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Jihad at the J-School

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2010 2 Comments

On Wednesday evening, BBC Correspondent Daljit Dhaliwal sat down with Salman Ahmad, guitarist of Pakistan’s biggest rock band Junoon, to discuss his new, provocatively-titled autobiography, Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revolution for Peace. Liz Jacob, Bwog’s South Asian Entertainment Correspondent, reports. Going into Wednesday’s lecture, your correspondent expected to see the J-School’s […]

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The 116th Annual Varsity Show Preview

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2010 27 Comments

Bwog crowded into the mystical back room of Havana Central to see the preview of The 116th Annual Varsity Show. Upon receiving an invitation to a student production, every administrator must blanch with fear. Given the last two Varsity Shows’ penchant for administrative caricatures, it’s a wonder Deans Shollenberger and Denburg showed up at all. […]

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Bwoglines: Brave New Moral Future Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 19, 2010 0 Comments

You can’t live in sin next year. Stay tuned to Bwog for more coverage. Cigarettes will no longer be allowed to be called “light,” but will instead be conveniently color-coded. (NYT) A J-School alum was just named Times National Editor. (NYT) CU Researchers find that pretending to be happy is good for you (Daily News)

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Eyepoke: The Dissatisfied Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 5 Comments

If only we could complain about the language requirement too! For some, New York is just too cultured to be entertaining. Solution: head to Jersey for some mindless American fun. Half a day of classes in bad weather is like forced ROTC. Or being in the navy. Face-to-face encounters are obsolete. Everyone’s moved on to cyber voyeurism […]

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Guide to the Weekend: Cheap Tricks

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 0 Comments

Here we meet again on a Thursday night just bustling with excuses as to why there’s no use taking our chances south of Cardomat. Thankfully, INY has pulled through again with a mixed bag of cheap tricks around NYC. Take a look at Bwog’s top picks here or check out insidenewyork.com for an epic selection […]

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Barnard Gals: Meryl Streep Is Your Class Day Speaker

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 56 Comments

Breaking news from the Diana Event Oval! Meryl Streep has just been announced as Barnard’s Class Day Speaker. Bwog is hoping she’ll deliver the speech in a medley of her most famous characters– a Miranda Priestly drawl, a Julia Child shrill, whoever she played in 2006’s under-the-radar film “The Ant Bully”. Make way for Meryl, […]

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Fire at Barnard Dorm 616

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 1 Comments

Bwog has received many tips of a fire (a real one, not like those ones that wake you up at 2 a.m.) in 616, on 116th and Riverside. The building has been evacuated and firefighters are “smashing” windows. Eegad! Tipster Samantha Child reports: “Fire fighters are throwing all of her belongings out the window, including […]

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Law School: As Bad as You’ve Heard

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 20 Comments

For those of you struggling with big life-changing career decisions, Bwog’s enlightened Dane Cook gives you the scoop on law school. A panel of Columbia University Law students convened last night to remind everyone pursuing a legal degree that—yes, the rumors are true—law school is hard. The event entitled “A Day in the Life of A […]

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Bwog Interviews: Slow Down with Pandit

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 25 Comments

Contessa Gayles woke up very, very early to meditate and hang out with Columbia’s Bhakti Club. After a 7:00 AM mantra meditation session, she sat down to talk with Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, the current—and first ever— Hindu chaplain at Columbia. They spoke about a typical day in the life of a Hare Krishna monk, and […]

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Bwoglines: Lent Edition

By Bwog Staff on Feb 18, 2010 0 Comments

Duane Reade gives itself up. (NYT) You can give your MacBook’s defective hard drive up. (Reg Hardware) Bwog should give the snark up. (Washington Post) Clinton should give the junk food up. (Gothamist) The Upper West Side should give the dirty oil up. (Spec) Photo by the NY Times

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Financial Aid Demystification: Re-Applying for Aid & Funding Grad School

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2010 0 Comments

Friday, Feb. 26, 12-1:30pm @ James Room, 418 Barnard Hall Are you a BC, CC, or SEAS student and confused about what your package means, how to get your financial needs met, how to include extenuating circumstances in your application, or any other of the myriad of questions students have about financial aid? Come to […]

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Extra Credit: Credit Scores, Credit Cards, and Building Your Credit

By Bwog Staff on Feb 17, 2010 0 Comments

@ Interschool Lab, Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research (CEPSR), 7th Floor Are you clueless about credit even is? Did you know you have a credit score even if you don’t have a credit card? Have bad credit and wanna get it on track? Wanna learn how to access your free credit report? […]

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Prezbo Reacts to Supreme Court Sort Of Upholding Affirmative Action

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affirmative action
fisher v texas
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And Thanks For All The Fish

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barnard gets all the coolest festivals
baseball is on a roll
bwog out
columbia sports...on ESPN!
cuassassins
deantini
ebonie smith
fabulous tipsters
fame
gender amplified
keith and the girl
local empire
sandwiches
so long and thanks for all the fish
Sports... on Bwog!
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Senior Wisdom: Kapil Wattamwar

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beatboxers
bwog misses thai market a lot
finding what matters
golf
HSO
senior wisdom
senior wisdom 2013
super cereal
the final one promise
tripping on bricks is going to be the name of our next band

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Senior Wisdom: Randolph Carr III

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getting as much as you can out of columbia
here's to not doing shit
loving alma
one-upping descartes
senior wisdom
senior wisdom 2013

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Senior Wisdom: Karishma Habbu

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ccsc
everybody misses campo
good luck karishma!
is everyone going to the roof of low without us?!
more shout outs to sam aarons
practical things
prezbu
senior wisdom 2013

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Senior Wisdom: Jasper Clyatt

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@thetwittersofcolumbia
A+ oral sex/cheese answer
core love
i'm afraid that i just blue myself
jasper clyatt
making Butler 209 less miserable
senior wisdom
senior wisdom 2013
so many arrested development references lately CAN'T WAIT

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Senior Wisdom: Sakina A. Pasha

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appreciate and contribute
formula sae
please don't kill the polar bears
senior wisdom
senior wisdom 2013
west coast best coast

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Senior Wisdom: Carolyn Ruvkun

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"reflection"
lawns freedom fighter
once upon a time our tags were just tags not stream of consciousness babble
senior wisdom
senior wisdom 2013
staff wisdom
vajazzling is a real thing guys jennifer love hewitt does it
yet another oral sex or cheese response made by the ambiguity of the english language

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