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Bwoglines: Critical Thinking Edition

By Bwog Staff on May 05, 2012 1 Comments

NPR’s round-up of college swim tests features Columbians thinking critically about why the tradition is still around. (NPR) From climbing the wrong trees to crossing the wrong roads, Boulder’s famous falling bear did not make the best life decisions. (MSNBC) You shouldn’t have to think long about why yesterday was unofficial Star Wars day. (CNN) […]

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Overseen: Finals Tips

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 38 Comments

Spotted in SIPA: the big kids have some advice for us underlings. Also, they want their shit back.

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Senior Wisdom: Maxwell Bertolero

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 48 Comments

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Maxwell Bertolero. Danville, CA. General Studies. Philosophy and Psychology. Claim to Fame: That annoying GS kid who asks way too many questions. Former motocross racer and high school drop out. In the future, I hope to be known as the kid who talked about depression, dirtbikes, free will, and drinking whiskey in his […]

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Drinking with Bwog: Finals Edition Pt. 2

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 3 Comments

So it’s finals times and you say you won’t be drinking? Yeah, we totally believe you. Just in case you want to—you know—live vicariously through our staggering prose, we bequeath unto you Drinking with Bwog: Finals Edition. Read responsibly! If you’ve somehow managed to score a seat in the ref room, Bwog would shake your hand. […]

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Orgo Night Recap

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 30 Comments

The semesterly tradition of filling Butler 209 to capacity happened last night, and for all those who missed out on the swampy experience (the B.O. levels rivaled Butler 409) we present a short collection of thoughts, observations, and Instagram-y photos cobbled together at a surprisingly empty 1020 (thank you Lit Hum and CC finals!). The […]

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Phinal 2012 Phi Beta Kappa Crew Announced

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 72 Comments

We’d like to take a moment to emerge from our very bitter Butler shell to extend a genuine congratulations to the seniors who’ve been inducted to Phi Beta Kappa, aka the nation’s oldest honor society, aka a BFD. (And if you’re still wondering what PBK is, you probably don’t have to check for your name on the list. […]

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Paunching Fruit for 24 Hours

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 0 Comments

This afternoon at 5 pm, campus improv group Fruit Paunch begins their annual 24 hour comedy show on Low Plaza. Stop by anytime before 5 pm tomorrow for a dose of irreverent and mildly awkward humor before the onset of the dark night. If you need a reason more compelling than forcing Bob and Eli to reenact […]

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Senior Wisdom: Boris Vassilev

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 27 Comments

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Boris Vassilev, Rockville, MD (Originally Sofia, Bulgaria), Columbia College, Physics and Creative Writing (I did it for the money.) Claim to Fame? Fame: Bwog’s last surviving copy editor. The only Eastern European, transfer science and humanities double major on campus. My heart chambers fire out of order. Infamy: The set of Fiddler on […]

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Some Of These Things Are Not Like The Others: Rembrandt

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 4 Comments

Because there are few hells fresher than trying to memorize 1,000 PowerPoint slides of paintings you swear never even came up in class, we’ll be helping you study for your Art Hum exam this week with a closer look at some of the syllabus. In this next installment of SOTTANLTO Bwog’s Professional Photoshopper/Procrastinator Zach Kagan assures […]

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Quarto Magazine Launches Tonight!

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 3 Comments

Quarto, Columbia’s Undergraduate Journal of Creative Writing, releases its sixty-third annual issue tonight! To celebrate, they’re having a launch party from 9 to 11 pm in 501 Dodge complete with free food of the fancy cheese/sparkling apple juice variety. They also made this funky video (below) of people making triangles with their hands and/or scribbling things. […]

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Throwback Tunes: A Musical Study Guide for Lit Hum

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 6 Comments

Freshpeople, Bwog can’t believe you kids are already studying for your Lit Hum final! In honor of the big test, we’re recycling this gem of a post. Below, Bwog presents a playlist of songs with references to glorious works of our literary past from the second semester of the Lit Hum syllabus. ‘Njoy! The Beatles, “I […]

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From the Archives: Spoiler Alert

By Bwog Staff on May 04, 2012 12 Comments

Still cramming for LitHum and CC? Did you fall asleep last night before you could finish reading Crime and Punishment? Bwog is here to help with another oldie-but-goodie from reading periods past. It all began when Bwog overheard this conversation: Freshman Girl: Hey, so how did Pride and Prejudice end? Freshman Boy: Oh, they get […]

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Overseen: Bare Butts In The But

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butler
butler sex
listen we just want to study in peace
the goal is to have an actual full tag for "butler sex"
when all you want is a wholesome night of textbook reading
why must everything so good and pure in this world be soiled

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The Cathartic, Communal, Columbia Cry

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announcement
cu loves traditions
cu traditions
drown out the sounds of passing ambulances with your own voices
in which case congrats to you you're smart and will ace all your finals
nobody except nyu kids
primal scream
Reminder
there was one in wash square park this week but nobody went to that
unless you know
warning: ivy league shade
we hated even just typing that tag
you'll never know what tag we meant

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Bwog In Bed: Get Pumped Edition

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baby bend ova
bwog in bed
ew @ourselves
it’s the final push
let me see you take that final
never forget drake
soon you’re gonna be saying "it’s over it’s over i’m leaving I’m gone”
the final stretch
we’re so close fam

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Senior Wisdom: Shrey Jasani

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A little town called Midtown
Material trappings are dooming our society
Roti Rollllll
Sadly stress is the constant state of humans at CU
So few smiles to go around
That's a pretty deep answer to our oral sex vs cheese question

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From The Issue: Portrait Of The Artist

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'Utilize your youthful sexiness before it runs dry.'
All of our words are a labrynth
Erasing drawings is so stigmatized
Getting out of the labrynth
Has your sexiness run dry?
That pokemon fandom

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Tweet, Lion, Tweet

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"we couldn't beat the good Ivies" for some reason this is reminiscent of the ivy league snap story
bwog tries to understand sports
god bless the football team
we millenials only really comprehend or retain information when it's explained to us in tweet form

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Music To Sad Study To

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banks wore a cape when we saw her open for the weeknd
did you get the lana del rey reference in the title
is beach house still cool?
just tryna sad cry to joni
playlist
slow jamz
sorry if we just made you even more sad during finals

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In Defense Of: Not Studying At Butler

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butler
butler or panem? we just don't know
ido
In Defense Of
is betsy trying to stream jessica jones in the library
pro tip: find those black swivel chairs in butler 301 and use them as portable study stations so you don't need to fight over actual seats
tfw u start forgetting what ur bed looks like because u've slept in butler 301 for the past week
THE DREADED B-WORD
we bet some of you are at butler reading this right now

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