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Bwoglines: Fallout Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 26, 2012 0 Comments

Do you recall that NYPD monitoring of Muslim student groups at area universities was kind of a big deal? It still is, and your peers are quoted attesting to that! (Associated Press) You can expect some much-needed additional fallout from the New York Post’s attempt to report on the situation in the form of an […]

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Housingmaster: Sophomorically Seeking a Single

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 22 Comments

Housing is a special time of year—after all, it’s a time when students have to critically think about things. If you need any advice beyond that which you received from the Core, you can ask us. After all, even though the liberal arts are the greatest pedagogical tool developed in human history, they don’t teach you […]

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Ruby Bridges on Faith, Forgiveness, and Racism

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 9 Comments

On Wednesday night, the Veritas Forum hosted a forum with Ruby Bridges, along with two Columbia interviewers: Professor Michele Moody-Adams and Gabrielle Apollon, CC ’09, SIPA ’10. Ilya Wilson, CC ’12, introduced Bridges after performing an original spoken-word piece dealing with Bridges’ impact on her identity as a young black woman. Bwog’s procrastinating lecturehopper, Peter […]

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Make-Your-Own-Instrument Open Mic at Greenborough

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 5 Comments

Greenborough is putting out a call for “trash bins, pots, pans, PVC-pipes, spoons, rubber bands and homemade didgeridoos” for their second open mic of the year tonight at 8 pm. In addition to the melodious sounds of improvised instruments there will be some homemade food and prizes for the best acts. Musicians and listeners of all […]

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Bunsen Bwog: Devil’s in the Details

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 7 Comments

This week Zach Kagan, Bwog’s resident Research Rubbernecker has compiled tales of mistakes, myth busting, and gut instinct for your enlightenment. Last year physicists at CERN observed that neutrinos seem to travel faster than the speed of light. The team sent the particles from the Swiss facility to an underground laboratory in Italy and found they […]

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Spotlight on Sports: Chess

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 10 Comments

So you own a Columbia University sweatshirt—maybe you’ve even worn it to a football game or two. But what can you really say about Columbia’s lesser-known sporting scene? Cue Spotlight on Sports, in which we do the dirty work for you. Wannabe-Che(ss)xpert Ella Quittner hung out with Columbia’s chess club this past week to find […]

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Housingmaster: Hailing From Overseas

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 1 Comments

Q: I’m entering a suite with a few other guys, one of whom is studying abroad this semester. I know there are some extra steps we have to take, like designating a proxy for housing selection, but are there any other pitfalls that housing won’t tell me about until we fall into them? A: Put simply, no. Students […]

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LectureHop: Financial Justice, Affirmative Action, and Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 2 Comments

Thursday evening the World Leaders Forum hosted US Attorney General Eric Holder, who defended the Department of Justice’s policies on the financial industry, affirmed affirmative action, and gave attendees the opportunity to compare his impressive mustache to PrezBo’s hair. Government Guru Brit Byrd reports: As PrezBo’s introductory comments waxed even more glistening than his own […]

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Bwoglines: Assessing the Situation Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 1 Comments

This fancy infographic allows Columbians to compare their debt burden with everyone else’s.(Slate) U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is surprised that Americans don’t notice all the justice he’s bringing. (Capital) Tumblr has explored the darker corners of their site and decided that self-harm blogs have to go. (Time) It’s time to assess Oscar hopefuls and […]

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Found: Valuables signed Kathleen and/or Molly

By Bwog Staff on Feb 25, 2012 0 Comments

Left in the John Jay 5th floor bathroom. Security has your items.

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Overheard: A Good Problem to Have

By Bwog Staff on Feb 24, 2012 10 Comments

Earlier tonight, a girl to her friend: “I have too much homework to cheat on my boyfriend tonight.” Image via Wikimedia Commons

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Orchesis Embraces Animalistic Tendencies

By Bwog Staff on Feb 24, 2012 0 Comments

While you may recognize her name from the captions of innumerable Bwog illustrations, Louise McCune expresses her artistic appreciation of a more sensual form in her review of Orchesis’ new show. If you could only get your hands on the program, piece titles like “Bird Girl,” “Feral,” and “Late Anthropocene” should give you a clue […]

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#TBT: The Ten-Dollar Founding Father Without A Father

Betsy Ladyzhets 0

#tbt
alexander hamilton
bwog is not throwing away our shot
bwog wants to see the hamilton musical
fun fact: hamilton was bi as hell (if you want confirmation read his correspondence with john laurens)
if you listen to the hamiltunes know that you will have 'my shot' stuck in your head for at least a week
just like our country we're young scrappy and hungry
tbh is there anyone who doesn't want to see the hamilton musical

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BunsenBwog: A Summer Of Science

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alliteration rules everything around us
breezy does science
BunsenBwog
bwog does science
cumc
science
science and serendipity and summer and more things that begin with the letter "s"
scientific method
shoutout albert einstein
SPURS program
the vietnam war - one hell of a common interest

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Sounds Of CU: Diana Center

Emma Seely-Katz 1

breaking up via a passed note: the only thing better than breaking up over text
bwog does not give relationship advice but bwog will give music advice
playlist
sounds of cu
study at the diana and you'll feel cool even if it's not quiet enough to actually get work done
we here at bwog understand the struggle of paying $7 for literally anything at the diana

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GSSC Has Appointed Several New Council Members

Joe Milholland 0

do think at gs they ever study generals? just for the irony?
gssc
gssc is great at getting shit done
honestly all of gs is great at getting shit done
how general must a study be for it to be considered a general study

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Bwoglines: It’s Getting Spooky Out There Edition

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bern down for what
bwog is feeling the bern
bwog loves halloween
bwog loves halloween so much we're looking into custom prezbo costumes
bwoglines
halloween
halloween: the best time of year to determine whether or not your res hall really is haunted
how could you screen halloween not on halloween it just doesn't make sense

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CCSC & ESC Election Results Are In!

Mason Amelotte 1

breaking
ccsc
ccsc elections
class of 2018
class of 2019
esc
esc elections
get your shit together elections board
inclusion and equity representative
results
student council
we got 3 versions of the election results in our email

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More Unconventionality At Miller Theatre’s First Pop-Up

Amara Banks 0

"mimic the sound of air being blown into a paper cup"
beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Bwog is that beholder
dynamic musical movement should definitely be a thing
free wine makes the world go round
hipsters and their music events
only in new york
we couldn't make this shit up

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Little Confidence In Big Talk From The President Of Mozambique

Bwog Staff 1

are one party systems really democratic?
he showed up late to his own event
raising literacy one person at a time
total (bill) clinton move
wlf
world leaders forum

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