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Bwog’s Guide To The Perils Of Packing

By Bwog Staff on Aug 20, 2014 30 Comments

If you, dear first years, unlike Bwog, have actually decided to properly pack your things and not stuff whatever’s in sight into as many suitcases as you can dig up from the basement, then here are a few tips from Momma Bwog: Food If possible, bring snacks and things that won’t spoil with you—expect everything […]
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Neighborhood News

By Bwog Staff on Aug 20, 2014 18 Comments

With this flurry of news about Bacchanal and Columbia’s new Gender-Based Misconduct Policy, you may have missed some recent updates to our community. Not going to lie, they’re not as exciting. Haakon’s Hall, that weird bar you’ve probably never been to, is becoming a gluten-free, farm-to-table restaurant called Friedman’s Lunch. (Crains New York) But maybe […]
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What To Expect When You’re Expecting (To Begin COÖP)

By Bwog Staff on Aug 19, 2014 6 Comments

COÖP move-in is tomorrow, so get ready to have a fun few days in nature and spend the next four years reminiscing nonstop about it. We asked COÖP Queen Daniela Lopez to share some insight about the program. First thing’s first: what is COÖP? COÖP stands for Columbia Obese Owl Protection Columbia Outdoor Orientation Program and it has three divisions: Hiking, […]
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Free The Lawns!

By Bwog Staff on Aug 19, 2014 9 Comments

This year’s convocation will move from South Lawn to Low Plaza, according to a statement released by CU Facilities’ Dan Held. This means you’ll get to play frisbee on the pristine lawns for an extra six to eight weeks. It’s almost like they listen to us. Here’s the statement: Columbia University Convocation 2014, scheduled for Monday, August […]
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Columbia’s New Gender-Based Misconduct Policy For Students

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2014 64 Comments

President Bollinger has announced Columbia University’s newest Gender-Based Misconduct Policy for Students, which can be found here. We’ll try to break down his email, which mostly mimics what was sent out a few days ago by deans, below: Goals of the policy:  “to strengthen confidence in the University’s handling of reports of sexual assault and other […]
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2018, Your NSOP Schedule Is Here

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2014 13 Comments

Drumroll, please. Class of 2018, your newly-announced NSOP theme is “Reaching New Heights Together.” Today, Columbia issued the NSOP schedule for CC and SEAS, and here are Barnard’s and General Studies‘ if you missed them. Highlights: The collective Thursday night outing is the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, which is on the USS Intrepid, “a decommissioned aircraft carrier on […]
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PrezBo Officially Accepts Term Extension

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2014 11 Comments

As we reported earlier this summer, we’ll have our dear old President Lee Bollinger at least through 2018, according to a statement sent out to all students this morning. The chair of our board of trustees noted that “Columbia is performing at a level and achieving a standing it has not enjoyed in many years,” […]
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Deans Issue Statement On Bacchanal Cancellation

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2014 49 Comments

Amid a storm of student outrage over the cancellation of a fall Bacchanal, the University deans have issued a statement attempting to explain the reasoning behind the decision. Two days ago, a letter was issued by the Bacchanal committee, the student councils, and a few other student organizations that revealed Columbia had canceled what would have […]
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Houses and Homes: Canada

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2014 1 Comments

Continue on our tour of your classmates’ summer houses and homes. And send your own to tips@bwog.com! Today’s location is very summer-appropriate… Where: Sauble Beach, on Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada Sight: Sound: Waves crashing and kids shouting. And that swing set on the right is incredibly creaky. Smell: Wet sand, wood smoke, and sunscreen. […]
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Breaking: Baccha-no-more?

By Bwog Staff on Aug 11, 2014 129 Comments

Just as Public Safety gears up for another round of NSLOPPY first-years, Bwog has received word that the spring concert organized by Bacchanal (a student organization run through ABC that is also responsible for Lowlapalooza) is under administrative review. Citing “safety concerns associated with drinking and sexual harrassment,” the four undergraduate deans have officially cancelled a […]
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Houses and Homes: Jordan

By Bwog Staff on Aug 11, 2014 0 Comments

Your fellow students come from near and far (#diversity). They also spend their summers in a wide range of places. We’re highlighting as many of them as we can before we’re all back in Morningside Heights for the fall. So send a pic and a few details about your summer accommodations to tips@bwog.com. Today’s home […]
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Houses And Homes: Ukraine

By Bwog Staff on Aug 11, 2014 2 Comments

Bwog wants to know where you are this summer. So that we can build our community, or maybe just because we’re nosy. Exotic or mundane, impressive or depressing, send a picture and a few details to tips@bwog.com. Our first location, from Jordan L. GS’16… Where: Kyiv, Ukraine, in a building owned by the U.S. Embassy. […]
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Senior Wisdom: Alex Swanson

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  • Bwog loves Classics majors
  • i love donkeys
  • late nights on campus are magical
  • nothing good happens at butler after 2 am
  • RIP CANNONS
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Senior Wisdom: Ali

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  • being forced to graduate early? spooky
  • hewitt is trash but we still love ali
  • human rights majors are badass and will save the planet
  • i like to smoke the gouda if you know what i mean
  • senior wisdom
  • Westside cheese is really good
  • when will bwog return from the war
  • why wouldn't barnard just take her money for another year?
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Bwoglines: Good News Edition

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  • i saw a tweet that was like "kim jong-un saw exo perform and then immediately wanted to make peace"
  • now that meek mill's out we just need to release political prisoner bobby shmurda
  • way to go arizona teachers!! now only if columbia could pay its grad students
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This Play’s The Thing: Bwog Reviews KCST’S “Hamlet”

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  • also some of the bios were really funny too
  • hamlet
  • kcst
  • my companion said it should be called "ham-fit" because the amount of movement
  • shoutout to the rap music playing during the first scene which was not KCST-related
  • some people looked really confused
  • to be or not to be
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Classical Whines: Ovid’s Metamorphoses

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  • i love ovid <3
  • included a dali for diversity
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Graduate Workers Circulate Petition Calling For Strike Extension Vote

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What’s Happening In Columbia Sports: It’s Almost Over Edition

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  • Bwog does sports
  • get ready for bwog's "absolutely revolting" sportswriting
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V124 Opens Tonight!

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  • a lot of shakespeare references on bwog this week
  • discuss: their distorted alma looks like africa
  • then go see kcst hamlet later... we will also be there
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  • varsity show
  • veesh looks cute or whatever

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