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Purse Snatching Incident on Campus

By Bwog Staff on Aug 19, 2011 23 Comments

Disconcerting news: about an hour ago, Ella Wagner, CC’13, witnessed a purse snatching incident by the side entrance to Butler. “I was sitting at one of the tables outside Jay when I heard a yell,” she reports. “I turned and saw a woman chasing what looked like a white guy with dreads, yelling ‘Stop, thief!’ […]

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Brunch Chronicles: Out With the Old, In With the…Same Thing

By Sylvie Krekow on Aug 19, 2011 10 Comments

We know that Deluxe has divine blueberry pancakes, but we at Bwog believe it’s time to diversify your dining portfolio. In our Brunch Chronicles, we will take our time and gladly overeat at leisure any time before 1 pm. In this latest addition, Bwog’s intrepid brunch warriors Brian Wagner and Sylvie Krekow checked out Il […]

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Improv Everywhere to Improve Activities Fair

By Bwog Staff on Aug 18, 2011 8 Comments

Improv Everywhere, the guerilla performance group that masterminds incredible public displays of silliness all over New York City, has teamed up with the (now suddenly hip) CUArts. The Mp3 Experiment Columbia University is the latest iteration of a well-established IE mission, and will definitely be the best orientation activity ever planned in the history of […]

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Sophomores Waitlist Housing Out

By Bwog Staff on Aug 18, 2011 7 Comments

Hey all of you sophomores who had a bad time of housing—you’re finally off the waitlist! A tipster has informed us that although Housing has not yet emailed him, he has seen his assignment on the one and only Star Rez. Frog w/ champagne via Wikimedia.

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SocketHop: There’s an App for That Us!

By Bwog Staff on Aug 18, 2011 20 Comments

Welcome back to SocketHop, where Bwog locks the few engineers on staff into a room and makes them explain things. We’ve covered tools to help you be more productive and new operating systems for your computer before, and today we take a look at a new Columbia app for your Android smartphone. That’s right, our […]

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Core Professors Revealed, the Section Shuffling Begins

By Bwog Staff on Aug 16, 2011 24 Comments

We check SSOL so you don’t have to! A few days ago, Lit Hum and CC profs were unmasked, and today Art and Music Hummers should be up too. Bonus points if your Core professors are actually on CULPA. (Hint: they never are.) Google away then wallow or rejoice!

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Summer Shenanigans

By Bwog Staff on Aug 16, 2011 32 Comments

Some overseen estival silliness from campus. Interpretations are welcome:

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Carpet Diem

By Bwog Staff on Aug 15, 2011 17 Comments

Here are the things you could do at Koronet’s last semester: Gorge yourself on giant pizza slices Use the awning as a smoking haven when it’s raining out, you want a cigarette, and the Mel’s bouncers are being particularly ornery Abuse the parmesan cheese and red pepper flake station Here are the things you can […]

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Does Hawkma Read Bwog?

By Bwog Staff on Aug 12, 2011 17 Comments

After initial fears over her potential demise, Hawkmadinejad has not only risen from the dead, but seems intent on becoming a prominent campus fixture. In both of the recently tipped photos Hawkma appears to be watching us—does Hawkma wish to catch a glimpse of life as Columbia student or has Hawkma turned her powerful gaze […]

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Friends With $50 Million Benefits

By Bwog Staff on Aug 11, 2011 62 Comments

Soros and Ferreyr, pre-suit George Soros, né Schwartz György, is being sued by a Columbia student. Adriana Ferreyr, a former Brazilian soap star and 28-year-old GS student, is after Soros for $50 million because he did not deliver on his promise of buying her an apartment worth $1.9 million — that’s what they teach you […]

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Toasting the New Courseworks

By Bwog Staff on Aug 08, 2011 20 Comments

Columbia is no stranger to website redesigns, but here comes an overhaul that will actually matter. As CUIT so eloquently phrases it on the CourseWorks home page, this fall “CourseWorks Begins Transition to New CourseWorks.” The current CourseWorks is based on the Prometheus course management system and has been around since 2001—to put that in […]

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Yet Another Reason Not to Go to Grad School

By Bwog Staff on Aug 05, 2011 36 Comments

Although the absurdity of the debt ceiling debate may have made you think that politics are completely out of touch with reality, the Budget Control Act has some very real and important implications for Columbia students receiving financial aid. First the good news: Pell Grants will continue to be funded through 2013, without a reduction […]

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Bwog Wants You To Join The Cult

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Columbia Bad, Cornell Worse In Basketball Win

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a win is a win
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Early Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Announced!

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Some Mid-Break Updates

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Good Night, And Good Luck

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Some Questions For Our Administrators Come Winter Break

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Party Testimonial: Back On The Scene With John Donne

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bathtub conversations
Columbia has dens of sin too but they're more douchey than debauched
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Your Families, And Why You Should Fear Them More Than Finals

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because what you really want during finals is something to dread
Bwog: bringing families together
pretty much have to stop The Economist from giving us jobs
PROTIP: instead of answering try quietly sobbing to yourself!
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