Affairs: Where Everyone Knows Your Name  (Spec). Rachel Ray saves the world with whole-wheat flatbread and free-range chicken (CityRoom). Hipsters worry that Williamsburg = Belfast circa 1970 (NY […]

Thought you had a bad weekend? Not as bad as this cabbie who drove all the way to Long Island, only to be pepper sprayed by his passenger instead of paid. (NYP) Strangeness occurred downtown as street-level billboards were painted over by artists in an attempt to question their legality, only to be repainted with […]

Think you had a nice day? Well, this Nassau Community College Student was busy WINNING A MILLION DOLLARS. (ABC7) Guilt, self-loathing, and red tape at the Eden that is the Park Slope Food Coop. (New York Times) The owner of the oldest Ray’s Original/Famous/Original Famous is making her mobster family an offer they might not […]

Mike Bloomberg has broken his own campaign spending record, already blowing through $85.2 million with 11 days still to go. (AP) When you’re Hugh Hefner, you’re “old enough to be the great-grandfather of some of his girlfriends.” Oh, and old enough to receive front-webpage articles that describe your cultural contributions as “almost quaint.” (NYT) The […]

Good morning, Columbia; or is it? While we dreamt the night away, the world descended ever further into the throes of chaos! See for yourself: Hulu may begin charging for content in 2010, apparently because we haven’t been showing it enough love. (Huffington Post) Mumps outbreaks in Brooklyn and New Jersey are linked to a […]

Broadway musicals!  Even if they’re ending. (NY1) Cheaper subways!  We’re awake anyway. (NYT) Foreign languages!  Especially screamed by small children. (NYT) Fluttering ladybugs!  When they attack New Jersey. (1010WINS) Shirtless men!  On the verge of awesomeness.(Flotrack) New York City!  All of it! (Voice)

All of the puns regarding Governor Paterson’s push for a state soda tax have been made already, but the whole thing is still rather silly. (NY Post) Someone you might actually look up to spars with ex-girlfriend on Page 6. (NY Post) Graffiti on the High Line – juvenile rebellion or historic artifact? (City Room) […]

 Our porcine problem persists as experts question the vaccine’s use (NY1). Evangelists may have vanquished Route 66, but Atheists are now converting subway riders (Gothamist). With Manhattanville secured, Columbia plots to conquer Europe and South Asia (Spec). The rich and famous enter Purgatorio without Virgil’s help (Gawker).  Teachers College descends from the ivory tower (Spec). […]

Even though it looks like the MTA may lose $113 million in state funds, fare increases seem to be the least likely option. (NYT) What better way for the city to spend $14 million than to have custodians open and close schoolyard gates? (NYP) Although a new private elementary school founded by “high-powered mothers” (including […]