A Dark Night For Souls Everywhere

You’re miserable. We’re miserable. The guy who’ll have to kick us all out of 210 from 7 to 8 am is preemptively miserable on behalf of everyone involved. As per tradition, we took this dark and dreary night as an opportunity to traipse through Butler and photograph the anguish. Send your own photos of the meek and the wild to tips@bwog.com, and we’ll add ‘em to the collection.

Take heart, warriors of these halls—only a few more hours ’til dawn breaks.

A run-of-the-mill SEAS and desist

Sweet dreams are made of this... only, minus "this" and plus "anything else, ever"

You made your (beverage)bed, now lie in it

We're nothing more than the butt of Butler's sick joke

No time to air-dry

This just in from (kind of) neighboring Wallach: hitting rock bottom in the Skylounge

55 Comments

May 7, 2012 @ 2:15 am

Tags: all alone together, dark night of the soul, darkness, eye of the storm, finals are coming, sadness, save yourself, time the subtle thief of youth

Anonymous says:

159 25 May 7, 2012 @ 2:32 am

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I'm sorry. But this is fucking pathetic. Sleep at home. I hate the people that live in Butler. No one is that busy. No one.
- Oh hush and go says:
  
  31 81 May 7, 2012 @ 2:37 am
  
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  take your holier-than-thou-ness somewhere else. You're annoying.
  - Anonymous says:
    
    137 5 May 7, 2012 @ 3:02 am
    
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    It's not holier-than-thou-ness. It's THERE WERE MOTHERFUCKING BED BUGS IN THE DAMNED LIBRARY BECAUSE OF THIS SHIT. It's disgusting.
- Anonymous says:
  
  14 71 May 7, 2012 @ 2:37 am
  
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  Clearly you're not in SEAS...
  - Anonymous says:
    
    70 19 May 7, 2012 @ 10:18 am
    
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    Anyone who genuinely believes that SEAS is harder than CC is...well...in SEAS.
    - sure. says:
      
      25 15 May 7, 2012 @ 11:39 am
      
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      and anyone thats transferred from SEAS to CC or vice versa. SEAS average GPA is .9 points below CC's average........pretty sure thats not because they all "happen to be dumber".
      - maybe says:
        
        6 21 May 7, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
        
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        it's because their acceptance rate is double that of CC?
      - Anonymous says:
        
        12 2 May 7, 2012 @ 7:53 pm
        
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        which is only because less people apply?? like, maybee?
      - sure. says:
        
        6 0 May 7, 2012 @ 11:36 pm
        
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        engineering GPA's EVERYWHERE are in general lower than other majors. http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/this-week-in-esc-average-gpas-please
  - you guys! says:
    
    3 3 May 9, 2012 @ 1:27 am
    
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    SEAS is the new Barnard!
- CC'14 says:
  
  110 1 May 7, 2012 @ 2:44 am
  
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  Yes hes saying it holier than thou, but come on. Its a five minute walk to your bed, dont be over dramatic.
  - Anonymous says:
    
    78 0 May 7, 2012 @ 8:20 am
    
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    Also, take your shit with you.
- Anonymous says:
  
  26 90 May 7, 2012 @ 8:25 am
  
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  WHY are 98% of Butler campers East Asian? Do they not sleep in your countries?!
  - Wow, says:
    
    27 10 May 7, 2012 @ 11:40 am
    
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    ...you've clearly never traveled outside of yours. Until you have, it'd be best to keep your ignorant thoughts to yourself.
- No says:
  
  2 0 May 8, 2012 @ 6:05 am
  
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  but people who procrastinate terribly do
Anonymous says:

39 3 May 7, 2012 @ 2:46 am

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you just want my seat.
we'll you aint getting motherfucker!
Anonymous says:

42 4 May 7, 2012 @ 2:51 am

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too tired to make sense of this stupid tired world
realizing that the last month has been a series of
bitter disappointments or one cruel joke I put
down my reading and fell into a hollow sleep and
was happy for a little while as I dreamed of you

come back to me
- Anonymous says:
  
  0 1 May 7, 2012 @ 3:13 am
  
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  ...
- Anonymous says:
  
  13 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:39 am
  
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  *tear*... that was beautiful
- too real man says:
  
  7 0 May 7, 2012 @ 1:17 pm
  
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  i know that feel
Finals week says:

25 2 May 7, 2012 @ 2:54 am

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is Columbia's semi-annual exercise in sadism. Actually midterm week(s) can be considered to be the same thing... Oh God what kind of fucked up system did we opt to participate in here?!?
- Midterm week... says:
  
