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Students on Low Steps Protest Bloomberg

By Bwog Staff on Nov 03, 2011 36 Comments

A group of students assembled on Low steps are currently protesting outside of Michael Bloomberg’s talk “Buisness Innovation and Entrepeneurship: City Strategies Summit with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.” The students protesting are loosely affiliated with the General Assembly, which will be meeting at 12:30 pm tomorrow at the Sundial. Video and pictures of the protest, […]

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Bwoglines: Proportions Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 03, 2011 1 Comments

College students are now borrowing more money than ever before, with average student debt at $25,000. (NPR) In an event of epic proportions, Stephen Mitchell has released a new translation of Homer’s Iliad, but can Mitchell enter the fray with Fagles and Lattimore? (New Yorker) A Carnegie-Mellon student walking through the park at 3 am […]

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Where Art Thou?

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 6 Comments

So, it snowed. In October. Fearing the winter weather that lies ahead? Let Bwog’s Wednesday feature, Where Art Thou?, warm you up, or just make you “f*cking laugh.” If you want your censorship-themed event listed here, email events@bwog.com. Wednesday Just F*cking Laugh at Me!, at 9pm in Lerner Black Box today and tomorrow (Thursday). CUPAL […]

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Lost: Brown prescription glasses

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 0 Comments

Lost: Brown prescription glasses (near the end of October). Possibly left in Butler or Hamilton. Please contact sgd2114@columbia.edu if found. Reward if returned.

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A Funny Conversation With Bob and Eli

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 7 Comments

On Tuesday, Bwog sat down with Bob Vulfov, CC ’13, and Eli Grober, CC ’13, to talk about comedy, blowjobs, and their new show “Just F*cking Laugh At Me!” Here’s an (abridged) transcript of our conversation. Bwog: So why did you decide to write the show? Bob: We wrote the show because we wanted to […]

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Vinny Vidi Vici

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 22 Comments

Watching Jersey Shore can make you feel like a sociologist studying a foreign world of super tan “juiced” fist-pumpers. Professor Diane Vaughn’s Mistake, Misconduct and Disaster class got to observe the subject up close when one of the show’s stars, Vinny, stopped by earlier today (better or worse than Natalie Portman?). Unfortunately he didn’t talk about […]

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Art, Advertising, and Free Food

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 0 Comments

Weatherhead East Asian Institute is hosting their annual photograph exhibition in the Satow Room in Lerner from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, and there will be free refreshments present to aid your photography viewing. And if you’re really feeling particularly artsy, after getting your fill of East Asian photography, head across the ramps to Lerner 568 for […]

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Columbia Opens Global Center in Istanbul

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 7 Comments

Today, PrezBo announced the opening of Columbia’s sixth global center in Istanbul—joining the Beijing, Paris, Amman, Mumbai, and the month-old Santiago centers. To kick off the launch, the Columbia Alumni Association is presenting two webcasts of panel discussions coinciding with the launch: “Is the Internet Too Free?” and “Egypt and Turkey: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Transitions.” The press release makes it […]

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Traffic Accident at 118th and Broadway

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 5 Comments

There was a pretty bad smashup at 118th and Broadway, just outside the Barnard gates. Police were on the scene helping the taxi driver out, who was parked in his car when the van behind smashed into it. An ambulance has been called. Purportedly, the white van swerved to avoid a large car making a […]

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Overheard: A Very Rough Estimate

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 5 Comments

Think you’re all set for job fairs just ’cause you’re sporting semi-formal and have a sheaf of resumes? Think again—a tipster overheard the following ominous exchange in NoCo: “Talking to people at job fairs is, like, 50 times harder than talking to girls.” “Wow, that’s really hard.” Visual brotip via Wikimedia Commons

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SGA: Of Costumes and Event Calendars

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 8 Comments

Bwog’s SGA correspondent Renée Kraiem brings you the latest on costume contests, bureaucratic shakeups, and campus events, not-quite-live from the Diana. At last night’s meeting, the Colombian dancers emerged victorious from the Rep Council’s Inaugural Costume Contest. Madeline, Nicky Minaj and Gilly from Saturday Night Live also made surprise appearances. The SGA is getting a new VP […]

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Bwoglines: Lack of Transparency Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2011 0 Comments

Turns out Bank of America’s $5 monthly debit fee was actually an attempt to be more transparent, but consumer outrage killed the surcharge before it reached fruition. (Atlantic) The Murdochs, no strangers to lying to the public, could be in more trouble as new legal documents suggest that News Corp paid off victims once they realized their position was “perilous.” […]

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Paint Away Your Angst In The Barnard Library Tonight

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acrylics
channel your inner artist
creativity
entering a sacred space and then defiling it
get rowdy in the library
having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card
it's on insta so it must be cool
psa
we were all young once

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Bwoglines: Clean It Up Edition

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bwoglines
dumb fails
ecoreps
free mugs in butler cafe
hillary clinton more like hillary mintin' that money
never actually using the recycling bin in your dorm room and growing increasingly anxious about it as the year goes on
nic cage more like nic is the rage
sustainability yo
thought experiments

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Oddities Of Buy/Sell/Trade At Barnard

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barnard
buy sell trade barnard
can we cop some of that nana bread pls
i hope darth vader made bank that night
not sure why that girl was selling the vader thing SO HARD... it seems pretty obvious that it's a great gig
ripped tights are so in
that bernie shirt tho
we wonder if some of this stuff is still available
what kinda uber driver was that? only a lil jealous

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Bucketlist: Gender And Motion Edition

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"engaging men" lol
bucket list
bwog is the american dream
gender and sexuality studies majors unite
jk that's not even the right name of the major
so much on gender this week seriously!

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Sick Bwog Meeting Tonight!

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bwog meeting tonight
coughing as we write this
don't touch me tbh
don't you miss the days when you could go outside without a coat?
germs
if we can get purell to sponsor this post then we're all set
ill
sick
we sure do
were we kidding about the hand sanitizer? maybe

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Foiled Again By Friedman’s

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flat top will still be #1 in our hearts apparently
forreal though this has been painful
friedman's
huuuuuuuge bush amiright
the bane of amsterdam is a pretty high title friedman's should be proud of that one
we have battle wounds
we tried so hard to give you guys a chance and you let us down again
we were all rooting for you tiffany
we've done nothing but be good to you....and also walk by obnoxiously on occasion
why you tryna block us out friedman's

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Bwoglines: We’re Worried About Your Safety Edition

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3/4 of these are pretty concerning tbh
because it's great
but honestly everything's gonna be fine
can't be cheery every week
don't worry be happy
keep calm and carry on
keep calm and invest in wind turbines
keep calm and watch that flight attendant video
oh well
sorry guys and gals
this week's bwoglines brought to you by negative nellie

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Our Monster Black Hole

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astrology
astronomy
black holes
black holes are real
gas
god
punk science kids
pupin is popping
science is cool!
stargazing canceled
stars
sucks for bahamas tho
sun
thank you to those who study the sky and explain it to us
the heavens
the sky is goth
wasn't even a real hurricane
we should all be astronomers

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