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This crotchety old man we found eating in John Jay shares his wisdom and won’t tell us how he got in here!

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Bwogger Jordan Merrill tells the people what they need to hear. As Columbia slash Barnard students, we can be certain about one thing: we are all fucking nerds. I never thought it would come to the day where we could differentiate the different sects of nerd, but here we are. Find out which sect you’re in […]

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Staffer Jordan Merrill theorizes/investigates/conspires about the “renovations” in the Carman Hall basement. 

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Freshman Bwog staffer Jordan Merrill has no idea what to expect from the band’s semesterly Orgo Night, and she is not disappointed.  After forcing my friends to come to Butler with me a full 30 minutes before midnight so that we could “get the best view,” I feel prepared for whatever chaos is about to […]

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Staff writer Jordan Merrill is angry. I want to make something very clear: I had a M-I-D-T-E-R-M on the last day of classes. It says so right on the syllabus, and it makes me question whether my professor knows what the word “midterm” actually meads. In Latin, “mid” roughly translates to “middle of the” and […]

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Bwogger Jordan Merrill has some helpful tips for people trying to live like it’s still the 1800’s.  Recently, in the midst of three Columbia midterms and a research paper, I gave up a week with my computer to focus on connecting with nature and strengthening my relationships with friends. Just kidding! I broke my computer, and […]

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Do you recall a time before you’d stepped foot into Butler Library? Do you remember the innocence you once had? Staff writer Jordan Merrill does, and she has some evidence-based theories of what happens on the inside™.  Every Monday through Thursday as I make the stroll to my classes from Carman to the north end […]

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Close your eyes. Imagine it’s 2 A.M. on a Thursday night. You have a full 8 hours of sleep and the rest of your life ahead of you. Until you hear it–the beeps. Not small, tranquil beeps, but the deafening, monstrous beeps of the Carman fire alarm. For the past two weeks, many Columbia freshmen didn’t […]

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