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Bwoglines: Forty Days and Forty Nights

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2009 5 Comments

The lack of options for those “smaller thirst occasions” is maddening. (Gothamist) Oh, look: standardized tests and head-scratching don’t yield smarter kids. (NYT) Inexpensive housing in Manhattan? Right. (NYT) Window grates of death defend against local ruffians. (NYPost) Two from Barnard, two from SEAS, two from the College. Butler’s Ark is waiting. (1010Wins)

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The J-School vs. Cuba Rumble

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2009 10 Comments

This evening, the Journalism School is presenting the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes, but only three of the four winners will be in attendance. The fourth, blogger Yoani Sanchez, will have to spend the night in her homeland of Cuba, where the one-party government has refused to let the dissident blogger leave. Sanchez’s Generation Y is […]

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Vampire Weekend Recommends Horchata

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2009 17 Comments

Horchata is really good, apparently. Or so you might think after listening to the newest single from Columbia alums Vampire Weekend, off their second album Contra. Word on the street is that the album (dropping in January 2010) is the heavy favorite for “most formulaic Stuff White People Like Post of the Year.” Bwog has […]

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The Jawbone Is Connected to The…Stem Cells

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2009 7 Comments

It’s only a small step towards a brave new world of medicine, but scientists in Columbia’s Biomedical Engineering Department, led by Professor Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, have successfully created part of a jaw joint from stem cells. The scientists say that the joint (at right) is the first “complex, anatomically-sized bone” created using stem cells, and will […]

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Lecture Hop: Dinner and A Movie With Dean Moody-Adams

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2009 4 Comments

On Monday night, CC Dean Michele Moody-Adams decided to mix up the traditional dean-student mixer by offering dinner and a movie. Official pizza correspondent Mahrah Taufique attended: Michele Moody-Adams – professor, writer, philosopher and now Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education – is doing her best to be far more approachable […]

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QuickTix: Lions Win!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2009 0 Comments

Back today and here to stay on alternate Wednesdays, QuickTix brings you the most popular shows and tips on what to see from behind the desk of the TIC. So far, what have October’s top shows been? 5. American Masters presents Joan Baez. 4. “Oleanna.” Just maybe because one of the stars is Columbia alum […]

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Bwoglines: Great Discoveries

By Bwog Staff on Oct 14, 2009 3 Comments

Comptroller William Thompson learns it may be even more difficult to defeat Mayor Mike Bloomberg. (Times) You might find the subway moving more slowly today. (NY1) Mob killer: No one told me prison life would be hard! (Daily News) Packed schedule keeping you from watching TV? Try the Internet! It’s eight minutes shorter! (Spectator) Second […]

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ESC Presents: Shrinks in the Age of Bureaucracy and a Re-imagination of Lerner’s Broadway Entrance

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 7 Comments

Sean Zimmerman reports. The Engineering Student Council held its inaugural meeting with the new, almost-uncontested freshman class council, as well as new University Senator Cherie Meyer. Bathabile Mthombeni from Columbia’s Ombuds Office opened the meeting. Baffled readers might ponder what branch of Columbia’s bureaucratic web the “Office” represents — perhaps another dubiously named den of […]

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Accessorize on Low Plaza

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 7 Comments

If you’re in need of fur coats, chicken kebabs, or chunky necklaces that harken back to Santa Fe circa 1990, stop by the crafts fair on Low running today and tomorrow.

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Warning: The New York Times Will Cite Your Comments

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 14 Comments

Numerous tipsters have highlighted the featured article in today’s Times arts section, about the still-under-construction Northwest Science Building, and its architect, Jose Rafeo Moneo. The article provides a comprehensive overview of the many difficulties that the project has faced, including building on top of the gym, complementing the Manhattanville expansion, and, um, anonymous commenters. Yes, […]

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Freshmen Take The Histories A Little Too Seriously

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 43 Comments

Bwog tipster Frederick Havemeyer informs us that in John Jay, custom is slowly becoming law: Good luck lugging Westside bags up five flights of stairs, freshmen — you can start preparing early for that walkup that awaits you after graduation.

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SGA Wonders What College Coulda Been

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 37 Comments

Bwog’s Dane Cook (yep, it’s the same name, let’s just move on) reports from last night’s meeting. The unceasing plea for student support at Columbia sporting events found voice yet again at the outset of Monday’s SGA meeting. Assistant director of sports marketing, Dan Spiegel, attended to encourage council members to attend Saturday’s homecoming football […]

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Housing Heads Up!

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bring it housing gods
building tours
gladiator armor with nipples haha
housing 2013 (!!!)
Housing 2013: prepare yo'self

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Morningside Almanac: Week of 2/21/13

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apple cider french toast sounds too good to actually be real
breakfast is the most important meal of the day
delicious things
how not to deal with midterms
morningside almanac
nature's bounty
the midterm 15

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Bwoglines: Laws of Nature Edition

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bwoglines
dehydrated ice cream has so much potential and then it sucks
no but really astronaut food is awful
save the whales
sharks is scury
she sells sea shells down by the sea shore

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PSA: Your Bacchanal Coverage May Experience Some Technical Difficulties

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according to gawker we're just a gossip blog anyway
bacchanal
bwog out
morally reprehensible actions
oops!
the lady doth protest too much
war on fun

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Shelf Lives Resurrected

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like who owns vhs anymore
oh you fancy huh
real people real stories
Shelf Lives
we are muppets and we take manhattan
we demand separation of coffee table and bookshelf

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Public Safety Broadcasts Larceny

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carry mace all the time
east asian library
have you seen that man?
hide yo shit
that's why i study in butler
theft

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ClubHop: Men of Color Alliance

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blue lion-like men also welcome
breaking the lines
irc
mca
men of color alliance
mmm tortillas
to be fair... The Brotherhood does sound pretty badass
tonight is Wednesday btw

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Froscanity: So Ridiculous, It’s a Cartoon

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a rather large "hadron collider" amirite?
come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination
emlyn hughes
firm booties
fro sci gone wild
frontiers of science
froscanity
michelangelo would be proud

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