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Reflections on Orgo Night 2011

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2011 30 Comments

Self-proclaimed Orgo Night Veteran and Chief Ref Room Correspondent Sameea Butt meditates on the highs and lows of everyone’s favorite library musical comedy show. Something has become obvious to this Bwogger and five-time attendee of Orgo Night about the crowds that pack Butler 209 on a semesterly basis. Despite the speakers’ more than capable enunciation […]

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Bwog In Bed: Go Back to Sleep

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2011 10 Comments

You survived Lit Hum/CC and your next final is…well, at least a day away. Take a deep breath, give yourself a hug, and enjoy the break from finals by hopping in bed with us for a few minutes before crashing your head back into the deep recesses of your pillow. Remember, this isn’t a Tarantino film: […]

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HARDCORE: PART V — IT’S FINALS WEEK

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 74 Comments

Here you have it, the dramatic conclusion! Now you can finally watch them all again in order like you did with Harry Potter. “IT’S FINALS WEEK” Arrangement: Connor Spahn & Reuben Arnold Lyrics: Pat Blute & Amirah Sequeira Vocals: Uptown Vocal (uptownvocal.com) and Kasia Borowiec Audio Editing: Tareq Abuissa Choreographer: Victoria Pollack Dancers: Rachel Chavez, […]

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Actual Wisdom: Julie Crawford

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 17 Comments

Finals officially started today! That’s pretty scary. To get you through, Bwog is seeking the advice of some people who won college—namely, your professors. In today’s Actual Wisdom, we talked to English professor Julie Crawford of Fall 2011 Literary Texts and Critical Methods fame. Justify your existence in 30 words or fewer: All my professional verbs—read, […]

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Digital Stress Relief: Draw in the Snow!

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 19 Comments

It’s finals season, and you probably can’t help but compare this year’s experience with previous years—was I better prepared? Did I just have a lighter courseload? Hey, when did I stop getting laid? If you’re anything like Bwog, you also miss another fundamental institution often associated with finals: snow. So instead of studying for that […]

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Stanford Withdraws Bid for Bloomberg Science Campus

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 41 Comments

As reported by basically everyone, Stanford has withdrawn its bid to construct a science and engineering campus in New York as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign to reinvigorate the city’s reputation as a technology hub. Proposals from Columbia, Cornell, NYU, and Carnegie Mellon are still under consideration. Originally considered a front-runner in the competition, Stanford […]

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Overheard: When Shower Snacks Go Awry

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 2 Comments

Think your roommate’s bad? You may be down a stapler and up a few passive-aggressive handwritten notes, but it’s nothing compared to the adversity that some of our classmates apparently face in their dorm rooms each and every day. A concerned tipster reports overhearing the following roommate complaint, in a Starbucks: “I wish I could […]

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BwogSalon: The Journal of Global Health

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 4 Comments

Like that frathlete you met a few weeks ago at the Heights, Bwog doesn’t really want to be exclusive right now. That’s why we’re bringing back BwogSalon, a feature in which we invite other publications to share an article from a recent issue. So sit back, don’t relax, and procrastinate your studies with the following […]

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Ugly Sweaters, Free Food, Inseparable

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 1 Comments

This afternoon from 4 to 6 pm in the Stephen Donaldson Lounge (in the Furnald basement), CQA is hosting their Ugly Sweater Holiday Party. Conveniently scheduled right after the Lit Hum and CC finals—built-in topics of conversation, mirite?—the sweaterfest includes “hot chocolate, eggnog, cider, milk, cookies, and other snacks.” Inspiration via CQA

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But I Thought That Was This Week

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 2 Comments

Filming for The Longest Week, a film starring Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup, and our very own Jenny Slate (!) and to be released in 2012, is taking place on 116th and Claremont today until 5pm. The plot summary on IMDB, which pretty convincingly suggests that this production won’t win any awards, reads: “Affluent and […]

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Pics From Last Night’s Semi-Annual Fire Hazard

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 34 Comments

Update: The band has provided a video showcasing assorted jokes and songs from last night. Relive the action below. Last night, Butler 209 played host to Orgo Night, one of Columbia’s time-honored traditions and the reason many upperclassmen choose to move off campus. Bwog will have a full review later today, but for now, check […]

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Learn Your Limericks!

