Mark wrote a commentary published in the Chronicle of Higher Education today.

New York City uses a complex system to match students and high schools, and 10 percent of eighth graders recently learned the hard way how dizzying and disappointing the process can be.

The wisdom keeps on comin’ with this thrice nominated senior. Name, School: Dhruv Vasishtha, Columbia College Claim to fame: Ex-president of Columbia Parliamentary Debate, Unbearingly excited COHOP leader, Mayor of McBain 8 2008-2009 and recently of handing Snoop Dogg a cup of gin and juice while he was performing said song. Where are you going? [...]

Chief Ref Room Correspondent Sameea Butt forayed a floor below her usual spot to recap yesterday evening’s this morning’s Orgo Night. If you want to see video, you can check out one from a commenter or CUMB’s YouTube channel. There was a little more excitement than expected in 209 last night, as the crowds sweated it out [...]

Northwestern Formula Racing unveiled their second-ever car, NFR11, to students and faculty on Friday. The team and its new car will compete against other collegiate formula racing teams at the Michigan International Speedway next week. The team completed FNR11’s first test run at sunrise Friday morning after working on it all of Thursday afternoon and through [...]

While an official announcement hasn’t been made yet, multiple tipsters have confirmed to us the lucky pair: Valedictorian: Margot Lazow Salutatorian: Elizabeth Lyon Margot is a Biochemistry major and the president of the CU American Medical Students Association; she’ll tell you all about applying to med school the right way. Elizabeth is a Classics major [...]

More good news to spread today! SEAS ’11, here is your valedictorian and salutatorian: Valedictorian: Norases Vesdapunt Salutatorian: Michael Wang Norases is a Computer Science major and has plans to attend grad school at Stanford. Michael is an Applied Physics and Applied Math major. Congrats to you both!

It’s that time of year…  

Before entering the real world, another senior advises his successors. Name, School: Alex Gortman, Creative Writing CC ‘11 Claim to fame: Over the course of a semester, I met a few times with Zadie Smith, a woman both intimidating and beautiful, who once introduced me to her pug dog who, I’m pretty sure, called me [...]

Bwog’s In-House Masseuse Zoe Camp is not techinically a Stressbuster. She went through with training, but didn’t get certified officially. That can’t stop her from telling you how to help yourself relax during this stressful time, in the first installment of our new relaxation series. Treat yourself (literally!) after your long day of finals. Ah, [...]

US News has a new article entitled “Late-Minute College Options Abound for Fall 2011” in which I am quoted. As the article points out, you have a few options. If you are stilling looking for a college because you didn’t have any safety colleges on your list, you have 3 basic options. Option 1. Take [...]

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Learn from Learned in this next installment of Senior Wisdom. Name, school: Learned Foote, Columbia College Claim to fame: My e-mail address is on a bunch of spam filters because I send out the Weekly Growler for CCSC. People think my name is a joke and I’m not a real student. Where are you going? [...]

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The Carnival of Journalism has been going on the past few months, and I’ve missed posting to them. However, this month’s topic is very interesting, and I feel like I have something to contribute, if a little bit past deadline.

The topic:

A failure in your life (personal or professional) that has lessons. It must . . . → Read More: Carnival of Journalism Fail

You probably already know–whether you want to or not–that the newest season of “Jersey Shore” will be filmed in Italy. It’s as if the show’s producers got tired of insulting Italian-Americans and decided to take on the Old Country instead. Grazie, MTV. (How do you say “sarcasm” in Italian?) However, it looks like Italy isn’t [...]

The California State Assembly voted Thursday morning to pass one of two bills that make up the California DREAM Act, which would provide university-funded grants to undocumented students.

It's here. Graduation day. Maybe you're a parent watching your child graduate. Perhaps you're actually graduating. You might be the guy who takes tickets. No matter who you are, congratulations for getting to this point in your life. For all those graduates celebrating today, however, I urge you to do one thing: Do not go to grad school. I'm not against graduate school entirely. I just believe that when deciding to dive into your next educational journey, it's best to head out into the real world first.

