Bwog would not want to be Landon Donovan–or anyone associated with the US Soccer Team–after our boys’ 2-1 loss to Ghana yesterday. Sunil was not happy. “This is where the entire world is watching,” said the United States Soccer Federation president, with the kind of icy disapproval reserved for those who confuse Lorentz curves with […]

According to the New York Times, PrezBo & Co. have kicked off a drive to raise $4 billion in seven years. That’ll buy a whole lot of fruit and cheese platters, fo sho. And everyone’s favorite cosmonerd Prof. David Helfand gets some airtime defending the administration. Word up! Meanwhile, over in the Magazine section, we […]

Starring: Max Minghella (previous credits: Syriana, Bee Season, Art School Confidential) Also featuring: Joey Alvarado, Liz Strauss Location: Cafe Swish, Kim’s, JJ’s Place Plot Summary: New York Times decides to profile progeny of esteemed director Anthony Minghella, cute freshman friends provide sense of natural environment. Rising actor eschews usual activities of the young and famous […]

There are a lot of poor people who need saving, and I can show you the cost-effective way to do it.

The Times today has an article on publishing prodigy and Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan and her new novel (out two days ago), How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. The Times, however, appears yet to have reviewed this novel. As opposed to the Blue and White: you can (and should) read […]

Interesting question: did last month’s Spec coverage of Columbia’s Anachronistic Gentleman Dating service turn a non-story into a story for the NYT to cover or is this still something no one actually cares about? The Bwog votes for the latter, romanticism be damned.

In a recent Class Council email: New York Times Study Break Sunday Feb. 26th/ 9:00pm Alfred Lerner Hall As a part of our FREE New York Times program, we are partnering with them to bring you some great events. On February 26th we will be throwing a NY Times Study Break with tons of FREE […]

The Sunday Times recommends Morningside Heights restaurants on Amsterdam. It’s like a Bizarro Broadway– just replace drunk undergrads with sober SIPA students, Riverside Park with Morningside, and bad food with good.

Henry Coleman, former Columbia Dean, passed away last week at age 79. Coleman was at the center of two of Columbia’s most troubling events: in ’68 he was taken hostage by students upset over planned expansion and in ’72 he was shot five times by undergrad suspended for poor academic performance. While Coleman officially left […]