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Z.Y. Fu Passes Away

By Bwog Staff on Aug 26, 2011 3 Comments

Z.Y. Fu, the Chinese businessman and philanthropist who donated generously to Columbia University over the past 20 years, passed away yesterday. In 1990, Mr. Fu began his philanthropy by endowing a chair of applied mathematics at the Engineering school, where his brother-in-law taught as a professor. Three years later, he endowed a scholarship fund for […]

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A Look into the Policy and Planning Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 3 Comments

Moody-Adams’ reasons for resigning probably surrounded decisions made by the Policy and Planning Committee (PPC) of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Executive Vice President Nicholas Dirks focused his reaction to the dean’s condemnation of FAS on defending the PPC and stressing that whatever Moody-Adams found objectionable has not been set in stone. We’re […]

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Summer Reading: Is Your Degree Worth It?

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 26 Comments

Whether thoughts of the coming year bring joy or fear, recent months’ debate over the value of higher education should give you good reason to have second thoughts. Bwog daily editor Matt Schantz reviews the literature. Richard Heffner, host of PBS’s Open Mind, began an interview with former Dean Moody-Adams with a provocative quote form MiMoo […]

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Oh, The Places You Come From And The Things You Do Here

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 11 Comments

This morning, all of the COÖP students left for untamed nature outside the city. NSOP doesn’t start until Monday. But it’s not all bad news! Today is the move-in day for ISOP, the International Students (Pre-) Orientation Program. ISOP started last year as a pilot program meant to give international students a few extra days […]

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Raining on NSOP’s Parade: Convocation Canceled and COÖP Curtailed

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 18 Comments

In case you weren’t aware, there’s a pretty big rainstorm that’s going to hit the northeast this weekend, just in time for NSOP. Bwog has been mystified by the Weather Channel the past few days (Seriously! 24 hours devoted just to weather! What is this madness) and really, the coming Hurricane Irene is no joke. […]

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The Very Hungry ATM

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 6 Comments

Like a fuzzy caterpillar wrapping itself into a cocoon, Lerner’s Citibank outpost asked us to pardon its appearance for a few weeks this summer while it was busy becoming a butterfly. Our shiny new friend has finally emerged from behind those temporary walls and fluttered its wings for the first time. The butterfly/bank, featuring updated […]

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Columbia Drug Ring Has Cable TV Premiere

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 7 Comments

With a plot ripped from the headlines, Monday’s episode of Weeds brought the hunky Hunter Parrish up to our Morningside Heights campus to confront the leader of a fictionalized Columbia drug ring. Though, the stock footage of campus appears to be outdated. Does anyone remember when exactly we had recycling bins like that?

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Worse Than A Hangover

By Bwog Staff on Aug 25, 2011 10 Comments

To the lad that fellow ale-sipper-cum-tipster Amanda Gutterman spotted last night: That splitting pain in your head is actually from 1020’s massive front window that you plowed into.

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The Moody-Adams Retrospective

By Bwog Staff on Aug 24, 2011 14 Comments

Michele Moody-Adams may have only been dean for a scant two years, but she has undoubtedly made her mark in Columbia history. Bwog’s Peter Sterne takes us through the short time she spent as Dean of Columbia College. When Michele Moody-Adams was first named as Columbia College’s new dean in February 2009, The New York […]

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Meet QuickTix

By Bwog Staff on Aug 24, 2011 1 Comments

So you spent all summer preoccupied with supplying your dorm room with the essentials and choosing a side in the Great Printer Debate and now have no clue what to do in the city for cheap. Worry not, freshperson, that’s what Bwog is here for. Meet the Ticket and Information Center, aka The TIC, one […]

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Making Your Cell a Home: Roomhop Highlights

By Bwog Staff on Aug 24, 2011 9 Comments

In our RoomHop feature, Bwog indulges its dream to host an HGTV show. We hope these pics from past rooms inspire intrepid designers. You can totally get more original than that Audrey Hepburn poster. Observe! Click the links to read the full RoomHops. Will Hughes, CC’13, John Jay: Patrick Han and Shao-Wen Ang, Watt

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COÖP Is Here!

By Bwog Staff on Aug 24, 2011 9 Comments

The newest freshpersons have arrived on campus! Look at them luxuriating in the shade of this Convocation tent and probably preparing to sing Roar, Lion, Roar and eat only hummus for four days. They head out to the woods tomorrow to make the best friends anyone on has ever had in the history of the […]

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March Madness: Season Of (Unrequited) Love

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a columbia kid trying to care about sports
all the great love stories start and end with basketball brackets
march madness as a time of loss
preemptive acknowledgement that yes you do like basketball
the closest thing you'll find to an official columbia bracket

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Bwoglines: Relics Of A Bygone Era Edition

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bowg knows what a frat is
bwog issues blackberries to all staffers
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clever captions
is night vision even from the past
they don't even sell lettuce
yeah that doesn't quite work

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Official Bacchanal Board Announcement

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bacchanal board announcement
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CCSC, ABC, SGA Approve Funds For Additional Bacchanal Lawn Tickets

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Conspiracy Theory: Ba-curse-anal Edition

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All of your friends are in the cult and don't want to invite you
Bailinson's second wish was that we could all just get along
Bwog: proud supporter of yellow journalism since 1964 when the commies started polluting our water supply
Mr. Section also enjoys chasing pigeons to tell them they aren't as good as they were when he was a first year
so many bwog conspiracies

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Quiz: Which Columbia Sports Team Are You?

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bwog knows you love a good quiz
bwogsports
by taking this quiz you agree to attend at least one game of your assigned sport
quizzes: so much easier than self reflection
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Bwoglines: People Talk About Columbia Sometimes Edition

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Bwog expects armed guards when it returns as an alum
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important alums make us feel important too
It's okay professor; we know the headline wasn't yours
Of course when they talk about us they joke about how we don't know sports people

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Student Council Responses To Bacchanal Proposal

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