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Center for Palestine Studies Opens Today

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2010 8 Comments

At 7:30PM today in 309 Havemeyer, the Center for Palestine Studies (CPS) will be publicly launched. In keeping with our Edward Said-worshipping “bastion of academic freedom” reputation, this development will make Columbia the first university in the country to house a center for Palestinian studies. The creation of CPS honors Columbia professor of forty years […]

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Bwoglines: Haters Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 07, 2010 4 Comments

Not everyone appreciates Kravis’ $100 million donation to the B-School…like bitter journalists and starving babies in Africa. (Gawker) The New Haven police are crazy! Their riot-appropriate raiding methods are a tad harsh for a Yale off-campus party. (NYT) James Franco. In drag. Need we say more? (TVGuide) Though the 1 train has failed us many a […]

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RoomHop: Plato’s Dialectical Method of Decorating Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 16 Comments

Sometimes Bwog hops lectures. Sometimes we hop rooms. This is an example of the latter, courtesy of Ariel Levin. If you think your swanky pad is worthy, email us at tips@bwog.com. There are three kinds of posters that attack your eyes and validate every cliché about college males as you enter their dorm rooms. They […]

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Free Things in Hartley: Not Just Quarters!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 5 Comments

A few weeks ago we realized that you could kinda-sorta get free quarters from Hartley. Mahima Chablani found some other party favors at the Hospitality Desk: The Hospitality Desk is currently giving away stylin’ plastic ponchos to save us from this ugly weather. Students can also sign out space heaters fo’ free, which must be returned by […]

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Free Food: Long Event Names Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 3 Comments

Lots of free eats tonight, folks. Get some while it lasts. Skip dinner, eat liquid nitrogen ice cream! It’s like science, or something. Meet up at the Lerner ramps at 6-8pm. Finally, more food at the Columbia Harlem Business Connection Information Session, in Hamilton 507, at 8pm. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Tutoring Scam!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 0 Comments

Public Safety released an alert today concerning a tutoring scam, by which tutors offering their services on Craigslist might be fleeced. Full email below. Attached is the Crime Prevention News Letter mentioned. Dear Public Safety Friends, Public Safety has received information from one of the local banks of a “Tutoring Scam” targeting several students who answered […]

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Traveling Pants?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 7 Comments

Hygienic tipster Katheryn Thayer noticed this unhappy note at the laundry machines. Perhaps it is not as biting as past informal laundry notices, but Bwog applauds all means of pants retrieval.

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QuickTix: Once Again

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 7 Comments

Today is an alternating Wednesday. So welcome back to QuickTix! Remember the TIC? Remember that you said you wanted to see New York? Tickets sold for on campus events this week: 990 On campus events on sale now: 7th Annual Guria Benefit: October 9th @ 6:30pm, Roone, $10, Tickets. The Physicists: October 21st @ 3pm […]

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Urban New York Cancelled for Fall

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 13 Comments

Urban New York, that lovely SDA program which gives you a chance at free tickets, has been canceled for the fall semester. It will restart Friday, February 18th. Bwog is waiting on comment from the director of the program. Full email sent to all Barnard students as part of Barnard CAO below. Urban New York […]

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George Soros on the Financial Crisis, Debt, and Other Stories

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 0 Comments

George Soros is currently the chairman of the hedge fund group Soros Fund Management, and is well known for his philanthropic support of liberal causes. Soros spoke at length about financial recovery, about what governments did right–and what they did wrong. He was introduced by Professor Joseph Stiglitz, who also quietly interpreted each question asked […]

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Bwoglines: Safest Sex Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 06, 2010 8 Comments

Trojan ranked us number one in safe sex among universities. (Gothamist) Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and Preservation students win contest, redesign Long island. (Inhabitat) New York Public Schools get Google Apps, before we do. (WSJ) Next year, you can text your friends from some subway stations. (Telegraph) Financial aid forms are […]

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Lost: Tom Ford Sunglasses

By Bwog Staff on Oct 05, 2010 0 Comments

They have the name of the style, “Martine,” engraved inside them. The frame is tortoise shell and the bit over the nose is silver.

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Columbia’s Ever-changing Bureaucracy

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add/drop
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ch-ch-ch-changes
Columbia
dean's list
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A Study of Techniques For Removing Snow From Shoes

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boots
freudian slips
fuck the snow sometimes
maybe we should all just carry hair dryers/mops
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Overheard: Frohdian Slip

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contemporary civilization
freud is a homeboy
freudian slips
overheard
virginia woolf loves those three dots
wait till he reads Humé and Can't

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Special Interest Communities Applications Are Open

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application
come join us at the future bwog house
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Bwoglines: In With The New Edition

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2014 is keeping it cool
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cue jokes with janus and anus
if we had a school uniform we should consult with the norwegians
when will casinos accept flex

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In Which We Shower A CNN Reporter With Snowballs

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BWOG NEVER SLEEPS
riots
serious reporting
snowball fights
snowverseens
the biggest riot since 68
those crazy college kids are still awake at 10pm

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Boringside: You Maybe Noticed These

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all these shiny new things to get covered in snow and ice now
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ch-ch-changes
not sure what's happening in John Jay
the fancy signs really add some ambiance to the drab fluorescent lighting
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While You Slept…Columbia Basketball Kicked Ass

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bwog is confused by athleticism
goodness gracious great balls of fire
like ole momma bwog always says "kick butts take names"
men's basketball
they're playing basketball lol remember that song from Like Mike

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