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Did Barnard Break Its Housing Guarantee?

By Bwog Staff on Aug 16, 2012 60 Comments

The Barnard housing crisis just got worse: we now know that Barnard students who went on leave signed contracts guaranteeing housing—only to return and find those guarantees gone. Bwog has obtained evidence indicating that Barnard violated returning students’ housing contracts earlier this year by changing the terms, and revoking their promised guaranteed housing. Our tipster, who […]

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Boringside Heights: Bigger Is Better Edition

By Bwog Staff on Aug 16, 2012 14 Comments

Morningside Heights may have spent all summer heaving great sobs of loneliness, but it isn’t about to greet newcomers and returning students with super puffy eyes. On the contrary, it’s been having quite a bit of work done. Send any minutiae we missed to tips@bwog.com.

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Returning Barnardians Were Guaranteed Housing in 2009

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 16 Comments

Update, 6:16 pm: Dean Hinkson just sent us this statement: The policy was changed last February (2012) due to more and more returning students requesting housing, and overall, more students opting to stay on campus instead of seeking off-campus housing. Even so, we are making every effort to accommodate as many students as we can […]

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Houses And Homes: Italy

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 10 Comments

Bwog wants to know what your living space was like for this past summer. Were you back home? Staying in New York? Did you find yourself (abroad?)? Send us a photo of your view or room before you move out, along with a brief description of where you were to tips@bwog.com. To kick things off… […]

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Eating From The Appletree Inspires Doubt

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 6 Comments

More good stuff from r/Columbia; this time, suspicious use of scare quotes at Appletree: “Food” from imgur

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Deantini To Get A Marinaccio Cherry Garnish

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 8 Comments

Deantini and Dean Marinaccio at a staff meeting (metaphorically) Update, 8/15 1:30 pm: Deantini has emailed us back to explain why he decided to move Financial Aid and Admissions out of the Division of Student Affairs: I wanted Admissions and Financial Aid reporting directly to me. Whom we admit to the College is the most […]

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Spotted: Crossing Disciplines

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2012 6 Comments

Update, 10:07 pm: Speaking of Reddit, /u/millie1889 registered r/Barnard today. No activity as of yet. r/Columbia found this short poem in a Mudd bathroom.

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Ubiquitous Korean International idol Super Star

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2012 52 Comments

According to tipsters, AJ, one-seventh of the Korean boy band U-KISS, will be officially joining the Columbia student body this fall. In fact, he “safely arrived at the Columbia University a few days ago” “and was busy to finish some works prior to the beginning of the semester!” We’re not sure which one is AJ (here’s a […]

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Hawkma Rules the Playground

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2012 4 Comments

When we last saw Hawkma, she was homemaking on JJ 10. Today a tipster spotted her surveying Morningside Park. As she soared from perch to perch a father pointed to the skies and shouted, “Look, son, there she goes!”

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AHinks Responds to Barnard Housing Crisis

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2012 14 Comments

Late last week, we learned that Barnard students returning from leave or transferring in will probably have to live off-campus, which could mean the loss of some financial aid and on-campus housing the year after. We reached out to Dean Hinkson to hear the Barnard administration’s side of the story. Upside: Barnard students might not be […]

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ESPN Bit with Usain Bolt Filmed at Baker Field

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2012 10 Comments

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Columbia Class of 3012

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2012 8 Comments

Tipster Ron G. sends us these screenshots from the latest episode of Futurama. The school has everything from iconic gates… …to red-brick, neoclassical buildings and the Van Am tholos … …to cheap tuition. But Columbia(c) is not the first university to be featured on Futurama. A few weeks ago, an episode set in the sewers […]

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Columbia Housing Announces Free Access (Except For Barnard Students) To New York Times

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add NYT to JJs and swipe access that Columbia students have over Barnard
And Caroline!
free information
free stuff
not free food unfortunately
shouldn't all information be free?
sorry barnard
Thanks Ben and Viv!
Thanks to all councils
wasn't asking for this but also not rejecting it
we guess there are legal limits that would prevent a uniform statement like that

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SGA: Surprise Attacks

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deal with it
sga
there were snacks today that was cool
they don't want u to vote
we love sga
what even is global symposium tho
when shit happens shit happens

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Classes To Take Before You Die I Mean Graduate: Fall 2016 Edition

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classes to take before you die
damn we're gunna miss browsing the cu course directory at some point in our lives
fall 2016
foley is a greek goddess it's true
gotta love some lady boss profs
i guess we'll suggest you use courses@cu OR JUST USE A DAMN PEN AND PAPER LIKE 2007!
isn't it nice when we do the work for you?
looking for a prof's mind at work

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Bwoglines: Leaders Edition

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Bwog banged our pans with everybody else
bwoglines
can't wait to watch the Trump family tonight
Dilma Rousseff should just be impeached already
if you understand our reference we'll buy you a six pack
Kasich pls
Musk 2016
somebody has to write science fiction with rockets landing/taking off from ships now
this rocket news has massive implications
Tsipras is the characteristic liberal-coming-of-age story
WE LOVE YOU ELON MUSK

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Field Notes: It’s Lit Edition

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'another' gay bar
@ ras we know who could've pulled us into their suites but didn't: how dare you
can't believe the barnard wifi would betray us
days on campus? more like gays on campus amirite
field notes
like if you think bwog should do a 'best places to sleep in butler' series
what could be better than a free sandwich from hamdel?

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The Sculpture Discourse (According To CCSC’s Recent Survey)

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"no"
comment where YOU want to put the statue
our new hero is the guy who responded to the survey just to say 'i really don't give a fuck'
Reclining Figure
some people literally wrote essays in the comment box guys
statue discourse
tbt to when bwog got like 10 tips about the statue in one night
true to its core ... we see what you did there
we didn't realize it was possible to make butler more depressing

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Housing Coverage 2016, Day 5

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at least you won't have to live in carman
chances are you'll get 'guaranteed housing'
good luck and godspeed
housing 2016
lie down ... try not to cry ... cry a lot
try not to cry (too much)
when will housing be over. when will we finally be free

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Housing Reviews 2016: Wien

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don't worry freshmen ... your dorms are next
housing 2016
it's not that far ... really
stay tuned for bwog's new illustrated guidebook: the care and keeping of your pet sink
who needs friends when there's a bikeshare rack outside your dorm?
wien? wein? wine? whine?
yes ... wien has doubles. (are they nice doubles? that's debatable)

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