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LectureHop: Simon Schama Exists Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 05, 2011 5 Comments

On Thursday night, Simon Schama, University Professor and renowned intellectual about town, delivered the first half of a two-part public lecture, “Obama’s America: War.” Victoria Wills was there to witness the elusive history legend! The day I was accepted into Columbia, my high school History teacher congratulated me by yelling down the hallway: “Get me […]

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Boringside Heights: The Super Bowl Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 05, 2011 2 Comments

In case you don’t follow sports (though we prefer the term “athletically apathetic”), the Super Bowl is tomorrow, and Morningside Heights is rising to the occasion. If you know about any other Super Bowl-themed deals, let us know in the comments! In other news, CCSC President Learned Foote broke the handle of the door to […]

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LectureHop: Inside the Wikileaks Story

By Bwog Staff on Feb 05, 2011 1 Comments

Radically transparent Bwog correspondent Alex Jones reports from yesterday’s panel discussion on Wikileaks, which featured Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times , and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian . Audience members flew around the digital world on their phones–likely checking for the latest updates and videos from the democratic unrest in Egypt–as […]

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Generation Y Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 05, 2011 9 Comments

These times, they are a-changin’. Saturday Morning Cartoons keeps you up to date on cutting edge technology. Now if only there were an app for recording your night, post-blackout… Cartoons by Jody Zellman

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Car Crash at 116th and Broadway

By Bwog Staff on Feb 05, 2011 10 Comments

Earlier this morning, a Tom Cat Bakery truck and taxi cab collided on 116th St and Broadway. The taxi’s passengers have been taken to the hospital, but bystanders report that the situation doesn’t look too grim. Unplowed snow appears to be the culprit in this incident. The crash-induced traffic has cleared, but bulldozers have now […]

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Bwoglines: Law and Order Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 05, 2011 1 Comments

Floridita (you know, that Cuban restaurant that was relocated due to Manhattanville expansion) is suing Columbia University for moving it to a building contaminated with asbestos. This isn’t the first of Columbia’s asbestos-related issues. (Village Voice) Starbucks’ new 31-ounce Trenta cup can hold an entire bottle of wine. Oh, the possibilities! (Eater) A Connecticut pot […]

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Did You Mean: how do you turn a guy on

By Bwog Staff on Feb 04, 2011 30 Comments

Now there’s something unexpected from Columbia’s new home page. Bwog cartoonist extraordinaire Jody Zellman pointed out to us that if you are choosey enough with your words, you can get some very interesting results from the home page’s search box that now has an autocomplete feature. People have been having fun with Google‘s autocomplete for years, but […]

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#gettingtoknow

By Bwog Staff on Feb 04, 2011 6 Comments

Bwog’s kinda fascinated by the 140-character nuggets of wisdom dispensed from PrezBo’s twitter. We even tried tweeting him once… it was awkward. Anywho, PrezBo’s not the only Twitter-ing Columbian. You can finally stalk these professors in a socially acceptable way by “following” them. Twitters ahoy! P.S. Follow us too! Shamus Khan (Sociology) Recent tweets: “I […]

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Cooking with Bwog: 3 Ways to Say “I Love You”

By Bwog Staff on Feb 04, 2011 4 Comments

Need a special something for that special someone on a special budget? Let Bwog’s chocolatier extraordinaire Matt Powell show you how to make sweets for your sweetheart! We’re approaching that dreaded time of the year. It’s the most stressful time for a boyfriend— treating him/her to something special and out-of-the-ordinary, and of course finding the […]

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Tales from Farmville: Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm

By Bwog Staff on Feb 04, 2011 6 Comments

As of now, Roaming Acres Ostrich Farm has no ostrich eggs—the two on display are hollow with holes drilled at the top. Few people but Lou, who has been in the ostrich business for 12 years, have any reason to know this, but we are not in ostrich season right now. As Bwog learned from […]

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Egypt Update

By Bwog Staff on Feb 04, 2011 3 Comments

Bwog just received the following email from Robert Hornsby, Director of Media Relations at Columbia. We’re glad everyone made it out safely! A number of University offices worked diligently in collaboration to assist members of the Columbia community with travel arrangements from Egypt, and we are happy to report that to the best of our […]

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New York is Urban Once Again!

By Bwog Staff on Feb 04, 2011 8 Comments

Urban New York returns! After its unfortunate cancellation last semester, the Student Affairs sponsored program is back to “spice up Columbia students’ social lives with the sights and sounds of the Big Apple.” Urban New York offers the opportunity to win tickets to see all those “cultural city events” you decided you would get to […]

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Give Us Your Wisdom

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before you fly away from columbia just like that owl or hawkma
friends romans countrymen
give us your wisdom
let the tears flow
owls can turn their heads all the way around and so can we
Pallas Athena
senior wisdom
veesh take note
were bwog's senior wisdoms ever dispensed by wise
wisdom is such a weird word if you look at it
wise as fuck
wizened seniors

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EventHop: SupercalifragilisticexpialidOrchesis

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dance dance we're falling apart to half time yes fall out boy sundays are hard ok
did u guys know beyoncé is in word dictionary now
entered Roone tremulously when do you not enter roone tremulously
orchesis
ppl who r cooler than u
preternaturally flexible
SO MUCH BEYONCE ALWAYS BEYONCÉ
SupercalifragilisticexpialidOrchesis did we spell that right probs not
turtleneck crop tops love them but WHAT PURPOSE/SEASON DO YOU SERVE
wanted to write ~*~metaphor~*~ but not sure if appropriate

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Bwog Meeting: Save Yourself!

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any reason to link to a reefer madness clip
bwog is not your mother
bwog meeting announcement
free snacks and friends!

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Columbia Is A Venerated Ivy League Institution

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#tbt not on a thursday
4/20
an extra dose of self-loathing
blunts in butler please comment on this <3
but how did they get away with all that beer on the steps?
conservatives have always been lurking outside the gates so watch out
disco sucks
the billowy beach of low steps
things that harsh mellows
venerated ivy league institution
we are all special snowflakes here
we are the kids your parents warned you about
we should really repost that cooking with bwog post about the brownies

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“The Meanest, Rottenest Landlord”: CAGe Leads Discussion On Manhattanville

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bwog is not the only source for the scandalous lives of manhattan's elite
campus issues
coalition against gentrification
columbia as a "ruthless real estate giant"
columbia's damn PR image
manhattanville
new york vs columbia

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Bucket List: Venezuela, Rocket Science, Janet Mock, Stretch Johnson

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a lotta history events
bucket list
hardened hearts with hope for the future
janet mock
NASA is awesome
upcoming events

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Bwoglines: Holding Down The Fort Edition

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also a subtle happy 4/20
bwog wants to be a de blasio kid
bwoglines
liberals and stuff
spring has come and gone like 8 times already
that is my favorite Columbia nickname
university of havana north strikes again

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Skootch Comedy: As Awkward As They Are Hilarious

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buzzfeed users might be more in need of an intervention than buzzfeed the dude
Dog Lady is some seriously terrifying material
I NEED to take that quiz "Which disney princess would you be if they were all Harry Potter characters living in the Doctor Who universe?"
It's all worth it in Early Decision
Luke Mones got himself a tag
Skootch Comedy
where did that martini come from?

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