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Packing with Bwog: The Forgotten and the Unused

By Bwog Staff on Aug 23, 2011 32 Comments

“No, Mom, I do not need a laptop cooling stand.” Move-in day is nigh, and freshpeople are busy stuffing their lives into bags. If you’re anything like us, you’re spending hours researching and cross-referencing lists of things to take to school. We’ve combed the archives for past generations of Bwoggerly wisdom and compiled a list […]

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Dirks Explains Moodygate to Faculty, Omitting Explanation

By Bwog Staff on Aug 23, 2011 27 Comments

Bwog just recieved the following e-mail, sent by Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty Nick Dirks. The e-mail is essentially a complete refutation of every concern that Moody-Adams expressed in her e-mail. Most importantly, Dirks says that there are no particular decisions that have been made, which seems completely […]

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KevSho Consoles Your Parents

By Bwog Staff on Aug 23, 2011 9 Comments

The following e-mail just went out to the families of CC students. We’re still waiting on a statement from Moody-Adams herself, which is starting to seem a bit overdue. The Office of the Dean declined to comment. Dear Columbia College Families, As many of you have doubtless read in the news [that’s us], Michele Moody-Adams, […]

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My First Time Wasn’t As Glamorous As I Hoped, but At Least I Felt Something

By Bwog Staff on Aug 23, 2011 17 Comments

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Virginia a few minutes ago, and aftershocks were felt all over the East Coast, from Maryland to Massachusetts, including New York City. And you thought you were safe moving to the northeast… there’s a first time for everything! In case you grew up here your entire lives and are confused […]

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Follow Your Dreams: Codecademy Edition

By Bwog Staff on Aug 23, 2011 10 Comments

Codecademy, a quick, fun way to learn the JavaScript programming language has only been live for less than 100 hours, and it has already crawled its way to the front page of Reddit and been featured on Wired and Techcrunch. Developed by recent graduate Ryan Bubinski, CC ’11, and Zachary Sims, CC ’12 (and taking a leave of […]

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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Columbia Administration

By Bwog Staff on Aug 22, 2011 34 Comments

MiMoo’ email revealed animosities plaguing the administration. Only when you understand the university’s current structure can you begin to comprehend the implications of centralization and her departure. First, a bit of history. The massive administrative construct, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, traces all the way back to the late nineteenth century. In 1880, Graduate […]

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MiMoo Déjà Vu

By Bwog Staff on Aug 22, 2011 35 Comments

While trying to make sense of Dean Moody-Adams’ resignation, many have pointed out a striking similarity in the situation to Dean Austin Quigley’s forced resignation in 1997, as chronicled in the New York Times. Although Quigley was reinstated as Dean a mere weekend after his resignation, the story highlights some of the important issues at […]

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BREAKING: Moody-Adams’ Resignation Effective Immediately

By Bwog Staff on Aug 22, 2011 97 Comments

Brian Connolly, Associate Vice President for Public Affairs from the Office of Communications, has released the following statement (emphasis ours) from President Bollinger regarding the resignation of Columbia College Dean Michele Moody-Adams. Bollinger writes that “under the circumstances,” Moody-Adams will step down immediately, rather than on June 30, 2012, as she proposes in her statement. […]

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Complicated Reactions to Moody-Adams’ Resignation

By Bwog Staff on Aug 22, 2011 8 Comments

While we are still waiting for official comment from the University administration, we have received multiple confirmations from a wide spectrum of students, alumni, and faculty that Michele Moody-Adams has resigned as Dean of Columbia College, and that the news was sudden, unexpected, and as of yesterday afternoon, a complete surprise to many administrators, up […]

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BREAKING: Dean Moody-Adams Resigns

By Bwog Staff on Aug 21, 2011 50 Comments

An active member of the alumni network who wished to remain anonymous forwarded us the following email, purportedly sent by the Dean of Columbia College, explaining her resignation as of June 30, 2012. Dated yesterday, August 20th, the message has quickly spread by email, according to two active alumni tipsters. Although it is addressed to “friends,” […]

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Operation Ivy League Plot Thickens

By Bwog Staff on Aug 21, 2011 6 Comments

But not really. A tipster sent in this screenshot of The Atlantic Wire homepage. The typo has since been corrected.

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Cupcake Alert

By Bwog Staff on Aug 20, 2011 34 Comments

Eliza Shapiro, who knows the culinary landscape of Morningside Heights like no other, was quick to alert us to the very important development of a new Crumbs Bake Shop at 108th and Broadway. It will take up residence in the shopfront which formerly housed Crystal Gourmet. We hope this won’t be accompanied by gang violence. […]

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SGA Learns About Housing, The Senate, And Rules Of Conduct

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a new quality of live survey ooooh
always a reliable measurement
gotta live in Plimpton
opening the rules to review
ranking distance according to Google Maps
sounds like a good idea to us
State of the Senate
that's a lot of new RAs
the housing hierarchy

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Enlighten Us, Seniors!

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bwog is like the pantheon of Columbia
call for senior wisdoms
enlighten us seniors!
get a sr. wisdom and more people will know you than the names on Low's donor wall
make a senior famous!
make haste!
name on Bwog > name on Butler
parting words
we're the pantheon of Columbia fame
you better convince us

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Bwoglines: Who Knows? Edition

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analyzing current events like a boss
bwoglines
gotta keep up with those politics
international relations
one step forward two steps back
something new will be on your menu
things SIPA students could be working on
what's next?
your morning dose of news and coffee

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Field Notes: It’s All Coming To An End

Lili Brown 0

"real columbia students"
"tasty"
drunch
field notes
fitzgerald ftw
fretting for finals already
joseph gordon levitt
notes from the field
s/o to public safety though
spotify reads into your soul man
you don't feel safe when "no caller ID" contacts you

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CCSC Talks Activities Fees And Study Space Crunch

Joe Milholland 1

"flat no"
"you could literally build a bomb in mudd" guess we were the building site of the manhattan project
baked goods
ccsc
Group Study Space
journalism students drunk in Hamilton
lionfund sigh
State of the sandwich
student activities fee

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Let’s Talk Chess

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adhemar ahmad
book culture happenings
bwog supports chess-playing
chess puns the more the better
coffee and a queen's all we need
don't make a good move or a bad move make the best move
is there a chess club?
stuck be queen a rook and a hard place
the most dangerous game or the trendiest game?

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Take A Bow, 121st Annual Varsity Show Cast

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bow down
break a leg
don't break your leg cause we don't think health services will do anything and bwog can't cover your insurance
the 121st annual varsity show
thespians
v121

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Use Meal Swipes To Bring In The Holiday Cheer

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CU students doing good
for once 19 meal swipes a week makes sense
hope the pic made you miss your dog at home even more
JJ's for everyone
no but really this is an A+ idea
the metro north will be hell this week good luck everybody
tis the season to be a good person
you know bwog is getting some Xpress breakfast packs

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