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AskBwog: What to Bring?

By Bwog Staff on Aug 19, 2013 12 Comments

Whether you’re anxiously going through your stuff in a vague effort to pack or still holding on to the last vestiges of summer, the semester is undeniably upon us. For the Class of 2017, this is an exciting but challenging time. Faced with packing to go off to college, a bewildered freshperson turns to Bwog for […]
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Houses And Homes: Vancouver, BC

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2013 14 Comments

As the summer depressingly draws to a close, here’s another scenic landscape to inspire awe and envy, courtesy of Benjamin Tischler. Take a break from Instagraming your beach view to send a snapshot to tips@bwog.com.  Where: Elfin Lakes, Garibaldi Provincial Park near Vancouver, BC Sight: Vancouver, BC Sound: Gentle hum of mosquitos Smell: Clean, crisp […]
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Some Official ZBT Insights

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2013 12 Comments

After months of receiving responses like “All information being provided is included in the release that was sent” (Laurence Bolotin), “It would be inappropriate for anyone from our Department to comment” (Athletics, full email after jump), and “you’re on Bwog I’m not gonna tell you anything, assface” (all our friends), we finally got an email […]
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Houses And Homes: Lubbock, Texas

By Bwog Staff on Aug 09, 2013 6 Comments

Houses and Homes is back for its next Summer 2013 round! Below’s scene comes from Janie Mahan, who’s working at a USDA-ARS Cropping Systems Research Lab researching sorghum. Want to share your summer paradise (or generic suburbia, or desolate wasteland, or whatever)? Send some love and idyllic prose to tips@bwog.com.  Where: Just outside of Lubbock, Texas. […]
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Columbia Adds Transgender Coverage to Healthcare Plan

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2013 14 Comments

…last year? While researching Columbia’s healthcare plan for a piece on transgender CU students to be published in the Orientation issue of The Blue and White, Bwog discovered that contrary to reporting by The New York Times (with information gathered from the Transgender Law and Policy Institute), Columbia’s student health insurance plan does provide coverage for transition related expenses. This […]
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BREAKING: ZBT Loses Its House

By Bwog Staff on Aug 07, 2013 31 Comments

Zeta Beta Tau has lost its brownstone over what we hear was a party violation. ZBT, the baseball fraternity, was on thin ice after last semester’s still unspecified hazing incident, and would have lost its charter then had KevSho not intervened and reversed the Greek Judicial Board’s recommendation, so long as they adhered to a zero-strike […]
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Summer WIN-ternships: Lydia & Tom

By Bwog Staff on Aug 06, 2013 2 Comments

Next up we catch up with Solomon Hoffman and Nick Parker, CC’14, the creators of Lydia & Tom: A New Musical, which is having its premiere at the New York Fringe Festival this Friday at the 14th Street Y (344 E 14th Street) with a ton of Columbia students and alums [see list at end].  Tickets can […]
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SDA + OCAE → SE (Student Engagement)

By Bwog Staff on Aug 04, 2013 11 Comments

In an email early this summer, Interim Dean of Student Affairs Terry Martinez announced some administrative reshuffling: Student Development and Activities and the Office of Civic Action and Engagement would be merged into a new office, called the Office of Student Engagement. That’ll  be under Associate Dean of Student Affairs Todd Smith-Bergollo. Also included in the email […]
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Houses and Homes: Salt Lake City

By Bwog Staff on Aug 04, 2013 1 Comments

Houses and Homes is back! Bwog wants to know what your living space was like for this past summer. Were you back home? Staying in New York? Did you find yourself? Send us a photo of your view or room before you move out, along with a brief description of where you were to tips@bwog.com. […]
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Columbia in the News

By Bwog Staff on Aug 01, 2013 7 Comments

Another month, another round-up of Columbia-centric news.  We’re almost back in action, kittens, so rest up till September. To ease registration pains, Columbia added a “Wish List” feature that automatically enrolls you in the classes you choose during your registration slot, and you’ll be able to see course syllabi a few days before registration as […]
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Summer WIN-ternships: An Engineer Artist in Paris

By Bwog Staff on Jul 31, 2013 8 Comments

In the continuation of our series on unusual summer plans, we bring you Claire Kao, SEAS‘14, who was featured in an exhibit in Paris’ famed Palais de Tokyo. Bwog: What program are you working with this summer? How did you get involved? Claire: Even though I’m studying civil engineering, the art enthusiast in me decided to […]
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Man Shot On Amsterdam

By Bwog Staff on Jul 20, 2013 43 Comments

This morning, CU Pub Safe sent out email and text notifications that a man was shot in the leg on Amsterdam between 119th and 120th late last night at around 3 am.  The man was not affiliated with Columbia and was taken to St. Luke’s with non-life-threatening injuries.  The shooter fled into Morningside Park.  NYPD […]
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Senior Wisdom: Vida Biggins

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Some Last Minute Mother’s Day Ideas

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Senior Wisdom: Jennie Olson

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Senior Wisdom: Romane Thomas

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Senior Wisdom: Michael Glendinning

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Bwog In Bed: (Almost) Out For Summer Edition

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Senior Wisdom: Tatini Mal-Sarkar

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Senior Wisdom: Isabel Rothberg

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