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Behind The Facade Of McBain

By Jenny Zhu on Aug 08, 2018 4 Comments

In early June, the New York Times (NYT) published an article about McBain Hall’s safety violations. After citing historical failures in its building maintenance, the piece depicted Columbia as ignoring a “façade so decrepit that city inspectors have issued several violations for the risk it posed to the public.” While this incident might initially seem […]

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Almost Over: July Round-Up 2018

By Bwog Staff on Aug 06, 2018 0 Comments

Hello, dear readers! We here at Bwog hope that your summer has been going spectacularly. Now that we have a month left until school, here’s a little update on what’s been happening in MoHi to wake you from your blissful oblivion. News: Up Coffee closed, and Joe Coffee is replacing it. There’s a plant in […]

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Joe Replacing Up

By Youngweon Lee on Aug 02, 2018 1 Comments

Joe Coffee will replace Up Coffee and occupy the corner space between Pulitzer and Furnald. This will be the third Joe Coffee on campus, after their NoCo and Dodge (not the gym) locations. It is unclear whether they will take dining dollars (their other two locations don’t, and Up didn’t), or when exactly they will […]

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Hewitt Has A

By Youngweon Lee on Jul 29, 2018 1 Comments

Rats? Don’t know her. Hewitt Dining Hall has an A health rating now. A legend. We don’t deserve her. I always believed in her even when the haters looked down on her. I knew she could make this comeback. We have reached out to Barnard for comment and will update this post if we receive […]

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Columbia Professor Found Liable For Retaliation In Sexual Harassment Case

By Betsy Ladyzhets on Jul 29, 2018 3 Comments

This past Thursday, a Manhattan federal jury ruled that Geert Bekaert, a professor of economics at the Columbia Business School, is liable for retaliation against Enrichetta Ravina, a former researcher and assistant professor in the department, after she refused his sexual advances. As reported in the New York Times, Bekaert worked with Ravina on her research, which involved data to which […]

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A Tree Grows In The Broadway Hall Water Fountain

By Youngweon Lee on Jul 13, 2018 1 Comments

Well, it’s not a literal tree, but there is a whole plant growing in a water fountain in Broadway Hall. It has a stem and leaves growing out of a crack in the fountain. It gets trimmed every few days but it always grows back as a testimony to the strength of Mother Nature and […]

i'm being sarcastic i don't actually think it's a good thing that there is a literal whole ass plant growing in a water fountain.

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Up Coffee Is Closed

By Youngweon Lee on Jul 06, 2018 1 Comments

My life no longer has meaning. Despair via Ezra Schwarzbaum

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Summer Half Gone: June Round-Up 2018

By Bwog Staff on Jul 03, 2018 5 Comments

May is nothing but a distant, shimmering memory now, and we left even June behind. The best season of the year, Gemini season, is well behind us, and we are deep into Cancer season. Summer is entering that boring lull as the Fourth of July approaches and we are all starting to get tired of […]

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GS Student Arrested On Charges Of Child Pornography

By Isabel Sepúlveda on Jun 27, 2018 12 Comments

Content warning: This article contains mention of pedophilia, child pornography, and sexual assault/violence. Joel Davis, GS ’19, was arrested Tuesday on charges of “enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, and possession, receipt, and distribution of child pornography,” according to a press release from US Attorney’s Office of the Southern […]

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Nussbaum & Wu Closed Again Seemingly Temporarily

By Youngweon Lee on Jun 24, 2018 5 Comments

Nussbaum & Wu has been closed again for a few days for unknown reasons. It doesn’t seem to be permanently closed, but the storefront’s sign does not indicate why they are closed or when they will reopen. They also only took cash for a few days before closing, and the tables outside are gone. According to the […]

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Barnard Meal Plans Limited For Upcoming School Year

By Betsy Ladyzhets on May 30, 2018 1 Comments

On May 3, in the Barnard administration’s annual “tuition and fees” update email, COO Robert Goldberg and (soon-to-be-departing) Dean of the College Avis Hinkson informed students that there would be “several important changes” to Barnard’s meal plan. These changes, the email read, “resulted from discussions with students” and were purportedly intended to “address the issue […]

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Dean Hinkson To Depart Barnard In August

By Bwog Staff on May 30, 2018 1 Comments

Earlier today, members of the Barnard community were notified that Dean Avis Hinkson, BC ’84, will be stepping down from her post later this summer. Starting on August 1, she will be the new Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Pomona College, where she has previously held positions. In Hinkson’s place, Executive […]

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TikToks That Have Defined Our Semester

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