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Year in Review: 2009-2010

By Bwog Staff on May 23, 2010 21 Comments

Let’s do this. OK, there were controversies: The Study Days Debacle, the Meal Plan Shitshow, the McBain Conflagration ’10, Gender Neutral (Open) Housing, another possible SSN breach, the gross things living in Pinnacle; there were new friends: the Vag, coyotes, Sarkozy, falafel (everywhere!), a new beau for Hawkma; there was an insane snowball fight, a […]

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Even Better than “Balloon Boy”

By Bwog Staff on May 20, 2010 26 Comments

Purposeless after finals, Bwog stumbled across video of Joey Goldberg singing the national anthem at this year’s Commencement. It brought a tear to even our most cynical of eyes. Here’s the official University footage of Commencement 2010. Joey starts singing at about 45 seconds in. The university’s official Youtube channel is full of videos from […]

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More Meryl!

By Bwog Staff on May 19, 2010 35 Comments

For those of you curious/already preparing to relive your graduation, here’s the full transcript of Meryl Streep’s speech at Barnard Commencement. Thank you, all. Thank you, President Spar, Ms. Golden, President Tilghman, Members of the Board of Trustees, distinguished faculty, proud swelling parents and family, and gorgeous class of 2010. If you are all really, […]

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Commencement 2010: The End

By Bwog Staff on May 19, 2010 21 Comments

Photos by Hans Hyttinen

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Kitchen Cabinet Goes 2D

By Bwog Staff on May 18, 2010 10 Comments

The second most popular Columbia band to graduate between 2006 and 2010, The Kitchen Cabinet, has made a music video. The lovely and preemptively nostalgia-inducing video for “Dogwood” was filmed by Victor Suarez, CC’11 during a set at an EC townhouse party. The video was based on the excellent “Take-Away Concerts” from Blogotheque, each worth […]

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Campus Is A Soggy Zoo/It’s Over

By Bwog Staff on May 18, 2010 16 Comments

Every single member of the Columbia Class of 2010- that’s CC, SEAS, GS, BC, JSchool, BSchool, Law School is officially graduating right now. They are joined by approximately ten million family members and friends braving the truly nasty weather. At last, a justification for the tents. Photos to come, but in the meantime, in case […]

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BC Graduates: Meryl Streep Edition

By Bwog Staff on May 18, 2010 13 Comments

Hannah Goldstein watched 2010 graduate and saw Meryl Streep. Delights! How do you make students forget about a change in Class Day location and the threat of cooties? Distract them! The Barnard class of 2010’s new claim to bragging rights seems to have done the trick, and all senior faces were happy faces on this […]

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That’s All, Folks!

By Bwog Staff on May 17, 2010 35 Comments

Meryl and friends wrap up the last undergrad graduation this afternoon. More pictures and words from Barnard Commencement to follow.

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CC Class Day: 1968! Plus Graduating

By Bwog Staff on May 17, 2010 10 Comments

Eliza Shapiro woke up so early for CC Class Day. Liz Naiden was late but she is forgiven, just this once. Their report follows. If you have pictures, video or overheards from this Class Day or any other, send em in using our tips form. Bwog guesstimates that it took 3.66 rounds of “Pomp and […]

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What’s That Chanting?

By Bwog Staff on May 17, 2010 10 Comments

2010, if you’re reading this in the middle of PrezBo’s speech, you kids look great out there. Want to know what that chanting was during MiMoo’s speech? About 30 construction workers were protesting CBA (Community Benefits Agreement) which will be, according to its Blogspot, “a private contract between a developer and a community coalition that […]

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SEAS 2010 Commences

By Bwog Staff on May 17, 2010 9 Comments

Hans Hyttinen gives you the highlights of the SEAS ’10 Class Day. This year’s SEAS Class Day was marked, as is the norm, by a number of speeches, both funny and inspiring. Seth Davidovits and Rodney Chang delivered the valedictory and salutatory addresses, respectively. Met with general approval, their speeches were interesting and humorous—especially Seth’s, […]

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Senior Wisdom: The Bwog Staff

By Bwog Staff on May 16, 2010 15 Comments

And now for our final installment (phew!) of Senior Wisdom, we present to you our dearly near-departed Bwog and Blue & White seniors: Bwog and B&W editor emerita Juli Weiner and Bwog Editor emeritus James Downie, B&W managing editor and former daily editor Alexandra M., Hawkmadinejad editor Courtney D., and B&W senior editor Menachem Kaiser. […]

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Lost: Guatemalan Wallet

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Tree Lights Going Up On College Walk

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can we have the trees lit year round instead of streetlights
college walk
hard hat really?
tree lighting

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Falling Skies: The Destruction Continues

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bwog is cranky
bwog is histrionic
halloween is over people
no ceiling no problem
that awkward moment when you're on the toilet and the roof caves in
the sky is falling and not in a cool way
they even have a bathroom etiquette flowchart for pete's sake
this isn't supposed to happen right?

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The Tom’s Documentary

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bwog usually avoids tom's
cue seinfeld references
hey that's right down the street
movies love us this week!

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Lawns Go Into Hibernation

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ch-ch-ch-changes
gonna go watch planet earth grasslands episode now
tarps
winter

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From the Issue: Curio Columbiana

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curio columbiana
from the issue
the blue and white

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Election Day

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at least bloomberg's finally out
columbia political union
election holiday isn't just for partying
have you done your campaigning this weekend?
new york city politics
reason for the season
reasons to get out of bed

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Print@CU, Spec, and Privacy Concerns

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bwog tech
it's not paranoia if they're out to get you
it's the illuminati
more shout outs to sam aarons
Print@CU
sam aarons
trust.

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