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Bring It On

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 14 Comments

Columbia Film has snagged another star — Bwog tipster Margaret Herman spotted Kirsten Dunst lounging on one of leather benches outside 511 Dodge. According to Film Dept TA Chanelle Elaine, Dunst is set to star in a film directed by a Columbia faculty member. Now that he’s got some competition, maybe James Franco won’t hide quite so conspicuously […]

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Free Food for the Clear Sighted

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 6 Comments

CatarACT International is offering free food at its first meeting tonight at 8. A new organization, it seeks to “empower communities to overcome the scourge of curable blindness by helping them launch sustainable cataract reduction programs.” Aside from helping grandmothers the world over, they promise lots of food and delicious doughnuts. Come to EC’s second […]

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At Crack Del, Even Credit Cards Get Bloated

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 12 Comments

You can kiss those exorbitant ATM rates goodbye — Spicy Special connoisseur Austin Brauser reports that Crack Del is now taking credit cards with a $7 minimum. Get your 40s and your deli meats without stopping by Lerner first.

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Iran Court Jails Kian Tajbakhsh, Columbia Grad and Almost-Columbia Professor

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 4 Comments

Reuters reports that an Iranian court has sentenced Kian Tajbakhsh, a U.S.-Iranian scholar, to more than 12 years in prison due to alleged espionage and acts against national security. Tajbakhsh was taken into custody in July after the disputed June election triggered mass chaos and civilian uprising in Iran. As Reuters explains, “The verdict looked […]

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ESC Eagerly Anticipates The Diana’s Opening Gala

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 9 Comments

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s meeting In one of the speediest (and most poorly attended) ESC meetings yet, council members celebrated Secretary Heidi Ahmed’s birthday, discussed PMSing (or post midterm snacking), and heard updates on the Diana. SGA liaison Jessica Lewis announced that there was “lots of Diana discussion” at the last SGA meeting. […]

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The J-School Loves the Man, Tries to Save the Empire

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 0 Comments

Did you know that times are tough for journalists? Fear not, though, for, as The New York Times reported yesterday, the Journalism School has issued a rallying cry to save struggling newspapers across the country. In the J-School commissioned report, “The Reconstruction of American Journalism,” Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of the Washington Post […]

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Anti-Wedding on Low Steps

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 27 Comments

The National Marriage Boycott, a new offshoot of CQA, just staged an ‘Anti-Wedding’ on Low Steps to protest the Defense of Marriage Act. Anti-man and anti-wife were clad in suit and gown, respectively, and both exclaimed ‘I don’t!” The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. Sean Udell, Treasurer […]

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Revisit JJ’s Place Without Regaining The Freshman 15

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 27 Comments

Besides the students and faculty, there are many other members of both the Columbia and Morningside communities who make the years here a little more enjoyable. We at Bwog feel they deserve a little time in the spotlight for all their hard work. Today: Jared Frieder feels nostalgic, and asks Charlie White of JJ’s Place […]

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Bwoglines: Bubonic Plague Edition

By Bwog Staff on Oct 20, 2009 0 Comments

Our porcine problem persists as experts question the vaccine’s use (NY1). Evangelists may have vanquished Route 66, but Atheists are now converting subway riders (Gothamist). With Manhattanville secured, Columbia plots to conquer Europe and South Asia (Spec). The rich and famous enter Purgatorio without Virgil’s help (Gawker). Teachers College descends from the ivory tower (Spec). […]

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“The Adventures of the Balloon Boy”

By Bwog Staff on Oct 19, 2009 48 Comments

And now for something that will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day: three Columbia seniors pay a musical tribute to the Balloon Boy saga: It may not be the best in autotuning or dancing, but dammit, the chorus is catchy enough to be third on NYMag’s Top Five Balloon Boy […]

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CCSC: Four More Years for Frontiers?

By Bwog Staff on Oct 19, 2009 17 Comments

The prolonging of Frontiers, student honor boards, and serving alcohol to freshmen – it’s all in this week’s CCSC report: In typical Yang-era fashion, the meeting opened with a series of brief announcements. VP for Finance Nuriel Moghavem told the council that student groups wishing to use the Black Box Theater have to put various […]

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Hidden Talents: The Footbag Master

By Bwog Staff on Oct 19, 2009 10 Comments

During our time at Columbia, most of us meet one or two group leaders, student government presidents, star athletes, and the like. But there are many Columbians whose profiles are lower, yet their talents are just as (or even more) awesome. Here’s our recurring feature devoted to those students: this time, we present Taylor Chaintreuil, […]

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Bwoglines: Listen Up Edition

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cartoonists discovering gifs is a great thing
damn you snooty Met cashier ! Take that!
hear the sound of your biological clock ticking?
i'm at a payphone trying to call 1993
somebody find the morningside heights payphone!
the constitution is such a little rascal
we all learned those etiquette tips pretty fast during NSOP

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Bwog Asked: “What Was the Best Part of Your Spring Break?”

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go home winter you're drunk
the other responses were all "sleeping"
there were also a lot of people watching swedish house mafia live on youtube

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Housing Reviews 2013: Broadway

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broadway dorm
columbia housing
dorm reviews
Housing reviews
housing reviews 2013

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William “Billy” McGuire, MBA ’14, Passes Away

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condolences

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Strong, Beautiful Women Spring Break in São Paulo

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barnard
but can i change the world from my couch
but where was lena dunham
girls
global symposium
it's spring break do you know where your student leaders are

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Columbia Music Festival Announces More Acts

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archie pelago
Columbia music festival
le1f
live at lerner
this list gives us indiegasms
wbar
wkcr

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Housing Lottery Numbers Are Up!

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get your site together housing
housing
lottery numbers

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Bwoglines: Opposite Day Edition

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bwog is still a teenager at heart
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the french are weird
what's the difference between a comet and an asteroid anyways aren't they just space things

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