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Fisher v. Texas

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 9 Comments

Last week, the Supreme Court began hearing the Fisher vs. University of Texas case. This case, concerning affirmative action at the University of Texas, threatens to overturn the 2003 Grutter vs. Bollinger, that upheld the use of affirmative action in admissions at the University of Michigan Law School. Abigail Fisher, a white woman, brought her […]

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SGA: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Back from the Forum

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 3 Comments

SGA proudly boarded the elevator last night following the University Unity Forum and exited just like new to prepare for their weekly Rep Council meeting. Bwog’s elevator enthusiast and transfer extraordinaire Renée Kraiem reports from the Diana Café. This week’s Rep Council, though a little weary upon embarking on their second two-hour session, mustered the […]

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The Blue & White Meets Tonight

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 0 Comments

Fellow Columbians, The editors of The Blue & White invite all of you to join us this evening in St. Paul’s Chapel from 8-9pm for our weekly meeting. We have much to discuss, from the production of our forthcoming October issue to pitches for next month. Especially if you may be interested in writing or illustrating […]

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Vikram Pandit, SEAS’76 & CBS (MBA’80; PhD’86), Resigns As Citigroup CEO

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 5 Comments

Vikram Pandit, Columbia diploma hoarder, resigned this morning as CEO of Citigroup, effective immediately. Unlike other alums, Pandit has made appearances on campus, including at SIPA graduation and as one of the few non-political leaders at the World Leaders Forum. Outside of the Morningside Heights bubble, he has truly made a name for himself. Pandit […]

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SEAS Major Declaration starts today!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 5 Comments

Are you going to be studying electrical, chemical, industrial engineering? Or maybe applied math or physics? Well, if you’re a member of the SEAS class of 2015, you better make up your mind, because major declaration starts today. From October 16-19, members of the SEAS class of 2015 have to declare what major they will […]

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ESC: Initiatives and Events

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 3 Comments

The ESC meets every week. Notorious newsperson Aria Sharma writes about it for us every week. Tonight’s ESC meeting was fast-paced with updates rolling nonstop. The Dean Search Town Hall was on Monday at 4pm. Twenty-five students showed up, out of which 23 were undergraduate students. ESC welcomed a new web master, Robert Ying (SEAS […]

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Barnard Puts On Its 123rd Birthday (Dancing Bear) Suit Today

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 1 Comments

As of today, Millie’s been dancing for 123 years, and she wants you to help her celebrate with free BBQ on Lehman Lawn today from 11:30-1:30. Organized by McAC and sponsored by SGA, Orientation and Activities, and Residential Life, Barnard’s birthday features free (kosher, or non-kosher) BBQ, pins, and bracelets, and not-so-free t-shirts for $10. […]

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Bwoglines: Actual Science Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 16, 2012 3 Comments

Columbia alumnus Alvin Roth (SEAS ’71) is one of the two winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics along with Lloyd S. Shapley. They won the award for their work in matching theory, which supposedly enables better college admissions and better organ donation systems. Congratulations! (Washington Post) A new study says that pot is […]

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‘Bo Tried to Fire B-school Prez, Hubbard

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 24 Comments

A few days ago, the NYTimes ran a profile of Glenn Hubbard, B-school president and “Romney’s go-to economist.” The piece included this nugget—that PrezBo tried and failed to give Hubbard the boot: It’s been a well-kept secret, but faculty members say that in 2008, the president of Columbia, Lee C. Bollinger, wanted to bounce Mr. […]

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CCSC: Tackling the Important Topics (Like Sweaters and Pumpkins)

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 9 Comments

Despite the relatively large number of agenda items, last night’s CCSC meeting was a bit like running on a treadmill: a lot of exerted effort, but little net accomplishment. Updates: Not much by way of Class Councils, though 2016 is off to a rather impressive start, tackling an SGO revamp, planning a DJ-battle-type party, and […]

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Overseen: Admin, They’re Just Like Us

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 1 Comments

You’re not the only one that craves the delicious goodness that is a Hamdel sandwich.

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Barnard Fights For its Last Pool Party

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 18 Comments

So there’s a pool in the basement of Barnard Hall (it’s okay, Bwog had no idea either), and its time is running out. Spec reported last spring that the pool is slated to be shut down at the end of this academic year, and, despite some pretty fervent adversaries, the plan seems to be running […]

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Drop Your Classes (And Your Expectations)

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decrease your stress
drop a class
drop a deuce
one of our professors was unable to spell 'cupboard' in lecture yesterday and we're a little concerned
pls don't be that kid taking 6 classes and a lab
reality check
relieve yourself
shopping period
there's a children's book called 'everyone poops.' we're big fans

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Bwoglines: Curse Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal Edition

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betrayal
bwoglines
how many profs would buy 'my phone caught on fire' as an excuse for not doing hw?
it's incredible that nyc gave people free internet & thought they WOULDN'T use it to watch porn
sudden yet inevitable
tbt to when gary johnson came to columbia
wish we had a good reason to refuse to pay our student loans

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Bwoglines: Broken Promises Edition

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bwoglines
car boots
do we really like shailene woodley?
film
film critics
good bad sad
jay-z
joseph gordon levitt
meat cleavers
shailene woodley
shawn carter
snowden
suicide
tbt bernie
tha carter 8
tha carter infinity
the NSA
the NYPD
tragedy
university investigative failings
whistleblowers

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Wednesday Playlist: Drop Your 8:40 From Bed

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add/drop deadline is friday!!!!!!
drop your 8:40 from bed
playlist
sry had to
sry we know this is a weird playlist
stranger things theme song
we dropped fundamentals of computer systems from bed last semester
wednesday playlist

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A World Of Paint And Pattern: Tomo Mori In The Miller Theatre

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academic ivory tower > wien?
arts
Bwog loves its mosaics
gotta work out that Core
local art
miller theatre
miller theatre is a real place that you can go to
this took more effort than you've put into your papers for the past few years
Tomo Mori

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I Can’t Wait to (GSS)C You Again

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but what about Liz's dog?
GS gets stuff done
gssc
mikeisback
milvets
someone has to take up the tampons/pads/toilet paper war cry
will they be the most fun council this year?

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What Kind Of Wien Sink Are You?

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bwog actually does wash its underwear by hand
it's a hard water life
pretension
quiz
sink or swim
there was an aeneid reference somewhere in here
wien is for lovers
wien not wein

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Bwoglines: “Fishy…” Edition

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"i'm a dancing with the stars protester"
bwoglines
disco ball trophy case
fish
hackerz
why has JJ's food quality gone done so drastically this school year @administration @barnard??
you know it's a big deal because it's a "super" typhoon

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