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Bwog’s Persian Poetry Aficionado, Sarah Thompson, braved crowds of poetry lovers on Friday to attend the Rumi Night of Poetry. Organized by the Columbia Iranian Students Association, the night was filled with music and the works of Rumi, recited and sung in both English and Persian. I was one of the lucky ones who snagged […]
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Today is Columbus Day! Two years ago, New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser criticized Columbia for holding classes on Columbus Day, which prompted Jim Downie, Bwog’s editor at the time (and now op-ed web editor for the Washington Post), to pen a brilliant critique of the NYPost column. For your edification: As the coda to today’s […]
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In the first installment of Bwog’s new video series, Bwog Britons Alex Sabel (younger brother to Bwog editor emeritus Claire Sabel) and Natalie Robehmed class up some (in)famous Bwog comments.
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Happy Columbus Day, Columbians! This is what it feels like to go to the only school where there’s not a long weekend. Ugh. (Time and Date) In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez was re-elected as president by a narrow margin. (CNN) For the record, we here at Bwog would be super okay with Adele showing up out of the blue, […]
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DIY: Fake I.D.

There is always a moment early in your drinking career when friends pass around I.D.s so that they can all laugh about the absurd last name that one guy picked, or comment on the shit quality laminate that one girl received. It’s a pretty safe assumption that the bouncers around here don’t actually care if […]
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Columbia athletics put up a series of tough fights this week.  A tough one for women’s soccer and volleyball, but both cross country teams found victory in the Metropolitan Championships in the Bronx.  Field hockey had their ups and downs with a win and a loss, and the football team continued to struggle with a […]
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What better way to spend Leif Erikson Day Eve Eve than with Bwog in the SGO on the 5th floor of Lerner at 7 pm tonight?  There will be free food and special Leif Erikson Day festivities, so bring your ideas and love for Nordic pirates! We love our Vikings here at Bwog via Wikimedia Commons
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Bill Nye is off this week and filling in is the lesser known Science Guy, Bwog’s very own Zach Kagan who takes a look at some of Columbia’s great intellectuals and their research below:   Columbia Professors are no slouches in the brain department. Still, despite their surplus IQ points, few would likely describe themselves […]
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Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. As always, feel free to mention any events we may have missed in the comments section (and/or mock our typos) and we’ll add them. Our recommendations […]
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The inspiration for today’s theme is brought to you in part by John Jay Residence Hall’s three fire drills this morning:  Is your dorm ablaze? Need to escape? First read about the esc key’s creation and then evacuate the building. (Youtube, NYT) There was a consensus among John Jay residents this morning that being electrocuted for […]
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  Lowlapalooza is tomorrow from 10 am to 7 pm! Get yo’self acquainted with the acts before they start.  Melissa O’Sullivan brings you String Theory and Taylor Simone and Noel Gutierrez-Morfin presents The Morningsiders. String Theory (11:25 to 11:55 am) String Theory isn’t your usual string ensemble. These 5 cellists–Justin Zhao, SEAS ’15; Nathan Chan, CC’15; […]
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