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Butler Pastries Are Still (Not Really) Delicious

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2012 10 Comments

Bwog has been exploring the buried treasures of the Butler Blue Java Cafe some more since our last Zagat-quality pastry review. We have also found out that if you say or think the word “pastry” over and over again, especially if it’s 2 a.m., it starts to sound really weird. Apple Turnover: The sign in […]

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Bwog in Bed: On My Own

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2012 1 Comments

For many, today is another day within the eye of the storm. For those with random makeup exams and the half of the freshman class in FroSci, console yourself as you lie in bed with the fact that you’ll be one exam closer to freedom. As always, email tips@bwog.com about your strange neighbor in Butler […]

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Actual Wisdom: Shamus Khan

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 18 Comments

Today’s Actual Wisdom: Shamus Khan, expert on farm to table food, authenticity, and not being an asshole. 1. Justify your existence in 30 words or fewer. I teach. Every year I have a chance to influence how hundreds of young people understand the world and themselves. Cheesy? Yes. But I love it (most of the time). […]

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Reactions to Orgo Night

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 87 Comments

Let’s recap: on Thursday Dean Shollenberger condemned the Marching Band for their posters about Orgo Night in an email sent to all undergrads. In a meeting with Shollenberger, he explained that the posters were brought to his attention by students who felt marginalized by them. On Monday night, a meeting was held with a coalition of students […]

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Candlelight Vigil Tonight

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 10 Comments

This evening at 10 p.m. on the Low Steps, there will be a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of yesterday’s shooting in Newtown, Connecticut as well as in Chenpeng Village in China. Even in this very busy time of our lives, it is important that we have an opportunity to remember these tragedies […]

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CUWE up the Band

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 7 Comments

We sent Bwog’s Musical Magistrate Sarah Thompson to check out the Columbia University Wind Ensemble. Here’s what she came up with. Last Sunday afternoon I made my way blearily to Roone Arledge for the Columbia University Wind Ensemble’s winter concert. I wondered if I’d be able to tell the difference between a clarinet and a […]

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Thesis Statement Mad Libs: Lit Hum and Comp Sci Edition

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 8 Comments

Writing papers on three hours of sleep and two shots of espresso is hard, but slaving away in Butler has its benefits–Bwog’s got the composition process almost down to a science. To help you through this finals season, here are some helpful guidelines for getting your thesis statement from your brain onto the page. Last […]

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Cafe Reviews, Part Three

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 8 Comments

It may be the weekend, but finals are still here, and Butler is still crowded. For today’s cafe reviews, we give you walkable options: one of which is calm, one of which is not, and one of which is comfortable for Fairy People. Guess which is which. Starbucks 114th: Apparently four blocks makes all the […]

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At Two Swords’ Length: Should You Represent?

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 17 Comments

The Winter issue of The Blue & White is at the printer. The printer is such a tease! Ha! In the meantime, read on for Senior Editor Will Holt’s and contributor Torsten Odland’s takes on whether or not you should unhang that CU hoodie and represent. Affirmative Let me start out by saying that I hate […]

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Columbia Ballet Collaborative: The Nutcracker

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 4 Comments

Last weekend had a performance of Tchaicovsky’s Nutcracker from the Columbia Ballet Collaborative. Bwog sent ballet buckwheater (yes, it’s a word!) Roberta Barnett to bear witness to some dazzling dance. Disclaimer: the following review may or may not contain “real ballet knowledge” Branded as “Columbia’s newest tradition,” Columbia Ballet Collaborative’s performance of The Nutcracker, this small production was […]

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Bwog In Bed: The Calm Between Two Storms

By Bwog Staff on Dec 15, 2012 2 Comments

We’ve had one day of exams, and now we already get a day off again before some of us have to go back to writing for 3 hours in a row (looking at you, FroSci). So why would you even get out of bed? Stay right here and cuddle with Bwog. If we could bring […]

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Actual Wisdom: Reyes Llopis-García

By Bwog Staff on Dec 14, 2012 29 Comments

Tonight’s Actual Wisdom brings you a little bit of international wisdom with the words of Reyes Llopis-García, who discusses Finding Nemo and all of the awkward Spanish slip-ups. And makes you feel really good with the last question. 1. Justify your existence in 30 words or fewer. Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) does […]

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Get Shit Done (An Instrumental Study Playlist)

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alternative suggestion: just pull up the soundtrack of your favorite movie on youtube
playlist
remember when doctor who season 5 was airing and we had no idea how shitty moffat's writing would turn out to be? those were the days
shoutout to symphonic band music for going hard
there was going to be anime music on this playlist but then we reevaluated our life choices

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Senior Wisdom: Freida Steiner

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assonance is the best
Bwog Senior Wisdom
cool sociology
low key prepping for Latin rhetorical techniques
senior wisdoms
senior wisdoms 2016
so her favorite class was one at the College?
so many s's
the magnolia tree is dead sorry barnard
you like the worst pizza—it is known

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SGA Talks With Trustee, Frances Sadler

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barnard bearoness out
board of trustees is as transparent as a brick wall
ccsc won for the best last meeting of the year
HAGS
hinkson is the zodiac killer
sadler + sanders = sandler
SGA is meh
tfw sga moves all the important shit to internal

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Bwog In Bed: The Beginning And The End Edition

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bwog in bed
coffee is a drug but we can't live without it
smoking kills but only slowly
that coffee comment reminds us of something we heard once: "If cocaine wasn't addictive I would do it all the time"
we love bwog in bed

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Field Notes: The End Of Times Edition

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field notes
if this is your last weekend on campus/you're done after this friday we hate you but we also want to be you
like if you relate to the custard
like if you relate to the void
referencing frost and dante in one post? that's a lot possibly too much (much like finals)
to quote macbeth: all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death
what is a weekend really but a collection of moments we will eventually forget

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Senior Wisdom: Suze Myers

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Does she run the barnlib insta too?
Librarians ARE punk af
Probably top 10
RIP Maggie's old spot
RIP Uni Cafe
RIP Zayn
senior wisdom
senior wisdoms
senior wisdoms 2016
The librarians are more hardcore than us
We actually cried when we found out Suze is BC Magnolia Tree
We actually really like the Eye
We're all that weird raindrop cake thing

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CCSC Descends Into Chaos Over Renaming The Sandwich Ambassador

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'most likely to invite jj's staff to his wedding' same
"That's out of order"
being on shrooms during a CCSC meeting
Ben Mak
ccsc
CCSC chaos
Dan Stone
Dan Stone gets what he wants
flip
foosball
like if you think joe is the most effective member of ccsc
Pornstache
renaming sandwich ambassador
sandwich ambassador
shitting on members of CCSC
Vivek Ramakrishnan
where is our paper plate award
where is the award for 'most likely to send a college-wide email at 3am'?

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From The Issue: On Duty

The Blue and White 3

american foreign policy - always a difficult topic
from the issue
gs students
tfw you realize a major part of your life may have implications you never considered before
the blue and white
veterans

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