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Bwoglines: Wrap it Up

By Bwog Staff on Nov 04, 2009 1 Comments

The city elections wrapped up with a surprisingly small winning margin for Mike Bloomberg. Democrats took pretty much everything else in the city, while Republicans snagged two gubernatorial seats nationwide. (NY Times) Around 5:30AM yesterday a now identified NYU junior jumped to his death in Bobst Library. The library was reopened and tours resumed around […]

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Gunpoint Robbery in Riverside

By Bwog Staff on Nov 03, 2009 16 Comments

In the first Security Alert about a robbery in just over a month, a Columbia “affiliate” was robbed while “walking along the foot path on the lower level of Riverside Park adjacent near W. 116th Street.” Two males–one wearing a mask, the other described as Hispanic–approached the affiliate; the male with a mask brandished a […]

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PrezBo Gets “Uninhibited”

By Bwog Staff on Nov 03, 2009 10 Comments

Sure, the university’s fearless leader may have seen his salary slip slightly, but PrezBo’s got another trick up his sleeve for the holidays: a new book. Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century will be released by Oxford University Press in December, with Amazon and Barnes and Noble listing the official […]

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Hidden Talents: The Lock Pick

By Bwog Staff on Nov 03, 2009 18 Comments

In the latest installment of our recurring feature devoted to students’ hidden talents, Safecracking Bureau Chief Mark Hay shows us that some talents require anonymity. Schnitzel’s talent is not so much hidden as it is, of necessity, clandestine. Under New York Penal Law 140.35, just by possessing the tools of his trade, Schnitzel (ed. note: […]

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Bwoglines: Reluctant Optimism Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 03, 2009 2 Comments

New Yorkers miss the pre-Giuliani Manhattan so much, they’re actually paying for their share of urban flair (Gothamist). Sure, our economic prowess is draining away, but Americans are faster than ever! Take that, India and China (HuffPo). Despite narrowing polls, it looks like Bloomberg’s reign will continue (NY1). One Brooklyn custody battle is the stuff […]

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PrezBo Takes A (Small) Paycut

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2009 7 Comments

– We still like to think PrezBo has this outfit in his closet. Photoshop credit to “D. Sion G.” These economic times have been rough on everyone, and even PrezBo’s checkbook is feeling a really tiny bit of heat. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Bollinger took home a sweet $1,380,035 in total compensation […]

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The Dems Return to Virginia

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2009 14 Comments

Election season means another Columbia Democrats campaign trip, and this year, they are returning to the Old Dominion (aka “Virginia”) to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds. Sean Quirk sends us the first of two dispatches from the trail. It’s 11 A.M. on a blistering, rainy Sunday morning as Columbia Democratic foot soldiers get a […]

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Oh, So This is Why We Have a Long Weekend

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2009 11 Comments

It’s the week after Halloween, you nailed that Clippy costume, and you pretty much have nothing left to think about, right? Not so fast! Don’t forget there’s an election right around the corner. For those of you registered to vote here, the most contentious race this year is probably for the Mayor of New York […]

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Ricky’s Eye for the Columbia Guy (and Gal)

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2009 9 Comments

Bwog sent Lookin’ and Feelin’ Good Specialist Sarah Camiscoli to Ricky’s to get the ultimate opinion on Columbian fashion and some advice on how to look and feel, well, good. Now that anxiety of midterms has transformed into dread over future GPAs, the Halloween hangover has subsided, and fall break has brought salvation, students are […]

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Bwoglines: News From ‘Round the League

By Bwog Staff on Nov 02, 2009 4 Comments

On Halloween night, in an act that involved the time-honored tradition of firewater-induced mischief, a Harvard Law grad set fire to a chapel that housed the remains of victims of the September 11 attacks. (Gothamist) For the second time in two months, a Yale student has been found dead on campus, this time a 19-year-old […]

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Costume Contest: It’s Clippy

By Bwog Staff on Nov 01, 2009 17 Comments

Finally, white smoke! After much deliberation, Bwog’s Halloween Conclave has named Rick Betita and his “Clippy, the Paper Clip from Microsoft Word” costume the winner of Bwog’s Annual Halloween Costume Contest. Rick will be getting a surprise candy bar some time in the next six months. Happy Halloween, all.

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Sunday Sports Roundup

By Bwog Staff on Nov 01, 2009 3 Comments

After the men’s cross country team’s victory at the Heptagonal Championships and the football team’s last-minute loss to Yale, Columbia athletics fought through another sporting weekend both good and bad. Volleyball rallied from two sets down against Harvard on Friday, but fell, 3-2, and yesterday struggled against Dartmouth, losing by three sets to one. They’ll […]

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April Fooled?

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april fools never ends
fake or no?
if this is a prank great copy pasting skills
still not midnight
time to play i spy the mistakes
too real
what if we made it come true like magic?
wtf columbia

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The League of Thrones

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dartmouth's motto *is* "a voice cries out in the wilderness"
fangirling
GAME OF THRONES

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Power Outage In EC

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blacked out after partying too hard in ec joke here
facilities
just take it as a sign to go to sleep
monday night blues
wtf columbia

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Butler May Close For Renovations

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but where will we hold our personal phone conversations now?
butlergate?
get ready for the biggest riots since 68
literally any other week
new month new changes
say it ain't so
shitting our pants in terror
time to swarm to avery

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Lottery Numbers Changed Due To Technical Mishap

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columbia housing
lottery numbers
new month new changes

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Core Scholar: Gabriela Pelsinger

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Columbia's got talent
come on guys it's free money and it goes on your resumé
core scholars
dead white men

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Your 119th Annual Varsity Show Is…

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prezbo
the harlemite shake
the varsity show
v119

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Campus Character: Karishma Habbu

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campus characters
february
the blue and white

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