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Did Barnard Break Its Housing Guarantee?

By Bwog Staff on Aug 16, 2012 60 Comments

The Barnard housing crisis just got worse: we now know that Barnard students who went on leave signed contracts guaranteeing housing—only to return and find those guarantees gone. Bwog has obtained evidence indicating that Barnard violated returning students’ housing contracts earlier this year by changing the terms, and revoking their promised guaranteed housing. Our tipster, who […]

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Boringside Heights: Bigger Is Better Edition

By Bwog Staff on Aug 16, 2012 14 Comments

Morningside Heights may have spent all summer heaving great sobs of loneliness, but it isn’t about to greet newcomers and returning students with super puffy eyes. On the contrary, it’s been having quite a bit of work done. Send any minutiae we missed to tips@bwog.com.

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Returning Barnardians Were Guaranteed Housing in 2009

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 16 Comments

Update, 6:16 pm: Dean Hinkson just sent us this statement: The policy was changed last February (2012) due to more and more returning students requesting housing, and overall, more students opting to stay on campus instead of seeking off-campus housing. Even so, we are making every effort to accommodate as many students as we can […]

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Houses And Homes: Italy

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 10 Comments

Bwog wants to know what your living space was like for this past summer. Were you back home? Staying in New York? Did you find yourself (abroad?)? Send us a photo of your view or room before you move out, along with a brief description of where you were to tips@bwog.com. To kick things off… […]

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Eating From The Appletree Inspires Doubt

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 6 Comments

More good stuff from r/Columbia; this time, suspicious use of scare quotes at Appletree: “Food” from imgur

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Deantini To Get A Marinaccio Cherry Garnish

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2012 8 Comments

Deantini and Dean Marinaccio at a staff meeting (metaphorically) Update, 8/15 1:30 pm: Deantini has emailed us back to explain why he decided to move Financial Aid and Admissions out of the Division of Student Affairs: I wanted Admissions and Financial Aid reporting directly to me. Whom we admit to the College is the most […]

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Spotted: Crossing Disciplines

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2012 6 Comments

Update, 10:07 pm: Speaking of Reddit, /u/millie1889 registered r/Barnard today. No activity as of yet. r/Columbia found this short poem in a Mudd bathroom.

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Ubiquitous Korean International idol Super Star

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2012 52 Comments

According to tipsters, AJ, one-seventh of the Korean boy band U-KISS, will be officially joining the Columbia student body this fall. In fact, he “safely arrived at the Columbia University a few days ago” “and was busy to finish some works prior to the beginning of the semester!” We’re not sure which one is AJ (here’s a […]

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Hawkma Rules the Playground

By Bwog Staff on Aug 14, 2012 4 Comments

When we last saw Hawkma, she was homemaking on JJ 10. Today a tipster spotted her surveying Morningside Park. As she soared from perch to perch a father pointed to the skies and shouted, “Look, son, there she goes!”

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AHinks Responds to Barnard Housing Crisis

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2012 14 Comments

Late last week, we learned that Barnard students returning from leave or transferring in will probably have to live off-campus, which could mean the loss of some financial aid and on-campus housing the year after. We reached out to Dean Hinkson to hear the Barnard administration’s side of the story. Upside: Barnard students might not be […]

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ESPN Bit with Usain Bolt Filmed at Baker Field

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2012 10 Comments

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Columbia Class of 3012

By Bwog Staff on Aug 13, 2012 8 Comments

Tipster Ron G. sends us these screenshots from the latest episode of Futurama. The school has everything from iconic gates… …to red-brick, neoclassical buildings and the Van Am tholos … …to cheap tuition. But Columbia(c) is not the first university to be featured on Futurama. A few weeks ago, an episode set in the sewers […]

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Goodbye, July: A Round-Up

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"also I can't stop thinking about marriage"
conspiracy bwog
field notes
m e s s y
native advertising
now with a "study cascade" and protective "transparent shell"
the better diana?
the month of our nation's independence has passed
the shadow of the columbia student obscures/reveals all
theories?
wanted: haikus
we miss reclining figure Discourse

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Happenings Of May And June In Morningside

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boringside
campus under construction
crying on butler 6
june in mohi
maggie the magnolia
s/o to JRM for the butler observations
should we give the times sq dancer a senior wisdom?
so who else is reading IJ this summer
sportball
summer bwog
the literary canon > cannon's
THIS IS A CALL-OUT TAG WE ARE CALLING OUT THE GIRLS WHO MADE "THE LAST HURRAH" FACEBOOK EVENT (ahem our idea) AND DIDNT INVITE US (not that we'd ever be caught dead at cannon's tbh)
what went down in june (and may)

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Roommate Assignments Are Finally Here

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broommate
bwog baby daddy
CAVA your cat
CAVA your roommate
class with perfect vision
doesn't apply to barnard sorry
fuck android
groommate
i hope my roommate deals meal swipes
i hope my roommate deals sweetgreen salads
if you have to contact your roommate through LionMail you're fucked
just 2020 things
just girly things
roommates
rush bwog
shroommate
welcome 2020

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Bwog Covers ABCD (Affirmative Action, Bollinger, And Court Decisions)

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boo for mediocre white people trying to belittle minorities through the misapplication of justice!!
but Scalia's vote would have just made the lower court's decision valid so nothing matters
PrezBo does legal stuff
PrezBo's UMich Days
the majority opinion is riveting trust us
we all know which way Scalia would have voted.....
yay for affirmative action!

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Rest In Power, Maggie The Magnolia

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'maybe they should place a plaque in honor of the trees which died in the making of Barnard's campus' - another bwog staff member
did barnard get life insurance on maggie and if so when will it kick in
look out for our next back of the envelope: how much new student housing could've been paid for with the money it cost to move maggie
maggie the magnolia
rest in (diana) pizza
she's dead jim
summer bwog gets sad
tbt to @bcmagnoliatree's stellar livetweeting during the move

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Cannon’s To Close At The End Of June

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cannon's
don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got til it's gone
everyone's favorite bar during nsop
make cannon's more accessible
maybe they stopped getting so much business bc they hired that mean bouncer
our roommate is so upset
p sure they only ever played "empire state of mind"
s/o to maeve and emily
s/o to sig chi
sry class of 2020
tara hill irish tavern
the literary canon > cannon's
who's making the facebook event re: one last hurrah

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Columbia Shakes Off Shackles Of New York Monied Interests In Favor Of European Monied Interests

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"Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
all respect to prezbo that he could deny meeting protestors and still make everyone feel sad for his loss
Aprés nous le Paris
bwog needs time to write things
cross of gold
honestly this type of stuff doesn't happen in Paris
maybe PrezBo is in Paris
ngl prezbo pulled some solid politicking with CDCJ but come on
oh prezbo
santander
we don't actually hate Santander but still
What Would William Jennings Bryan Do?

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Former Columbia Provost Fritz Stern Has Passed Away

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condolences
Fritz Stern

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