While Bwog enjoyed the sunny weather on such a splendid day, several things also caught our attention: Bacchanal festivities coincided with today’s, er, other special celebrations, including Battle of the Bands, a much-too-limited barbecue, a moonwalk, and a sorority-sponsored “munchies” sale. Columbia’s beloved mascot was also spotted roaming about (pictured to the right), giving hugs […]

Early this morning, a gunman at Virginia Tech went on the deadliest gun rampage in U.S. history. The Washington Post is reporting 33 killings and more than 30 additional injuries as of 6pm. The Post‘s extensive coverage can be read here. Jamal Albarghouti, a student, caught the gunman on his cell phone’s videocamera and the recording is […]

When Bwog noticed that there was a “Found Explosive” on the Gothamist newsmap for 2950 Broadway–the address of the Journalism School–we were confused. Our confusion deepened after a call to the NYPD, who said that it was an “inert device.” Another call to Columbia Public Safety yielded another dimension to the puzzle: the bomb was […]

Julia Kite emails us with the following tip: “The Journalism School’s graduation speaker will be Ben Bradlee…yes, THE Ben Bradlee who was editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate Scandal and one of three people who knew the identity of Deep Throat, à la All the President’s Men.” According to a recent Gawker post, […]

The guest list read like a who’s who of journalism: a J-School dean, the Associated Press Executive Director, a former TIME magazine Editor-in-Chief, publishers, professors…and Walter Cronkite. The audience was probably more illustrious than your average lecture-hall crowd, too. Only one person there had any executive power to do anything, but free speech is always […]

Roger Hodge, E.I.C., discusses Harper’s Graduate School of Journalism, 4.6.2006 Harper’s Editor-in-Chief Roger Hodge explained “I… like to hide behind the written word.” . . . Hodge is not the impromptu-thinking type, and his speech at the J-School last Thursday showed it. The moderator had recently handed him a shopping list of points to cover, […]