Sony announced Tuesday that its PlayStation data center, which supports its online gaming network, experienced a massive cyberattack. Intruders gained access to the personal data of an estimated 77 million PlayStation users. Sony began investigating unusual activity April 19 and shut down the network April 20.

CC 2014′ers and 2013′ers are about to sit down for a taxing, excruciating three hours, in which they expound on the entire history of Western thought. Lit Hum and CC finals are happening today, which explains the flurry of flustered kids heading to Hamilton at 12:30. Bwog wishes you the best of luck, and gently [...]

Just cause Valentine’s Day has passed doesn’t mean the lovin’ will stop. This lonely philosopher seeks companionship on a day when many people will be thinking about him… Name, Year, School, Major: Immanuel “Manual” Kant (They call me a “hands on” kind of guy) UKönigsberg 1744, Jazz Studies Preference (guy for guy, etc.): Mind for [...]

The White House and Discovery Education discussed Osama bin Laden's death with students.

While the disparity has lessened, there is still work to be done, the study's authors say.

Bwog’s favorite Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz tells America like it is. His advice? Listen to the IMF. (Slate) The J-School recently awarded Al Jazeera English with the Columbia Journalism Award for “singular journalism in the public interest.” Bestowed in light of Al Jazeera English’s recent coverage of the 2011 revolutions in the Middle East, this is [...]

Despite the push for clean energy to wean us from petroleum, the nation's carbon addiction is unlikely to end by the middle of this century. Natural gas is poised to become the standard bearer for fossil fuels in the near future.

The nation's space agency is back on the Hawaii island this week to complete a study using radar to measure subtle changes in the landscape of Kilauea Volcano.

Randy H. Akau won the Mayor's Grand Prize and four categories at the 84th annual Lei Day Celebration Sunday at Kapiolani Park Bandstand. Akau also took first place for theme lei and three colors of neck lei: purple, red-pink and yellow-orange.

Iroquois Point Elementary in Ewa Beach has gained accreditation for the prestigious International Baccalaureate primary years program, becoming the first public elementary school in the islands to do so.

Mother Marianne Cope traveled little in Hawaii, ministering to Hansen's disease patients in Kakaako for five years before settling in Kalaupapa in 1889 to continue the work of Father Damien until her death in 1918.

Gas prices on three islands continue to climb, with this week's highest statewide average price for a gallon of regular gas at $4.582, according to an AAA survey.

U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka is recovering after breaking two ribs Monday night when he slipped and fell at his home in Alexandria, Va., his deputy communications director, Jesse Broder Van Dyke, said yesterday.

A state jury determined yesterday that Honolulu police officer Leighton Kato did not knowingly put false information in a police report that made it possible for his supervisor to later claim six hours of overtime.

The state House and Senate adjourned yesterday after understated floor sessions to complete work on a handful of bills, but several lawmakers hinted they might have to return this summer for unfinished business.

The gradual strengthening of Hawaii's economy should be sufficient to weather the impact of the natural disasters in Japan and rising oil prices, a group of University of Hawaii researchers reported today.

As I confirmed in my previous post, “Documenting Disaster” is a must-see film for student journalists and their supporters.  The documentary gives us a glimpse into the newsroom of The Collegiate Times, the student newspaper at Virginia Tech, in the immediate aftermath of the April 2007 shootings. – – “Disaster” is the triumphant work of [...]

CBS News to hold town hall next week; Submit your questions now

In this special edition of Five & One, a world without bin Laden is examined to a closer extent.

A historic announcement, passing the DREAM Act and more.

Free Comic Book Day is Saturday -- but if you're too busy, the Internet's got you covered.

"We have significant reason to believe former Daily editor-in-chief Brian Rosenthal made use of unethical tactics in reporting this story, and we are writing to report those tactics as well as his errors."

Check out Waa-Mu or rave it up this weekend.

Photo courtesy of NBC. Cast members may change, quite frequently in fact, but on The Office one thing will always be consistent, the tone. Post-“Goodbye, Michael”, it was a bit of a shock heading into a new episode of The Office that for all intents and purposes forgot that he had ever even been on the show. [...]

