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Our Men Run Faster Than Other Men

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2009 10 Comments

For the first time in thirty five years (and only the second third time ever), men’s cross country reigns supreme in the Ivy League. The team won today’s Heptagonal Championships by only one point over Princeton, in the closest finish since 1982. Brendan Martin (5th), Kyle Merber (8th), Terrence Prial (12th), Justin Heck (15th), and […]

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AskBwog: Who is Z.Y. Fu?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2009 32 Comments

In our latest AskBwog, Peter Krawczyk searched high and low (and mostly on Google) to see what can be found about the Engineering School’s namesake. In 1997, the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science received a gift of $26 million from a Chinese businessman known only as Z.Y. Fu. The School was allowed to […]

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Dress to Impress in Our Costume Contest

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2009 8 Comments

Tonight and tomorrow night, many of you will be affixing costumes or cardboard or facepaint to yourselves, sacrificing sartorial control to the great Gods of Halloween. So, Bwog’s announcing our third annual Halloween Costume Contest, in which you are invited to send us photographs of your chilling and charming outfit this evening. Favorites from last […]

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Guide to the Weekend 2: This Time, It’s Halloween

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2009 1 Comments

Just in time for the procrastinators amongst us, here’s the Halloween-focused half of our Guide to the Weekend. Friday Last minute shopping: Costumes: Abracadabra Superstore 19 West 21st St, hours: 11am – 9 pm Spirit Halloween Superstore 2320 Broadway at 84th st, hours 11am – 9pm Candy in bulk: Economy Candy 108 Rivington St Friday […]

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Blue and White Preview: American Idol – A Conversation with Ira Glass

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2009 12 Comments

While Ira Glass refuses to admit that he has adoring fans or that he is a journalist’s icon, it’s hard to prove otherwise. Named best radio host in America by TIME Magazine, Glass hosts NPR’s This American Life, which is broadcast on over 500 stations nationwide to some 1.8 million listeners. In his weekly interviews, […]

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Bwoglines: The Day BOO-fore Halloween

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2009 3 Comments

More than half of Manhattan residents are single and live alone; evidently they think it’s really cool. (NY Post) City Councilman Robert Jackson is unstoppable, unstoppable. (Spec) Taxi fares will be increased by 50 cents this Sunday. (NY1) The New York State Police launches its annual “Pumpkin Patrols,” bringing some much needed zaniness to the […]

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Guide to the Weekend: Pumpkins Were So Five Minutes Ago

By Bwog Staff on Oct 29, 2009 0 Comments

Not feeling festive? Here are some neat things to do should you want to avoid drunk students in animal print. For Halloween events stay tuned for tomorrow’s Guide Part Two. Friday Morphoses/Christopher Wheeldon Dance Company – one of the most celebrated choreographers in contemporary ballet, Wheeldon’s company perform four works from their repertoire. Program varies […]

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Eyepoke: In the Bubble

By Bwog Staff on Oct 29, 2009 11 Comments

On academic freedom: “Their exclusive medium and stylized rhetoric render them inaccessible to a large portion of the public whom they might endeavor to engage and educate.” We don’t get cable, so we don’t buy TV’s, so we don’t watch their soaps. A prominent campus figure explains what exactly Conservatism is. Kenneth is real. Image […]

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Fireside Chat: DSpar and the Sorting Hat

By Bwog Staff on Oct 29, 2009 14 Comments

Bwog’s Conspicuous Presence of Testosterone Mark Hay crossed the street with his wand last night. Barnard women: President Spar has a problem with you. Or rather, with your sense of identity. As she told her cowed subjects amassed in Sulzberger Parlor for last night’s Fireside Chat, over the last year she was disturbed to hear […]

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Live From Columbia, It’s the Voice of God

By Bwog Staff on Oct 29, 2009 10 Comments

There’s preaching on the steps! The Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and the Bible Fellowship have teamed up for a day of sermons, discussion, and performances. Bwog received some free literature, but alas–it burned the skin right off our hands. We probably deserve it.

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The Creepiest Pumpkin of Them All

By Bwog Staff on Oct 29, 2009 9 Comments

For all your pumpkin carving needs this weekend, Bwog presents “The PrezBo” stencil. Click for a large version. Bwog’s Resident Pumpkin Disemboweler Jon Hill says: Print out the stencil, tape it to a (real) pumpkin, and trace the face onto the pumpkin surface by perforating the black shapes’ edges with a carving knife. Then, remove […]

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Bwoglines: We Came, We Saw, We Slept

By Bwog Staff on Oct 29, 2009 1 Comments

Oh, you don’t want the vaccine? We’ll take it. Choppers landing on Mudd? It’s just a movie. Hawkma in Midtown? If only. You want space in Lerner? Your tuition isn’t enough. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: It’s the Navy way! Photo via NY Daily News

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Housing Reviews 2013: Symposium

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548 W. 113th
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Barnard Tuition, Or: Bwog Is Never Having Kids

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barnard housing
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emails from ahinks
SORRY IF OUR MATH IS WRONG
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CCSC: Updates and Elections

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ccsc
ch-ch-ch-changes
Columbia music festival
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Pakistani Band “Strings” at Columbia

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ask emlyn hughes if he's ready for a ballistic night
bwog loves anything tangentially related to string cheese
columbia is like a bollywood movie
fangirls that aren't bieber's
OPS
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Help Columbia Win XKCD’s Contest

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columbia needs this win
go get your hash breaking friends
let's go lions
we'll show those punks at karlshruhe institute of technology
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Just How Bad is Your ID Photo?

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if we all looked like our id photos life would be unbearable
it's not a true embarrassing photo if everyone has one
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WBAR-B-Q Lineup Announced

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bunge rock
dream disco
electric primitive
help bwog seem cool - share your opinions in the comments!
metalcore
strange garage
truth
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Bwoglines: Best Edition

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google privacy director? ha. that's like a jumbo shrimp amirite?
NOW DO THE HARLEM SHAKE
the lesson is never have friends
ungoogleable sounds like the premise for a REALLY bad romcom...
you know what airport has no good dining options? Laguardia

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