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Occupy SGO

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 1 Comments

We’re sick and tired of the man keeping aspiring writers/journalists/funny people down. Wearethe99percent who look at stupid posters and think, “Gee, I bet that a lot of other people would find my shoddy cellphone pic funny.” Well we aren’t going to take it any more. Join us as we take over Lerner SGO starting at 7pm. […]

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The Dems Are Trying to Feed You

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 1 Comments

The Activist Council of CU Dems are hosting a discussion with Professor Dorian Warren (CULPA gold nugget recipient) today at 5pm in Kent 628. There will be free food accompanied by discussion of labor issues and unions. Classy proto-hippies via Wikimedia Commons.

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Boringside Heights: Double, Double Bore and Trouble Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 8 Comments

With Halloween quickly approaching, a few small changes have been made both on and off campus to prepare for maximum spookage.

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Ashy Plume Erupts over Barnard

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 23 Comments

Bwog received multiple tips this morning about an ashy disturbance looming over Barnard and Columbia’s campus. Public Safety stated that they haven’t heard anything about ash raining down around 116th, but Housing suggested that it might just be from the newly lit heating unit in that building. All we do know is that black ash […]

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Food Sold at 100% Loss

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 1 Comments

Want to learn about what makes affordable credit possible? Then don’t go to the “POWER STEALS! Teach-in” from 1-3pm in the IRC (552 W 114). The “Freedom School” is hosting the event as a way to raise awareness about the evil doings of Goldman Sachs. There will be free Ethiopian from Massawa. The Yelp reviews […]

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Overheard: In a Foreign Land

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 4 Comments

A flustered, out of breath, and out of place student runs into Carleton (Engineering cafeteria) and runs up to a group of engineering students: CC: WHERE IS THE TA ROOM? SEAS: …could you be a little more specific? CC: I’m sorry, I’m a history major! Charming southern gentleman via History Dept.

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Bwoglines: Thinkin’ Hard Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 09, 2011 0 Comments

Think traffic in New York is bad? We ain’t got nothing on Caracas, Venezuela. Driving there has become so treacherous that the mayor has hired a cadre of mime traffic cops in order to subdue unruly drivers. (ABC News) Think Occupy Wall Street protests are a sign of bad times? It turns out that they […]

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Out with the Planking, In with the Coning

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 16 Comments

As inexplicable social games continue to develop, Columbia has witnessed the emergence of coning. Recently, an east campus statue was duncecapped by an unknown prankster. Could he/she be making a statement about society’s blind faith in the protection of our security system, or is this simply inebriated revelry? The world may never know. Coning […]

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Professors are People Too

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 1 Comments

We often forget (but Bwog often likes to remind us) that the most valuable resources at Columbia are our professors. For many, professors seem distant and de-humanized; just that guy or gal standing at the front of the class pontificating about some strange subject for an hour and fifteen minutes. At the same time, we […]

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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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Cafes Around Campus: Part Two

Bwog Staff 5

cafe reviews
campers are such rude people
don't spill it on your computer or notes or really anything
good places to go when you're pulling an all-nighter but not really
grab a cup and a panini
grab a cup o' Joe...literally
head over to brad's or joe's instead!
that seat is yours by divine right
undergrads are still espresso-sipping intellectuals

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At Barnard Open Forum, A Talk About Difficulties Faced By Marginalized Students

Joe Milholland 17

9 ways of knowing in review
educate your friends
Open Forums
sga
words from the mouth of dspar

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Bwoglines: Crossing Things Edition

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bwog crossed the line
bwoglines
can we live on Mars yet?
crossing all kinds of borders
crossing the aisle
crossing the Bay
crossing the galaxy
crossing the line
if only that happened in actual Congress
space exploration yeah!
where is that bridge going?

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Addressing The Changes In Spectator’s Managing Board

Lili Brown 17

139th spectator managing board
executive editor
spec

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Field Notes: We Don’t Believe In Finals

Lili Brown 5

"dive bar my ass"
always room for a gilmore girls reference
delivery food adventures
field notes
much-needed laughs as we avoid all responsbility
notes from the field
one last wknd omg what do we doooo
team rory or team lorelai?
too much pizza to quit
we expect that gilmore girls viewership at CU will double in the coming days
what are they teaching those european men
what finals?

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CCSC Talks Admin Transparency

Joe Milholland 9

A framed photograph of Taylor Swift
admins
ccsc
confidentiality
Going to Spec against Admin wishes

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Cafes Around Campus: Part One

Bwog Staff 9

birch & max
bwog goes to cafes
columbia undergrads can also pass as espresso-sipping intellectuals
must leave columbia bubble to get shit done
need that aromatic coffee space to study
new places to camp
the skinny on places to study with a skinny latte
time to focus focus focus

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A Late Night With Latenite

Julia 5

"until we gentrify it"
black box theater
black box theatre
bwog arts
chicken or the egg//theater or theatre
latenite anthology 2014
punny titles duh
resting bitch face
snaps for seriousness

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