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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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Bwoglines: Dystopia Is Now Edition

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adidas transcends eras
bwoglines
getting bored of donald trump tbh
how many metrocards are under your bed right now

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Course Fees Waived For CC/SEAS Students On Financial Aid

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GS already doesn't have enough financial aid
GS shut out too
What are the chances that the BC financial aid office will follow suit?
When you accidentally don't read the entire email and think the policy is meant for everybody. #fail
Why DO language classes have course fees?

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GSSC Pats Itself On The Back, Talks Awards And Fitness

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#ethicalCUcampaigns
2girls1snack: snack attack edition?
Dennis Zhao
Elizabeth Heyman
GS the typa place where people successfully complete fitness challenges instead of waiting for the carman elevator when they live on the third floor
gssc
hello yes we thought we heard "branded swag"
tb to monday when carman won the energy challenge for having a single functioning elevator in the entire building
tb to when our high school won a grant for reducing energy bc the pool heater was broken the entire winter
this north korean defector event sounds dope
why weren't we at this party

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Barnard To Raise Student Minimum Wage

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barnard
breaking
fight for fifteen
minimum wage
student workers
SWS

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Check Out The Muslim Protagonist This Saturday

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$free.99
but you're probably a degenerate
bwog is a failed creative writing major
do something productive for once
do u guys remember mist a few weeks ago
not that kind of symposium
psa
the muslim protagonist

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Housing Coverage 2016, Day 7

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carnival
godspeed @sophomores
housing woes
if u get shafted u will probably do better in cc bc you'll understand where some of these thinkers are coming from in terms of despair
it's kind of bittersweet when housing ends but you can't expect that high-intensity drama/trauma to last forever
luv you housing staff
this bwogger is bound 4 wien
we have more stickers pls come
we know you're scrutinizing floor plans in gen chem as you read this
we love creeping in the lounge because we know where all our crushes are living next yr before directory is updated
we'll even miss spec being incompetent next to us

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Earth Institute Professors Ruth DeFries And Jeffrey Sachs Named University Professors

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celebrity profs
prezbo
university professors

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Remembering Public Safety Officer Martin Nelles

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columbia public safety
officer nelles
rest in peace

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