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Roundup: Crime

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 5 Comments

There is no need to fear. DNA Info’s Crime and Safety report for Morningside Heights has produced mainly positive results. In summation, Morningside Heights is the 38th safest neighborhood in Manhattan the city, and the 7th safest in Manhattan There has been a 76% drop in crime since 1993 There was a 3% rise in major […]

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Quantum Mechanical Street Art: Schrodinger’s Cat

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 20 Comments

If you seal a cat in a metal box with a decaying radioactive substance and a jar of cyanide, isn’t the cat both alive and dead until you open the box and look? The paradox that this week’s Frontiers of Science lecture presented caused an artistic freshperson to go Banksy on some quantum mechanics.

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The Life of a Genius, in Pictures

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 6 Comments

Yesterday, Jim Ottaviani, author of the recently released graphic novel “Feynman“, stopped by Butler as part of his book tour. He discussed Richard Feynman— his book about a sardonic Nobel Prize-winning physicist with a knack for bongos, and the appeal of graphic novels. Bwog Daily Editor and Feynman Fan Brian Wagner was in attendance. To […]

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Adrenaline Aficionados Gather for The Broadway Bomb

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 2 Comments

Update: And they’re off! Send your pictures to tips@bwog.com The Broadway Bomb, the annual illegal longboard race down the legendary avenue, kicks off today at noon. Skaters meet at 116th and Riverside, charge up the hill, careen around the corner, and barrel down Broadway. For more details, check out our coverage of last year’s race […]

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Birdwatching in Wien

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 7 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, a small green bird infiltrated the 11th floor of Wien and try to update his/her Twitter status on an unsuspecting upperclassmen’s Macbook Pro. This is only the latest in a series of animal incursions into our purportedly urban habitat. You may recall last year’s bats in Hartley and squirrels in Claremont. Maybe they are trying to […]

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Free Food: Picture Perfect Pizza Party and Philosophical Partakings with Pazzaglini

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 2 Comments

A picture is worth a thousand slices of pizza, so head on over to Low Steps from 12 to 2 pm for free pizza and a free concert from the CU Photo Society. Also, if you’re more into mixing up some philosophy and neuroscience, Professor Peter Pazzaglini of the Columbia Neuroscience Society will host a lecture […]

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Bwoglines: Breaking the Mold Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 1 Comments

Columbia will implement a new system to review professors for tenure. It will be more effective but less specialized than the existing one. (Spec) The Trustees of Columbia University have proposed funding a renovation of the Columbia University Medical Center subway stop. It’s about time. That elevator is the worst! (2nd. Avenue Sagas) The Nobel […]

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200 Columbia Faculty Members Support Occupy Wall Street

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 84 Comments

Update (11:00 pm, Oct. 10): The petition has been officially released. The online petition now has over 300 signatures. Update (11:16 am, Oct. 8): The petition now lists 292 signatures, which can be read here. As expected, the largest departmental representations are from FAS humanities, Sociology, History and Anthropology, but the list also includes professors […]

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Cooking with Bwog: Back To Basics—Sweets

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 3 Comments

Craving something sweet? In this week’s edition of Cooking with Bwog, our saccharine chef Matt Powell reveals how to make basic and not-so-basic treats like cookies, meringues, and chocolate ganache! The Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Makes 1 1/2 dozen 5-inch cookies The best chocolate chip cookies in the city are made by Jacques Torres. This is […]

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Better Than Astronaut Ice Cream

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 2 Comments

Butler library is hosting a conversation with Jim Ottaviani, graphic novelist and author of a recent biography of physicist Richard Feynman. The event begins at 4:30 PM in Butler 523. We’re told there will be chips, assorted cookies, baked meringues and cupcakes to munch on while you try to wrap your head around quantum mechanics. […]

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Triangular Campus Sculpture Meets the Third Dimension Head-On

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 7 Comments

As many Columbia students know, things can get pretty wild on the weekends. Disoriented by the night’s revelry, up can become down, and climbing on top of a vertical slab of metal may seem like a good idea. Or could these be the stirrings of a new coning subculture, vying for a breath of life […]

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Found: Stack of Books

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 0 Comments

Stack 6 of books found on the island on 112th and Broadway. Contact mps2164@columbia.edu with the names of any of the books to claim.

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Bwoglines: Thanksgiving Aftermath Edition

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bwoglines
did the requisite post-Thanksgiving hangover get you too?
discovering things about people
once you go bad you never go back
quick! buy that $115 AAPL stock now!
things that need to end but never do

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Field Notes: Start Of The Holiday Season

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"death be not proud though some have called thee mighty [drunk]" - john donne
"versus wine product"
1D > ghandi
don't worry you'll be home again soon
field notes
notes from the field
nothing goes better than brussels sprouts and mango mochi
open relationship status = the product of thanksgiving break
reunited with basic forms of happiness like your cat dog and bed

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Bwog Meeting Tonight!

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bangin one hit wonders: the bangles
bwog wishes it worked out
ringwald and ryder 4 lyfe
ringwald in the breakfast club was such a babe
the bwog weekly meeting is better than a film screening of an 80s cult classic
the meeting will be short n sweet like this post

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Bucket List: Sochi, CUMC, & Disney

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"HIV and ebola"
always approach russia with love
bucket list
bucket list needed a jump this week omg much events
sochi 2014
walt disney's niece went to our school

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Faculty Calls To Review Rules Of Protest

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cu faculty speak up
rules of protest
senate rules committee

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Basketball Dominates Early, Goes 6-1 At Home

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all we need are foam fingers
basketball
bwogsports
goooo lions
hard not to think columbia basketball aren't unlike game scenes from HSM
put it in the hoop like slam
swear we're tellin you the facts that's how CU beat shaq
too many late 90s jams about bball
we playin bas-ket-ballll

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Bwoglines: Living Spaces Edition

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boehner: the wolf that cries "government shutdown"
bwog also needs a "i am very busy" decorative book on our coffee table
bwoglines
calling out for all you weeds fans
heroin in staten island
omg teen vogue
pretty creepy to have 15 pictures of your dorm room all over the internet
staten island's gotta be known for something
there's mold in our apartment too

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While the City Sleeps Shit Happens At Spec

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all due respect to spec
at least bwog cleans up after their staffers
mountains of shit
specsucks
toilet humor
wake up sheeple don't let them hide the truth
while the city sleeps we rule the streets

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