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Professors are People Too

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 1 Comments

We often forget (but Bwog often likes to remind us) that the most valuable resources at Columbia are our professors. For many, professors seem distant and de-humanized; just that guy or gal standing at the front of the class pontificating about some strange subject for an hour and fifteen minutes. At the same time, we […]

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Roundup: Crime

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 5 Comments

There is no need to fear. DNA Info’s Crime and Safety report for Morningside Heights has produced mainly positive results. In summation, Morningside Heights is the 38th safest neighborhood in Manhattan the city, and the 7th safest in Manhattan There has been a 76% drop in crime since 1993 There was a 3% rise in major […]

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Quantum Mechanical Street Art: Schrodinger’s Cat

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 20 Comments

If you seal a cat in a metal box with a decaying radioactive substance and a jar of cyanide, isn’t the cat both alive and dead until you open the box and look? The paradox that this week’s Frontiers of Science lecture presented caused an artistic freshperson to go Banksy on some quantum mechanics.

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The Life of a Genius, in Pictures

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 6 Comments

Yesterday, Jim Ottaviani, author of the recently released graphic novel “Feynman“, stopped by Butler as part of his book tour. He discussed Richard Feynman— his book about a sardonic Nobel Prize-winning physicist with a knack for bongos, and the appeal of graphic novels. Bwog Daily Editor and Feynman Fan Brian Wagner was in attendance. To […]

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Adrenaline Aficionados Gather for The Broadway Bomb

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 2 Comments

Update: And they’re off! Send your pictures to tips@bwog.com The Broadway Bomb, the annual illegal longboard race down the legendary avenue, kicks off today at noon. Skaters meet at 116th and Riverside, charge up the hill, careen around the corner, and barrel down Broadway. For more details, check out our coverage of last year’s race […]

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Birdwatching in Wien

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 7 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, a small green bird infiltrated the 11th floor of Wien and try to update his/her Twitter status on an unsuspecting upperclassmen’s Macbook Pro. This is only the latest in a series of animal incursions into our purportedly urban habitat. You may recall last year’s bats in Hartley and squirrels in Claremont. Maybe they are trying to […]

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Free Food: Picture Perfect Pizza Party and Philosophical Partakings with Pazzaglini

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 2 Comments

A picture is worth a thousand slices of pizza, so head on over to Low Steps from 12 to 2 pm for free pizza and a free concert from the CU Photo Society. Also, if you’re more into mixing up some philosophy and neuroscience, Professor Peter Pazzaglini of the Columbia Neuroscience Society will host a lecture […]

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Bwoglines: Breaking the Mold Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 1 Comments

Columbia will implement a new system to review professors for tenure. It will be more effective but less specialized than the existing one. (Spec) The Trustees of Columbia University have proposed funding a renovation of the Columbia University Medical Center subway stop. It’s about time. That elevator is the worst! (2nd. Avenue Sagas) The Nobel […]

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200 Columbia Faculty Members Support Occupy Wall Street

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 84 Comments

Update (11:00 pm, Oct. 10): The petition has been officially released. The online petition now has over 300 signatures. Update (11:16 am, Oct. 8): The petition now lists 292 signatures, which can be read here. As expected, the largest departmental representations are from FAS humanities, Sociology, History and Anthropology, but the list also includes professors […]

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Cooking with Bwog: Back To Basics—Sweets

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 3 Comments

Craving something sweet? In this week’s edition of Cooking with Bwog, our saccharine chef Matt Powell reveals how to make basic and not-so-basic treats like cookies, meringues, and chocolate ganache! The Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Makes 1 1/2 dozen 5-inch cookies The best chocolate chip cookies in the city are made by Jacques Torres. This is […]

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Better Than Astronaut Ice Cream

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 2 Comments

Butler library is hosting a conversation with Jim Ottaviani, graphic novelist and author of a recent biography of physicist Richard Feynman. The event begins at 4:30 PM in Butler 523. We’re told there will be chips, assorted cookies, baked meringues and cupcakes to munch on while you try to wrap your head around quantum mechanics. […]

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Triangular Campus Sculpture Meets the Third Dimension Head-On

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 7 Comments

As many Columbia students know, things can get pretty wild on the weekends. Disoriented by the night’s revelry, up can become down, and climbing on top of a vertical slab of metal may seem like a good idea. Or could these be the stirrings of a new coning subculture, vying for a breath of life […]

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2015 GS Class Day Speakers Announced

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class day
class day speakers
general studies
gs

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SGA Has Subclauses On The Mind

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but seriously no one cares about anything but housing rn
our wrists really do hurt
SGA is lyffff
should the Bearoness wear wristbands to SGA meetings?
table drama

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Bwoglines: Own It Edition

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blines
bwoglines
drake
fuck ur bracket
march madness
maya angelou
next time we fuck i don't wanna fuck i wanna make love
next time we talk i don't wanna just talk i wanna trust
own it it's urs
own that shit
republicans lol
wednesday daily loves drake

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2015 Housing Coverage, Day 2

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ah we envy the seniors
housing coverage
housing coverage 2015
housing coverage 2015: running through john jay lounge with my WOES
please don't yell at us if things don't go well in The Cage
someone actually called us the "cool" liveblog while spec was sitting right next to us oops
this carnival theme is too AHS
this is where the nerves start to kick in
we demand a restocking of COW TAILS
we hope they just play the drake mixtape all day again

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Quiz: Which Housing Snack Are You?

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a quiz that is STATISTICALLY IMPROBABLE to fail
bwog is fun
bwog is funny
bwog x quizzes
playbuzz
quiz = midterms :///
some of these questions may be potentially offensive
this is ridiculous
u know we're desperate for content when...
what if I'm both salty and sweet thooo...

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BunsenBwog: Working On Our Fitness

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aerobic exercises are the shit
BunsenBwog
cumc got it goin ON
I'm the F to the E-R-G the I the E
our tuesday daily was once in a hip hop class (LOL) and did a dance to fergalicious NO LIE
our tuesday daily's father filmed the wrong person during the dance recital thoo :/
science
sign me up in the gym
yeah science bitch!

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Housing Reviews 2015: Harmony Hall

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bagels every morning
columbia housing
Harmony hall
housing reviews 2015
idk about you but this sounds pretty good
stress
tight squeeze
to the cage
Where will you live in 2016

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“At Least It’s In The Past!”: Best Bacchanal Stories 2k15

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"not-so-PG-rated-escapades of the day"
#bacchamistakesweremade
#lostmysenseofshameatbacchanal
#zerofucksweregiven
4-5 seconds from wildin
all-call
ariana HANDE
best bacchanal stories? or worst?
best o times worst o times we guess
cringe
frances
u bacched up homie
we don't bacch with u

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