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Roundup: Crime

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 5 Comments

There is no need to fear. DNA Info’s Crime and Safety report for Morningside Heights has produced mainly positive results. In summation, Morningside Heights is the 38th safest neighborhood in Manhattan the city, and the 7th safest in Manhattan There has been a 76% drop in crime since 1993 There was a 3% rise in major […]

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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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Bwoglines: Chain Reaction Edition

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#sunday edition
6 mile high plume wow
alarmist bwoglines today sorry bout it
bwoglines
chain reaction
lahar
magma under yellowstone oh no
mount everest is so big
pyroclastic flow
RIP to all the people lost
that fro sci knowledge tho

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Health and Social Activism of Self-Identified Gay Men in Post-Socialist China

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Dorothy Ko is one of the most amazing people you will ever meet
If only we could write about everything
long titles FTW
Read those books
this is important!!
you'll probably just overlook this because you think it's too long

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Challenge: Knobs And Handles

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do you like opening doors? we do!
knobs
quizzes
there is no more darkness left in me
twist twist!
twist!

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Experiencing The Serpent At Minor Latham Playhouse

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chapman theatre reviews
different meanings
hard to grasp
more generous than usual
risque all day
thesis plays thespian ways
where's the accent

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Bwoglines: Addition Edition

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bring back the abs
bwoglines
come to wbarbbque
CSM all day
do not pass go
like nyc like hawaii ya feel
nobody wants your clothes anyway
sorry monopoly

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Wish Fulfillment

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guys its a bout a psychotic breakdown
if you think your tests lasted for a long time...
it was definitely spec
self indulgent story time
test taking tips

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Columbia Announces 2015 Honorary Degree Winners

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awards and more awards
honorary degrees
the alumni who you'll be unsure if you can namedrop
University Award for Excellence
your hopes and dreams realized

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What’s For Dinner: FLIP, Accessibility, And Leftovers

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abby porter
accessibility
ccsc
columbia dining
confessions
cu meal share
ferris
financial aid
first generation students
flip
food
Food Insecurity
food waste
low income
Sejal Singh
swipe me in

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