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Overheard: Economics is Serious Business

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 13 Comments

ECONOMIEZ! Blissfully ignorant of what real economists do, a student is deeply concerned with the state of economic awareness: “It’s just like, lame people everywhere are gonna be having conversations about the ECONOMY without ever taking an Econ class! I mean, I only took principles, but…” Fancy lines via Wikimedia Commons

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Coatsworth To Assume Permanent Provost Role

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 19 Comments

In the latest installment of unexpected email announcements, PrezBo has just sent word that Interim Provost John Coatsworth will assume the permanent Provost position. Coatsworth, former SIPA dean, took over for Claude Steele on July 1, 2011, when Steele made the move out West to Stanford. Writes ‘Bo: “Provost is responsible for ensuring that the University’s […]

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Cooking With Bwog: Ménage à Soup

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 4 Comments

Join Matt Powell in this week’s Cooking with Bwog to learn the not-so-secret recipe for that scrumptious soup you always get at Le Monde. With its rich broth, soft white bread, and gooey strands of Gruyere, French Onion Soup is a dish that is always sure to please. Presenting the finished soup to your guests, […]

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Bwoglines: Breaks and ‘byes Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 5 Comments

New York Times foreign correspondent and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid passed away in Syria due to a severe asthma attack. (Columbia Journalism Review) Jon Stewart has temporarily cornered the market on late night satire. (New York Times) Corruption is everywhere. (The Guardian) Never take candy from strangers undercover cops. (AlterNet) Bunnies via Wikimedia […]

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Drinking With Bwog: The Third Dimension

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 9 Comments

Gosh, doesn’t Drinking with Bwog always look like so much fun? Pretty complicated, though. So today, you can try something different, in case you, ahem, have trouble getting those ingredients. Today, we’ll pick the game, you pick the liquid. Looking for that pre-Dodge buzz? Try Gatorade! Hitting Butler hard tonight? Try coffee! Gearing up for John Jay […]

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Time to Start Making Friends…

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 7 Comments

Yes indeed, the great ravager of friend groups commonly referred to as the Housing Lottery is slowly approaching. It’s time for that awkward portion of the spring semester where everyone you know (or don’t know) starts asking you what your plans are for housing, and you never know whether they’re just making small talk or […]

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Overseen: It’s a Hard Knox Life

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 3 Comments

For the past week, a sign at the entrance of Knox Hall read: But, obviously that didn’t work. So they decided to change their tactics:

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Free Food: Not Your Normal Fare

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 0 Comments

In case you missed out on Bwog’s small blooper from last week, the CVC is having their pizza social at 6 pm tonight in the Barnard Student Dining Room. If you’re tired of pizza and interested in more exotic eats, that is, gruel, ‘umble pie, weal cutlets and more, head over to 310 Philosophy Hall […]

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LectureHop: The North Korean Core

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 0 Comments

This past Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 pm, our resident North Korea Korrespondant Clava Brodsky hopped over to William and June Warren Hall to listen to the Weatherhead Institute’s Panel, “Leadership Succession in North Korea: Regional and Global Implications.” “I know nothing.” So assert Socrates and Sue Mi Terry, a senior research scholar at the Weatherhead […]

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She’s Here!

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 46 Comments

Update, 6:10 pm: A tipster passed on some photographic proof of Oprah’s visit. Update, 1:36 pm: According to a tipster, Oprah is officially off campus. She was last seen driving away in a black Suburban in front of Barnard Hall. The day we’ve all been waiting for has come. Oprah Winfrey is currently speaking on […]

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Bwoglines: Being a Boss Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 4 Comments

Jeremy Lin continues to be a boss. While you’re admiring his skills, don’t forget about the other Ivy League players who’ve changed sports history. But you can cut it out with all the bad puns. (Daily News, PolicyMic, #linify it, USA Today) Much to everyone’s surprise, Columbia is not New York’s hottest college. Smart guys finish […]

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Need Coffee? Check Next Door

By Bwog Staff on Feb 16, 2012 3 Comments

Update, 12:45 pm: Starbucks on 115th is back in business! About to head out the door for your morning Starbucks? Hold up! Due to the water issues that have been plaguing the neighborhood as of late, the 115th location is closed indefinitely. O, the misfortune! The perils of a caffeine-less 10 am class! What is […]

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Friday Night Feelin’ Right Playlist

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bwog does music
DJ breezus
friday night feelin alright
how many playlists can we put hotline bling on for you?
playlist
we like to cha cha
young thug young thug young thug

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Pain And Disgust Open The Miller Theatre’s Season

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at least it was a full house
JACK quartet
miller theatre
morbid curiosity is bwog's raison d'etre
run time error
steen-andersen
too adventurous for our conservative ears

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Bwog Does Science: Fervor For Ferris

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babybwog
Bwog does investigative journalism
we give this ferris affection another month (like all first year 'love')
what's the difference between friends and lab rats anyway?
yay new staff writers!

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Weekend Sports Update

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Bwog does not play sports preferring to exercise the mind
bwogsports
BwogSports Weekend Update
go team!
Is Fordham our sports rival?
Just editing this made us tired

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Bwoglines: Additions And Subtractions Edition

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additions
bwoglines
bye dolan
ch-ch-ch-changes
subtractions
the pope is coming to town
update your iphones yo
will anyone actually use spotlight?
wow lying about 9/11 that's a new low

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#TBT To When Columbia’s President Became America’s President

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#tbt
Alumni against students
Debunked Rumors
eisenhower
eisenhower get it like columbia but also president of the us
Ike
Spectator Editorial Board

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PSA: Don’t Miss the Lawn Party!

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but will there be croquet?
corn hole and mini golf
remember last year's lawn party? neither do we
the third annual lawn party
they'll have to clean it up for the football practice tomorrow
this is what your evening's come down to
why you couldn't get in to ferris today

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Bwog Reviews: “In Transit/Liquid Highway”

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bwogarts
classy and cultured youngsters
friends in yellow hats
miller theater

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