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JSachs to Host Student Discussion On Occupy Wall Street

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 4 Comments

Earlier this week we published the official petition signed by over 350 professors in support of Occupy Wall Street. At least some of those signees have already joined the demonstrations downtown. Tomorrow another professor, Jeffrey Sachs, will meet with students to discuss some of the issues protesters have raised such as unemployment, economic justice and […]

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Homecoming is Tomorrow! (And You Can Still Get Hammered)

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 3 Comments

Planning to make your annual trip up to the Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium at Baker Athletics Complex (seriously, that’s its official name) tomorrow? Must be Homecoming! This year we’re hosting Penn and in case you were under the impression that there will be no tailgating this year, Class of 2012 […]

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LectureHop: What Does a Jew Want

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 11 Comments

On Wednesday night, professor and Hollywood producer James Schamus (of Brokeback Mountain) moderated a discussion with Israeli filmmaker Udi Aloni, journalism professor Alisa Solomon and Slovenian philosopher/muckraker/hand gesticulation champion Slavoj Žižek, that nominally took on Israeli and Palestine conflicts and the nature of binationalism in Jewish culture, as part of the Heyman Center’s Theory-Art-Action series. Bwog’s own Michael Blair reports. […]

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In Which One Philosopher Spake to the Other

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 6 Comments

A student’s moment of sublime realization outside Butler: “Yeah man, I don’t know what to do anymore. Maybe we should just start hitting up freshmen?” Platonic ideals via Wikimedia Commons

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Cooking with Bwog: Basics of an Ice Cream Sundae

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 11 Comments

Before running off to get your pumpkin spice latte, consider a chilled treat. This week we want you to put on your summer specs and dial up that radiator for a last toast to summer. In our latest Cooking with Bwog your not-quite-vanilla chef Matt Powell whips together a sensational delight. This week, we will […]

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Professor Makes Organic Chemistry a Breeze

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 9 Comments

Technology can be a love or hate relationship. Fortunately, at least some professors are not afraid to embrace the newfangled world of technology that exists outside Columbia’s oak-paneled classrooms. Watch as organic chemistry professor Luis Campos shares a few moments from his lecture…in 20x.

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Take An Online Class With No Homework For No Credit

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 8 Comments

Eric Foner’s “Civil War and Reconstruction” and Kenneth Jackson’s “History of the City of New York” are some of the most well-known classes at Columbia, and every year, it seems half of Columbia tries to register for them. But there may be a better way. While stumbling around Columbia’s web site, Bwog discovered a cache […]

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Bwoglines: Returns and Allowances Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2011 2 Comments

Columbia’s investments returned at a rate of 24 percent over the last year, edging out Harvard and Yale for the best-performing endowment among the Ivies. If only some of that gain could fix Bacchanal’s financial woes. (Bloomberg/Spec) Forty years later a Barnard alum was reunited with her missing 14-karot gold watch after losing it in […]

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Free Food, Folk

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2011 3 Comments

There is currently a veritable feast of free treats in the Wien lounge for the Postcrypt Coffeehouse Folktober Fest Open Mic going on tonight from 7pm to 10 pm. Among the snacks are apple pie, pumpkin pie, and 4local’s banana cupcakes with nutella frosting. Grand old time via wikimedia.

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Drinking with Bwog: The Columbian Pride

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2011 5 Comments

So you’re tired of toying around with the Bocce Ball and after “exorcizing” the Green Demon on the porcelain confessional last friday you’re not too eager to for a second taste. Pride of the The Columbia Bartending Agency Elliott Grieco mixes up something topical for this installment of Drinking with Bwog. For homecoming week, we wanted to show […]

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Autumn Arrives

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2011 4 Comments

Marcus Levine CC ’15 tipped this photo of a facilities worker raking the new zen gardens. Despite summer’s brief return last week, fall is back.

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BunsenBwog: Yesteryear’s Science of Tomorrow Today!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2011 7 Comments

When they’re not headbanging or falling for our anecdote baiting, Columbia faculty enjoy getting dirty in the lab. Bwog takes a moment to look back on this week in science. Headlines were compiled by test-tube enthusiast Zach Kagan. CSI is real—Columbia’s nanoscience brainboxes have created a device that can sequence DNA at the speed of a primetime crime drama. By dragging […]

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Barnard Holds Title IX Focus Group

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#seriousbwog
be a part of the movement
equality
listen-believe-refer
more meetings too come!
Preventing sexual violence
TitleIX

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Sharing Bwog’s Standards And Practices Policy

Taylor Grasdalen 9

#seriousbwog
about bwog
ch-ch-ch-changes
imagine if bwog were the kind of publication that took responsibility for its actions (oh wait we are)

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PSA: Tomorrow Is The Last Day To Add/Change Classes To Receive Advisor Approval

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email your advisor
how often do I have to show up
is there an in class midterm?
love for learning
only choose classes after 10 am
psa
school
spring 2015
to take or not to take that is the question

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#TBT: This Day In History, Off The Columbia Campus

Caroline Montgomery 2

#tbt
35% beef is gross
Disney rox
many things happened today
probably wont eat Taco Bell anymore
We'll be looking flashy in my Mercedes Benz
what will happen in history today
who has even seen cats?

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Bwoglines: Girl (Squirrel) Power Edition

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bow down bitches
Cash rules everything around me
giant marshmallow man in NYC
Girl Scout cookies are good
poached eggs=good
queen bey
ready for Hilary 2016
rhino poachers=bad
rhinos are pretty
Some Barnard students clearly were picking their noses and still are (see twitterfeed)
what were you doing when you were eight? picking your nose?
where the wild things are
who runs the world? Squirrels
Who you gonna call

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So You Want To Be A Spy

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a post deer to our hearts
conspiracy bwog
conspiracy theories
is the guy sitting next to you in butler a spy?
is your roommate a spy?
maybe benedict cumberbatch will play you in a movie someday
paranoia
snowden
spies
triple major
we love our top conspiracy theorist
wikileaks

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In Defense Of: Not Studying Abroad

Courtney Couillard 20

2 poor 2 travel
bwog gets sappy
In Defense Of
rory gilmore never studied abroad so neither will we
studying abroad in the spring means missing bacchanal just a reminder
studying abroad is for chumps
we heart new york like the t-shirt says
we were just too lazy to actually go through the application process
who would want to miss out on a whole semester of columbia school spirit and fun?

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What Television Show Could You Watch By Dropping A Class?

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back of the envelope calculations
bwog actually doesn't watch that much tv
drunk math!!!!!!1!
lazy bwog
netflix is my boyfriend
netflix taste preferences reveal the truth
the extent of bwog's math ability
the snowstorm did nothing to help our motivation

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