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2011 9 Comments

Bwog shines equally favorably on all cretins of the Core. We did it for CC, and oh, okay, since you insist, Lit Hum gets a bone too. Way back when, a few Bwoggers converted several thousands of pages of reading into limericks—the perfect size for you to memorize in between a breakfast of Red Bull and […]

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Ambassador Barzun Talks Diplomacy And Digitization

Finn Klauber 0

are u trying 2 tell us that there is MORE to the UK than just doctor who?? sounds fake but ok
Events
has technology come too far
imagine us pointing to a table full of iphones and belting A WHOLE NEW WOOOOORLD
matthew sounds like a cool dad
started from the top then we got teared down by the british press
world leaders forum

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Quiz: What Are You Actually Going To Do Over Thanksgiving Break

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all the most used thanksgiving tags are about breaking up with your long distance partner and that's just.... so beautiful
it's beginning to look a lot like thanksgiving
quiz
quizzes are always there for you even when noone else is
quizzes are friends
the REAL spirit of thanksgiving
you know you'd rather do this than study for your human rights paper due monday

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Philolexian Society Presents: 30th Annual Joyce Kilmer (Memorial) Bad Poetry Contest

Betsy Ladyzhets 3

"i cannot be milked" is a beautiful line of literature
at this point you might be thinking "bwog is WAY too invested in hamilton" but we swear it just keeps popping up it's not us it's columbia
hamilton wrote.... THE OTHER 21
if you got the room where it happens reference we love you very much
only god can make a tree??? okay well can god MOVE a tree
philolexian society
shout out to maggie the magnolia
what's up with all these advertisements damn it is nowhere safe from america's corporate monster

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Bwoglines: “Finally, More Good News!” Edition

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bwoglines
can we talk about how the french automatically equate normal living to the consumption of food
country goals
once again bwog exposes this world for the capitalist machine it truly is
see how much we care for the columbia population? we're like your parents we just want to see you happy
there are moments where the words don't reach there is suffering too terrible to name
WATCH JESSICA JONES WE PROMISE IT'LL BE WORTH YOUR WEEKEND (AND YOUR GRADES)
when have we failed you with recommendations? last time was the ben carson rap and honestly that was incredible
will donald trump just leave us alone

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“Excellently Ignorant”: Bwog Reviews KCST’s Twelfth Night

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“be not afraid of greatness” [malvolio says about his yellow knee sock-clad calves]
“he hath been most notoriously abused” same
“to be up late is to be up late” [actor falls over] - very relatable to the college experience
even if you don’t see this show try to get a copy of the program they’re hilarious
if you want to understand duke orsino look up that one photoset on tumblr that interprets disney’s mulan as shang having an extensive gay crisis
kcst
note to whoever made the program: it’s Bwog not BWOG
shakespeare
so much homo only for it to end hetero
william shakespeare: king of dick jokes
william shakespeare: like a frat guy only critically acclaimed
william shakespeare: literary genius in the streets animal in the sheets

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Watching A Tree For Hours Won’t Make You Feel Like Thoreau

Maddie Stearn 0

"excuse me but what exactly is happening to that tree" as if anyone can ever truly know
if those workers dropped the tree they would have had to fight all of barnard. plus barnard's parents grandparents and alums
it was a very emotional day for barnard
maggie knows what she's about
maggie the magnolia
the concern about maggie is real
today is maggie day on bwog love it or leaf
who knew moving a tree would be so hard

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Columbia Professors Get Wedlocked

Ross Chapman 0

'the perils of marriage equality' makes it sound like marriage equality is hiding out in the woods somewhere waiting to jump on us with an axe
hide your wife/husband/significant other
if it is lurking in the woods we're probably safe at columbia since we have so few trees
lecturehop
marriage equality is coming to get you
panelhop

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#TBT: The Deep Roots Of Barnard’s Magnolia Tree

Mia Lindheimer 0

#tbt
bwog loves maggie
everyone loves maggie
she's a strong independent tree who don't need no man
was barnard really barnard before maggie arrived?
where would we be without our favorite tree?

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