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Saving Mothers presents A Walk to Beautiful

By Bwog Staff on Apr 21, 2010 0 Comments

Wednesday, April 21 8-9:30 PM 424 Kent Saving Mothers will be hosting a movie screening of A Walk to Beautiful, a 2009 Emmy Award-winning documentary about the lives of five Ethiopian women affected by obstetric fistula, a severe medical condition caused by failed childbirth. The condition, which causes women to leak urine and become incontinent, often […]

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Mel’s Burger Bar Is The New Tomo

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 10 Comments

But what is Mel’s Burger Bar? It’s not even on teh Googles! Bwog hopes they have burgers like this. We’ll keep you posted on when Mel will officially open when we get word. Thanks to Mariela Quintana for the bovine-tip.

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Windows Into Columbia’s Soul

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 19 Comments

With only a month of school left, this is a sad time for many seniors, who look around them and can’t help but feel waves of nostalgia issuing from all corners of this revered, and remarkably architecturally homogeneous campus. Soon-to-be graduate David Roche sent us this gem, and we were so touched that we thought […]

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Today In Paradise

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 4 Comments

Is it just Bwog or is everything really pink? Photos by AB, CCS and HEH

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What? PrezBo Wrote A Book?

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 2 Comments

It’s true! Lee himself will be speaking about his new book, answering questions and signing copies at an event tonight at Faculty House at 6 – that’s soon! Hurry up and register here for great hair, hors d’oeuvres and “light refreshments.” Photo via Columbia

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SGA Roundup: Post-Housing

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 4 Comments

Bwog’s dedicated SGA Correspondent Caitlin Lynch reports from last night’s proceedings, primarily concerned with the improved housing selection process, areas of further improvement, and summer renovations. Annie Aversa, Associate Dean of Campus and Residential Life came to discuss changes in Barnard housing. This year, instead of waiting on different lines for different buildings, the process […]

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Frontiers of Science: John Jay

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 39 Comments

Full disclosure: Your correspondent, Carolyn Ruvkun, lives on John Jay 11. Though she did not participate in the project described below, she is inclined to defend her floor mates and their shenanigans. On Sunday afternoon, a few badass residents of John Jay decided to construct a string-and-cup telephone between rooms on opposites sides of the […]

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General Selection Has Begun!

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 12 Comments

Starting at 12 today, those most blessed by the housing gods began logged on to the Star Rez portal at their appointed registration times. The process will continue until 4:27 this afternoon, so make sure not to miss your appointment! You can check your appointment time by UNI or by priority. Since Columbia will constantly […]

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More Ways To Spend Money Without Leaving Campus

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 0 Comments

A long line of vendors peddling apparel and accessories has assembled along the west side of the Van Am Quad. In case you were wondering they comprise the Red Balloon Craft Fair, which is also hosting a huge buffet next door. Among the motley wares, Bwog noticed a pretty decent used CD stand, a selection […]

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Vision in Three Dimensions Courtesy of Bacchanal

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 3 Comments

Tonight at 8pm, Chewbacchanal presents a 3D screening of Coraline. The have a limited supply of 300 3D glasses, so Bwog suggests you arrive early, (or else make your own.) Earth Co. and SEEJ will be there by 7pm selling baked goods and giving out some free things.Earth Co. has put together a short film […]

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As Smelled on College Walk…

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 6 Comments

UPDATED (12:45): Chicken and Rice is coming to College Walk this evening, courtesy of CU-GEAS. Order here by noon for a 9$ platter to be served next to tonight’s Chewbacchanal event. From 11am to 6pm, Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the Columbia Iranian Students Association are hosting a joint bake sale featuring brownies and […]

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Bwoglines: What’s Going On Today Edition

By Bwog Staff on Apr 20, 2010 2 Comments

Columbia professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the journalism, law, philosophy and geography categories. Portable showers were provided for travelers stranded at JFK, desperate for hygiene. (Gothamist) Doormen all over the city are poised to strike. (NYT) Some scientists stake the claim that 3D movies are bad for […]

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Bwoglines: That Ain’t Right Edition

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bandwaggon fans for the red sox unite
bwog would make our ringtone smell like waffles
bwog's roommate told her that she sang in her sleep last night
bwoglines
can we have honorary hurricane sandy days off from classes?
can you imagine just chillin in brooklyn with obama and de balsio?
what would blue ivy do

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Halloween Happenings in Hamilton Hall

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are you afraid of the dark
are you afraid of the walls of hamilton
bwog investigates
can we talk about this yellow goo though
haunted hamilton
literally WHAT could it possibly be
look how dramatically the goo is dripping
not quite blair waldorf's hamilton hall
pretty much the cover of goosebumps
scary stories
seepage fic

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LectureHop: Richard Rodriguez On Women, God, and the Desert

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awesome lectures
boys
god
las vegas
lecturehop
meaning
money
oh my god he's actually so sweet looking though
sex
the human predicament as opposed to the human condition
thursday night is for stuff like this obv
uwriting
what a cool talk
women

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Two Boys: 2001 Was A Weird Time

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a night at the opera
alexandra svokos
bwog can be highbrow sometimes
can we get music hum credit for this?
columbia alums
columbia alums doing cool stuff
nico muhly
opera not oprah
opera not the browser
two boys one opera

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Sustaining Peace Lecturehop

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are you inspired yet
can bwog be one of her six kids
can bwog be six of her six kids
can she just come back every year
lecturehop
Leymah Gbowee
nobel prize winners
peace
queen
seriously look at those quotes

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Housing Photo Contest: Bwog’s Submissions

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housing photo contest
pigsty-chic
true life: I haven't made my bed since parent's weekend Freshman year
wall moldings but not the nice kind

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KCST Presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

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all the world's a stage!
kcst
remember that time we had to read king lear and remember all the characters for the passage IDs
shakespeare
shakespeare anne hathaway's husband
shakespeare the king of slang
shakespeare wears his earring on the left side what does it mean
shall I compare thee to a fall's day
where art thou?

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Bwoglines: Weird Animals Edition

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animals
belligerent squirrels
chicken run
chicken run has a 97% on rotten tomatoes
lions and tigers and bears oh my
reasons columbia didn't make the huffpo squirrel rankings
the tweedys
weird animals
why does it take more than one squirrel to change a lightbulb

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