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Day One: The Human Knot

By Bwog Staff on Aug 31, 2010 23 Comments

Bwog spent thirteen hours at Orientation yesterday. Here’s some of what we found. (Hey Housing! We love you very much, wanna let us move in early?)
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Dear Bwog: Heat Edition

By Bwog Staff on Aug 31, 2010 33 Comments

Dear Bwog, It’s fucking hot. ~Sweat Bead Dearest Sweat Bead, Bwog suffers from an acute case of back of the knee sweat. Every step feels sticky. So, we feel your pain. The good news is that NYC cools off by the end of the month. In the meantime, put your refrigerator to good use. Girls, […]
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Barnard Convocation: Joan Rivers Was Here

By Bwog Staff on Aug 31, 2010 0 Comments

Nino Rekhviashvili, BC ’14, participated in a large and fire-hazardous ceremony at Barnard Convocation last night. She reports here. If you’d like to contribute to Bwog, please email us at contribute@bwog.com! At 7:00 PM, hundreds of freshly moved-in first year Barnard women wearily congregated in Barnard Hall for Convocation. DSpar, maestro of ceremonies, reminded fresh-faced […]
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Class Act: 1,600 Kazoos

By Bwog Staff on Aug 31, 2010 8 Comments

For CC ’14er Gabby Beans, last night’s Class Act was a welcome opportunity to, as the 75-page NSOP manual put it, “sit back, relax, and enjoy.” But she found that difficult to do with a thousand little kazoos buzzing in her ears, and the sounds of Michael Bublé inexplicably wafting over the freshpeople-packed room. Her […]
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Wake Up And Learn Things With Bwog, Round 2

By Bwog Staff on Aug 31, 2010 1 Comments

This morning, your Blue & White advice comes from the 19th century. “In conclusion let a word of warning be given to all who are about to begin their work in the School of Mines. Whatever course you may select, stick to it. Every one is good, and if you desire success after graduation remember […]
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The First Night: Bright Lights, Big City

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 40 Comments

Tonight is the most important night of your life, the first night of college. You’ll probably do something sort of fun. Here’s what some of your elders did their first nights at Columbia. It gets much better from here. Don’t throw up! NB: Not every Bwog post has bullet points. When I got here I […]
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Day One Video: The Deans, They March!

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 4 Comments

Deans marched, ice was broken. PrezBo close-up alert!
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Day One

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 20 Comments

Orientation Day One is hardly over yet—there’s still Class Act to see, Gates to run through, and high fives not to give. Here are some scenes from the first eight hours of this long trek of a day. 2014, you kids look good out there. Welcome! Pictures and video of Day One to come. Send […]
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Dear Bwog: Naked People Edition

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 27 Comments

Dear Bwog, Is it acceptable to hang my super hot poster of Jenna Haze’s ass crack on my wall? ~Bro Dear Bro, Please, no naked chicks. There’s really no need to splash your horniness all over your walls. It’s college! Go tap the real thing. But this isn’t just a heteronormative gendered issue. (Fun fact: […]
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New Friends!

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 13 Comments

Orientation has begun! A few highlights from the morning: An OL helping a freshman move pulled a taxidermied rodent out of the trunk of a car. Overheard at the Chastity Belt gate at Barnard, mother to daughter: “stand in front of the gate! Smile! Pretend you’re happy!” An OL opened the door to a car, […]
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Dear Bwog, Move In Edition

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 16 Comments

Behold your dorm room. It’s—It’s—It’s—nice?? Don’t be too disappointed. You’ll stain it too and make it your own. (Fun fact: JJ11 has a tainted legacy. One past resident drunkenly shat on the floor.) Anywho, college may be your first time living on your own, so you probably have some questions. We’re here to help. In […]
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Wake Up And Learn Things With Bwog, Round 1

By Bwog Staff on Aug 30, 2010 29 Comments

In October 2003 (before Bwog was even a word!), The Blue & White made a long list of advice for freshmen. We’ll give you slices of that advice every morning of NSOP, so you can start your day with confidence and finesse and one of those good chocolate chip muffins from John Jay, plus hash […]
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From The Issue: Outsider Culture

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Architectural Appreciation: Lerner

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  • again with the hospital prison morgue vibes
  • built to anger the y2k bug
  • bwog was out of meal swipes bwog is always out of meal swipes where's a freshman when you need one
  • columbia will never learn from its past mistakes or should we say columbia will never lern
  • complete ineptitude with vertical transportation
  • damn ferris
  • death to even ground
  • goddamn precipices
  • hope you're reading this whilst in lerner learning about lerner in lerner etc etc
  • lerner hall
  • lerners lerning
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  • like something out of an m.c. escher wet dream
  • party space my ass
  • subtle plug for bwog meetings
  • thanks COLUMBIA
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CLASSES CANCELLED AFTER 3 P.M. TODAY

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Reminder: Glass House Rocks Tonight

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  • activities in EVERY ROOM
  • columbia as an entity of vibrant tradition
  • free food and games galore!
  • glass house rocks 2014
  • lerner serving its purpose as student center
  • look out for a potential valentine's day date!
  • not lerner party space
  • party at the ramps
  • so many activities much noisy very cramp
  • the largest undergraduate party ever told
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Bwoglines: Cold, Sick, And Alone Edition

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  • bwog's favorite painting is the garden of earthly delights it's official!
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Personals: Nathen, and Liam

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  • can't stop won't stop
  • dostoevsky...that body...
  • not hufflepuff
  • one does not study in jjs
  • personals
  • sista sista
  • tequila AND mountain dew more like
  • woman for man we like your style
  • write bwog a ballad pleaaaseeeee
  • yay we understand your scott pilgrim reference
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Slow Dakota Lives Up To Hype

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  • hipster nonsense
  • how many beanies in 1 room
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  • loyal only to the sort of music whose first off campus venue is brooklyn (said with love)
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ESC: So Cool We Have Our Own Week

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