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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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Seniors, Let Us Bask In Your Wisdom

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bwog senior wisdoms 2015
do you remember reading these with excitement and trepidation as a pre-frosh/first year
let the flames of wisdom warm you as the weather cools down
nominate your friends/enemies/frenemies
okay but no one can compete with an actual owl
there is no shame in nominating yourself
vs actual wisdoms
winter wisdoms

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The Real Deal About The Lerner Reveal

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don't let this distract you from the truth
gossip
investigative journalism
Jose Rosa
keys
mailboxgate 2015
psa
throwing away your key is the new dashing a rolex on the ground
trapped in steel and glass and the horrors of artifice: alfred j. lerner hall
will the phasing out affect anyone in any way
you know it's official when

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See You At The Varsity Show Auditions Today (And Tomorrow)!

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bwog has stage fright so we wont be seeing you at the auditions
don't you feel that audition processes build this send of camaraderie as you're all stuck and stressed in the same room or actually maybe the opposite
no experience necessary
psa
school traditions
take a risk
time's a tickin'
v122
vshow rlly loves itself

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Update On Barnard Winter Break Housing

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administration woes
barnard
dspar hears you
update on (lack of) barnard winter break housing
winter break housing

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Alumni Interactions And Bacchanal Survey Results At CCSC!

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Bacchanal survey
Barnard Winter Housing
Blame CCA for Matilda the Goat not becoming our mascot
cafe east
Cafe East > Cafe 212
CCA
ccsc
How Columbia Got Its mascot
Kyra Barry
lots of updates
resignations
sandwich deals--the rllest update in this whole post
ummm we're not that into sports guys taking over our cozy Lerner lounge
Widescreen TVs in Lerner
writing paragraphs in the survey: how could we not

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Bwoglines: Hidden Gems Edition

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bronx bombers surrounded by...not bombs but bomb-like weapons
bwoglines
do you root for any new york sports teams?
ISIS
it was aliens
once we sent a message to mark zuckerberg but he never even saw it much less replied so what's the point of living
school of mines!
silver linings
that feel whenever there's an event and someone spams uber and lyft promotions
the core is so real u guys

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Sitting Down With The Man Behind The Sermons and The Strange Sayings

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broadway prez church gets better by the day
bwog loves bway church
bwog loves pastor chris
harry potter quotes too dear lordt
honestly though what was the meaning behind the natasha bedingfield lyrics... that one is still a mystery
so close ya can almost taste it
tysm pastor chris

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Bucket List: Conflicts Of The Modern World

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a band-aid on the broken earth like damn that's depressing
bucket list
can we take this opportunity to discuss our problematic fave: "flesh-toned" band-aids
flesh-toned our asses
gotta love when the tags have zero relevance
happy thanksgiving toooooo
hpy thxgiving
not v encouraging
our ass? does bwog possess a singular collective ass?
our asses?
well this took a turn... happy sunday everyone

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