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Some Returning Barnardians May Be Out $11k

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 40 Comments

Barnard has a severe housing shortage. On Wednesday, residents learned that Plimpton rooms which in the spring were singles will this fall be doubles. Today, a student forwarded us an email from Barnard Res Life explaining that Barnard students returning from leave, and possibly transfers as well, may not get on-campus housing at all—may be […]

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It’s Fun to Stay at…

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 40 Comments

The Y (which is very much not the YMCA). Plimpton residents, you could have it worse. Barnard really, really, lacks space. A tipster forwarded us this “email [that] students received who are returning from time off, and (possibly) all transfers also.” The email opens ominously: Thank you for applying for on-campus housing and for your […]

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College Blog Starts Magazine

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 2 Comments

Personally, we think it’s better when college magazines start blogs. But you know those NYU kids. From the Observer: NYU Young Media War Rages On: The young folk of NYU Local—the pirate NYU news publication/blog, as opposed to the officially-mandated NYU publication, Washington Square News—is going to wage further war on its rival by putting […]

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Unlucky Barnard Students No Longer Single

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2012 80 Comments

The following email was forwarded to Bwog: From: Residential Life & Housing <housing@barnard.edu> Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM Subject: Important email re: your Plimpton room assignment Dear [redacted] We are writing to you today because you are a resident of ##A# Plimpton (a corner room) with difficult news to share so close […]

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The Downtown Express

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2012 10 Comments

Two, twenty-something co-workers—a plain, yet handsome, white man, and an Asian woman with good enough English—unexpectedly meet as they board at 96th street. They talk. On the train, as is the case with most train cars at 7:45 am, silent contemplation of the impending work day, one’s success in life, or unmet hopes and dreams […]

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The Limits Of The Literary

By Bwog Staff on Aug 07, 2012 16 Comments

Matthew Parker has a story and he knows how to tell it. He first tried pot at age 13 when he was living in Bridgeport, CT; soon after, he began to help his mom deal out of their house. He spent the next 27 years in and out of jail, using harder and harder drugs—eventually, […]

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The Chance At A Dorm That’s Like Watt, But Generally Better

By Bwog Staff on Aug 04, 2012 14 Comments

Update, 8/8: Now juniors can get in on the deal for a (very) limited time! Interested juniors should email the Housing team at housing@columbia.edu by THURSDAY, AUGUST 9TH at 12 NOON. If you would like to be considered with a roommate BOTH roommates must email Housing confirming their willingness to transfer to UAH and state […]

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BREAKING: Building Fire at 110th

By Bwog Staff on Aug 03, 2012 6 Comments

Passersby of 110th and Amsterdam are reporting a visible building fire, only a few properties away from Harmony. According to Bwog’s reporter at the scene, firemen are using a ladder and axes to rescue people from the building. Four firetrucks, two ambulances, and multiple police cars have arrived at the scene to handle the situation, […]

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Deus Ex Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Jul 31, 2012 13 Comments

What happens when you’ve graduated from the Columbia theater scene and can no longer book space in Lerner to put on plays? For Brian LaPerche (CC ’12), Cody Holiday Haefner (CC ’12), and Alison Goldberg (BC ’12), the next logical step is the NYC Fringe Festival. Bwog sat down with the playwright (Brian), director (Cody), and […]

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What To Expect When You’re Expecting LionMail

By Bwog Staff on Jul 30, 2012 23 Comments

The froshpeople seem to have gotten the hang of things already, but you old fogies who still use CubMail directly are in for a rude awakening. Over the last few weeks, CUIT has been shuffling your shit in preparation for the move to Columbia’s new Google-powered platform, LionMail, on July 31st. That’s tomorrow. To avoid adding one […]

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NYC Gives Columbia $15M For New Data Science Campus

By Bwog Staff on Jul 30, 2012 32 Comments

Remember that contest for a new applied sciences campus that we lost? Well, we got a consolation prize! According to a press release from City Hall, the city will give Columbia $15 million towards the construction of the new Institute of Data Sciences & Engineering. Of course, it’s not really a new campus; Columbia’s just […]

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Are You There, Olympics? It’s Me, Columbia.

By Bwog Staff on Jul 28, 2012 27 Comments

While we’ve come to realize that Columbians may not be the most athletically inclined people, no one can deny that the Olympics are something that the whole world can come together for (mainly because they’re on TV). This year, at least 10 former and current Columbia students and coaches will be competing. Check out who’ll be […]

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Who Maps It Better? International Students V. American Students

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did any of the americans who participated take 8th grade american studies?? yikes
eh wyoming doesn't really matter anyway #negligible
geography
how u not know where NY is?? you're living in it
hunni
international students
ps bwog has the flu right now be nice 2 us

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Barnard Housing Reviews 2016: Elliott Hall

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600 is jealous of ur AC
barnard housing reviews 2016
but hey they cute
bwog housing reviews 2016
bwog supports making new friends
congrats on getting a printer elliot
do u rly want another year of communal bathrooms
elliot hall
elliot smells weird
international foods tho
may contribute to weird smell
some cats live in elliot!
tiny ass doubles tho
tiny ass singles too

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Bwoglines: Expand Your Horizons Edition

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bwoglines
did anyone go to the hillary rally?
johns hopkins #killinit
sleep with zee sharx
wonder if hrc was "relatable" enough at the apollo

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Columbia On My Mind

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bwog can do hony too
columbia is on our mind all the time
feel free to share your own experiences in the comments
no last names bc u know why
NSFW
our reaction to some of this: wtf
party story is us with our roommate every weekend
rites of passage: drugs vomit Tinder econ
this is what it's like to be a priest
we are being really human right now

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Barnard Housing Reviews 2016: Hewitt Hall

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barnard housing 2016
housing 2016
living in the quad for when you don't want to work on your quads
not the dining hall
strangely patterned carpeting is our aesthetic
sweetgreen
we're eternally first years and know we're exhausting to be around

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If Presidential Candidates Were Housing Options…

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"big aggressive towering phallic"
bwog election coverage
chris christie is carman: rowdy in initial days but quiet now. ultimately a blowhard
EC is the home of populism
happy room selection
hope you got registered
housing 2016: let's get weird
king drumpf and his merry vassals
presidential candidates
tbt pike scavenger hunt
we didn't do kasich sry

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Call For The Worst (Circles of Hell) Rooms At Columbia

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does having the shittiest roommate on planet earth qualify
elliot? more like helliot
housing 2016
is reslife beatrice in this scenario?
purgatory is the john jay lounge
ready to burn
we're going from the (relative) spiritual purity of easter straight back into hell
when will the lottery save us from our sins
which cu dorm corresponds to which circle of hell though
worst rooms at columbia

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Housing Reviews 2016: McBain

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"constant classist warfare"
Carman 2.0
everyone should try to get into mcbain so we can get our single uncontested
housing 2016
it's like that kid who comes back from summer vacation looking like an entirely different person
poor proles
what is housing if not misery

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