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Bwoglines: Class, Controversy, and Kubrick Edition

By Bwog Staff on Dec 07, 2011 0 Comments

Obama’s problem with trickle-down economics is that “it doesn’t work.” (USA Today) Meanwhile, Governor Cuomo and lawmakers have agreed to let the “millionaire tax cuts” expire, reducing the budget shortfall to $1.5 billion. (NYT) But, the problems for the 1% don’t end there. Sometimes, it’s tough to realize that she’s just not that into you […]

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If You Give Stressed Zombies Cookies…

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 4 Comments

…they might actually smile! And then probably glare at you for ruining their diets. But we digress. IN ANY CASE, if you’re craving some study break nomz, look no further than the Culinary Society’s last study break of the semester. They’ll be serving up holiday cookies like they’re going out of style, with reinvented classics […]

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Achieve Eternal Glory—Audition for the Varsity Show

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 6 Comments

For the 118th time in Columbia’s illustrious history, the Varsity Show is holding auditions for singers, dancers, actors, and generally talented students to participate in (you guessed it), the Varsity Show! This oldest of Columbia performing arts traditions has featured many famous alums in its day, including Rodgers and Hammerstein and more recently, Jenny Slate (the […]

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Analyzing Campus Zeitgeist for Improved Content Creation

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 5 Comments

The clock is ticking. With every passing day, you tread ever closer to that most wicked of days: your final thesis/seminar paper deadline. And while Bwog certainly hopes that you’ve been loading your paper up with plenty of primary sources, we’ve gotta come clean on this one—we’ll only really care about your thesis if it’s […]

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SGA: Guest of a Guest

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 3 Comments

Bwog’s A-list correspondent Renée Kraiem tells you what went down at SGA’s final meeting of the semester. Last night’s SGA meeting, the last of 2011, began with a joyful round of Secret Santas and Channukah Harriets. The evening’s first guest complemented the inclusive theme of the evening. She was Pamela Phayme, Barnard’s Director of Diversity […]

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Literally “Hundreds” of Free Muffins

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 1 Comments

According to a tipster, there are “HUNDREDS of FREE MUFFINS in the lobby of Dodge.” Though the blueberry is only “mediocre,” what the muffins lack in flavor the “impressive display” makes up. Update, 2:27 pm: The muffins are all gone. “Literally just crumbs,” we’re told.

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Overseen: First World Complaints

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 13 Comments

Bwog’s ever-seasonably dressed Victoria Wills chanced upon this bit of weather-related angst in Hamilton 413.

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ESC: Behind Bacchanal’s Blues

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 13 Comments

Sean Zimmermann emerged from his home in Mudd to bring us this report of the final ESC meeting for the semester. ESC opened with a presentation by Columbia College Senator Kenny Durell, who spoke on the recent Bacchanal Inquiry. Durell explained that UEM and Commencement, during a meeting in late March, determined that there would […]

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All Night Long

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 7 Comments

The Butler gods have spoken. Starting next Tuesday, this hallowed building’s fifth and sixth floors will be open 24/7, thereby inviting 170 more students to join their sleepless comrades on Milstein floors two, three, and four. But remember friends, this is a trial run, so if you really want more 24-hour space in Butler, you’ve […]

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Bwoglines: Animal Planet Edition

By Bwog Staff on Dec 06, 2011 0 Comments

Ivy League schools are under fire for animal abuse in their laboratories. Try to treat the subject of your next dissection with a little more kindness, k? (SFGate) Working Muppets of All Countries, Unite! (Slate) Thanks to some mice, we’re one step closer to developing a vaccine against the Ebola virus. NYPD officers are in hot […]

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Pizza and Perfect Children

By Bwog Staff on Dec 05, 2011 9 Comments

If you find bioethics and genetic engineering intriguing, then don’t miss Scientists and Engineers for a Better Society’s discussion and film screening tonight. Starting at 6:30 pm and until 7:45 pm, Director of Special Programs in Bioethics at Columbia University Professor John Loike will give a presentation and facilitate a bioethics scenario game. From 7:45 pm […]

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A Side of Breadstick

By Bwog Staff on Dec 05, 2011 5 Comments

So as to continue this wonderful recent trend in overheard/seen pleasantries, now a gossip gem from the Harvest issue of the Blue and White: One recent Saturday night, a drunken blond gentleman tried to order Koronet* pizza with his jeans pooled around his feet and his eerily transparent boxers on full display. When the cashier […]

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#TBT To When Carman Was Even Spookier Than It Is Today

Mia Lindheimer 1

#tbt
bwog gets extra spoopy this week
hard to stay in the mohi bubble when an actual dead body breaks into it
maybe morton williams needs to step up its game. put dead bodies in the produce section. really freak out the customers.
what's a good halloween story without an actual dead body right?
where did the dead body come from? where did it go? where did it come from carman eye joe?

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Tips To Get Your Trick Or Treat On In The Eleventh Hour

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it's not halloween until you've tried on at least one weird mask
spooky bwog continues - this time with advice for everyone (not just freshmen)
that baby mask needs a mom
trick or treat (or bwog)
you can procrastinate on your halloween costume but not too much

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Free Candy (And More) In Hamilton

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Bwog loves free food
bwog loves free stickers too - and free pens. all free things really
bwog may or may not know that the balloons aren't free from personal experience
the real question is: why was the charter signed on halloween?
were columbia's founders just really spooky guys?
were they perhaps secretly demons? that would explain a lot.

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AskBwog: Roommate Refuses To Be Reconciled

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askbwog
but was the music in a major or minor key? that's very important
bwog is determined to stay positive in creepy situations
does butler have a copy of this 'codex saerus'?
freshmen are perpetually confused whether about dining point systems lithum or satanic rituals
has anyone tried putting salt in the room?
okay surely the situation can't get worse than this though

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Bwoglines: Planned, Unplanned, And Atypical Journeys Edition

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bwog could on the other hand use more sleep and more homemade chocolate chip cookies
bwog could probably use a mom but bwog already has a mom
bwoglines
could that blimp perhaps be a metaphor for deantini?
how do you lose an entire blimp? who even still uses blimps?
like if you would go back to being a high school junior for a $10 hamilton ticket
we wonder sometimes what the us military is really spending its budget on

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Back-Of-The-Envelope Assumptions About How Much Time You’ll Spend Campaigning During Election Day Holiday

Sarah Dahl 0

at least we have a fall break
bernie or hillary
cut us some slack
math is REAL
numbers
or a republican
politicians are corrupt
remember bush
republican for president=hell on earth
science is truth
students are savvy enough to know that
we're doing the core not campaigning for candidates

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AskBwog: Reconciling Roommates

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Bwog can help people too
Bwog can't make puns
disruption of dorm-estic bliss
it's not like your roommate is a crazy cultist or something right?
peppy Bwog is peppy
RAs are useful for more than busting parties ya know
talk out your problems
we're sure the issue won't get any worse

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In Defense Of: Not Celebrating Halloween

Phoebe Newton 0

"where has the true SPIRIT of halloween gone?" no pun intended
get it like halloween is obsolete
halloween
honestly what else rhymes with treat.... okay a lot
ido
In Defense Of
MoWill
now those of us who still subscribe to the soul-sucking capitalism regime would like to know where to get those pumpkin-themed groceries
reslife always on it with those free pumpkins tho we ain't complainin... technically we are but
trick or treat? more like obsolete

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