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Eyepoke: Eye-Popping Figures

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2009 5 Comments

If we could study television, we wouldn’t have to waste time watching it. Eventually, going to the pediatrician is just creepy. Hopefully it works better than the Ionic Breeze. Among the Ivies, our tuition increased the most.

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Unapproved Brews for Fighting the Flu

By Bwog Staff on Oct 15, 2009 1 Comments

The Porcine Pathogen remains in force on college campuses across the country (oh, and off campus as well, but who cares about that?). Bwog Bacon Bug Expert Mark “Not Marky Mark” Hay has been procrastinating with some ingenious ways of fighting the flu. Don’t count on your spry, young immune systems to save you – […]

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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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Nowhere Is Safe

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@thetwittersofcolumbia
at least someone's gettin some
columbia why do you have to be so weird
do we have to make a Girls reference for this to be relevant to our generation?
SATIRE SATIRE THIS IS SATIRE
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Where Should You Live Next Year?

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home sweet home
housing
housing crisis
housing flowchart

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Bwog Meeting Tonight

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meeting announcement
Silver Linings Playbook trailer is so emotional though w/ Ho Hey in the background
the Oscars are tonight people just in case you weren't already aware
there will be free food just come

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Within, Across, Beyond: ECAASU 2013 at Columbia

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activism
asians
columbia knows activism
ecaasu
EVERYTHING IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT!!!!1
is it bad to want slurpees during the winter
seriously bubble pop is the most catchy song
the real thing is so much better than a youtube video

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Bucket List: Europe, Camus, Bill Kristol

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bucket list
double george
William Kristol is always on Morning Joe

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Bwoglines: Red Carpet Edition

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but when ryan seacrest stands on a step stool to interview celebrities
bwoglines
meryl streep should win regardless of whether she was even nominated
oscars

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How the Other Half Lives: Physics and History

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being "that guy"
decorum! decorum!
free market capitalism is a jealous god
how the other half lives
Shouldn't scientists be better at transmitting information?
this class was froscenely boring
Who hangs out at 212?

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DSpar Says We’ve Still Got a Long Way to Go

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about Obamanard...
closing the gap
co-educational mystique
don't let this turn into "a slew of sexist and sexually degrading comments in an online forum"
DSpar
gender equality
strong beautiful bold

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