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CATpion Contest Round 3: Animal Cunning

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 29 Comments

We were delighted to find more demonstration of wit on the last caption contest’s round of comments. However, only one Columbian can be the wittiest of them all: with 45 up votes and one jealousy-inspired dislike, Anonymous #1’s “Tweets, by Dr. Jay.” Congratulations, Anonymous, you are indeed superior. But we know you all can do better than that. There […]

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A Preview of a Preview

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 10 Comments

It’s that time of year again, when probably the only Broadway-style musical you will go to this year comes around. Rather than wallow in Butler, venture across Broadway for another type of entertainment: the annual preview of the 118th Annual Varsity Show, tonight at Havana Central the much more romantically named West End Havana Central! […]

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Police Surveillance of Muslim Student Groups Continues

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 22 Comments

Over the past week, news sources have called to attention the alarming and ongoing police profiling and tracking of Muslim students at American universities. An Associated Press article cites such actions as tracking websites and blogs of Muslim student organizations and engaging in undercover reporting on student prayers. Such invasions of privacy have extended to Columbia in […]

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Barnard Senior Fund Kick-Off…With Food

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 4 Comments

Don’t worry: you don’t have to be either a Barnard student or a senior to join tonight’s 2012 Senior Fund Kick-Off. There will be coffee, Baked By Melissa cupcakes (which, for those of you who don’t know, are tiny little bite sized clouds of magic) and the company of President Spar and the Senior Fund […]

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Supreme Court Could Be Bad News for ‘Bo

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 8 Comments

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Fisher v. Texas, a case which, if ruled in favor of Fisher, would effectively undo PrezBo’s landmark 2003 affirmative action win. PrezBo scored that victory, Grutter v. Bollinger, coming east from UMich, where he was a big affirmative action supporter. The conclusion of the case affirmed public universities’ right […]

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SGA: Home Sweet Gender-Neutral Home

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 6 Comments

Neutral correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Last night’s SGA meeting welcomed, with open stomachs arms to receive their promised Crumbs cupcakes, Associate Dean for Campus and Residential Life Annie Aversa, and Associate Director for Housing Operations Matt Kingston. To satiate Barnard students’ fervent desire for more emails from their administration, Kingston and […]

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Linda Bell Named Provost of Barnard College

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 6 Comments

One more surprise administration announcement, of the sort we often get: Professor Linda Bell of Haverford College has been named Barnard’s new provost. Hailed as a “compassionate communicator and a natural leader” by Spar, Bell will start October 1, 2012. She will take over from interim provost Paul Hertz, who’s temporarily managed the post since Elizabeth […]

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Security Alert: Robbery

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 14 Comments

An alert has come in from Public Safety concerning a student robbery on Riverside Drive a few days ago. The full update below, and photographs of the suspects: A student has reported that he was the victim of a robbery on February 17, 2012 at about 8:45 p.m. as he was walking near 500 Riverside […]

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And Now For Something Completely New

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 15 Comments

Ten points to SEAS for transparency! For the first time ever, Dean Feniosky Pena-Mora is holding “Office Hours” (quotations not ours) for SEAS students to make their valiant, valuable voices heard. Make your way to the 5th floor offices in Mudd at 4 pm today for your chance at personal connection. Here are some ideas […]

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Drop It Like It’s Hot

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 7 Comments

Still haven’t learned any of the characters for that Elementary I Mandarin class you ambitiously signed up for? Have yet to attend your first Rise of Civ seminar? Today is the last day to drop a class for CC, Barnard, and GS, so print out that Add/Drop form and hustle your way over to Kent. Don’t […]

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Attn: How to Attend the Address of the US Attorney General

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 13 Comments

This morning presents another opportunity to see a leading figure in world affairs. You might not exactly understand what it is that this person does, and you might not pay a whole lot of attention to what they’re saying, but you can definitely tell your parents that you actually can’t talk right now because you’re […]

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Bwoglines: Sudden Realizations Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2012 0 Comments

A spokeswoman for Rick Santorum realized a little late that not all of Obama’s policies can be blamed on his radical Islamic nature. (Gawker) A Chicago public school teacher learned the hard way that you cannot, in fact, use racial slurs as teaching tools. (Gothamist) All the broke hipsters out there can no longer use […]

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Overseen: Anonymous Role Model Reminds Us To Be Present In The World

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a ferris bueler's day off quote feels really appropriate right here
don't let those midterms get you down! have some chocolate!
flying to the moon would be a really great way to get out of a calc midterm
overseen
remember to be present in the world kids
unless you're lactose intolerant - in which case have some sugary candy or something

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#TBT To Before Barnard Became Barnard

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'nothing's worthwhile unless you can exclude someone'
#tbt
alternative post title: '#tbt to when donald trump would've wanted to send his daughter to barnard'
gossip girl: 1890s barnard edition is a show bwog would absolutely watch
lecturehop
living in brooks literally cost $1000 per semester in the early 1900s can you imagine
no wonder brooks has those beautiful ornate staircases

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Midterm Day Has Arrived At Last

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but hey! at least this means we're halfway through the semester! officially!
if you actually have a midterm today your prof is either doing something right or part of some kind of secret cult
is the coffee at blue java really worth it when the line is so long though?
midterm day
redbull-infused coffee is a real thing and it's terrifying

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Bwoglines: Unexpected Victories Edition

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bwoglines
columbia alums clearly have some substantial funds
like if you remember when bacchantae did q.u.e.e.n. and electric lady by janelle monae
what was up with that snapchat filter yesterday though
whose idea was that
would a nyc mta bus ever roll into a coffeeshop? no. it would charge furiously into that coffeeshop

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BunsenBwog: I’m Looking at You

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bioethics
BunsenBwog
Bwog does science...sometimes
If Netflix destroyed your vision how many people would give it up?
mice are underappreciated
Ralph Waldo Emerson knows what's up
SCIENCE YEAH
we would never give up Netflix

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Overseen: Something On Butler 9 Has A Taste For Meat

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he probably lives in the bathroom there
that bathroom is seriously awesome though
the creature of Butler 9
trashcans exist you know
What is happening to us
who brings jerky to butler?

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GSSC Revises The Owl And Spends Money

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"Not everyone at GS uses Facebook" is not a good way to dispel GS stereotypes
Bwog is a master of social media
Elizabeth Heyman
gssc
GSSC moves to the modern era
owls are the eagles of the night
rooftop party get hype
social media reigns supreme
Spending Money
The Owl

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CU Players Presents “Things We Want”

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come thru for some wholesome theatrical fun
CU Players
five cast members and a whole bunch of angst
it's got sex drugs and rock and roll what more could you want?
just kidding that's never actually revealed (spoiler alert)
rock and roll in the form of The Strokes that is
shit goes down
shout out to The Strokes
things also get pretty intimate just a heads up
Things We Want
this play is gonna be dope
what do salmon and revenge have in common? come to the show to find out!
what do we want? THEATER! when do we want it? THURSDAY NIGHT!

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