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Thinking Feminism and Workers’ Rights

By Bwog Staff on Mar 06, 2013 0 Comments

Judith Butler’s keynote address at tomorrow’s “Thinking Feminism” conference has been moved from the Faculty House after student activists raised concerns. Butler explains that she was contacted by students supporting the Faculty House workers. The students brought up issues to Butler about the event and she suggested they reach out to the event organizers directly. After […]

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PeopleHop: Danny Murcia; Columbia U, Columbia Records, (and did we mention he is Colombian?)

By Bwog Staff on Mar 06, 2013 16 Comments

CC junior Danny Murcia—or as he’s credited on Pitbull’s track “Outta Nowhere,” Danny Mercer—signed with Columbia Records and has worked with the likes of Will.i.am, Nicole Scherzinger, Dr. Luke, and of course, Mr.305. An English major, founding member of the campus a cappella group Sharp, and one degree of separation from Beyoncé, the Renaissance Man […]

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Where Art Thou?

By Bwog Staff on Mar 06, 2013 2 Comments

We know you’d rather be sipping margaritas on a sunny beach in the sand. But you’re not. You’ve still got over a week to go until spring break (but day-drinking could be fun). Lucky for you, Bwog’s Arts Editor Kyra Bloom made this list of arts-related events that will ease the pain of midterm season. […]

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Bwoglines: Superpower(ful) Edition

By Bwog Staff on Mar 06, 2013 2 Comments

Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, has died of cancer. Will Dennis Rodman attend the funeral? (CNN) Batman’s gained a few pounds, but he’s not in some Italian café—he’s fighting crime in England. (Yahoo!) Adderall is powerful but bad, mmmkay? (NY Times) Did your name affect you getting into another Blue Ivy? (Gawker) The nation shall […]

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How to House

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 9 Comments

In case you haven’t heard (read: you haven’t heard, but) registration opens tomorrow for the 2013 housing process. In preparation for this, we boiled down the housing process as concisely as we could to help you understand WTF anything is. Please feel free to ask further questions in the comments–and upperclassmen, please share wisdom–or email us […]

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Let’s Talk About Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 1 Comments

Where better—and who better?—to talk about our fair University with than at the weekly, open meeting of The Blue and White, with the editors and staff of the same? So: the meeting shall be convened tonight, at 9 p.m. in St. Paul’s Chapel. Expect refreshment of all kinds. —The Editors

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SGA: What to Fixin’ It

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 3 Comments

Joined by Jared Odessky of CCSC, SGA met once again last night to discuss campus’ newest fad, WTF Columbia. As per usual, Maddie Ball was there, braving the New York Hoth winds of to get the details. Though only eight days old, pretty much everyone has heard of the newest website to take campus by […]

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Speak Memory at the Kraft Center

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 2 Comments

Speak Memory is by four recipients of the Blueprint Fellowship, and is loosely tied together by common themes of Russian-Jewish immigrant identity, artists’ ties to the historic past, and the connection to our heritage that we feel in everyday life. The exhibit is a little confusing, but quite worth the 10 second trip to the […]

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Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee Announced as Barnard’s Commencement Speaker

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 44 Comments

And Lena Dunham’s getting a medal–but not giving a speech. Barnard has just announced that their 2013 commencement speaker will be Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. In the words of DSpar: Ms. Gbowee’s leadership helped galvanize an entire nation’s women to stand together against violence and end […]

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Overheard: Men of Many Talents

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 12 Comments

A tipster overheard this charming conversation at a party this weekend: Bro 1 : I can bite a bra off! For real! I’m just like *RRRRR*! Bro 2: I’m working on just the flick and drop. One swift motion! Bro 3: Fuck yeah! Swoon. Congratulation squad via Shutterstock

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Bwoglines: Downer Edition

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 3 Comments

Tehran has deployed sniper squads to take out its huge population of cat-sized rats. That’s one way to do it. (NPR) If Atsufumi Yoshizawa could work through the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima powerplant, you can probably finish that super-boring reading. (Independent) Pat yourselves on the back because, unlike Oberlin, we didn’t have to cancel […]

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Crash on Broadway

By Bwog Staff on Mar 05, 2013 12 Comments

If you live near the Broadway/115th intersection and are wondering what all the sirens are about, here’s the info. A taxi cab has collided with an NYPD vehicle and spun out of control and into the sidewalk in front of Morton Williams. It appears nobody is hurt.

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Bwoglines: On Wednesdays We Wear Pink Edition

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bwoglines
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hump day
tina fey is bae
we all wish we had a damian in our life
we miss 2004
who is glen coco

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Title IX Transforms: An Interview With New Title IX Coordinator Marjory Fisher

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administration
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law and order SVU
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SVR training
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LectureHop: Writing the Brazilian Telenovela

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fifty shades of contradictory characters
gourmet
how to watch 100+ telenovelas on your ipad
i used to think i was superior for knowing the difference between grey and gray
my life is a gray area
shoutout to my editor for being the best
the german soldier should have asked the man to kill his wife
the old people there were so nice and intellectual
toys to break
whens the last time i saw an organic meme
whole foods scriptwriting
your mom is a gray area

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ESC Hits Every Spec Op-Ed Topic In The Last Year

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calling shit as we see it
can't believe this whole campus smoking thing tbh
esc
ESC meeting
the Committee of Public Safety can never last
we know the significance of public virtue
we would be way happier though if he did
we're not expecting James McShane to quote Robespierre anytime soon
what is: voluntary response bias

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Bwoglines: ‘Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, [Someone] Blue’ Edition

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"required" reading
another debate another excuse to get drunk
blast from the past
bring on the nyquil
halloweentown high
marnie would have definitely gone to barnard
not keeping up with the kardashians
ready for more kim k crying memes
return to halloweentown
spooktober
ten million dollars
they tried to make me go to rehab
what is the etymology of the word nostalgia?
whole milk shots for you wholesome students

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A Guide To Speaking Columbia

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columbia abbrevs
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columbia slang
God is God and we are Bwog
hella acronyms
it's bwog not BWOG
speaking columbia
the blue and white blog

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Field Notes: Is It Still Bar Hopping If You Only Go to Two Bars?

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ain't no party like a bwog party because a bwog party is the only one we won't judge
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everyone vote!
food their for life
girls night are the best
hamilton
Happy Rosh Hashanah
pregaming bwog meetings
shitty middle school dances
soviet union
uteruses before duderuses
we're still in the cold war

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A Short Meeting Welcomes CCSC 2020

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Columbia going wireless
getting their shit together
it took so long
mac over pc
moving into the 21st century
moving on up
oktoberfest
personal shuttle services
PSL
recycle or you're the worst
short meetings are the best
upgrades
why can't barnard have flex?
wishing for the holidays already

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