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Bloomberg Spotting

By Bwog Staff on Jan 21, 2011 5 Comments

The Northwest Corner Building is officially a thing! Rumor has it, the fancy uber high-tech new café opening Monday will serve Joe Coffee and use iPad cash registers. Oh yeah and yesterday it hosted Bloomberg. Alex Jones was there! Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the “Northwest Corner interdisciplinary research building” yesterday morning to announce a new environmental […]

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Bwoglines: Bells and Whistles Edition

By Bwog Staff on Jan 21, 2011 1 Comments

Most people don’t come to SEAS to “fall in love with celebrity culture.” But Jared Eng, SEAS ’04, left Columbia reaching for the real life stars. Dubbed “the nice Perez Hilton” in an NYTimes profile, Eng writes the wildly successful celeb gossip blog, Just Jared. (NYT) The Sundance film festival kicked off last night. If you can’t […]

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Opening Remarks: On Mavericks and Boobs

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 24 Comments

Professors will say anything to get you hooked, and Bwog is sure that these characters will still have full classes come March. Keep sending in the hilarious, horrifying and otherwise memorable to tips@bwog.com John Collins, Metaphysics “I’m a bit of a maverick. Well, not like Sarah Palin. I’m an unarmed maverick.” Ovidiu Savin, Calculus III […]

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Boringside Heights: Comfort and Calamity Edition

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 3 Comments

Another week, another installment of Morningside minutiae. Behold the delightful and disastrous details of dining and decorating! Latest coverage on the controversial Lerner chairs: support your slouch with new corduroy cushions! Bwog decrees they’re cooler than the other side of the pillow. Carpet cleaning at SIPA. But so much has been swept under the rug… […]

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Magazine Preview: Our New York Nostalgia

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 20 Comments

The same economic forces that have remade the built environment of New York have put pressure on young people like us to make money or leave.

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To Make It Feel Like Home

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 9 Comments

Your prayers are answered! Lily Icangelo spotted these in Hewitt.

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Morningside Almanac: Week of 1/20

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 3 Comments

The first Greenmarket of the semester is up and running! Needless to say, it will become more bountiful as the clime warms, but there are still plenty of delicious looking apples and other tasty treats (apple cider, apple donuts…) and some new vendors! Thursday 1/20: Both bakers, Merediths and Buon Pane, are expected back from […]

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Bloomberg For Breakfast!

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 9 Comments

Last night Bwog received a copy of Mayor Bloomberg’s public schedule. He’s slated to appear at the Northwest Science building café at 11:30 this morning. We wonder what he’s announcing! Update, 12:21: Mike B will launch the NYC Urban Technology Innovation Center, a sustainable tech initiative. Columbia is one of 3 schools partnering with the […]

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New Kids on the Block

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 3 Comments

The Frites ‘N’ Meats food truck is chillin’ under the Amsterdam overpass. For those fed up with Morningside’s standard fry fare, Frites ‘N’ Meats boasts Belgian double fried frites, Balthazar’s bread, and 5 types of cheese. Truthfully, we’re not sure how we feel about brie on a burger, but these guys look promising. Update (11:41): […]

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Bwoglines: And It All Came Tumbling Down Edition

By Bwog Staff on Jan 20, 2011 7 Comments

Real World Big Deal News: the House voted to repeal the health care reform law yesterday. Whether you think health reform is godsend or a communist plot (or you just don’t care), it definitely affects you. Last March, we tried to make sense of the student-specific policies, so here’s what you’d be losing. But the […]

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Something to Be Fond Of

By Bwog Staff on Jan 19, 2011 5 Comments

Bwog subscribes to the belief that no one should have to pay for food at college. Go stick it to the man at tonight’s first free food event of the semester! Hillel promises free fondue and other snacks on the third floor of the Kraft Center (606 W. 115th, across from Schapiro). It starts at 9pm […]

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Early Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Announced!

By Bwog Staff on Jan 19, 2011 66 Comments

The first round of Phi Beta Kappa inductees were announced tonight! Illustrious inductees to PBK, the “nation’s oldest academic honor society,” were elected last Fall, and will be initiated on January 27th. More smarty-pants members will be announced in May. Bwog extends a hearty congratulations to all! Abraham Allison Stephen Blair Bradley Collins Gregory Cox James Dawson […]

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Columbia Students Protest in DC

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breaking
cu dems
keystone xl pipeline
protest

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Housing Reviews 2014: Watt

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artsy photos
creeping on frat row
don't panic
Housing reviews
housing reviews 2014
question mark optional
say waaaatttttttt
watt
wiggity watt

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Bwoglines: Be Healthy or Get Drunk? Edition

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(drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk) drive roll up the partition please
bwog felt bad when they were asked when the last time they went to the gym was and they literally could not remember
bwog has seen most of the oscar movies except philomena because lez be honest no
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fuck exercise get drunk that's the motto
leo i'm rooting for u baby
oh chipotle you done us good
the only real reason new york is great is because of boozy brunch duh
would work out for barack

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LectureHop: Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
bwog's personal heroes
columbia bureaucracy at it again
investing in the future
people who inspire us
Reverend Mpho Tutu
Shared Interest
the power of choice
we are dreamers

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Spread the Musical Love by Supporting CUWE

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$5 is basically free in nyc
bwog will go to any event that only costs $5
cuwe
feel cultured
it's for charity guys
music matters
musical mentors collaborative
plenty of time to sleep off your hangover
reception: sounds fancy...
remember how you never practiced your instrument growing up? well these kids are better than you
wind ensemble

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USenate: Smoking and Quality of Life

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20 ft smoking rule
a full page ad in the spec come on really?
prezbo looked flawless
quality of life survey
shoutout to scott wright for emailing me the photos
smoking policy
the snacks were amazing - rugelach and westside cookies
usenate

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Where Should You Study/Procrastinate?

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bwog didn't do our homework and now has to sit in the library all day
bwog gets aggressive
keeping it witty
quiz
this kid has really long fingers
we just wanna waste your time
what does this mean? absolutely nothing
You know what it means to have long fingers... good words per minute ratio

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Taylor Simone’s Music Video

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catchy
got money in my pocket right?
hope she gets famous so we can be hipsters
nah mean?
tis the season to be greedy
was that a scene from the Carman 8 paint party?
we will never be this cool
where does she shop
why can't our roommates collaborate with us on our music

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