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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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Found: Stack of Books

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 0 Comments

Stack 6 of books found on the island on 112th and Broadway. Contact mps2164@columbia.edu with the names of any of the books to claim.

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BunsenBwog: Nobel Prize Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2011 0 Comments

When they’re not jamming or answering our inane questions, Columbia faculty enjoy getting dirty in the lab. Bwog takes a moment to look back on this week in science…but first, we bring you some exciting news from Stockholm. Headlines were compiled by our strictly-hands-off correspondent Zach Kagan. The Royal Swedish Academy of the Sciences recently announced the winners of this […]

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Freshpeople Housing Reviews 2015: Carman

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#shafted
can carman be renovated next?
carman
carman aesthetics
carman hall
carman hall it doesn't get better
freshpeople housing reviews
shafted by lerner
you love ur big? i love my RA

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Pulitzers In Pulitzer

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big doin's over at the j-school
much literary
pulitzer prize
pulitzer prize awards 2015
really high tech with that livefeed
remember that time everyone thought ebola was going to spread in new york?
yeah we didn't know it was called the pulitzer building either

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The Official Prospie Guide To 4/20

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"welcome to columbia"
"why is this day different from all other days?"
4/20
April 20th
devils lettuce
if ur reading this (it's too late) nah forreal tho someone comment about the history of 4/20
instagram and snapchat and hashtags OH MY
it's also hitler's bday :///
it's the most wonderful time of the year
prospective student weekend 2k15
prospie
smoke weed erryday
that awkward moment when ur a jewish stoner and u wanna celebrate today but then u remember adolf was born on this day :///

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Columbia Is The Training Ground For Bullshitters Of The Future

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#throwback
4/20 doesn't fux with the patriarchy
kevin karn
none of our lives are important enough to document
ok we get it it's 420
ridin' high on their egos
that fake latin in the beginning is so pompous
this is EXACTLY what columbia was like in 1980
who's your guy

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CCSC Constitutional Review Covers Sandbassador, Class Reps

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ccsc
Constitutional Review
I hope you like paragraphs
Light-hearted
sandwich ambassador
Student Leaders Talking About Things
Uuuuugh

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Bwoglines: 4/20 Edition

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anything special?
April 20th
blaze on the metro north
bwoglines
just another day in the calendar
normal routine
on 4/20 we claim fox news as a reputable news source
so what's happening today
today is 4/20

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Product Review: Bazic Rubber Bands, Assorted Sizes

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bwog product reviews
late night bwog
rubber bands

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Persona Series: Butler Camper

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Butler Camper
bwog gets artistic
Columbia personas
google socks are a must
Persona Series
snuggies in the library
Spec paper doubling as fly swatter
the butler camper is an obvious must for this project
was bwog the new tumblr?
who should be the subject of our next persona project?

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