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John David Fernandez, CC ’12, Passes Away

By Bwog Staff on Jan 17, 2010 12 Comments

More sad news from the Columbia community tonight. John David Fernandez, CC ’12, passed away over the weekend because of complications from pneumonia. A self-described Misesian libertarian, he was Vice President of the Columbia Libertarians and helped organize and host several on-campus libertarian events. We’ll keep you updated with information about memorial services. Our thoughts […]

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Barnard Gets Meta

By Bwog Staff on Jan 17, 2010 0 Comments

The Barnard website is getting a makeover, but it seems like it’s going to take a while. On Thursday, Barnard students received an email from Scott DiPerna, Director of Electronic Communications (?!), announcing the plan for an overhaul of Barnard.edu and introducing a Barnard Website blog that will keep whoever’s actually interested up-to-date about the […]

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University Update on the Crisis in Haiti

By Bwog Staff on Jan 15, 2010 30 Comments

Today, the University issued an update on the situation in Haiti, confirming that six SIPA students and one SIPA faculty member are on their way back to New York after being safely transferred to the Dominican Republic yesterday from Haiti. Two CIESIN (the Center for International Earth Science Information Network) faculty made it back to […]

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Let’s Get Ready Applications Due

By Bwog Staff on Jan 14, 2010 0 Comments

Do you have 3 hours to commit one night per week this semester? Put your time to good use by coaching high school students this spring! Let’s Get Ready is a program designed to help under-served students achieve their college dreams. Coaches work in Harlem at the Frederick Douglass Academy, and tutor a group of […]

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PrezBo: Ready for His Close-up

By Bwog Staff on Jan 14, 2010 6 Comments

What does our fearless leader do when he’s not, um, doing whatever he does everyday? He watches Dean Quigley buy soup and he appears on public television. Last night, Bwog stayed up past our bedtime to catch PrezBo on Charlie Rose. Bollinger and the nearly equally dapper Mr. Rose spent most of El Presidente’s half […]

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Michael Sinnott, GS ’10, Passes Away

By Bwog Staff on Jan 13, 2010 25 Comments

We were just informed that Michael Sinnott, an Environmental Biology major, passed away over the weekend due to natural causes. Memorial and funeral services have been planned and donations are being accepted in lieu of flowers. Our thoughts are with Michael’s family during this time.

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This Band Vampire Weekend Went to Columbia

By Bwog Staff on Jan 12, 2010 46 Comments

The world’s best known former Ruggles inhabitants, Vampire Weekend, released their new album Contra yesterday. The album has received positive reviews so far, including a shockingly high 8.6 from notoriously picky Pitchfork Media. The band was recently interviewed for a Wall Street Journal music blog, Speakeasy. The band talked about books and wore cardigans. VW […]

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CU Vets in the Gray Lady

By Bwog Staff on Jan 09, 2010 34 Comments

An article from today’s New York Times outlines the large (and growing) presence of veterans enrolled at Columbia. The article claims that good old Alma has, “more than any other Ivy League institution…thrown out a welcome mat for returning servicemen and women.” There are currently 210 veterans at CU (88 are in General Studies); GS […]

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Bwoglines: While You Were (Are) Away

By Bwog Staff on Jan 07, 2010 16 Comments

Right when we all skip town, Morningside goes crazy! Pinnacle shuttered; our delusions of security shattered, etc. Chase Bank on 109th and Broadway was robbed. (Westside Independent) More Manhattanville commentary, this time alluding to Albany. (WSJ) Bored at Butler is back. Recent posts include “entourage is good” and simply and mysteriously, “koronet.” It’s really cold […]

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Cavalier Couture Launch Party and CatarACT Benefit

By Bwog Staff on Jan 05, 2010 0 Comments

Bourbon Street Bar at 346 West 46th Street Kick off the semester at our “Bourbon Street” style CAVALIER COUTURE launch party/BeNEfIt for Cataract International! Gothamist Magazine describes Bourbon Street as… “…a lavishly appointed homage to New Orleans’s French Quarter opened in the theater district… the two-story restaurant evokes the Big Easy with gas lamps, wrought […]

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That Wasn’t Really Pasta on the Pizza

By Bwog Staff on Jan 03, 2010 112 Comments

Matt Kalish, SEAS ’12, sends in this photo of a shuttered Pinnacle Deli: The phones happily rang when we tried to call Pinnacle but no one answered. The Department of Health is closed on Sunday and the most recent inspection is not online yet, so use your imagination! Because, as you know, Pinnacle was always […]

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Semester in Review: The Semester That Wasn’t

By Bwog Staff on Dec 31, 2009 16 Comments

It’s New Year’s Eve! But before you go popping the champagne corks, strap in for an announcement and a look back at the last semester of the Aughties/Naughties/Zeroes. First, starting tomorrow, former daily editor and current magazine senior editor Eliza Shapiro, CC ’12, will be taking over as Bwog editor; joining her as deputy will […]

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AskBwog: Share A Bike?

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askbwog
bike share
bikeless bikers
bikers
bikes
bring your viking helmets
bwog is your mother
citibike
cu bike share
ecoreps
wear a helmet!

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Bwoglines: Concerning Times

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bwoglines
heartfelt concern
I think I need a ginger ale
seriously how did we let this dennis rodman thing happen
student loans

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Man Shot on 123rd and Amsterdam

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crime
nypd
police
shootings
things that will scare your parents

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Dear Bwog: Awkward Encounters

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awkward oyster
bwog is so flattered to be compared to obi-wan kenobi
bwog is social occasionally
bwog wears a mask
dear bwog
dear strugglebus
mole-people need love too!
you are the pearl in the awkward oyster

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Calm Down About The East Asian Library

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east asian library
kent
nick miller is bwog's spirit animal
reactive minds
uris
we won't say anything if you sit at those tables though. solidarity.
yeah it's that place in kent
you can still print 10 copies of your 12 page fiction workshop story don't worry

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Opening Remarks: General Sassiness

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getting burned hard in CS
hey cmon we re-appropriated the size matters joke first
john kender
no more mr nice guy
opening remarks
professors say the craziest shit
promises against nudity must be a new one in the professor handbook

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John Jay Got A Makeover

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but has the food improved to match?
john jay
shit just got shiny
we always just miss the renovations...
we wonder how ferris is feeling about all of this
while you were away

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Core Tech Genius: Seriously, Get Paid

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bwog is lionshare sometimes
christia mercer
core tech genius
the core

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