One of the nations that has been in the throes of civil unrest since January is Syria. The nation, like many others in the Middle East and Africa that have seen people's movements dedicated to ousting a regime and engendering social change, has seen a corrupt Ba'ath Party regime rule in an authoritarian manner for over 40 years, with long-time leader Hafez al-Assad handing power over to his son, current leader Bashar al-Assad, upon his death in 2000.

An effort that began as a way to return the generosity Alabama fans showed toward Auburn University earlier in the year has now become a grassroots phenomenon. Toomer’s for Tuscaloosa is helping those who have been affected by the deadly tornados that devastated areas across the state Wednesday. “We’ve pretty much become a nationwide organization at this point,” said Warren Tidwell, an Auburn resident and organizer of the Facebook group.

Just because finals start tomorrow in earnest doesn’t mean you can’t have fun tonight! At midnight in 209, CUMB hosts Orgo Night. There will be music, shouting, school spirit, and Barnard jokes. Speaking of the ladies across Broadway, tonight is another Midnight Breakfast. There will be barrels of free food. Barnard seniors may start munching [...]

Catering to an audience different from their Planet Earth screening, A&O delves into community outreach to put on a show for the kids.

Update your British bandwidth with these up and coming artists.

"He was afraid of the recoil the shot would produce. He was afraid of the mechanical shudder the rifle would send through his body. But he was even more afraid of the inscription scraped into the wood."

NBC originally announced that they would broadcast the finale for the second season of Community as an hour-long episode. Their decision to split it up extends the season, but it creates the first situation where Community stretches a plot across two consecutive episodes that inherently depend on each other. This isn’t a bad thing — [...]

May is college graduation time. And for many new grads that means entry into the "real world" - a world in which credit and extra cash can be in tight supply. To assist college grads in the market for a new vehicle, Toyota Financial Services (TFS), in partnership with Toyota Motor Sales, is offering qualified college graduates a $1,000 rebate toward the purchase or lease of select new Toyota vehicles, including the Corolla, Matrix, RAV4, Camry (excludes Camry hybrid), Tacoma and Yaris and all new Scion models when financed or leased through a participating Toyota dealer and TFS.

 

"Scion and Toyota vehicles are consistently some of the most popular vehicles among young adults, but more importantly, they provide dependable and safe transportation for new graduates getting to new jobs," said Mike Groff, TFS Group Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Product Development. "We understand that it's certainly a tough time to be entering this economy, so it's our hope that this $1,000 rebate, which can be coupled with other incentives, gives these new grads a break and gets them securely started on their next phase of life."

 

Qualified college graduates are also eligible for the College Graduate Finance Program (applicable for all new Toyota/Lexus/Scion models) which offers a highly competitive APR/lease terms and features such as:

-No money down and no monthly payments for the first 90 days on select finance programs
-Security deposit waiver for lease

 

Additionally, all new Toyota and Scions comes with Toyota Care: a 2-year/25,000 mile complimentary maintenance plan with roadside assistance.

 

To find a dealer or to learn more, visit www.toyotafinancial.com/collegegrad or www.scion.com/college.

 

The College Graduate Rebate Program for Toyota and Scion vehicles ends Jan. 3, 2012 and is available to qualified customers who graduated within the last two years, or will graduate within the next six months.

 

Source: Toyota

 

Chrysler today released their newest commercial, "Homecoming," which features the all-pro, NFL Rookie of the Year defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions, Ndamukong Suh. Check out Suh as he retraces his humble beginnings, taking a trip down memory lane and showing us glimpses of the childhood that made him the star he is today.

 

Find out more at Chryslers official Facebook page.

 

Source: Chrysler

The final game of heralded senior guard Michael “Juice” Thompson’s career came to a thrilling end late Wednesday night in an arena 1,800 miles away from home, as Northwestern sputtered down the stretch and fell to Washington State by a final margin of 69-66. Battling for the fourth and final bid to Madison Square Garden [...]