  2 0 May 9, 2012 @ 8:22 am
  
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  ...aka the middle eight weeks of any semester
old person says:

26 1 May 7, 2012 @ 2:57 am

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That photo of a dead flower in a red bull can from a few years ago is pretty hard to beat. Not that any one should try to. Please don't, actually.
Anonymous says:

0 0 May 7, 2012 @ 3:04 am

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http://bwog.com/2011/05/10/bed-bugs-in-butler-the-saga-continues/
seriouslyhowever says:

19 2 May 7, 2012 @ 3:04 am

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If you really don't have time and you must work throughout the day and night, make sure to get some sleep nevertheless-- say two hours minimum. Besides fulfilling a small part of your basic biological needs, you will also work more efficiently.
Where says:

23 0 May 7, 2012 @ 3:05 am

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is the "time the subtle thief of youth" tag? I really don't mean to be a douche—it's just my favorite.
- Ella says: (Bwog Staff)
  
  0 0 May 7, 2012 @ 3:13 am
  
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  Ours too—added.
Game of Finals says:

36 0 May 7, 2012 @ 3:14 am

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Oh my sweet summer child, what do you know of fear? Fear is for the long night, when finals fall a hundred feet deep, and ideas on what to write about are born and live and die in the darkness while the professors grow gaunt and hungry, while the white walkers move through the library.
- Anonymous says:
  
  41 0 May 7, 2012 @ 3:47 am
  
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  The final is dark and full of terrors.
- Butler Watch says:
  
  55 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:31 am
  
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  Finals gather, and now my studying begins. It shall not end until my sleep. I shall take no alcohol, hold no seat in Butler. I shall wear no pride and win no rest. I shall live and die at my computer. I am the screen in the darkness. I am the watcher on the stacks. I am the light that burns against the eyes, the light that brings the grade, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards my GPA. I pledge my life and honor to the Finals's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.
- Irri says:
  
  7 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:35 pm
  
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  It is known.
  - Ygritte says:
    
    8 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
    
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    You know nothing John Snow.
- Hodor says:
  
  14 0 May 7, 2012 @ 5:18 pm
  
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  Hodor
Agh says:

7 1 May 7, 2012 @ 3:54 am

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Is anyone else staying up through the night for a 9am final? Will I survive? Is it unhealthy? Can I do it? Help me bwogverse
- i'm considering it says:
  
  2 1 May 7, 2012 @ 4:00 am
  
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  for an afternoon final (if only because I had to do an essay too and I'm just now starting studying).
  
  at the very least take a power nap. there's an app on Android that will let you set different times--I recommend a 30 minute nap soon-ish, and then FORCE yourself to get up, and then a little bit before the test, take a 5 minute nap with your head on your desk. You'll be amazed what it can do for you.
- Anonymous says:
  
  9 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:10 am
  
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  I've done it before. Really, you can do it - but you will need to sleep after the exam. What I did was to buy a sugar free red bull, and I had it an hour before my exam (so I wouldn't be too jittery).
  
  Please sleep after your exam though.
  
  I believe in you!
- done it before says:
  
  3 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:24 am
  
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  Here's the thing: at some point, you're so tired that you can't think. You know the feeling - when you're easily confused, nothing makes sense (even the stuff you studied), and you can't put two-and-two together anymore. As long as you're MIND IS SHARP, it doesn't matter how tired your body is. Remember that. And yes, I think many people stay up for their 9am classes - you will crash around 2-3pm if you stay up the whole night, so you can easily get through a morning exam. Good luck!
- Anonymous says:
  
  10 0 May 7, 2012 @ 4:24 am
  
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  I'm doing it. I always do it. 9-12 final, and then work 3-8. Hoping sleeping in between will be satisfying though it's my experience that Red Bull-fueled day naps are the worst because you can literally hear your organs as you lay there and try to fall asleep. Good luck to you, my fellow pioneer.
Anonymous says:

6 3 May 7, 2012 @ 4:33 am

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Adrenaline will kick in, no matter how tired you are. You can do it! Take your exam, ride the adrenaline high for the hour or two following it, and go home and crash. Then wake up and start studying for your next exam... Ahh, Columbia.
YOU FUCKING IDIOTS says:

17 28 May 7, 2012 @ 5:40 am

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you got lucky this time, but next time, before you go around taking pictures, stop and think "oh wait a minute. is that guy alright? maybe he isn't asleep? maybe he collapsed from exhaustion? maybe he had a stroke? maybe he was murdered? maybe he tripped, fell, and had a concussion? maybe he forgot to take his insulin today? maybe he had an argument with his gf and she poisoned his coffee out of spite?

