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Professors are People Too

By Bwog Staff on Oct 08, 2011 1 Comments

We often forget (but Bwog often likes to remind us) that the most valuable resources at Columbia are our professors. For many, professors seem distant and de-humanized; just that guy or gal standing at the front of the class pontificating about some strange subject for an hour and fifteen minutes. At the same time, we […]

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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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Show Up To Write Up At Wikithon Tonight!

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hey you may even become important enough to get your own wikicu page
how else did we cope with senioritis
john jay lounge still reminds us of housing
maggie <3
still crying about housing
thon on!
we were all that prospie
wikiCU
wikithon!!!

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A Call For Actual Wisdoms

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actual wisdoms
bwog
can we get out of our evaluations by instead nominating professors for an actual wisdom
honor thy professors
lotta talk about columbia professors recently
sometimes we talk about professors behind their backs but really we love them
they've lived long enough to prefer cheese over oral sex
those end of semester kind of feels
timely with the fact that evaluations are now available!
wise beyond the classroom

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PeopleHop: Eye Master

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aesthetically pleasing
away message: I Am Out Eyebombing. TTYL!
basically columbia's batman
eye master here to save the day
eyeboming you know?
googly eyes
hey bwog where have peoplehops been
look for googly eyes projected by a spotlight
peoplehop
smiling as big as those googly eyes

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Here Are The Changes To CCSC’s Constitution

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ccsc
Constitutional Review Fun
Inclusion and Equity Rep
SWS

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Bwoglines: Anarchy Edition

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an open call for all you rebels
bwoglines
capital one is really just the russian hackers behind this scandal
did they get obama's BBM pin tho?
doesn't obama know blackberrys are out of style
grey's isn't the world
if you clicked on the third link it's too late
it's all fun and games until a protestor vandalizes something
no diploma for you
petrov or putin behind the hacking? you decide
protest your education
sons of anarchy
spoilers sorry
the president does things besides worry about a nuclear iran you know
what's in your email

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Chopped: Italian-And-Freegan-Inspired Edition

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bwog chopped
does this constitute food porn?
ina garten would be proud
masterchef britt strikes again
Pappa al Pomodoro means Gross yet Cheap in Italian
takin one for the team
tomato soup brings up bad stomach flu memories
trying not to barf like

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A Haiku About The Bwog Meeting Tonight

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2nd to last meeting announcement of the semester!
at least we have summer to look forward to
bwog meeting tonight
Daenerys Targaryen is our fav
finals are coming
khaleesi
meeting announcement
not a barnard woman a khaleesi
winter is coming

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Bucket List: Parenting, Science and Responsive Cities

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bucket list
bwog needs to be saved by a martyr
bwog wants to be a no-regrets parent
chinese apothecaries
cuff (columbia university film festival)
go see the v-show!
lectures in french are fun
no-regrets parenting
responsive cities
science proves that attending lectures and events decreases academic stress
the first day of may is upon us
the OLD reich
writing about science

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