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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: In or Out Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2012 1 Comments

In: Smelling like a Yankee (Gothamist) Out: Gay marriage. (Reuters) In?: Gay marriage (NYT) Out: Mormons looking cute for class (HuffPo) In: Exercise (Gawker) Style Advice via Wikimedia Commons

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Fantastic (Free) Feline Festivities

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 1 Comments

Now that they’ve won the right to use lion likenesses on their class t-shirts, the 2014 Class Councils have gone cat-crazy! Tonight, starting at 11 pm in the Lerner Party Space, they’re hosting a COSMIC CAT SPACE JAM RAVE // MARDI GRAS DISCO. They’ve hired Spicy Special—not the drunk-food sandwiches, but the DJs who usually […]

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Overheard: Economics is Serious Business

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 13 Comments

ECONOMIEZ! Blissfully ignorant of what real economists do, a student is deeply concerned with the state of economic awareness: “It’s just like, lame people everywhere are gonna be having conversations about the ECONOMY without ever taking an Econ class! I mean, I only took principles, but…” Fancy lines via Wikimedia Commons

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Coatsworth To Assume Permanent Provost Role

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2012 19 Comments

In the latest installment of unexpected email announcements, PrezBo has just sent word that Interim Provost John Coatsworth will assume the permanent Provost position. Coatsworth, former SIPA dean, took over for Claude Steele on July 1, 2011, when Steele made the move out West to Stanford. Writes ‘Bo: “Provost is responsible for ensuring that the University’s […]

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This Platform Is Under Observation

Bwog Staff 4

call your mom!
conspiracy bwog
mta
posing in front of that chair
tb to the summer when we got really sick and threw up on the platform and everyone stared at us in utter disgust
u r under surveillance
when u get on the train and ppl shake their heads bc ur a columbia hooligan

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DSpar to Hold Panel Discussion About Fossil Fuel Divestment

Bwog Staff 1

barnard divest
catch up already Columbia
DSpar
fossil fuel divestment
here's your chance to try to get a selfie with her!!
remember when ExxonMobil sued some Columbia journalists?

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GSSC Amends Constitutions, Websites, And Hearts At Meeting

Romane Thomas 0

boy do we need a mentor (this is in seriousness)
do you miss Joe?
gssc
meeting
starting a petition rn--we demand CCSC branded staples or no dice
the domain is going to be unaffiliated with the school...the upcoming end of cuffing season
we can't wait until singles mingle but we don't think we're invited!!
website updates

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Overseen: A Fallen Comrade

Bwog Staff 1

bwog is compassionate
CU Garden - is a thing
does he dream of spring?
he probably just fell
he's our post-recitation friend and it's sad to see him fall apart like this
overseen
upper campus
we just want to give him a good coat and scarf
what do they plant here

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Bwoglines: New York Values Edition

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b careful don't engage
bwoglines
cities suck
donald trump: loser
flint
ted cruz
the slasher strikes again
we actually love cities btw
we always cling to a column in case people try to push us onto the tracks--it happens!!
what exactly is a lifetime supply of kitkat? is that quantifiable?

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

Bwog Staff 10

60 days until bacchanal
April 2 2016
bacchanal
bacchanal 2016
battle of the bands
big sean
breaking
breaking bacchanal
i guess people want to see big sean?
spring bacchanal
They Don't Want You To Bacch

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Religion, Secularism and Constitutional Democracy

Bwog Staff 1

#gallileodidnothingwrong
bwog loves maison francaise
free wine makes the world go round
lecturehop
the catholic church knew books could cause controversy
we'll cover more Maison stuff for wine
who knew books could cause such controversy?
will also gladly not work for wine
will work for wine

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

Joe Milholland 12

Benjamin Makansi
but really it's okay what even are the specifics of being a class rep
ccsc
ccsc blunders into the new year
class of 2017
Harsher absence policies
Not publicizing things
Ravi Sinha
vacancies

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