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Bwoglines: SPRIIIIIIING BREEEEAK Edition

By Bwog Staff on Mar 14, 2014 0 Comments

It’s a beautiful day. The birds are chirping, the freshmen are FroSci-ing, and there’s a new dinosaur?! (Texarkana Gazette) Also, it’s Pi Day, which wouldn’t usually be that great unless you have a particular affinity for pie/pi, but you might get free stuff, including pie. (ABC News) It can happen to anyone. (Washington Times) The Malaysian plane […]

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Grades@CU Hopes to Make Grading System More Public

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 18 Comments

Heard enough of the word “transparency” yet? We don’t think so! Many Columbians (apparently) have long been calling for more transparency in the grading system. CULPA’s vague and biased info on grading policies is just not enough. Although A-range percentages for classes are available to employers through Columbia transcripts, information isn’t available to students prior to […]

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Fireside Chat: Wellness and PrezBo’s Future

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 12 Comments

PrezBo held a Fireside Chat last night, complete with snacks and fancy outfits. Bwog’s Bollinger Buddy Britt Fossum went to chat by his fireside. I was told that President Bollinger’s fireside chat would begin at 6:00 PM, and so I hurried out of my CC class fifteen minutes early, regretting my decision to exchange midterms […]

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Student Governing Board Releases Statements On SJP Banner

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 57 Comments

Columbia’s Student Governing Board, which is responsible for serving the needs of religious, political, or activist groups, contacted Bwog earlier today with two official statements regarding the SJP banner issue. Here’s a recap, for your convenience. Find the full statements after the jump: The first, signed by every member of the executive board except Tess […]

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Town Hall: CU Sexual Violence And Rape Culture

By Taylor Grasdalen on Mar 13, 2014 10 Comments

***Trigger Warning: Discussion of sexual assault policy, and issues of sexual assault and gender-based sexual misconduct on campus.*** Taylor Grasdalen updates for Bwog on tonight’s Town Hall discussion of policies at Columbia University, held at the Law School. Updated below with the transcript. 5:02 pm: We’re in Jerome Greene Hall, room 103. Things are quieting down. […]

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Barnard Tuition Increase

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 4 Comments

The Board of Trustees of Barnard has just approved a tuition rate increase for next year. Tuition, fees, room and board for incoming first-years will be of $60,700; higher than 2013-14 by 2.9%. The announcement e-mail, sent today to Barnard students, explains the reasoning for this raise: “In setting tuition, the College looks to a […]

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Which Campus Statue Are You?

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 8 Comments

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#tbt: Letters of Note

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 4 Comments

For this week’s #tbt, Bwog went through some Columbia alums’ mail. (Okay, not exactly, since these particular letters have been published.) In order to find out what they thought about their time here, we did some investigative reporting, by which we mean looking up “Columbia” in the index. Here, for the first time in print iPhone […]

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Overseen: PrezBo On A Spring Day

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 7 Comments

Wherein we present you with perhaps the greatest photograph of PrezBo ever taken in the wild. Thank you, dear tipster, for this gem sent in on Tuesday afternoon. Zoom in. “President Bollinger, are you having a global day?” “I certainly am.”

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Bwoglines: Not-So-Far-Away Places Edition

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 0 Comments

The story of yesterday morning’s building explosion in Harlem continues to get worse, and now has its own Wikipedia page. (CNN, Wikipedia) A potential new medication to treat anorexia has been announced, a great possible first step toward furthering biological treatment rather than the disease’s mainstay talk therapy. (Time) Way to go, House of Representatives. […]

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Get Well Soon, Rugby Team

By Bwog Staff on Mar 13, 2014 14 Comments

A tipster was scrolling through some documents on a shared desktop and found this mildly interesting roster of injuries to the rugby team. If you were thinking of joining, this might make you reconsider. Bwog modified the roster to remove personally identifying details. Of note: 2/3rds of the active rugby players (not recruits) have been […]

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Midterm Haikus

By Bwog Staff on Mar 12, 2014 6 Comments

It’s a dark time. We at Bwog feel you. We’ve finally succumbed to the angst, and we’re publishing poetry. They’re best read while blasting the Smiths and cowering quietly in your bed. Creative Writing Revisions, part 1 Too many critiques I don’t want to read one more Can’t you just praise me Creative Writing […]

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Bucketlist: Astronauts And Climate

Timmy Wu 0

bucket list
bwog goes to the moon
bwog is an AI
bwog loves astronauts
go to these cool events!
XTREME engineering

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Robot Deantini: A Computer-Generated Administrative Email

Ross Chapman 3

beep boop
deantini
Deantinin plus technology=bad combo
markov chains
roar lions roar
vice president bollinger

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The John Jay Showers Are (Hot N) Cold, And The People Want Answers

Danielle Mikaelian 2

bwog investigates
housing
i feel bad for all these residents
john jay
john jay is a cursed building: discuss
this is ridiculous housing fees are so exorbitant

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Science Fair: “Do Quarks Have Social Lives?” Edition

Alex Tang 1

bwog science
columbia astronomy outreach events are always lit
even the quarks had a more fabulous friday night than i did
everything has a musical now these days
tag yourself – i'm the bottom quark
who *wouldn't* want to meet an astronaut?

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Personals: Gloriana

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how does gloriana have more school spirit than the rest of the undergraduate student body combined
personals
tea @libraries
why do so many people love young stalin

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Open Meeting Announcement: This One’s For The Cool Kids

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did this instead of working on a paper
lil wordpress
lit fire verses my dude
open meeting announcement
rhymezone is my bible
the grapes are a Must in any OMA

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Bwoglines: Don’t Let Low-Income New Yorkers Freeze To Death Edition

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bad news sunday
betsy i hope you're feeling better
bwoglines
fiona apple is goat
idea: fix new york city
idea: provide heating to all homes
IM A HOT KNIFE IM A HOT KNIFE
tangent thought but WHY is the mta a state institution
the musical is a Good Time in a sea of Bad Shit

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Columbia In The Paradise Papers: Its Opaque Investment Structure

Youngweon Lee 2

investments
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