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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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A Cold War in the Cloud

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 3 Comments

Bwog gets mad rustled by Internet-based competitions with other elite schools. Judging by the deluge of tips we received, Dropbox announced today the “Great Space Race!” which pits universities against each other to see who wins a treasure trove of gigabytes in the sky. Just by signing up, you get 3 GB free, and if […]

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Free Food AND School Spirit! What More Could You Possibly Want?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 4 Comments

Homecoming is upon us! Show your school spirit (hah) and get thee to Low Plaza between 5:00 and 7:00 tonight for FREE KORONETS PIZZA and performances from the dance team and the marching band! Come celebrate and get delicious pizza grease all over your face! Delicious free food via Wikimedia Commons

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DSpar Talks Elephants and (Not) Taking the Simple Road

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2012 9 Comments

In anticipation of the six month anniversary of Obamanard and tonight’s University Unity Forum, Bwog thought you all might appreciate more clarity on the ever enigmatic relationship between Columbia and Barnard. Since the idea of tonight’s forum is to provide a space for students’ perspectives, Bwog went straight to the endlessly economic Debora Spar, President […]

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Columbia’s Basket Of Deplorables

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deplorables
housing lottery horror stories
if you have an 8:40 you actually enjoy pls send us a tip explaining how
raise your hand if you've already had a midterm
rip old dodge cafe
schermerhernermernerhorn
we generously didn't include spec on here
we've spent more time trying to find the bathroom in schermerhorn extension than we have paying attention to class in schermerhorn extension

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Runaway Electrons (And Other Plasma Physics Horror Stories)

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ap physics will not save you
are the electrons running away because they hate their parents?
lecturehop
raise your hands if you know what a magnetic surface is
raise your hands if you know what physics is
the capitalism of of particle physics
there's nothing 'simple' about vector calculus
where do the electrons come from? where do they go? where do they come from cotton eye joe?

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Bwoglines: All Will Be Revealed Edition

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'black teal or coral'
bwoglines
if you get those glasses send us some tips with them
our favorite ted cruz was in 'hillaryous' last semester
so many secret meetings
who needs james patterson when you have ny local news
will the videos delete 24 hours after you take them?

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University Senate Debates Freedom Of Expression Resolution At Plenary

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freedom of expression
prezbo wya
university senate
usenate
usenate plenary
we dk what "uchicago" even is
where ya ass was at
who would have thought that an astronomy professor cares so much about trigger warnings

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SGA First-Year Election Results Released

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does sga get free diana pizza?
election season
first-year class council
if they don't they should
sga
take this as a reminder to register to vote if you haven't already
tbt to last year's first-year campaign posters - those were wild
technically that should be a picture of liz's place

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Deadline For Daily Editor Applications Tonight

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apply
rush bwog tho
we love our dailies
what's your favorite tag?

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Columbia Thinks Donating Is Really, Really Fun

Ross Chapman 0

can we have a coloring competition tho
coloring pages?????
giving day
giving day is a thing
in a rich mans world
krabby patties
money money money
must be funny
sponsor me
that endowment tho

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University Senate To Affirm UChicago’s Report On Freedom Of Expression

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freedom of expression
uchicago
University of Chicago
university senate
usenate
usenate plenary
we can't wait to see prezbo later today

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