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College Blog Starts Magazine

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 2 Comments

Personally, we think it’s better when college magazines start blogs. But you know those NYU kids. From the Observer: NYU Young Media War Rages On: The young folk of NYU Local—the pirate NYU news publication/blog, as opposed to the officially-mandated NYU publication, Washington Square News—is going to wage further war on its rival by putting […]

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Unlucky Barnard Students No Longer Single

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2012 80 Comments

The following email was forwarded to Bwog: From: Residential Life & Housing <housing@barnard.edu> Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM Subject: Important email re: your Plimpton room assignment Dear [redacted] We are writing to you today because you are a resident of ##A# Plimpton (a corner room) with difficult news to share so close […]

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The Downtown Express

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2012 10 Comments

Two, twenty-something co-workers—a plain, yet handsome, white man, and an Asian woman with good enough English—unexpectedly meet as they board at 96th street. They talk. On the train, as is the case with most train cars at 7:45 am, silent contemplation of the impending work day, one’s success in life, or unmet hopes and dreams […]

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The Limits Of The Literary

By Bwog Staff on Aug 07, 2012 16 Comments

Matthew Parker has a story and he knows how to tell it. He first tried pot at age 13 when he was living in Bridgeport, CT; soon after, he began to help his mom deal out of their house. He spent the next 27 years in and out of jail, using harder and harder drugs—eventually, […]

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The Chance At A Dorm That’s Like Watt, But Generally Better

By Bwog Staff on Aug 04, 2012 14 Comments

Update, 8/8: Now juniors can get in on the deal for a (very) limited time! Interested juniors should email the Housing team at housing@columbia.edu by THURSDAY, AUGUST 9TH at 12 NOON. If you would like to be considered with a roommate BOTH roommates must email Housing confirming their willingness to transfer to UAH and state […]

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BREAKING: Building Fire at 110th

By Bwog Staff on Aug 03, 2012 6 Comments

Passersby of 110th and Amsterdam are reporting a visible building fire, only a few properties away from Harmony. According to Bwog’s reporter at the scene, firemen are using a ladder and axes to rescue people from the building. Four firetrucks, two ambulances, and multiple police cars have arrived at the scene to handle the situation, […]

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Deus Ex Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Jul 31, 2012 13 Comments

What happens when you’ve graduated from the Columbia theater scene and can no longer book space in Lerner to put on plays? For Brian LaPerche (CC ’12), Cody Holiday Haefner (CC ’12), and Alison Goldberg (BC ’12), the next logical step is the NYC Fringe Festival. Bwog sat down with the playwright (Brian), director (Cody), and […]

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What To Expect When You’re Expecting LionMail

By Bwog Staff on Jul 30, 2012 23 Comments

The froshpeople seem to have gotten the hang of things already, but you old fogies who still use CubMail directly are in for a rude awakening. Over the last few weeks, CUIT has been shuffling your shit in preparation for the move to Columbia’s new Google-powered platform, LionMail, on July 31st. That’s tomorrow. To avoid adding one […]

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NYC Gives Columbia $15M For New Data Science Campus

By Bwog Staff on Jul 30, 2012 32 Comments

Remember that contest for a new applied sciences campus that we lost? Well, we got a consolation prize! According to a press release from City Hall, the city will give Columbia $15 million towards the construction of the new Institute of Data Sciences & Engineering. Of course, it’s not really a new campus; Columbia’s just […]

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Are You There, Olympics? It’s Me, Columbia.

By Bwog Staff on Jul 28, 2012 27 Comments

While we’ve come to realize that Columbians may not be the most athletically inclined people, no one can deny that the Olympics are something that the whole world can come together for (mainly because they’re on TV). This year, at least 10 former and current Columbia students and coaches will be competing. Check out who’ll be […]

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18th Century Explorer Discovers “The Man Isle”

By Bwog Staff on Jul 27, 2012 17 Comments

The new “Man Isle” at Westside Market, dedicated to stocking stereotypical “bro fare,” has received quite a bit of attention. The LA Times, The Atlantic, The Huffington Post, Fox News, Jezebel, The New York Post, Yahoo!, The New York Observer, and The NJ Star-Ledger have all reported on the condom-bearing, hot sauce laden aisle, which […]

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I’m Just Trying to be Good Police, Lee

By Bwog Staff on Jul 27, 2012 7 Comments

Overseen on the west side.

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Putin’s Popularity: That Sounds Fake But Okay

Betsy Ladyzhets 4

baffling facts of life
FMK with putin/putin/putin
lecturehop
not a single person in columbia administration probably has an approval rating over 40% (there is no basis for this number at all)
okay...that sounds fake but okay
putin
stats don't lie!!
they might have been drunk when they took the survey but that's okay

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This Platform Is Under Observation

Bwog Staff 4

call your mom!
conspiracy bwog
mta
posing in front of that chair
tb to the summer when we got really sick and threw up on the platform and everyone stared at us in utter disgust
u r under surveillance
when u get on the train and ppl shake their heads bc ur a columbia hooligan

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DSpar to Hold Panel Discussion About Fossil Fuel Divestment

Bwog Staff 1

barnard divest
catch up already Columbia
DSpar
fossil fuel divestment
here's your chance to try to get a selfie with her!!
remember when ExxonMobil sued some Columbia journalists?

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GSSC Amends Constitutions, Websites, And Hearts At Meeting

Romane Thomas 0

boy do we need a mentor (this is in seriousness)
do you miss Joe?
gssc
meeting
starting a petition rn--we demand CCSC branded staples or no dice
the domain is going to be unaffiliated with the school...the upcoming end of cuffing season
we can't wait until singles mingle but we don't think we're invited!!
website updates

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Overseen: A Fallen Comrade

Bwog Staff 1

bwog is compassionate
CU Garden - is a thing
does he dream of spring?
he probably just fell
he's our post-recitation friend and it's sad to see him fall apart like this
overseen
upper campus
we just want to give him a good coat and scarf
what do they plant here

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Bwoglines: New York Values Edition

Bwog Staff 0

b careful don't engage
bwoglines
cities suck
donald trump: loser
flint
ted cruz
the slasher strikes again
we actually love cities btw
we always cling to a column in case people try to push us onto the tracks--it happens!!
what exactly is a lifetime supply of kitkat? is that quantifiable?

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Breaking Bacchanal: They Don’t Want You To Bacch!

Bwog Staff 10

60 days until bacchanal
April 2 2016
bacchanal
bacchanal 2016
battle of the bands
big sean
breaking
breaking bacchanal
i guess people want to see big sean?
spring bacchanal
They Don't Want You To Bacch

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Religion, Secularism and Constitutional Democracy

Bwog Staff 1

#gallileodidnothingwrong
bwog loves maison francaise
free wine makes the world go round
lecturehop
the catholic church knew books could cause controversy
we'll cover more Maison stuff for wine
who knew books could cause such controversy?
will also gladly not work for wine
will work for wine

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