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Fisher v. Texas

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 9 Comments

Last week, the Supreme Court began hearing the Fisher vs. University of Texas case. This case, concerning affirmative action at the University of Texas, threatens to overturn the 2003 Grutter vs. Bollinger, that upheld the use of affirmative action in admissions at the University of Michigan Law School. Abigail Fisher, a white woman, brought her […]

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SGA: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Back from the Forum

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 3 Comments

SGA proudly boarded the elevator last night following the University Unity Forum and exited just like new to prepare for their weekly Rep Council meeting. Bwog’s elevator enthusiast and transfer extraordinaire Renée Kraiem reports from the Diana Café. This week’s Rep Council, though a little weary upon embarking on their second two-hour session, mustered the […]

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The Blue & White Meets Tonight

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 0 Comments

Fellow Columbians, The editors of The Blue & White invite all of you to join us this evening in St. Paul’s Chapel from 8-9pm for our weekly meeting. We have much to discuss, from the production of our forthcoming October issue to pitches for next month. Especially if you may be interested in writing or illustrating […]

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Vikram Pandit, SEAS’76 & CBS (MBA’80; PhD’86), Resigns As Citigroup CEO

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 5 Comments

Vikram Pandit, Columbia diploma hoarder, resigned this morning as CEO of Citigroup, effective immediately. Unlike other alums, Pandit has made appearances on campus, including at SIPA graduation and as one of the few non-political leaders at the World Leaders Forum. Outside of the Morningside Heights bubble, he has truly made a name for himself. Pandit […]

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SEAS Major Declaration starts today!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 5 Comments

Are you going to be studying electrical, chemical, industrial engineering? Or maybe applied math or physics? Well, if you’re a member of the SEAS class of 2015, you better make up your mind, because major declaration starts today. From October 16-19, members of the SEAS class of 2015 have to declare what major they will […]

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ESC: Initiatives and Events

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 3 Comments

The ESC meets every week. Notorious newsperson Aria Sharma writes about it for us every week. Tonight’s ESC meeting was fast-paced with updates rolling nonstop. The Dean Search Town Hall was on Monday at 4pm. Twenty-five students showed up, out of which 23 were undergraduate students. ESC welcomed a new web master, Robert Ying (SEAS […]

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Barnard Puts On Its 123rd Birthday (Dancing Bear) Suit Today

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 1 Comments

As of today, Millie’s been dancing for 123 years, and she wants you to help her celebrate with free BBQ on Lehman Lawn today from 11:30-1:30. Organized by McAC and sponsored by SGA, Orientation and Activities, and Residential Life, Barnard’s birthday features free (kosher, or non-kosher) BBQ, pins, and bracelets, and not-so-free t-shirts for $10. […]

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Bwoglines: Actual Science Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 3 Comments

Columbia alumnus Alvin Roth (SEAS ’71) is one of the two winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics along with Lloyd S. Shapley. They won the award for their work in matching theory, which supposedly enables better college admissions and better organ donation systems. Congratulations! (Washington Post) A new study says that pot is […]

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‘Bo Tried to Fire B-school Prez, Hubbard

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 24 Comments

A few days ago, the NYTimes ran a profile of Glenn Hubbard, B-school president and “Romney’s go-to economist.” The piece included this nugget—that PrezBo tried and failed to give Hubbard the boot: It’s been a well-kept secret, but faculty members say that in 2008, the president of Columbia, Lee C. Bollinger, wanted to bounce Mr. […]

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CCSC: Tackling the Important Topics (Like Sweaters and Pumpkins)

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 9 Comments

Despite the relatively large number of agenda items, last night’s CCSC meeting was a bit like running on a treadmill: a lot of exerted effort, but little net accomplishment. Updates: Not much by way of Class Councils, though 2016 is off to a rather impressive start, tackling an SGO revamp, planning a DJ-battle-type party, and […]

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Overseen: Admin, They’re Just Like Us

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 1 Comments

You’re not the only one that craves the delicious goodness that is a Hamdel sandwich.

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Barnard Fights For its Last Pool Party

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 18 Comments

So there’s a pool in the basement of Barnard Hall (it’s okay, Bwog had no idea either), and its time is running out. Spec reported last spring that the pool is slated to be shut down at the end of this academic year, and, despite some pretty fervent adversaries, the plan seems to be running […]

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The Turkish Enigma: Turkey, Syria, And Baklava!

Romane Thomas 0

"expert in terrorism" ya ok
@finn stop shouting out mike starr
@rachel no
Alexander Hamilton Society is really cool
free baklava
free food
free turkish delight and coffee
shoutout to Deniz and John too
shoutout to Mike Starr
terrorism isn't objective

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SGA Endorses New TA Hiring Policy, Orgo Night, And Ombudsperson

Raji Ganapathy 0

barnard TA hiring policy
cumb wins
finally the people that protest CUMB can shut up
good job SGA
no real surprises here
ombudsperson on the way
remember to vote kids
senate updates
the band always wins
we guess elections pushed SGA to do something

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Barnard Students To Officially Receive JJ’s Access Next Year

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barnard
barnard meal plan
barnard students 4 jj's justice
diana
imagine how packed jj's will be on thursday nights now!!!!!
Jamba Juice!
jj's place
JJs

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Prospie Personalities: Already Found A Dealer

Gabrielle Kloppers 0

LEGALIZE COCAINE
lift the federal prohibition of marijuana
prospie archetypes
prospie personalities
seriously there are worse things that you could do than weed
some of us were definitely not like this
some of us were maybe like this
this is what happens when 20% of the school is from california

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New ESC, Who Dis?

Finn Klauber 0

definitive ranking of council work: CCSC>ESC>GSSC>Spec>SGA
esc
esc does stuff
even when ESC doesn't do much they still do more than SGA
sorry sga
updates on updates
we only speak the truth

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Surf Through Primaries And Protesting On Butler’s Turf Today

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4/19
bring a vape pen
I need this food right now
I would leave Low for free ice cream ngl
surf and turf
surf n turf
this picture is making me so hungry
will the CDCJ people in Low get any food?

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Bwoglines: Beginnings And Ends Edition

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"Bernie-bros and Hillenials"
always love citing Reuters
Can't believe we actually used the term Hillenial
do people really still use Yahoo?
Houthis are playing a dangerous game here
we won't lie—Yahoo answers has had answers to every physics and math problem we've ever looked up
Yahoo lol

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Field Notes: Trash Edition

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after a long dry period hamilton reappears in field notes
as lin would say: 'the trash of the thing'
cat called by man as opposed to cat called by alien?
field notes
like if you too have a crush on trash
or as pulitzer prize-winning lin-manuel miranda would say: 'the trash of the thing'
we'll be playing drunk taboo at the next dwb

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