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The Twitters of Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 6 Comments

We all know that Columbians love to express their opinions, whether solicited or not. It seems that where we truly excel, however, is in compressing these opinions into 140 characters or less. Fearless world wide web explorer Bijan Samareh ventures into the depths of the avian jungle to bring you some of the most well-known, […]

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Lecturehop: New York and the Future

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 3 Comments

Graduation is approaching, the future is looming. The thought of what comes after has begun haunting the mind of many an undergrad (maybe). And if you’re planning on remaining in the nurturing arms of New York, that’s one more future you need to worry about. In a burst of curiosity, contemporary urban explorer Angel Jiang […]

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ESC: The Final Meeting

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 5 Comments

Sean Zimmermann reports from the final ESC meeting of the year. The ESC passed a resolution to limit sophomores from mixed-point groups, who drop down into general selection, from picking into Furnald. This year, no sophomores who were not in a mixed-point group were able to choose into Furnald. The discussions focused only on Furnald […]

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SGA: It’s All Over

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 1 Comments

Last night’s SGA meeting, the last of the semester, included special guest Joanne Kwong, Barnard’s VP of Communications; a debate over SGA funding of the Activities Board at Columbia; and a heated discussion over appointments to SGA committees. Barnard Boy Peter Sterne reports. Good Communication: Ms. Kwong explained to the SGA Rep Council that the […]

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Free Iced Coffee, or the Death Throes of a Dying Phone

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 6 Comments

Forlorn, downtrodden, and perpetually abused BlackBerry users, today is your (perhaps last) shot at superiority. This time, the glances will be of envy, not of pity, when you proudly walk by with your free iced coffee. From 12 to 1 today at the Sundial, the Columbia BlackBerry Ambassadors—which is apparently a thing—will be giving out Starbucks iced coffee […]

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Bwoglines: Hard Truths Edition

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 0 Comments

Politics very close to home: in Harlem, new demographics are shifting racial tides. (New York Times) A city PSA commercial is looking for “ethnically ambiguous, real-type” actors to play homeless people—rather than, y’know, looking for actual homeless people to play homeless people. (NY Mag) Just because you’re a hipster, doesn’t mean you get to shoot […]

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Grassroots Activism Springs Eternal

By Bwog Staff on Apr 24, 2012 29 Comments

Dean Awn’s announcement today of a very last-minute date change to the 2012 GS Class Day didn’t go over so well—now, a couple of GS students are planning to do something about it. Acronyms abound. The self-described “new and self-explanatory activist movement” GS Equal Treatment (aka GSET) has made an announcement of their own: “Due to […]

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Senior Wisdom: Derek Turner

By Bwog Staff on Apr 23, 2012 46 Comments

Next up, Christian/conservative/Core-champion Derek Turner. Nominate wise seniors by sending their name and “resume” to tips@bwog.com. Name, Hometown, School: Derek Turner, Phoenix, AZ, CC Claim to Fame: Incessant supporter of the Core, vocal fan of Arizona, thesiser on Indian water rights, perennial opinion-spouter for Spec, Barnard wannabe, conservative-about-town, campus character, and 2-term president of Intervarsity Christian […]

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Overseen: The New Squirrel Paradigm

By Bwog Staff on Apr 23, 2012 3 Comments

We know the whole squirrel thing is getting a little old, but a tipster couldn’t help but notice this poster with a cut-out piece of pizza attached to it. Is the pizza-eating squirrel becoming a new species or have Bwog readers taken the Geology library in Schermerhorn by storm? We’ll never know the answer to […]

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Taking Names

By Sylvie Krekow on Apr 23, 2012 6 Comments

Sylvie Krekow investigates a forgotten tale of campus larceny. Look for this and more in the forthcoming April issue of The Blue & White. Few at Columbia were thrilled when Livingston Hall was renamed Wallach Hall. “I do remember there being people, including myself, who thought that was the wrong thing to do,” recalls an […]

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CUIT Compromises 3500 SSNs

By Bwog Staff on Apr 23, 2012 32 Comments

This isn’t exactly a novel occurence, but CUIT compromised files which contained the “names, addresses, social security numbers, and bank account numbers” of members of the Columbia community. Oops! How did this happen? “A Columbia University Information Technology programmer inadvertently and erroneously saved a file on a University web server that could be accessed from outside […]

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Overseen: All Eyes on Furnald

By Bwog Staff on Apr 23, 2012 4 Comments

Fitting for a bright, cold day in April:

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Go Lion Or Go Home: Bwog Reviews Roar Lion Rorchesis

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'expectro patronum!' wub wub wub wub
arts reviews
bwog will support any event involving harry potter dubstep
here at bwog we cannot comprehend feats of physical talent - only be impressed by them
it's exhausting just watching these people dance
orchesis
orchesis gets lift
we wanna be in the roone where it happens

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#TBT To The First Time It (College Walk) Was Lit

Mia Lindheimer 1

#tbt
a conundrum: if the boring speaker wears a santa hat during his boring speech does that distract from the boringness of the speech or add to it?
annual treelighting ceremony
bwog is really feeling the holiday spirit today
even more than that bwog is feeling the holiday puns today
how do sheep in spain say merry christmas? fleece navidad
if santa rides in a sleigh what do elves ride in? minivans
we'll be here all night folks
what do you get when you cross a christmas tree with a macintosh? a pineapple

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Restaurant Impossible: John Jay Edition

Emma Seely-Katz 1

chef irvine tackles the vegan struggle
columbia dining staff is a++
it's not that bwog watches a lot of cooking shows ... it's just that bwog watches a LOT of cooking shows
journalism at its finest indeed
the real question here is: if chef irvine could restaurant-impossible one cu dining hall should it be ferris john jay or hewitt? who needs it most?
what could be better than food and impressive arms? not a lot

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Columbia Is Ready For Winter (Even If You Aren’t)

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annual treelighting ceremony
bwog loves trees
do it for the hot chocolate
do it for the swag
do it for the trees
how do the trees feel about this awkward weather we're having?
how does the weather feel about the wonderful trees we're having?
tbh alexander hamilton probably skipped the yule log ceremony to write revolutionary essays or something
treelighting
whatever you do it for ... just ... do it

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Bwoglines: Solemn But Not Sorrowful Edition

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bwoglines
is that photo caption a wtnv reference? are there towns in arizona? are there glowing lights in the sky about a hundred feet above the arby's? we just don't know
lilo probably has some great pictures of that mountain featuring clueless american tourists hiking in sandals
so many tree lighting ceremonies are happening this week - is christmas really so soon?
wow. christmas is actually. really. so soon
yes there's bad in the world but these is also good. there is also dogs

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Back Of The Envelope: How Long Someone Has Been In Butler

Britt Fossum 2

actual garbage
back of the envelope
but stuff
Butler coffee tastes like death
Columbia's caffeine addiction
still don't know the identity of the butler beer camper
youth is so wasted on the young

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LectureHop: The Legacy Of Rape

Sarah Dahl 2

bwog does morbidity
Franke's statements vibe so much with Beloved
lecturehop
legacy of rape
putting an art exhibit calling out the Catholic Church in a Catholic church is a ballsy move
these are actually important projects

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Bwog Learns How To Flirt

Nadra Rahman 3

"crafternoons and Pilates"
bwog learns how to flirt
definitely using some of these at 1020
how to pass orgo: flirt with your prof/TA
NYU students getting into trouble what a surprise
we could flirt before just not...well

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