Break Out the Obituaries: Ted Kennedy
August 26, 2009 – 10:00 pm | Comments

BOTO salutes the Democratic Party’s greatest soldier and the heart of the liberal movement, Ted Kennedy, who passed long before his time. We need him now as much as ever. Read more »

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Articles by Nicole Catá

Nicole Catá is a rising junior at Columbia University. She is honored to serve as your humble co-editor and snark-provider. Nicole respectfully reminds you to make way for ducklings. Read more.

State of the Art (8/19)
August 19, 2009 – 8:00 am | Comments
State of the Art (8/19)

From a double lawsuit to an underdog success story on Broadway to an experiment with reality television, here’s what’s happening in Arts & Entertainment. Read more »

State of the Art (8/5)
August 5, 2009 – 8:00 am | Comments
State of the Art (8/5)

From Judd Apatow to glittery vampires to Che Guevara; here’s what’s happening in Arts and Entertainment. Read more »

Starvation is a Good Motivating Tool
July 1, 2009 – 11:38 pm | Comments
Starvation is a Good Motivating Tool

“Hunger can be a positive motivator!” Think this sounds ridiculous? State Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-MO) doesn’t. Read more »

Buffy: Good Angel, Bad Angel
June 19, 2009 – 4:22 pm | Comments
Buffy:  Good Angel, Bad Angel

A Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie! But without Joss Whedon? Blasphemy! Our resident Buffy diehard investigates. Read more »

Obama’s First Month: The Baby Book
March 1, 2009 – 9:22 pm | Comments
Obama’s First Month:  The Baby Book

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
Like a high proportion of Columbia students, Nicole dutifully obeyed her impulses toward political involvement this fall when she joined the BarackObama.com listserver, receiving email after email from David Plouffe, … Read more »

Wherein Nicole Extols the Many Virtues of Watchmen
February 9, 2009 – 12:44 am | Comments
Wherein Nicole Extols the Many Virtues of Watchmen

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
Hello, interwebs!  It’s quite good to be back.  Absent a more eloquent reintroduction, the redheaded member of the newly expanded writing staff is about to kick off her segment with … Read more »

I Don’t Like Mondays
October 20, 2008 – 7:12 pm | Comments
I Don’t Like Mondays

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
… especially Mondays on which Shea Stadium is renamed “Tadium.”  Behold (courtesy of MetsBlog):

This unfortunate moniker has been adopted due to the demolition of Shea, as pictured below:

Oh, well.  At … Read more »

Political Conspiracy, Columbia Style
August 16, 2008 – 2:14 am | Comments
Political Conspiracy, Columbia Style

NICOLE CATÁ (Westchester, New York)
BEN THEODORE (Westchester, New York)
Nicole couldn’t help but notice that news about politics and the Ivy League have resurfaced on our humble blog, and she felt it necessary to point out … Read more »

Cross-Linking!
August 1, 2008 – 2:10 am | Comments

NICOLE CATÁ (Westchester, New York)
Since Devon is off on yet another jet plane (this time to Japan) and Nicole finds herself stuck in Westchester for a few weeks, expect the redheaded half of BOTO to keep … Read more »

A Potpourri of NYC (for Free!)
July 18, 2008 – 1:38 am | Comments
A Potpourri of NYC (for Free!)

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
Since Devon has already graced you, the readership, with a photo entry about the Yankees, Nicole won’t follow suit with such a one about the Mets (who have won ten … Read more »

NYC How-Tos
June 23, 2008 – 7:13 pm | Comments
NYC How-Tos

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)

Having conquered her incompetence regarding all things technological, Nicole returns with the triple crown of her pseudo-anthropological investigations into city life: three How-To lists, which should come in handy … Read more »

A Microview of NYC Goings-On
June 10, 2008 – 10:43 pm | Comments
A Microview of NYC Goings-On

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
The recently-sweltering New York City heat and Devon’s return to the United States have prompted Nicole to update the readership on selected goings-on of her favorite metropolis. But first, … Read more »

Alumni Recognition, Tarsem Singh’s New Film, and the Return of Pedro Martinez
June 5, 2008 – 2:15 am | Comments
Alumni Recognition, Tarsem Singh’s New Film, and the Return of Pedro Martinez

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
In what is certainly the worthiest story to appear before the jump, BOTO heartily congratulates Columbia’s hottest alumnus in the current news cycle for wooing the requisite number of delegates … Read more »

A Temporary Suspension (or Easing) of Snarkiness
June 4, 2008 – 10:44 am | Comments

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
Hey, all!  Stay tuned for BOTO’s general (if you’ll excuse the pun) impressions of the Democratic nominee for President of the United States; a review of Tarsem Singh’s gorgeous film, … Read more »

Robins and Broadway and Los Mets, Oh, My!
June 2, 2008 – 1:56 am | Comments
Robins and Broadway and Los Mets, Oh, My!

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
So, as our fabulous readership may have ascertained, Devon and Nicole have decided to keep baseball in BOTO.  Your co-writers quickly learned just how much their helpless passion for the … Read more »

Annual Funeral for Research Universities and Thong Etiquette for Baseball Players
May 27, 2008 – 11:15 pm | Comments
Annual Funeral for Research Universities and Thong Etiquette for Baseball Players

NICOLE CATÁ (New York, New York)
The second, newest half of the BOTO team is outraged.  In the midst of her mourning stage, she couldn’t help but remark that New York’s leading newspapers have failed to commemorate the … Read more »