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Read the Large Print

By Bwog Staff on Dec 18, 2009 17 Comments

Selling unwanted items via flyers is hard enough. It’s even harder when “commenters” on said flyers don’t actually read the notice. See here for more details. Photo by HEH.

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Bwoglines: Let It Snow!

By Bwog Staff on Dec 18, 2009 2 Comments

JTS held a screening and panel discussion of “Inglourious Basterds” yesterday. Sample quote: “Wow, that was fun…I’m not supposed to feel that way, I know — I’m Jewish.” (Times) Three family members were killed by a career criminal in an Upper West Side apartment; the attacker then fell to his death while trying to escape. […]

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Not-So-Spontaneous Dancing!

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 22 Comments

Multiple reports from the 209 front tell Bwog that about 10-30 people just entered 209 and played “YMCA.” A spate of vicious dancing ensued. Points to the merry pranksters for getting people to play along, with only a few points subtracted for being decked out in what several tipsters called “80s gear” and spandex. Unfortunately, […]

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SocketHop: Crafting a Bigger Brother

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 4 Comments

A proposed secret international treaty would greatly heighten penalties for copyright infringement, some threatening civil liberties. SocketHop, the technology decoder for the literature-minded, takes a look. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced one year ago that the music industry would stop its broad lawsuits against alleged file sharers. Since about 2003, […]

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Guide to the (Last) Weekend

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 1 Comments

You’ve been camping in Butler and watching YouTube videos for three days studying hard! You deserve a break! Friday Gerhard Richter – considered one of the saviors of contemporary painting, this German artist’s paintings are on show until January 8th. 10am – 6pm, Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 W57th St FREE Blip Festival – celebrating chip […]

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209’s Floor Is Like A Goose Down Pillow

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 33 Comments

At least for this student: The American Institute of Psychical Research denied any involvement.

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And The Band Played On…

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 38 Comments

Bwog Sousaphone bureau chief Peter Krawzcyk stood on some poor first-year’s desk in 209 to attend this fall’s Orgo Night extravaganza. This may come as a surprise to anyone of the several hundred that packed into a sweaty Butler 209 at midnight last night, but not everyone attended the fall iteration of the Marching Band’s […]

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Better Or Worse Than Health Code Violations?

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 3 Comments

Mama Mexico appears to have had some trouble with the authorities, as Lecture Hop Editor Emeritus Sara Jane Panfil notes that its 102nd Street location has been seized by “The Man” for non-payment of taxes. The website does seem to indicate the other two locations are still going strong.

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Bwoglines: Serious Business

By Bwog Staff on Dec 17, 2009 4 Comments

The MTA has passed a wide range of service cuts, including ending free fares for the more than half a million students who currently receive them. (Times) The laws regulating tap water are so old that many Americans are drinking legal yet unhealthy tap water. Water filter makers everywhere put their fingers together and hissed […]

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We’ll Eat These Pancakes At Night

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2009 31 Comments

Finals got you down? Midnight Breakfast is here “to help you get your groove back” according to the event page. Breakfast food will be in LeFrak Gymnasium for Barnard first years at 11pm, the rest of Barnard at 11:30, and open to the rest of the CU community at midnight. Nothing like the smell of […]

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AskBwog: The Little Fortress

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2009 13 Comments

The abandoned stone structure on 119th and Amsterdam sort of looks like a medieval castle – a very, very small one. It isn’t quite the stuff of architecture classes, but the little building stands out – you’ve probably wondered what it is or was as you passed the forgotten, weedy lot. It’s not like there’s […]

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Public Safety Alert: Sexual Assault

By Bwog Staff on Dec 16, 2009 25 Comments

In an alert titled “Security Alert – Sexual Abuse – Forcible Touching,” Public Safety reports that several females were accosted in the late afternoon on December 13th in separate incidents near campus. The victims were “grabbed” by male assailants, who then fled on foot. Full Public Safety alert after the jump, including fuzzy photos of […]

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Ke$ho Steps Down

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kevsho
no dean no dean nananananana
the deans they are a changin'
what does johns hopkins have that we don't?

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Bucket List: Online Education, Palestine, Nicholas Dirks

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bucket list
bwog has had a couple of professors who were probably spies
smorgasbord of intellectual offerings
the online revolution: photos of cats for everyone

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Drive for Donations for Children with Congenital Heart Defects

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drive
get donating!
help a child!
spirit of christmas

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Bwoglines: Sad Edition

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boston marathon
bwog's thoughts are with the victims and their families
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iranian earthquake
macklemore!!! go brag to your friends at other schools!!!
our brains probably influence most of the stuff in our world actually
sad bwoglines are the worst
sad news
taxation with representation

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Bwog Asked: What was your Bacchanal highlight?

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bwog asked
debacchery was crayzy
is that half a jacket
photo bwog asked--let's make this a thing!
post your answers y'all

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Barnard Orders a Venti Library, With Soy

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lehman
library
movin on up
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“Look at that big ol’ Duomo!”—The Light in the Piazza

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arts at columbia
ciao for now
cmts
here art thou!
sadly gelato-free
sexy italian men
theater spelled "theatre" is clearly superior
where's bwog's romeo?

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CCSC: “A Silly Meeting”

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ccsc
ccsc and esc are merging? omggg
damn 2013 we want rubber duckies too
PICNICS AND LUNCHES I LOVE FOOD

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