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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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Community’s Closing Forces Student to Venture Below 110th Street for Decent Chicken

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 13 Comments

Katharine Abrams, Bwog’s culinary expert, reports Still dreaming of butternut squash soup and sage ravioli, I hope to soon see Community Food and Juice without brown paper lining its windows. However, Community’s indefinite close does have its advantages, namely forcing me to explore other dining options near campus. In its wake, Pio Pio, a Peruvian rotisserie […]

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Bwoglines: Let Them Eat Cake Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 13, 2009 0 Comments

Yuppies everywhere smash statues of two golden gods as Where the Wild Things Are garners early mixed reviews (Gawker). Barnard beats the recession, even without a little help from Geithner (Spec). Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus, and The New York Times agree — being a nanny is hard (NYT). The dorms are still underheated, but classrooms on 122nd are […]

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And Now, A Word from The New York Post

By Bwog Staff on Oct 12, 2009 43 Comments

– “Columbia,” the pre-feminism female personification of America, and where Columbia’s name comes from As the coda to today’s various Columbus Day posts, we present a column from Andrea Peyser of the New York Post, who is NOT HAPPY that Columbia is having classes today. Her words in bold, our thoughts in between. I wish […]

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River Gets Its Own Purple Neighbor

By Bwog Staff on Oct 12, 2009 26 Comments

Spotted outside the doors to River: – Photo by JYH

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Attend Tonight’s Blue and White Meeting!

By Bwog Staff on Oct 12, 2009 2 Comments

Dear Friends: Please join the staff of The Blue and White and the Bwog at our meeting tonight, happening at 9:30 PM in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel. First-years and new writers/artists/editors are especially welcome and encouraged to attend. We’ll be planning our upcoming November issue and mapping out content for the magazine and […]

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AskBwog: What is Canadian Thanksgiving?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 12, 2009 9 Comments

While we’re down here celebrating Columbus’s discovery of the New World and decrying the subsequent effects on indigenous people, our neighbors to the North are celebrating something a little different. No, Ithaca didn’t get a Chipotle yet… it’s Canadian Thanksgiving! Every second Monday of October since 1957, Canadians have been gathering ’round to give thanks […]

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Free Dinosaurs on Low

By Bwog Staff on Oct 12, 2009 7 Comments

It’s Columbus Day, and what better way to celebrate the holiday that’s an I and an A off from our Alma Mater than getting free stuff? Head over to Low Plaza from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for a free dinosaur barbeque put on by CU College Republicans. Whatever your political stance is on Columbus […]

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Security Alert: Be Less Friendly

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SGA: Switching It Up

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Barnard is the Second Happiest School in the Nation (?)

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Live at Lerner: Tumbling Bones

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Bwoglines: Questions Edition

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Bwog Asked: Who’s Winning Best Picture?

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Know What A Touchdown Is?

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