Maybe we're just better?

For the world, comedians. For Columbia, ex-Presidents!

Wednesdays = entirely superfluous.

Ask, Don't Tell--Columbia administrators riding high

Support the team, not the record

Urinetown! Urinetown! Urinetown!

Seemingly the only Columbia heroes missing from Roone Arledge Auditorium today were Jeffrey Sachs and John Jay -- though both were certainly at the Havel/Clinton/PrezBo prestige-aganza in spirit. In an event that vindicated CUArts' alumni donation siphoning existence, the two former world leaders touched on both fighting TB and the Federalist Papers during their conversation, loosely based on the theme "Challenges of New Democracies."

Prezes Václav and Bill were certainly in top form, but it was PrezBo's thoroughly germane sprezzatura that stole the show. "One more lecture [at CU] and he'd be up for tenure," he sparkled, welcoming "Professor" Clinton onto the stage. Meanwhile, one student overheard in the audience clearly favored the Czech: "They should make Havel the new dean of SIPA," he said, "keep him around".

A few points into the discussion between the world (and "world university") leaders, Clinton took some time out to give a "pro-mo... for Hav-el," placing him in the ranks of Gandhi and Mandela. "No one should underestimate what he did in a peaceful way," he said. Responding in a playful tone, PrezBo asked, "President Havel, do you have anything nice to say about President Clinton?" Applause and diplomatic laughter erupted politely from the packed house (Clinton, however, couldn't contain himself, turning a vivid scarlet).

If you happened to be watching Fox News this morning at 8:15 AM--because that's how Bwog likes to wake up--you might have seen a group of students with big signs behind the cameras. And if you looked closely enough, you would have seen a couple of Columbia faces: Dems member Nathan Morgante, CC '09, and Josh Bolotsky, CC '07 and this year's president of the College Democrats of New York. These kids, along with several others from Fordham and St. John's college, got up early to protest Chris Wallace's treatment of Bill Clinton on the most recent edition of Fox News Sunday, which sent blogs buzzing and progressives taking victory laps on behalf of their dear leader.

Careful to appear unthreatening, the Dems shuffled up to their post, stood quietly for a few minutes, and shuffled away. No cries of "Where's the third plane?"or "Faux News!" Just a good clean way to start the day.