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Own A Piece of History

By Bwog Staff on Jul 10, 2011 16 Comments

In 1951, Columbia teamed up with Harvey Comics to produce an anti-drug comic book called “Trapped.” And now it’s on eBay. You have just 2 hours and 36 minutes left to bid on what the seller promises is a “fine condition copy of this scarce early anti-drug effort with light cover wear!”
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1020 on the Big Screen

By Bwog Staff on Jul 07, 2011 21 Comments

1020 groupies rejoice! That booth where you had one too many tinis is now famous. The latest prep school misfits movie, The Art of Getting By, stars Emma Roberts (the one from Aquamarine—which maybe made you tear up that one time) and the Wes Anderson look-alike from the trippy version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Isn’t […]
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#ShouldHaveAskedObama

By Bwog Staff on Jul 06, 2011 33 Comments

We were going to launch a campaign to round up all you summer readers and bring this urgent question to the President’s attention. Then the heat got the better of us or something, but it’s the thought that counts right?
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BunsenBwog: Summer of Science

By Bwog Staff on Jun 30, 2011 18 Comments

Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean science isn’t happening at Columbia! Scientists at Columbia are growing heart and bone tissue. An NPR reporter went to the lab, interviewed researchers, and made a really cool and informative video about it that includes footage of heart tissue beating like a real heart. Perhaps most amazing is the […]
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John Coatsworth To Be Interim Provost

By Bwog Staff on Jun 29, 2011 9 Comments

President Bollinger just sent out an email announcing that John Henry Coatsworth, current Dean of SIPA and owner of the name to end all names, will assume the duties of University Provost starting July 1. With the recent loss of Claude Steele to Stanford, Coatsworth will serve as Interim Provost until PrezBo and “a small […]
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Gay Marriage Is Legal In New York!

By Bwog Staff on Jun 29, 2011 30 Comments

A milestone for civil rights: gay marriage is now legal in New York! You can now claim to attend school in a “progressive” state. Last Friday night around 10 pm, news started leaking out: two Republican state Senators had just announced they would support the gay marriage bill in the NY State Senate. A few […]
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Overheard: Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent, Discomfort

By Bwog Staff on Jun 28, 2011 8 Comments

Two Joe employees examine the existential questions surrounding seafood-dish viscosity, in front of the new vending machines: ”I’m just uncomfortable with calling ceviche a soup.”       Image of a seafood dish that can’t be comfortably referred to as a soup via Wikimedia.  
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Carlos J. Alonso Steps Up As Dean of GSAS

By Bwog Staff on Jun 22, 2011 16 Comments

More boring-but-sorta-important administration news: PrezBo just sent word that Carlos J. Alonso, interim dean of GSAS since last September, will take on that position full time. Full email from ‘Bo below. Also, apparently, “Arts and Sciences always have been, and remain, central to our academic calling of pursuing answers.” So there’s that. Dear Fellow Members […]
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Operation Ivy League Hearing: Prosecution Wants Felony Plea, Defense Wants Diversion

By Bwog Staff on Jun 21, 2011 79 Comments

Today the five students arrested in Operation Ivy League had yet another court appearance, during which each was offered plea agreements by the prosecution, which all declined. Peter Sterne reports from the courtroom. The hearing began a few minutes past the scheduled start time, when the defendants and their attorneys walked to the front of […]
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Columbia Five Offered Plea Bargain, Declined It

By Bwog Staff on Jun 21, 2011 10 Comments

According to Bloomberg, the ADA offered each of the students arrested in the December drug bust plea bargains, and each of the students turned them down. David rejected an offer of one year in prison, the other four rejected offers for five years probation. The defense attorneys sought to divert their cases to treatment, rather […]
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What do you use your toothbrush for when you’re fantasizing about your thesis?

By Bwog Staff on Jun 20, 2011 37 Comments

A self-procalimed “sorority princess” finds unorthodox benefits to her Sonicare. In Daily Intel’s latest installment of their Sex Diary series, “the sorority girl with breast implants,” who hails from our very own Morningside Heights, shares her salacious stories. We (along with numerous tipsters) have deduced from the quips about Health Services’ unavailability and monogamy as […]
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Arrivederci, Campo! Ciao, Il Cibreo!

By Bwog Staff on Jun 17, 2011 22 Comments

Update: We at Bwog have written something of a Campo eulogy, so pour out some crappy beer in honor of our dearly departed and remember what once was: When a new restaurant called Campo first arrived in our humble Morningside Heights, we called it the “New Pertutti” and complained its Italian food was mediocre. Soon, […]
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Field Notes: Spring Break Edition

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Bacchantae And Brown Bear Necessities Perform On Low Steps

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Bucket List: We’re Back!

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Housing Lottery Numbers Released

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Bwoglines: Don’t Mess With Texas Edition

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Barnard Professor Catharine Nepomnyashchy Has Passed Away

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Bwog Out Presents: Bwog Weather

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Michael Gordon Makes A Nice Satellite

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