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“Freedom of Speech: The Controversy”: Or, Bernard-Henri Levy + Peter Awn, A Love Story

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2010 6 Comments

Bwog’s chief Lecture-Hopper and free speech enthusiast Mark Hay reports from last night’s panel discussion moderated by David Remnick, (editor of the New Yorker), with Bernard–Henri Levy (philosopher and author), and Peter Awn (Professor of Islamic Religion and Comparative Religion, Director of the Middle East Institute, Columbia), Kent Greenawalt (Professor of Law, Columbia), Philippe Schmidt […]

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PubCrawl

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2010 6 Comments

Bwog is pleased to take its first PubCrawl, courtesy of Publius, Columbia’s new undergraduate journal of politics. The journal will be released biannually, so we’ll try to pace ourselves. Gay rights in Spain Can America be powerful and peaceful? Unconventional warfare Bush v. North Korea and Gore Accidental Guerilla Syndrome

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Taqueria Leaves No Room for Confusion

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2010 4 Comments

During Bwog’s Wednesday morning constitutional, we were delighted to note that at least one-half of Taqueria is open and ready for business. The new-ish dining room is open, the fridge fully stocked with Modelos and Jarritos, and take-out orders are made in the back. The nice lady who handed us our chicken taco informed us […]

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EC Weeps

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2010 0 Comments

Plumbing and Aquatics Correspondent Joy Jorgensen sends along this picture from the EC courtyard. There’s a big leak in front of one of the townhouses that is flooding the courtyard. If you’re braving the waters, update us in the comments. Stay dry, party people.

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Bwoglines: Sightings (M)Edition

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2010 2 Comments

Mochas at MacDonalds (Recession Diary) Marijuana (NYT) Mutations (Flickr) Michelle Obama (Gothamist) Mars! (Wired)

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Police Cars Assemble, Disperse

By Bwog Staff on Jan 27, 2010 6 Comments

Five-plus police cars just finished a short but sweet meeting (team-building exercise? prank? traffic stop?) on Broadway at 113th street, and then left nearly as quickly as they arrived. Theories abound.

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Vertical Tour of St. John the Divine

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2010 0 Comments

@ Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street Sponsored by the Episcopal Campus Ministry Have a physical experience by climbing more than 124 feet through spiral staircases inside the walls to the top of the world’s largest cathedral. Get a close look at the magnificent stained glass windows with figures twice […]

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Ding Dong Done? (updated)

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2010 3 Comments

Ding Dong Lounge, the dive bar on Columbus, appears to have ceased operations sometime during winter break. Worried friends and loved ones had mentioned in passing that the bar seemed to have new, reduced hours, but an endlessly ringing phone and those shuttered doors suggest a far grimmer fate. We salute you, Ding Dong: you […]

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Student Gov Roundup: Casino Night and Laser Tag!

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2010 3 Comments

A new semester, new parties, new ideas, and even a new building – here’s what’s going on in student government: CCSC: Casino Night (this Thursday from 8-12) will include several big prizes, including a PlayStation 3 and an Asus notebook. More importantly, ticket prices have been cut in half to $5, and there will be […]

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Your Chance to Help Haiti

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2010 1 Comments

The CSA (Caribbean Students Association), HSA (Haitian Students Association) and various Student Councils have officially formed the There is Hope: Mission Haiti campaign in order to provide short-term and long-term help to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The new coalition will meet tonight at 8 in Earl Hall. Robert Taylor’s email detailing the […]

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The Heyman Center: We ♥ U, Joseph Stiglitz

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2010 1 Comments

The Heyman Center has released their Spring 2010 events schedule, and it’s highlighted by not one, but two appearances by Mr. Right Side of History himself, Joseph Stiglitz. He’ll be part of “The Continuing Financial Crisis: Perspectives from the North and the South” on March 25th with Prabhat Patnaik, and Jomo Kwame Sundaram, and “Mismeasuring […]

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Bwoglines: Learning About Google Alerts

By Bwog Staff on Jan 26, 2010 3 Comments

The first tuition hike of the new year has arrived: Princeton announced a 3.3% bump yesterday. (NYT) Three bus lines slated to cease overnight service–the crosstown M66, M79, and M96–will continue to run through the wee hours. So that’s nice. (NYPost) The Milsteins are everywhere! The family, long a Butler staple, will lend their name […]

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LectureHop: Snowden and the Future Part I

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comparing things to slavery
eben moglen
edward snowden
fascinating stuff
snowden and the future
snowden can blow bwog's whistle any day
snowmen and the future
the fall of the American empire

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Lecture Hop: No More Sexual Assault

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Engineers Without Borders: Annual Fundraising Event!

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engineers without borders
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not free food but still worth your time

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Gradual Disillusionment: Your Class Facebook Group

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but you actually love it
class facebook group
gradual disillusionment
how is it that some people have personalities in the fb group but not in real life
pretty much just cu craigslist
pretty much the most annoying notifications ever

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In Defense Of: Camping in Butler

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butler
butler camping
it's only okay when I do it
midterms

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The Broadway Bomb Returns (no mom, not a real bomb)

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broadway bomb
illegal actions
omg but so loud so hungover
YOUTHS

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Bwoglines: Tragic Deaths and Nobel Prizes Edition

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death
nobel prizes
one day the news will all be happy we promise
we know you don't care about alice munro but the creative writing department really really does

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Late Night Musings

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#24but
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