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Bwoglines: Ruffling Feathers Edition

By Bwog Staff on Sep 20, 2010 1 Comments

Etthiopian Prime Minister Zenawi, who allegedly detained political opponents and intimidated voters at the polls, is coming here. Some get offended; others say it opens up “academic space” for discussion. Tensions ensue in the Spec comment thread. (Spec) Ahmadinejad, Take Two. (NyPost) Divided Dems plan to go all out against the G.O.P by focusing on […]

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Bucket List: Super Big Deal People Are Here This Week Edition

By Bwog Staff on Sep 20, 2010 3 Comments

One of the greatest perks of an Ivy League education is having all sorts of guest lecturers and talks hosted right on campus. Yet many of these great talks are not publicized enough. Enter Bucket List, a weekly feature that aggregates these events in a single location that will hopefully make you realize, like Bwog […]

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A Sadly Accurate METaphor

By Bwog Staff on Sep 20, 2010 8 Comments

Bwog’s Dad jokes that he married Bwog’s Mom because she had memorized the entire lineup of the ’69 Mets . If only that were still something to be proud of…

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Smoking Should Be Only Sort of Banned

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 23 Comments

As we speak the Tobacco Working Group, a committee of students, faculty and administrators, is presenting their recommendations and very long report [PDF] to CCSC. Briefly, the group recommends that the university establish (and actually enforce) a “consistent distance rule” delineating a radius around Morningside campus buildings where you can’t smoke. Details to come! Update […]

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From the Issue: Tell the Teacher They’re Surfing

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 6 Comments

The first issue of The Blue and White has landed on campus! In today’s selection, Mariela Quintana investigates the trials of Columbia’s urban surfers. If you want to surf in college, you go to the University of Hawaii or one of the University of California campuses. You don’t come to Columbia to ride the pipe. […]

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BwogWeather Episode 1: The Weather Is Lovely

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 23 Comments

Hi, guys. This is the first installation of our weekly Bwog weather report. It’s sort of a trailer, as you’ll see from the critical acclaim in the video. We’ll be doing this every week, and Pat Blute, who you may know as Dean Quigley from V115, or as the generally incredibly funny and nice dude […]

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Bwog’s Second-First Meeting of the Year!

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 0 Comments

Hello, Tonight the second Bwog meeting of the year is happening at 7 PM in the Student Government Office on the Broadway side of Lerner 5. “But what if I missed last week’s meeting,” you ask. “Is it too late?” “No,” says Bwog, “you should definitely come to this meeting. There will be free food, […]

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Passport To Columbia In Pictures

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 0 Comments

By all accounts, Passport to Columbia was a treat and a half. Photos by Hans Hyttinen (on behalf of CUPS) and Meredith Moore.

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Jeff Sachs, On The Radio

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 4 Comments

The sought-after economist was spotted yesterday during an interview for WNYC/BBC/PRI’s “The Takeaway” in the cozy nook of our very own Starbucks. Photo by Jon Hill

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Yes, People Actually Read Those

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 55 Comments

Procrastinating instead of reading Politics, Bwog was scrolling aimlessly through the sidebar of its iTunes library when “FREE WEEZY” caught its eye. Thus a quest began, and Bwog has spent the last weeks feverishly scrolling through iTunes and checking available Wi-Fi networks for the cleverest and most outlandish. If you think we missed a good […]

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Free Food!

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 1 Comments

Head over to the Harmony mezzanine lounge right now for free bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice. Hurry before it runs out!

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Bwoglines: Clashes and Collisions

By Bwog Staff on Sep 19, 2010 0 Comments

A bicycle collided with this dude, and now he’s speaking out. (City Room) Steve Jobs clashed with a Long Island University student. A snarky email exchange ensued. (NY Mag) Man vs. Cannoli at the Feast of San Gennaro (WSJ) Brooklyn residents are battling opossums. Brooklyn opossums are battling rats. (NY Post) Image via Wikimedia Commons

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Found: Driver’s License

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Sweater Weather Beckons

Bwog Staff 23

#sweaterweather
giving in to inherent douchiness
in case you forgot we're part of this thing called the ivy league
preppiness
pretention
princeton imports
sweaters
you know you secretly want one
you won't destroy this sweater or leave it lying on the floor

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Bwoglines: Sort of Catching Fire Edition

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bwog's prepared for the hunger games
bwoglines
selfies
selfies in the news
that cool thing when you could have bought a literal island instead of going to college and fulfilled that one dream wherein you are an eccentric painter type who might have a cute dog and definitely

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Recent, Close, Scary Crime Alert

Bwog Staff 23

glad the student wasn't hurt
public safety alert
yikes

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Field Notes: Week Of 11/14-11/17

Bwog Staff 4

#nocomment
1020 flawless as ever
bright pink neon cowboy boots for the win
butt butler but
bwog is your telescope
can we get that sheet music
crazy times
field notes
insomnia strikes again
notes from the field
when you're too drunk to remember bwog remembers for you

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PE Madness: Semifinals & Finals

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basketball
bracketology
fencing
finals
fun with markers
ok we're done here
pe madness
pilates for The Core
polls
say no to running

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Bwog Sports: Hitting Gold With The Foil

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bwog fangirls
bwog gets winded on the hamilton stairs
bwog sports
david najem
fencing
Jackie Dubrovich
jacob sienko
no better pun than a fencing pun
we hear the columbia fencing team is pretty good

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CULPA Is Down

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ah if only we had open course evaluations
culpa
help us help you
helping yourself while helping others
omg this level in the ps2 game was so hard
poor faramir
registration ain't as bad as the siege of minas tirith so calm down everyone

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