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Reminder: Evaluate!

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 5 Comments

As the old Latin phrase goes, quis custodiet custodes? or, who will harshly grade your really harsh TA? The answer should be you. Remember to exercise your agency and fill out those course evaluation forms! For both Barnard and Columbia classes, they’re due tomorrow (cleverly before final exams). While you’re at it, don’t forget to […]

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GS Gets a Core Workout

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 27 Comments

According to an email sent out by Dean Awn, General Studies is undergoing changes to its Core Curriculum in order to “bring about closer alignment between the GS Core and the Columbia College Core.” These changes include the adoption of Literature Humanities, Contemporary Civilizations, and the Global Core. The changes go into effect for students […]

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Senior Wisdom: Astrika Wilhelm

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 24 Comments

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Astrika Wilhelm; any town (seriously, I’ve lived in a dozen or so states); Barnard College, Environmental Science Claim to Fame: Winning the Diet Coke contest and having my face on the billboard at Time’s Square (and getting some cool swag). But really, being involved in so many organizations (see: SGA, Green Umbrella, […]

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Trilling and Van Doren Award Reception

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 0 Comments

Prof. David Lurie is receiving the Lionel Trilling Best Book Award, and Prof. Christia Mercer is receiving the Mark Van Doren Best Teacher Award, but the real news is that the award ceremony is preceded by a free reception in Faculty House’s “Skyline Dining Room” at 6pm. No official word on what kind of refreshment […]

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Columbia Takes the Olympics

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 9 Comments

As you may have heard, the Columbia fencing team is pretty freaking baller. This summer, four of our own fencers will be going to London to compete in the 2012 Olympics. James Williams, CC ’07, was an alternate in Beijing in 2008, where he was called in to help the US win silver. He is […]

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Campus Character: Aki Terasaki

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 15 Comments

Augusta Harris profiles the outgoing CCSC prez. Look for this and more in the April issue of The Blue & White, on campus this week. Aki Terasaki, CC ’12, CCSC president and two-time class president, might be one of Columbia’s biggest fans, as evidenced by his high school graduation gift: a cat he named Roar-ee. […]

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Last Chance To Do It Live

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 1 Comments

Drag your feeble shell of a body over to Lerner piano lounge today from 12 ’til 2 pm for the last Live at Lerner of the year. There will be song. There might be dance. There will definitely be free sushi. Expertly pull-quoted from their Facebook event, so you know they mean business: The menu […]

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Bwoglines: The End is Nigh Edition

By Bwog Staff on May 02, 2012 4 Comments

Graduation is fast approaching, and this guy thinks you should try to snag a Phi Beta Kappa before it’s too late. (WSJ) Despite the May Day demonstrations (and celebrity appearances) yesterday, some think Occupy Wall Street is losing steam. (Village Voice, NY Mag) A foreign policy spokesman for the Romney ended his involvement with the campaign […]

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It’s Not Their Fault Brownie’s Closes at 6

By Bwog Staff on May 01, 2012 5 Comments

Spotted in Avery: some hungry student ordering pizza.

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Overheard: Closing Remarks

By Bwog Staff on May 01, 2012 7 Comments

Yesterday was the final day of classes and with that teachers everywhere did their best to be inspiring and really leave a mark on their students. You may not remember everything Hegel ever said, but you will remember that one time your teacher said something that completely changed the way you look at the world. […]

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Senior Wisdom: William Cybriwsky

By Bwog Staff on May 01, 2012 37 Comments

NHSM: William Cybriwsky, Manhasset, NY, SEAS, Earth and Environmental Engineering Claim to Fame: What I wish my claim to fame were: I’m wearing headphones all the time—if not on my ears, then around my neck? Also my gait. I’m told it’s very distinctive. Involvement in many groups whom I’ve all loved very much—Alfred, CUMB, Postcrypt, Greenborough, ESC, and Peer Health […]

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Gulati Responds to the V-Show

By Bwog Staff on May 01, 2012 11 Comments

On opening night of the 118: Varsity Show, Bwog spotted Sunil Gulati and his wife in the audience. After hearing some of the, ahem, references to the man in the course of the show, we had to hear what he thought. Bwog: Do you have a reaction to the show – and in particular, your portrayal […]

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Sing, Goddess, Of Orgo Night’s Script

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best seats in the house as per usual
breaking
butler 209
Dean Hinkson vs. CUMB: who would make it out of the octagon alive?
finals week
late night reading
live tweeting like a pro
orgo night
Orgo Night Fall 2015
orgo night script
procrastinate
study days

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Senior Wisdom: Juno McCallum

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bartenders are the best
fuck the bureaucracy
get ready for some good stuff to come
hamilton is BEYOND overrated
hamilton is EXTREMELY overrated
hamilton is overrated
hamilton was one of our greatest founding fathers tho
senior wisdoms
to quote Die Antwoord "fuck the system we make our own rules"
we may not "get" the Philolexian society but we respect it
we went to Burke the other day so we're getting close to visiting all the libraries

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From The Issue: Behind Bar

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'misogynistic Russians'
1020 is so problematic
Has anyone seen the owner?
old man dive bar Sunday through Tuesday; undergrad scene Thursday through Saturday
the blue and white
We love our Cool Mom
Wednesday remains disputed territory
Yea only an undergrad would be at 1020 after 1:30
Your 1020 suspicions confirmed

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It’s Fucking Hot

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at least the first years get a case study for frosci
bwog has been listening to dixie chicks all day
fucking Hot
global warming
hats and scarves becoming moth-eaten and dusty
the blizzard that never was
the only time we're jealous of our midwestern friends and their blizzards
this blasted heat
winter coats languishing in closets

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Barnard Administration Issues Statement On Orgo Night

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209 is better than the quad anyways
breaking
orgo night will be lit
the quad is a safe space I guess
the war on fun is a dish best served cold apparently
why does barnard hate fun

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Alternative Names To Make Your Reading Week Marginally Better

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alcohol is love alcohol is life
how can the university actually call it reading week this year?
psh reading week
vyvanse wednesday true
we wonder what a tuesday on the rocks would taste like
why finals

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1-800-ORGONIGHT/MIDNIGHTBREAKFAST

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drake
free food
free stuff
isn't the orgo exam not even tomorrow wtf?
midnight breakfast
midnight breakfast sounding like our prom theme
orgo night
overused image macros so true

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Bwog In Bed: Hump Day Edition

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bwog in bed
COWS
don't mess with the Cattle of Helios kids
don't panic
Get pumped for Orgo Night binches
Hamilton supported a central bank and so should you
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a great book
not a great movie though
this is how you do review for LitHum and Bwog at the same time

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