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Overheard: Authentic French Dining

By Bwog Staff on Aug 12, 2012 23 Comments

At Le Monde’s bar, a portly man—apparently a manager of sorts—blowing haute air with two old, midwestern friends who were visiting the city. They ask him about working so close to Columbia, with the students and all. Yeah, but we keep it too expensive for the kids. Mostly professors and faculty in here. They agree: That […]

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Some Returning Barnardians May Be Out $11k

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 40 Comments

Barnard has a severe housing shortage. On Wednesday, residents learned that Plimpton rooms which in the spring were singles will this fall be doubles. Today, a student forwarded us an email from Barnard Res Life explaining that Barnard students returning from leave, and possibly transfers as well, may not get on-campus housing at all—may be […]

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It’s Fun to Stay at…

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 40 Comments

The Y (which is very much not the YMCA). Plimpton residents, you could have it worse. Barnard really, really, lacks space. A tipster forwarded us this “email [that] students received who are returning from time off, and (possibly) all transfers also.” The email opens ominously: Thank you for applying for on-campus housing and for your […]

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College Blog Starts Magazine

By Bwog Staff on Aug 10, 2012 2 Comments

Personally, we think it’s better when college magazines start blogs. But you know those NYU kids. From the Observer: NYU Young Media War Rages On: The young folk of NYU Local—the pirate NYU news publication/blog, as opposed to the officially-mandated NYU publication, Washington Square News—is going to wage further war on its rival by putting […]

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Unlucky Barnard Students No Longer Single

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2012 80 Comments

The following email was forwarded to Bwog: From: Residential Life & Housing <housing@barnard.edu> Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:58 AM Subject: Important email re: your Plimpton room assignment Dear [redacted] We are writing to you today because you are a resident of ##A# Plimpton (a corner room) with difficult news to share so close […]

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The Downtown Express

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2012 10 Comments

Two, twenty-something co-workers—a plain, yet handsome, white man, and an Asian woman with good enough English—unexpectedly meet as they board at 96th street. They talk. On the train, as is the case with most train cars at 7:45 am, silent contemplation of the impending work day, one’s success in life, or unmet hopes and dreams […]

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The Limits Of The Literary

By Bwog Staff on Aug 07, 2012 16 Comments

Matthew Parker has a story and he knows how to tell it. He first tried pot at age 13 when he was living in Bridgeport, CT; soon after, he began to help his mom deal out of their house. He spent the next 27 years in and out of jail, using harder and harder drugs—eventually, […]

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The Chance At A Dorm That’s Like Watt, But Generally Better

By Bwog Staff on Aug 04, 2012 14 Comments

Update, 8/8: Now juniors can get in on the deal for a (very) limited time! Interested juniors should email the Housing team at housing@columbia.edu by THURSDAY, AUGUST 9TH at 12 NOON. If you would like to be considered with a roommate BOTH roommates must email Housing confirming their willingness to transfer to UAH and state […]

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BREAKING: Building Fire at 110th

By Bwog Staff on Aug 03, 2012 6 Comments

Passersby of 110th and Amsterdam are reporting a visible building fire, only a few properties away from Harmony. According to Bwog’s reporter at the scene, firemen are using a ladder and axes to rescue people from the building. Four firetrucks, two ambulances, and multiple police cars have arrived at the scene to handle the situation, […]

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Deus Ex Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Jul 31, 2012 13 Comments

What happens when you’ve graduated from the Columbia theater scene and can no longer book space in Lerner to put on plays? For Brian LaPerche (CC ’12), Cody Holiday Haefner (CC ’12), and Alison Goldberg (BC ’12), the next logical step is the NYC Fringe Festival. Bwog sat down with the playwright (Brian), director (Cody), and […]

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What To Expect When You’re Expecting LionMail

By Bwog Staff on Jul 30, 2012 23 Comments

The froshpeople seem to have gotten the hang of things already, but you old fogies who still use CubMail directly are in for a rude awakening. Over the last few weeks, CUIT has been shuffling your shit in preparation for the move to Columbia’s new Google-powered platform, LionMail, on July 31st. That’s tomorrow. To avoid adding one […]

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NYC Gives Columbia $15M For New Data Science Campus

By Bwog Staff on Jul 30, 2012 32 Comments

Remember that contest for a new applied sciences campus that we lost? Well, we got a consolation prize! According to a press release from City Hall, the city will give Columbia $15 million towards the construction of the new Institute of Data Sciences & Engineering. Of course, it’s not really a new campus; Columbia’s just […]

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Get Shit Done (An Instrumental Study Playlist)

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alternative suggestion: just pull up the soundtrack of your favorite movie on youtube
playlist
remember when doctor who season 5 was airing and we had no idea how shitty moffat's writing would turn out to be? those were the days
shoutout to symphonic band music for going hard
there was going to be anime music on this playlist but then we reevaluated our life choices

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Senior Wisdom: Freida Steiner

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assonance is the best
Bwog Senior Wisdom
cool sociology
low key prepping for Latin rhetorical techniques
senior wisdoms
senior wisdoms 2016
so her favorite class was one at the College?
so many s's
the magnolia tree is dead sorry barnard
you like the worst pizza—it is known

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SGA Talks With Trustee, Frances Sadler

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barnard bearoness out
board of trustees is as transparent as a brick wall
ccsc won for the best last meeting of the year
HAGS
hinkson is the zodiac killer
sadler + sanders = sandler
SGA is meh
tfw sga moves all the important shit to internal

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Bwog In Bed: The Beginning And The End Edition

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bwog in bed
coffee is a drug but we can't live without it
smoking kills but only slowly
that coffee comment reminds us of something we heard once: "If cocaine wasn't addictive I would do it all the time"
we love bwog in bed

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Field Notes: The End Of Times Edition

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field notes
if this is your last weekend on campus/you're done after this friday we hate you but we also want to be you
like if you relate to the custard
like if you relate to the void
referencing frost and dante in one post? that's a lot possibly too much (much like finals)
to quote macbeth: all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death
what is a weekend really but a collection of moments we will eventually forget

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Senior Wisdom: Suze Myers

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Does she run the barnlib insta too?
Librarians ARE punk af
Probably top 10
RIP Maggie's old spot
RIP Uni Cafe
RIP Zayn
senior wisdom
senior wisdoms
senior wisdoms 2016
The librarians are more hardcore than us
We actually cried when we found out Suze is BC Magnolia Tree
We actually really like the Eye
We're all that weird raindrop cake thing

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CCSC Descends Into Chaos Over Renaming The Sandwich Ambassador

Joe Milholland 1

'most likely to invite jj's staff to his wedding' same
"That's out of order"
being on shrooms during a CCSC meeting
Ben Mak
ccsc
CCSC chaos
Dan Stone
Dan Stone gets what he wants
flip
foosball
like if you think joe is the most effective member of ccsc
Pornstache
renaming sandwich ambassador
sandwich ambassador
shitting on members of CCSC
Vivek Ramakrishnan
where is our paper plate award
where is the award for 'most likely to send a college-wide email at 3am'?

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From The Issue: On Duty

The Blue and White 3

american foreign policy - always a difficult topic
from the issue
gs students
tfw you realize a major part of your life may have implications you never considered before
the blue and white
veterans

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