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The Quiet Rooms of Casa Italiana

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 0 Comments

Here’s yet another instance of some really important cultural things being totally free and right under our noses. The Silent Strength of Liu Xia is an exhibition at the Italian Academy of the work of house-arrested dissident Chinese photographer Liu Xia, wife of Nobel-winning poet Liu Xiaobo. Conor Skelding stepped inside. I’d never been inside Casa Italiana […]
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Housingmaster: Finding a Friend

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 13 Comments

As we mentioned yesterday, we’re open to answering your housing questions. Send us some more either via e-mail (housing@bwog.com) or in the comments! Q: How do you bring up the topic of housing to a potential suitemate? A: Housing angst is real. Who wants to vulnerably put oneself out there only to risk rejection and shame? […]
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Lost: White scarf with colorful bear prints

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 0 Comments

Lost my white scarf printed with lots of bears sometime on Thursday 2/16, possibly in Hamilton 6th floor, Schermerhorn 6th floor, or John Jay dining hall. Important for sentimental reasons. If found, please contact nl2294@columbia.edu, it’s very special to me.
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Bwog Meeting Tonight!

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 1 Comments

“What’s there to do in this one horse town on a mid-February Sunday’s evening?” If someone asks you this question today, you already know the answer: attend the Bwog meeting in Lerner SGO at 7 pm and eat Bwog’s free food! Come to make or take pitches, discuss new ideas, or just loiter. We’re happy […]
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LectureHop: Speak, Memory… Or If You Don’t Feel Like It That’s Chill Too

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 2 Comments

Focus on summoning your absolute best memory. Relive your happiest moment. Do you have it in mind? Good. Now, what if it never actually took place?! Bwog gray matter enthusiast Bijan Samareh joined Dr. S. Matthew Liao for a lecture in the rafters of Schermerhorn to engage in just such speculation.  Is the lingering memory […]
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In Defense of… Dumbphones

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 8 Comments

Are you reading this on your iPhone? Well, maybe you shouldn’t be! Bwog is back to defend the seemingly indefensible, and today, resident Luddite Raphaelle Debenedetti makes the case for the dumbphone. Since it’s not New Jersey, it won’t be our most hopeless battle yet. “Are you two texting each other?” asked the curiously blunt waiter at […]
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Bwoglines: Skipping Town Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2012 0 Comments

Rome: Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York was appointed a Catholic Cardinal this weekend. Red hats abound. (NYT) Montauk: Gawker profiles one of the most creative and implausible con artists in recent memory, the so-called “Montauk Grifter.” Users of OkCupid: you’ve been warned. (Gawker) China: The people who make your iPad can’t afford your iPad. […]
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Worried About Housing? Bwog Can Help

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2012 48 Comments

We’re on your side, Columbians. We give you the news, engage in relevant and intellectual debates, and we always answer your questions, even when they’re kinda awkward. And we know that aside from PrezBo’s hair, not much is more mystifying to the student body than the housing lottery. We have always strived to give you […]
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AskBwog: Morningside Munchies

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2012 2 Comments

Bwog recently received this email from someone who may or may not have been sober, and our interest (and appetite) was piqued. Dear Bwog, I feel like doing something crazy this weekend. Are there any places where, if I manage to eat a crazy amount of food, I get my picture on a wall or […]
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It’s Definitely A Metaphor for Something

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2012 11 Comments

But we’re not quite sure what, exactly.
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BunsenBwog: Are you there, Vodka? It’s me, Science

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2012 1 Comments

Each week Zach Kagan, Bwog’s resident Lab Rat Wrangler researches Columbia’s hottest advances in science and breaks them down for the rest of us. Even to seasoned physics majors the phrase “quantum memory” sounds like something coined by Deepak Chopra. It is, however, a real thing related to quantum computation.  The Air Force has awarded a […]
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Overheard: We Can Always Dream

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2012 3 Comments

A passerby gazes at the south lawn tarp and imagines a brighter reality: “Wait, so is this an iceskating rink?” Keep dreaming, friend, keep dreaming.   Dreams Coming True via Wikimedia Commons
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Bwoglines: New York Values Edition

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Breaking Bacchanal: They Don’t Want You To Bacch!

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Religion, Secularism and Constitutional Democracy

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Why Was The CCSC 2017 Rep Vacancy So Under-publicized?

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Deantini Is In For A Big Surprise

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SGA Discusses Constitution, Winter Housing, and Drunk Bouncy Castle Jumping

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BunsenBwog: Brainsssss

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The Barnard Tunnel 2.0

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