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We’ve all experienced them before, those extremely long and awkward moments during our freshmen year when some person we met at NSOP calls us out by name. Bwog Daily Betsy Ladyzhets is here to talk about such times in our series Awkward First-Year Moments. You’ve seen that person before. You have, you’re sure of it. You recognize […]
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They say that college changes you. The experiences you have, the people you meet, and the mistakes you make these four years will shape who you are for years to come – whether for better, for worse, or for something not quite on that spectrum. And no better evidence of those changes can be found […]
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Bucket List represents the immense academic privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. Our recommendations for this short academic week are below, and the full list can be found below the jump. As always, if we’ve made a mistake or left anything noteworthy off the list, please let us know in the comments. Recommended “The Untold Story […]
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Despair: The second general election in Turkey this year saw Recep Erdogan’s Justice and Development party win 49.4% of the vote. Although Erdogan claims the vote to be fair, many critics believe that the election was “characterised by unfairness and, to a serious degree, fear.” (BBC) Celebration: Australia’s most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup […]
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Hi friends! Fall break has officially begun, leaving us all with a joyous long weekend to dress up as cats and drink our midterm sorrows away. Just as you are looking forward to your break from school work, Bwog is also excited to have a little alone time at home with our dog and our Roku. […]
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This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Columbia Blue Glaze Theatre presents the Broadway comedy Chinglish. Advertised by the cast as “a wonderful night with fun and happiness,” Bwogger Joanna Zhang was eager to report on Thursday evening’s performance.  Upon walking into Lerner’s Austin E. Quigley Black Box Theatre, my first thought was that this was the most Asian […]
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After 26 years at CC (and another 10 at Barnard), Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis is stepping down, according to an email sent this morning from Dean Valentini. Twenty-six years is a long time! (We only have to spend four years here and cannot imagine/relate). However, the Dean will stay on as a faculty […]
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Received 9:47 AM Dear Bwog, My roommate and I are still having problems. It’s gotten even weirder and I could really use some advice. Last night I had what I thought was just a dream. Well, I thought it was but my roommate has been treating me more creepily since. He brought back some weird […]
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Don’t feel as though you’ve been getting your fill of female angst lately? Does your life feel lacking in art, poetry, and beautiful words? If you answered yes to either of those questions, Bwogger Betsy Ladyzhets’ recounting of her experience at the Women Poets at Barnard reading last night is for you. I swept into the Sulzberger Parlor at […]
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Last night, Columbia Musical Theatre Society staged its third annual production of Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with shadow cast and call backs. Bwoggers Lila Etter and Mia Lindheimer ventured to Transexual Transylvania (aka the Diana Event Oval) to check it out. For its one-night-only production, CMTS presented the show as a shadow cast: a […]
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After about a month of confusion about who would take over John Boehner’s seat as Speaker of the House of Representatives, former VP candidate and Congressman Paul Ryan will become the new Speaker. (Politico) Owen Labrie, former St. Paul’s student charged with sexual assault of a younger female classmate, was sentenced to one year in […]
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Last night, Barnard College hosted a panel featuring the authors of the new book Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Judicial Junkies Courtney Couillard and another Bwog staffer checked out the event. The symbol of the “Notorious RBG” has floated around the internet for some time now, featuring images of the Supreme […]
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