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World Leaders Forum Continues With His Excellency Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen

By Bwog Staff on Sep 23, 2017 0 Comments

Last week, a number of powerful world leaders flocked to Columbia’s campus to participate in the university’s annual World Leaders Forum. To continue our coverage of the Forum, we sent new staffer Megan Wylie to see the current president of Austria, Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen. I went to His Excellency Dr. Alexander Van der […]

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Bwoglines: What The Frog Edition

By Amara Banks on Sep 23, 2017 2 Comments

Happening Around the World: Currently without power, a failing dam threatens Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. (BBC) Happening in the US: A 71-year-old man with a raccoon-hunting headlamp was arrested after police discovered 1,700 marijuana plants on his property. (USA Today) Happening in NYC: The MTA started a program that allows those who are pregnant or disabled to […]

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Breaking The Bubble: Bwog Visits The Studio Museum In Harlem

By Amara Banks on Sep 22, 2017 0 Comments

Because Morningside Heights is always busting with cool art events, we often forget that we live in a city that busts even further with art. Just a couple blocks north is the Studio Museum in Harlem, where new Bwogger Zoë and not-new bwogger Amara headed on Thursday night. While most students make the rounds at […]

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Bring Cups: A Scientific Study

By Bwog Staff on Sep 22, 2017 2 Comments

You’re heading out from your dorm for the night when your friend texts you, “Hey, can you pick up some cups before you get here?” We all know the dilemma: Where do you go? What cups do you get? Bwoggers Ross Chapman, Rachel Deal, and Jenny Zhu tested out 8 different cup varieties from various MoHi […]

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Living in America: Frank Lloyd Wright, Harlem, and Modern Housing

By Jack Treanor on Sep 22, 2017 1 Comments

Bwoggers love cool city stuff, so we couldn’t miss out on Columbia’s exhibit on Frank Llyod Wright. Staffers Jack Treanor and Bella Tincher went over this week to ponder buildings, urban decay, and suburban ideals. In 2012 the entire collected works, papers, and models of the famous American architect was turned over to Columbia and […]

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Going To Reacting Drunk: Rum Edition

By Bwog Staff on Sep 22, 2017 0 Comments

Going to classes is stressful. Having sudden responsibilities after a long, languid summer is difficult. To help with this, two new staff writers went to a session of Reacting to the Past while drunk. Here is their account of this adventure. Disclaimer: Bwog does not endorse or approve of underage drinking, alcoholism, going to class […]

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Investigating The Mysterious Fuck Spec Flyers

By Bwog Staff on Sep 22, 2017 3 Comments

We’ve been spotting mysterious “Fuck Spec” flyers around campus. We kind of wish it was us, but it’s not. We sent Staff Write Abby Rubel to investigate. Approximately eight days ago, a flyer appeared in the Hartley lobby promoting a new website: fuckspec.com. I immediately investigated, because nothing excites a Bwog writer more than someone […]

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Bwoglines: Sleeping In Edition

By Bwog Staff on Sep 22, 2017 0 Comments

Happening in the world: Lots of natural disasters. In Mexico City, rescuers spent days attempting to save a little girl stuck in rubble, and the effort abruptly stopped when “Navy Assistant Secretary Angel Enrique Sarmiento said there is no missing child at the collapsed Mexico City school that has been the focus of rescue efforts” (NPR). […]

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Classroom Idiocy

By Gabrielle Kloppers on Sep 21, 2017 1 Comments

After having been back at Columbia University for a few weeks, Bwog is once again struck by how little attention their classmates have paid to the assigned readings- or logic in general. Here, Bwog Senior Staff Writer Gabrielle Kloppers recounts a few choice excerpts. “I know these are statues, but like…the Greeks…didn’t actually fight centaurs, […]

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Ode To The First-Year Who Filled An Entire Take-Out Container With JJ’s Popcorn

By Betsy Ladyzhets on Sep 21, 2017 2 Comments

Sometimes, in our daily lives at Columbia, we see another student do something so inspiring that we feel compelled to share their story with everyone on campus. Managing Editor Betsy Ladyzhets had such an experience a few nights ago. At first glance, she seemed unassuming. Just another student milling through the Monday night JJ’s rush, […]

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Bwoglines: Tampering, Damaging, And Neglecting

By Victoria Arancio on Sep 21, 2017 0 Comments

Happening in the world: With allegations of tampering with the results of the Kenyan presidential election, the Kenyan Supreme Court ruled that the election be “re-run” within the next 60 days. The voting irregularities found convinced the court to dismiss the election results. This is the first time that an African country is redoing an election. […]

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Spec Could Hear Us Knocking But We Couldn’t Come In

By Bwog Staff on Sep 20, 2017 2 Comments

This past summer, the Columbia Daily Spectator was forced out of its old office space on Broadway between 11th and 112th Street. The publication has not yet found a permanent new home, but for the time being its staff has taken over a few rooms in Riverside Church. Whether or not this move uptown is part […]

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The Dining Halls As Typos Of The Word “Columbia”

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#I checked at all of the typos in the intro autocorrect to columbia
#strong independent barnard student who do need some pizza and smoothies
#that feeling when you spell something wrong so many times that it autocorrects to the wrong spelling when you get it right

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Bwoglines: Brewed Chaos Edition

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Shortforms

Literature Humanities Redesigned As Frat Parties

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are you going to Ithaca tonight? I can get you a facebook invite
Job but everyone just goes in LinkedIn and applies for actual jobs

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CAVA Yelp Reviews, Kinda

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be a friend call cava
cava is kinda fun kinda groovy so get with it
i know someone who cava'd her ex and stands by it- necessary intervention.
smallsnow hot takes

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The Athena Film Festival Begins Tomorrow!

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bwog loves to snuggle up to a good movie
bwog movie reccomendations
female directors
movie things

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What Jacket Should You Wear Today?

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and i oop
I'll just go naked
iced almond milk latte
Oh to be Archie Andrews from Riverdale and never have to go to class

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GSSC: President Joshua Lefkow Edition

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gssc please acknowledge me ily
i am the one and only gssc stan and im ok with it
it was literally 25 minutes long and i was like Oh
the senior class president did add me on facebook tho i feel cool

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Bwoglines: Sleeping On Planes Edition

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Bwog Planes
can this be on united
the newark airtrain is an abomination
united lol
what is sleep

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