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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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ActHop: Standard Delivery

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acthop
bwog video
standard delivery
synaesthesia

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SGA: A+ for the Pass – D – Fail

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incoming DSpar red alert
is the cheese and fruit platter typical? bwog should start going to sga meetings
p/d/fail
sga
times when you don't want the D

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Housing Coverage, Day Five

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Housing 2013: prepare yo'self
liveblogging
once more unto the breach
room selection
The 2013 Housing Lottery: Your Best Mistake Ever!
the penultimate peril

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CUAdmirers Says Goodbye…Officially!

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and good riddance
cu admirers
dat ass
so long farewell auf wiedersehen goodbye

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And The Winner Is…

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dmc
editorial discretion
MICROMANAGING
nicknames
POWER HUNGRY BWOG
welcome Dean Boyce

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Food Truck Rally Starts Today!

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burgers!
food truck rally
gourmet ice cream
not free food
reminds bwog of high school car rallies. which were unsafe.
things that make bwog hungry

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Bwoglines: Confusion Edition

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ah les difficultes avec le wikipedia francais. classique.
bwog can't forgive margaret thatcher for being the subject of that way too depressing Meryl Streep movie
bwoglines
checking privilege
nutellagate 2013 on a different scale
remember "Judas" by Lady Gaga? what a hit
streisand effect

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In Defense Of: McBain

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cesspools we know and love
hierarchy
housing
In Defense Of
mcbain
McBain 4 lyfe
McBizzle
people are animals
you're probably an animal too

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