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ESC: Now You See It, Now You Don’t

By Bwog Staff on Feb 22, 2011 25 Comments

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC Meeting. As it stands, Barnard will be “kicked out of LionShare” after June. Barnard will set up its own system. Student Service Representative Lisa Mack reports Housing may get rid of the ROLM phone system and reallocate the money for “more pressing needs” since “everyone uses their cell […]

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High Police Presence Only a Drill

By Bwog Staff on Feb 22, 2011 7 Comments

Bwog received a tip this morning noting unusually high police presence outside of Barnard at 116th and Broadway–inlcuding police dogs and armed officers. Upon visiting the scene, Bwog learned that the city had run an anti-terror drill. Police arrived at the 116th street subway as if responding to a bomb threat. The University is not […]

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Last Day for Everyone but SEAS to Drop a Class

By Bwog Staff on Feb 22, 2011 5 Comments

That’s right, Columbia College, Barnard, and GS, today is your last chance to drop that class you thought looked interesting until you realized there was a three page response due every week. UPDATE: A tipster informs Bwog that EA Sports is giving away a free Snoop concert to the college with the most votes on […]

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Bwoglines: 1984 Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 22, 2011 1 Comments

Columbia law professor Eben Moglen believes the Freedom Box, a small server meant for personal use, can keep the internet out from under the watchful eye of Big Brother. (NYT) Winston Stephen A. Smith thinks Melo can catapult the Knicks back to relevance. Now they just have Jay-Z and the Nets to deal with, and […]

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LectureHop: Arianna Huffington, Joan Didion and the Speccies

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 14 Comments

Print journalism enthusiasts Claire Sabel and Carolyn Ruvkun scored invites to CSAAD, Columbia Spectator’s Annual Awards Dinner, held this year at the Columbia Club in midtown. Speccies schmoozed, Arianna Huffington charmed, and hobnobbing ensued. “Journalism is not a spectator sport,” declared Arianna Huffington. It was an unfortunate choice of words, since the media mogul was […]

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They’re Watching

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 16 Comments

To those who studied in Butler 210 last night— you were being watched! The reason for filming is not nearly as sinister and panopticonny as it seems. A JSchooler was getting some stock footage for a documentary about a sober house built specifically for college students. She’s investigating what drives students to alcoholism, and plans to […]

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Chronicles of Existentialism: Nussbaum & Wu

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 4 Comments

“Myth opens the door to a world that cannot be predicted and controlled, where truth is more amorphous, multifaceted, relative, pluralistic.” – David N. Elkins

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In Defense of Ethernet

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 23 Comments

Bwog is a champion of the people. We save cats from trees, we give you free food, we defend the lowliest, saddest, most seemingly indefensible parts of our fair campus. We’ve tackled Wien, Famiglias, and the Freshman Fifteen. In response to a recent CUIT push for wireless to replace ethernet, Zoe Camp takes on the haters and gives you a […]

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BucketList: Bodies and Embodiment Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 0 Comments

Bucket List represents the unbelievable intellectual privilege and luxury we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus that will hopefully make you realize how lucky we are to be here. Our recommendations for this week are below and the full […]

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Look Alive, The Prospies Have Arrived

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 37 Comments

Flocks of prospective students clutter campus in celebration of Presidents’ Day. It’s rumored that the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee expects “mega tours” this week. Makes you feel sentimental, don’t it?

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CCSC: New Routes to Olde Ends Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 5 Comments

CCSC deliberates. Brian Wagner reports. The council once again discussed a streamlined, multi-council uniform cosponsorship committee after hearing presentations from the treasurers of the three other student councils, which have all passed the measure. The proposed committee would cut a lot of red tape, saving the sanity of councils and applicants alike. CCSC proposed a revised resolution. The Council […]

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Spring is Fickle

By Bwog Staff on Feb 21, 2011 15 Comments

While you slept a slushpocalypse swept away the spring that almost was:

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Use Your Computer For Actual Educational Purposes With MOOCs

Courtney Couillard 4

"the civil war was CRAZY"
ccnmtl
civil war and stuff
if these people can do all this work in butler then you can finish your essay
moocs are the new tech trend right after yik yak
rockstars all up in this place
what a time to be alive
wouldn't it be nice if all our classes were online?

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Overseen: Jurassic (Riverside) Park

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"Lord of light come to us in the our darkness. We offer you these false gods. Take them and cast your light upon us for the night is dark and full of terrors."
a psa kind of
Hodor the pterodactyl - lord of light
investigative journalism
land before time references
public safety
THE NIGHT IS DARK AND FULL OF TERRORS

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They’re Watching (Out for You): Increasing Security And Surveillance At Columbia University (Part 2)

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"No University policy represents a contract"
"The Cloud"
Alma runs this show
cuit
public safety
the man
the Patriot Act/National Security Entry-Exit Registration System

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Real Talk With Columbia Sloth

Bwog Staff 4

columbia sloth
free the moz sticks
god bless the fact we have this sloth
real talk with sloth
slothy intentions
there's a little bit of sloth in us all
when is prezbo going to let us change our mascot from a lion to a sloth?
who is sloth though??

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Bwoglines: Protest This Edition

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columbia students love to protest
Have you had your daily protest yet?
it's illegal to protest in NYC
low steps
may the riotous spirit of the 60s protesters be with you this week
POLEMIC COLUMBIA
Protest time
the sundial
town hall

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They’re Watching (Out for You): Increasing Security And Surveillance At Columbia University

Julia 13

getting to know public safety
glad to know columbia wants to take care of us sometimes
investigative journalism
the blue and white
they're always watching you
they're reading all your emails to mom asking for a care package

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SGA: No Ways of Knowing Featuring Provost Bell

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all rules are written in old books
Chosen generation: those who follow will praise or damn you
Nine Ways of Reforming
sga
sga 2015

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#TBT: Ghosts Of the Past

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#tbt
all is vanity but some of us are better at it than others
Alma: such a bad influence
bwog gets (vaguely) biblical
they procrastinated in classy ties though
they say at nights you can still hear them sobbing (but that might just be the froshes)

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