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I sing of warfare and a man at war.
Exiled by fate from the Eastern shore,
He came to Israel by destiny.
A fugitive, buffeted by land, sea, and fluid,
Cruel funding losses were his lot in life,
Till he could found a team and bring them home to win.
Tags: aeneid, charles rangel, d.spar, poison in your water, quickspec, quidditch
20 February 2009 @ 8:01 AM · 7 comments
I lost some matte green Ray-Ban sunglasses during the last night of Senior Week revelry outside EC. If anyone finds them, take pity because they were the only thing that fools people into thinking that I’m cool. One delicious burrito dinner reward for their safe return. Email tips@bwog.com if you know anything.
Name: Emily Selinger, lost 5/10 somewhere at Senior Ball, gaslight, or 1020. ess2168@columbia.edu
Found in one of the couches in the Wallach Sky Lounge. Returned to Hartley Hospitality Desk.
Dark blue-green plaid Old Navy jacket and green scarf. Misplaced in EC on April 30. If found, please email abc2160@columbia.edu. Thank you!
PointMobl Black Retractable Micro USB AC Phone Charger. Lost it in Hartley lounge. E-mail: nnamdi.nwaezeapu@gmail.com
Lost a Black High Sierra backpack containing a white binder and a red pencil bag in Ferris Booth Dining Hall on Wednesday, April 25th, around 7:30 to 8pm. It was left on a chair in the second floor in a table around the middle of the room close to the staircase. If spotted someone taking it or found, please call immediately at 208-964-6780 or email rm2999@columbia.edu
Light blue, hardcover. Beginning Level. Lost last Tuesday in the Barnard 2nd floor women’s bathroom.
If found, please contact jac2295@columbia.edu
Lost a Blackberry Bold from Verizon Wireless at ADP on Saturday night. If found please email rsf2121@columbia.edu or call 601-994-3697. There will be a $$ reward!!
These were lost potentially on philosophy lawn on the evening of April 17th. The earrings are large silver flower cutouts and the mood ring is a blue band with small flowers inset. Both are old with a lot of sentimental value attached. Would greatly appreciate their return if found. Please contact on2139@columbia.edu/
646-496-3613, will reward with home baked goods and eternal gratitude.
Droid II Phone without any particular markings. Possibly left at the street fair or in Math. Contact cw2453.
Pretty sure it’s P. Vergilius Maro (not Baro). Unless Baro is a reference I’m not getting.
Sad thing is I still remember that from Lit Hum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil
got confused with Virgilio Barco Vargas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Barco
Sorry, folks — bad Latin pun to blame.
“Baro” basically means “fool,” so this fake cognomen is riffing off the fact QuickSpec is an “Aeneid” parody. (Sort of like how Peter Schickele’s character “P.D.Q. Bach” parodies the Bach family’s naming conventions.)
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris!
Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit!
I underestimated you, Bwog. Maybe this is why I’m not actually a classicist. Kudos on the pun.