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RoomHop: Enlightened Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 23, 2011 22 Comments

RoomHop returns, delving into the depths of Columbia Housing for creative uses of the drab rooms we’ve been provided. Room and Lighting Enthusiast Meriam Raouf reports. A flickering light fixture known as the “orb of doom” illuminates nearly every dreary dorm. This fixture emanates a gray light, causing vitamin D deficiency and widespread slumping in sophomores. […]

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Announcing Bwog’s Inaugural Pumpkin Carving Contest

By Bwog Staff on Oct 23, 2011 9 Comments

It’s that time of year! As the end of midterms slowly crawls closer, we’re just a week away from Halloween. This past weekend, the Marching Band carved these pumpkins for the Dartmouth-Columbia football game in Hanover (one of several clashes with the Big Green this past week). To help you get in the holiday spirit, […]

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You’re Not Really Studying Anyways

By Bwog Staff on Oct 23, 2011 3 Comments

Maybe you’re reading this because you’re done with midterms. More likely, you’re reading this because you’re trying to avoid eye contact with all that reading that you told yourself you were going to get caught up on weeks ago. Either way, there’s no better way to escape their disapproving gaze than heading to this week’s Bwog meeting. […]

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Bwog Sports Sunday: Duck Fartmouth

By Bwog Staff on Oct 23, 2011 9 Comments

This weekend, the football and soccer teams made the trek up to Hanover, NH to take on the Big Green, while the field hockey team faced Dartmouth at home. After all four games were said and done, the Lions ended the weekend in dead heat with Dartmouth 2-2. Bwog Sports Commentator and Expert Tie-Breaker Kevin […]

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Overheard: I’ve Made A Huge Mistake

By Bwog Staff on Oct 23, 2011 13 Comments

Searching for a job in this economy can be a pretty bewildering experience, but, in some cases, employment can be just as perplexing. Big, authoritative man in a suit: “…and that’s why you dont have sex with a convict you don’t know!”

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Bwoglines: Class Conflict Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 23, 2011 1 Comments

Today, Tunisians will be heading to the polls for the first time since the ousting of Ben Ali, marking the first official election of the Arab Spring. Still, officials are worried of widespread reports of corruption could mar the election’s legitimacy. (Guardian, NYT) Another day, another celebrity Occupies Wall Street. This time, it was Katy […]

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Boringside Heights: You Do the Math Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 22, 2011 13 Comments

This week, it’s all about the subtleties of Columbia architecture. Can you tell the differences in the photos below? Update: Further architectural curiosities abound! A tipster has sent us the photo below, showing a new “little blue bird creature” nestled between a few objects on the ever-growing 114th median sculpture. Curious in that it was […]

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2Girls1Snack: Pumpkin Treats

By Bwog Staff on Oct 22, 2011 8 Comments

A too-little, too-late (too-gross) allusion to shock porn? We would never! And we resent the accusation. No, this is just our feature about two very hungry girls trying to share big mouthfuls of one snack. Morningside is overflowing with seasonal treats, so we summoned Alison Herman and Sam Schipani to navigate the deep, dark, gooey (and […]

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LectureHop: Where My Money At?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 22, 2011 4 Comments

Ever watchful of your career success, Bwog sent our anonymous renegade chief expert to the World Leaders Forum for a lecture from Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel K. Tarullo. Worried about getting a job? According to last night’s World Leaders Forum lecture by Federal Reserve Board Governor Dan Tarullo, the employment prospects for college grads are […]

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Overheard: They Just Don’t Get It

By Bwog Staff on Oct 22, 2011 12 Comments

Earlier today, a fire alarm shattered the sacred silence of Butler library. As bleary-eyed ref room denizens shuffled out, a fireman’s words reminded us of the harsh reality. Fireman: (to students leaving the library) “It’s a Saturday! Why are you guys in there on a Saturday?” Burned. Safety via Wikimedia Commons

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Only at Columbia: I Would Like to Buy a Prefix

By Bwog Staff on Oct 22, 2011 5 Comments

A pedantic Columbian couldn’t resist pointing out Il Cibreo’s EGREGIOUS spelling blunder. Yes, someone actually took the time to scrawl this correction on a post-it. We have a sneaking suspicion it’s a Bwog commenter… jk love you guys! We’re just as guilty.

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Big Brother or Concerned Mother?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 22, 2011 1 Comments

Dining Services can play the role of mother when needed. The question is whether or not the mother is a kind one that gives you unlimited fro-yo, or an overbearing one that tells you things you already know. A tipster too busy indulging in Chipotle to deal with lines at the Action Station sent us […]

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Diners, Love, And Columbia

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a post deer to our hearts
clearly fictional because of (presumably) affordable food on the UES
past people watching
self indulgent story time
spoiler: she's there to break up
the goat was forced to read a paper issue of spec cover to cover

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Global Notes From The Fireside Chat

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aren't we all "considering academia"?
columbia prison divest
fireside chat
i want to have coffee with suzanne goldberg
life is one big anxiety
prezbo
say the word transparency three times fast and prezbo will appear and roll his eyes at you
the world is so dynamic now
we're no longer interested in working in finance either

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LectureHop: His Excellency Mehdi Jomaa

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bwog saw the fucking prime minister of tunisia the privilege is unreal
His Excellency Mehdi Jomaa
inclusivity
Leading Tunisia's Democracy Start-up
lecturehop
Mason is a huge fan of Carthage so this was big for him
PrezBo loves Global Centers

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Live At Lerner & International At Columbia: What’s In A Name?

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come thru come thru
global society
idk
international at columbia
live at lerner
PrezBo loves Global Centers
swangin
we have a drake lyric for everything sry
what's in a name?

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Bwoglines: Rejection Edition

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"bwog do you DRINK???"
aubrey
bwoglines
cups of the rosé
depressed bwog
don't worry we're meeting with our therapist later today
i'm just sayin you could do better
keystone xl pipeline
old drake
reddit
rejection
tell me have you heard that lately

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A New Morningsiders EP Dropped And We Rejoice

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morningsiders
move aside vamp weekend
shamelessly plugging
soundcloud is what the KIDS are using
they use a lot of instruments
we think they were a better opener than dj flaxo but that's just us!
when bands make it after columbia

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Latest Blue And White Issue Available Now!

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blue and white
bw
news
read all bout it
read it in lerner
read it in the but
read it in the diana
read it in ur dorm
swag

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CC And SEAS Class Day Speakers Announced

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bwog was a vc at netscape for a little while
good haul
the classiest of days
wish we were ben's blog

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