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Barnard’s soul-searching. You scream, I scream, ice cream! Rumble in the Poli Sci department as Ph.D.-reject delivers sweetest diss to Andrew Nathan. Share on, Columbians.

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Overshadowed by the more prominent CCSC, ESC, Barnard, GS, and Italian elections, poor little ABC is clamoring for attention. Last night’s elections saw five people competing for four seats. Sucks to be Kylie Davis, but the results are here: President: Keith Hernandez (unopposed) Vice President: Lissy Hu over Kylie Davis Treasurer: Angela Kou (unopposed) Secretary: […]

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A breathless James William sez: There is wet cement on 2 squares of sidewalk on 114th street in front of Carman RIGHT NOW!!! Someone go out there and write “BWOG” in the sidewalk RIGHT NOW!!! Yes.

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This morning, an anonymous tipster weighed in on the origins of the “cHiNA?” graffiti that can be spotted in every other campus elevator: I thought you should know I have a theory that could possible solve the “CHINA?” elevator riddle. That is, what started it before the ignorant copy cats took over. It’s dorky and […]

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Bwog staffer Julia Butareva reviews Ignacy Witkiewicz’s show of contemporary drawings at the Ubu gallery. In the corner of drawings by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, you find letters and numbers assembled in what looks like an obscure mathematical formula: NP, NTT 7 m. What do they mean? Apparently, they’re abbreviations that indicate the drugs that the […]

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“Free blue themed drinks and food” (we hope the food isn’t blue) on Low Steps between 2pm and 4pm but ONLY if you’re wearing blue. Maybe it’s like St. Patrick’s Day and you can just claim your underwear is blue. It is!

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You didn’t think he’d remain quiet did you? When apathy overpowers democracy, senators get a big auditorium to themselves. Headline TBD. The trials and tribulations of Genera…wait, phone’s ringing… Bonus: Smoke this.

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Thinking it might take a crack at participatory government, Bwog popped its head into the University Senate Town Hall in Lerner Cinema this evening, to find approximately ten students in attendance at a forum of the school-wide body. The sight of two student government leaders leaving as we entered suddenly made sense–not relishing the prospect […]

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Fire on 114th St.

Fire in 114th St. building near River dormitory. Broadway closed from 116th through 113th. Ladder truck there and EMTs at the ready. To quote the homeless guy walking past: “Ain’t no fire if there ain’t no smoke.” Note: Bookstore on corner filled with smoke. 8:30 pm Update: Firefighters report that the fire started in the […]

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The god Rumor has spoken: Ghostface Killah will be playing the annual Bacchanal concert this Saturday, 2:00 pm on Low Steps. Ghostface, the Wu Tang Clan member whose most recent album Fishcale debuted this month at #4 on the Billboard charts, has emerged since his 1996 solo debut as the group’s most consistently innovative lyricist. […]

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Paradise, Inc.

Econ prof Jagdish Bhagwati on the Fall of Man: “If there had been trade in the Garden of Eden, Adam would have traded the apple for a kiwi fruit, and the entire history of humanity would be much more benign.” –Ana Ortiz

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The Spectator is reporting the death of Barnard senior Alexis McNaughton Knox in a North Carolina car accident. She had been on leave for the semester and was staying with family in the area.

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File under crazy/bitter SEAS kids making life better for all of us: Freshman Rajesh Ramakrishnan has created Columbia FoodWorks, a website which hooks up first-years with too many dining points (they expire at the end of the year) with first-years with too few points. Of course, there’s no such thing as a free lunch– “although […]

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Law Professors complain about workloads, internal politics, ditch Columbia for NYU. Striking grad students: We miss you! James Joseph Vielkind-Neun stands up for immigrant rights. Just when we thought Baker Blast was enough, the Grinch steals softball.

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Bwog correspondents Mark Holden and James Williams report that someone has provided Alexander Hamilton with some fine new headwear.

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