im not saying these are usually the case, but next time, realize that a college environment doesn't always imply "fun, games, and la la land"

that is all.
- with that said says:
  
  4 22 May 7, 2012 @ 5:43 am
  
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  i cannot WAIT for someone to take a picture of a "Sleeping kid" in butler and send it to bwog and it gets like 50 comments all saying "LOL! hilarious!" then a few hours later, emergency crews are all over butler and it turns out, when they took the picture, the kid had died from a caffeine/red bull overdose.
  
  how would you feel now, after having previously commented "LOL!!!!" ?
- with that said says:
  
  4 13 May 7, 2012 @ 7:37 am
  
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  next time you see a kid lying on the FLOOR like that, don't immediately think "OMG LOL!!! HE'S ASLEEP FROM FINAL EXAM STUDYING!! LOL! I need to find my camera phone so I can send this to Bwog! They'll love it!"
  
  grow the fuck up, kiddies. when my cousin had a stroke and i came around the corner, he lay on the floor exactly like that. he would have died had i not called out his name several times and he didn't respond. think about what would have happened if i just assumed "oh, he's sleeping on the floor. no big deal."!!!
  
  instead, think "wait a minute. why is there a kid on the floor in the middle of my path that isn't a couch or bed or chair? is he ok? I'll stay around for 10 seconds to see if I can see his back arching up and down so I know he's breathing and is indeed asleep."
  
  disregard above advice if the kid is on a chair, sofa, or has his head on his desk.
  - Anonymous says:
    
    15 1 May 7, 2012 @ 8:24 am
    
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    who are you to say nobody did that?
  - Anonymous says:
    
    19 2 May 7, 2012 @ 8:57 am
    
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    The guy on the floor isn't asleep or dead. He's reading. He was holding a book to his face.
    - "Sleeping Guy On the Floor" says:
      
      6 1 May 7, 2012 @ 9:16 pm
      
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      Lawllll I was reading Crime and Punishment on the floor because the reference room had no seats and my friend was next to me.
      
      I have slept in Butler many a times before, but tragically for Bwog, in this picture, I'm not.
      
      But I love the publicity. :]
      
      Keep it up BWOG!!! I'll send you some better pics next time. I've got plenty!
Anonymous says:

12 5 May 7, 2012 @ 6:16 am

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see, if I were to return to my room I will most likely not return.
Anonymous says:

7 4 May 7, 2012 @ 7:39 am

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scrollover description: "try the other coke next time"

DRUGS ARE BAD BWOG
- ooo says:
  
  1 1 May 7, 2012 @ 2:58 pm
  
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  I did not get that. thought they meant the other coke... can?
Anonymous says:

25 30 May 7, 2012 @ 9:32 am

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bwog, you really shouldnt be perpetuating an extremely unhealthy way of life by helping to glorify it or make it funny. i am extremely involved in campus groups and always take a full course load (btw i have a science major and also have a concentration) and in all my 4 years here I have NEVER pulled an all-nighter. it's not necessary if you're a responsible human being and practice time management. sure, sometimes you can only sleep 5 or 6 hours when you have a big exam or paper, but COME ON. maybe if you spent less time on Bwog and more time actually studying, you could go back to your room for 5 hours and go to sleep!
- And maybe says:
  
  28 2 May 7, 2012 @ 12:10 pm
  
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  if you spent less time being self righteous, you wouldn't be such a douche. Commiseration is not the same as glorification.
- Gossip Girl says:
  
  24 2 May 7, 2012 @ 12:17 pm
  
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  You've obviously made a science of being an asshole.
  
  Your concentration should be on trying to mitigate that.
  
  xoxo
  
  Gossip Girl
Anonymous says:

11 1 May 7, 2012 @ 5:11 pm

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go home and sleep if you're going to sleep anyway.

if you've really fucked yourself over, take an addy and stay awake actually doing work.

there is no point in half-sleeping at the library, because your sleep is shitty and you're not even getting anything done.

sometimes people at this school just love making themselves feel like shit for no reason.
Alum says:

9 2 May 7, 2012 @ 5:35 pm

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Protip: people don't do this at other schools. The library is hardly occupied at my current institution and it's reading period.
Anonymous says:

0 0 May 7, 2012 @ 8:51 pm

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sir, don’t be a dick
Picture had to have been taken 2 weeks ago says:

0 0 May 7, 2012 @ 9:18 pm

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Cuz I was reading Crime and Punishment.

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