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Lecturehop: The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 6 Comments

A few months ago, Malcolm Gladwell discussed social media’s limits in a New Yorker article with the above subtitle. Journalist and researcher Evgeny Morozov may not share Gladwell’s beloved frizzy halo of hair, but they both recognize a dark side of internet activism. Evgeny Morozov spoke at the Journalism School on Tuesday about The Net […]

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Free Cups of Joe

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 3 Comments

The Columbia location of Joe will be having a free “cupping” event today at 3 pm. After turning on our Safe Search settings, Bwog learned that a “cupping” is what coffee aficionados call a tasting event. So head over to the Northwest Corner building (everyone hates its name!) this afternoon for good coffee and bad […]

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Free Hot Chocolate on Low Plaza!

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 5 Comments

Right now! Go find the CU Dems in front of Low to low-cate some free hot chocolate. And in case you were wondering about the ruckus in Butler 209 last night, it was all part of the Dems flyering campaign. Moral of the story: You’ll never get real work done in 209.

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Overheard: Dorothy, We’re Not in Uris Anymore!

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 3 Comments

Two Business School students with those CBS backpacks, in front of Lerner: “Everywhere that’s not in Uris seems so far away…”

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Just In Time Not For Lunch

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 9 Comments

Because of the snow, Dining has confirmed that a couple changes in the normal dining facility schedules will occur today. Take note: Ferris Booth is closed The cafe on the ground floor of Dodge is closed (though we only went there for James Franco sightings, anyway!) Cafe 212 is open The cafe in Butler is […]

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Morningside Almanac: Week of 1/27

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 1 Comments

Oops! Today’s page seems to be missing from the almanac! (We did discover, however, a page of the Facebook variety – they have joined our good friend International in the realms of social networking.) However the farmers market is open, with 5 farms expected. It’s a good day for cider and donuts!

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While You Were Sleeping

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 19 Comments

As you awake this morning to news of no snow day, we will attempt to comfort you with some cool pictures of Columbians frolicking around college walk (wearing varying degrees of appropriate snow clothes).

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Bwoglines: Abstract Edition

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 0 Comments

PoliticalLine: Our very own Jeffrey Sachs (director of Columbia’s Earth Institute) did not approve of Obama’s State of the Union Address. Media caught up with him on a bus from Zurich to Davos. That’s usually where Bwog goes, too, to express disapproval. (WSJ) HawkLine: Apparently we’re not the only news outlet with a thing for […]

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Snowball Fight on Low Plaza NOW

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2011 66 Comments

Bwog decrees the 2011 battle has begun. Get your asses out there! Go get ’em! Remember, as of right now, classes aren’t canceled, but the University does say that “conditions are subject to change.”

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Morningside Mythology: Cat Edition

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2011 48 Comments

You’ve heard of them. You may have seen them—pet them even. But to be certain, you have lived under their ever present shadow of doom. Bwog speaks of cats. And not just any cats, but the cats that live in the grocery stores, bars, and coffee shops of our dear neighborhood. You know you’ve spent hours in Butler looking […]

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Who Will Win this Staring Contest?

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2011 6 Comments

The veteran Thinker faces a cold-blooded challenger. Unfortunately the newcomer’s fate may be out of his hands: it’s supposed to rain soon.

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Courseworks: Out To (a Late) Lunch

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2011 15 Comments

FYI from CUIT: According to a message posted on the homepage, Courseworks will be down from 8 PM to 12 AM tonight. Worry not, friends! The IT powers that be say Courseworks is “working well,” but just needs some tweaking to “increase performance.” So download that assignment now! No need to wait ’til ten o’clock […]

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LectureHop: Retranslating Literary Classics

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dostoevsky was supposed to be funny? we may have missed that...
glory days of lit hum
lecturehop
lit hum never leaves you
lost in translation
making translation sexy
okay now go do your reading
retranslating literary classics
s/o to all those vitamins

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Housing Reviews 2014: Hogan

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Brogan
close to international can't possibly go wrong there
ho ho hogan
hogan
housing reviews 2014
only one elevator so you're going to get really fit on those stairs
seniors only
the housing we aspire to
they just like so love it

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Bwoglines: Pushing Back Time Edition

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a millisecond makes all the difference
amelia earhart part 2
bwog definitely makes better choices when we just take a millisecond
oversleeping is wonderful but potentially embarrassing
set those clocks back people
that's why the ocean is terrifying
we just want to eat the shot glass

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Housing Reviews 2014: Wien

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all I do is Wien
Hey I can see PrezBo's house from here!
housing reviews 2014
loose definitions of half-bath
seriously though that sink will be a godsend
there's a nice unaccessible rooftop patio on floor 10 also you can go into PrezBo's backyard but the alarm goes of...
we love wieners
wien

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“Feminism Is” on BuzzFeed

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columbia dems
cool classmates doing cool things
feminism
google doodle
happy international women's day
in the news? is buzzfeed news?
we made it to buzzfeed for something nice
women in media

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Operatic Voices: The Columbia Bach Society Takes on Dido

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bwog has mixed feelings about dido's life choices
bwog loves opera
classical latin literature performed as an opera in a chapel must be cool
Columbia Bach Society
dido and aeneas wow bwog actually read that part of virgil
will there be any phantoms present?
you don't have to dress all fancy to go to this opera but you can if you want

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SGA: Social Media Is Lyfe

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**¡ATTENTION-GRABBING!**
barnard
eBear is so much more cuddly than LionMail
fireside chat with DSpar sounds perfectly pleasant
sga
we hear Liz's place is good but we've never actually been to Liz's place
why try to publicize your event when the SGA will do it for you?

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Who Doesn’t Love A Performance Showcase?

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CCO Performance Showcase
columbia community outreach
Deantini and the Kingsmen sitting in a tree
fundraising for morningside
helping people is good
midterms are coming but winter is going
the tic is your friend
you only have to leave Butler for an hour or two we promise

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