AltSpec: Haphazard Verdicts
Image via blogspot.com Real estate is a steal: PrezBo’s henchmen nabbed two new buildings this past week. One can reasonably assume that the Manhattanville location will be absorbed into our...
View ArticleAltSpec: Searching For the Answer
To exams: Who were you fooling with all of those hours you spent in Butler last week? Not the good people at Cramster.com, apparently — the cheatsheet site reports more traffic from Columbia than any...
View ArticleAltSpec: Near, Far, Wherever You Are
Photo via Wikipedia Locally – Our women’s archery coach demonstrates that arrows can indeed puncture humans. Internationally – We’re not opening international campuses, just research facilities. All...
View ArticleAltSpec: An Urban Revolution
Irvine R. Levine, style guru, insisted on his bowties and the use of his middle initial during his forty-five years at NBC. The former Weatherman and 1968 revolutionary Mark Rudd has released his new...
View ArticleAltSpec: Potpourri
At the Double Discovery center, they confirm and reconfirm that dating abuse is just not okay. Our pediatric neuroscience department was managed by a fraudster. John Bzdil pleaded guilty on Tuesday...
View ArticleAltSpec: The Economy Has Pierced Our Bubble
The weekly “Gee, really?” news of the week: replacing soda with water is healthy. In fact, water even has fewer calories. The Chronicle is careful not to judge when reporting on Massad’s probable...
View ArticleAltSpec: We Have the Technology
Another blog has discovered our friend Sarah Dooley. Yes, her character is a lot like Michael Scott, but so much cuter! A Columbia grad student played in that intertubes-inspired concert at Carnegie...
View ArticleAltSpec: Let’s Play a Game
Match the quote to the speaker. To give you a break from problem sets, it should be pretty easy, but answers after the jump anyway. Good luck! Quotes Speakers “[I]t was like a national day of...
View ArticleAltSpec: What Goes Around Comes Around
Image via toyrific.co.uk Stop panicking about lil’ piggy flu. We’ve found a way to make it politically incorrect. The only reason we have a potential pandemic is all those corrupt doctors. Free...
View ArticleAltSpec: Procrastination Alert
Thanks to one of the few female graduates in the early days of the law school, copyright law was blessed with the “fair use” clause. Here’s to in-class movies and music. Measles, mumps, and rubella...
View ArticleAltSpec: Pride, Prejudice, and Parasites
It was this man’s vision to lead SEAS, of all things. Columbia grads spawn from the east coast to represent the entire country around the world. Green monkeys. Chalfie’s dream finally comes to pass....
View ArticleAltSpec: Lost Hope, Stretched Trope
It’s time for AltSpec once again, in which Bwog reminds you that you’re far less successful than your esteemed colleagues. Piglet flu took down Big Red and now it’s bearing down on light blue....
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Pet Name Wanted
Bwog is still searching its Cabinet of Cleverness for a new name for the expanded morning news post. Share your ideas in the comments. Yesterday the Museum of the City of New York opened a new...
View ArticleBwoglines: 9/11 Anniversary Edition
In case you forgot to read these yesterday. Yesterday we joined our country to remember the events of September 11, 2001. Bwog was impressed, inspired, and engaged by media coverage of the 10-year...
View ArticleBwoglines: Politrick(s) or Treat Edition
It's not Halloween yet, you say? Then how do you explain this grab bag of political updates...? Obama’s new (angsty!) video encourages us to “get the facts.” We’re feeling a back-of-the-envelope...
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