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Cultural Superstitions, Round Two

By Joanna Zhang on Nov 24, 2015 3 Comments

Time for another round of investigations into different cultural superstitions held by Columbia students. This week, staffer Joanna also shares some insights into her own (Chinese) culture’s practices (involving food, just to whet your appetite for this Thursday)! Thanksgiving is coming up! This usually means means family dinners and, inevitably, dealing with unwanted questions from […]

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Running Into People From Home During Break

By Bwog Staff on Nov 24, 2015 0 Comments

Thanksgiving will soon be upon us, and that means plenty of delicious things to look forward to: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and other heavenly cuisine. But aside from the food, Thanksgiving also means human interaction, and lots of it. Interacting with relatives is one thing, but running into old friends (and […]

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Turkey Day At Tom’s

By Bwog Staff on Nov 24, 2015 1 Comments

Has it been your dream since birth to be one of the Seinfeld gang? Well, the show ended years ago (and was fictional) so you may be a little delusional. But you CAN have the next best thing—Thanksgiving dinner at Tom’s (a.k.a. Seinfeld’s famed Monk’s Diner)! For only $29, you can enjoy the most Seinfeld-ian […]

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Bwoglines: We’re Ready To Get Outta The City Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 24, 2015 0 Comments

Are you feeling the Bern? So is most of America, according to TIME’s Person of the Year poll, which everyone’s favorite liberal-uncle-ish politician is winning as of now. (TIME) Getting ready for the ubiquitous Turkey Dump? Soon enough, Facebook will make brutally breaking your S.O.’s heart that much easier by introducing an Eternal Sunshine-esque policy that […]

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Public Safety Sends Crime Alert For EC Sexual Assault

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 5 Comments

A Clery Crime Alert was sent out tonight reporting a sexual assault in the East Campus residence hall on Saturday, November 21st between 3:00 and 4:30 in the morning. The text is included below: On Saturday November 21, 2015 Public Safety was notified of a sexual assault that occurred inside of East Campus between the hours of 3:00am […]

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Field Notes: American Apparel Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 0 Comments

A mainstay of Morningside Heights you could never afford goes out of business, you doubt the veracity of the American dream, and you fail your Chemistry midterm: all in a week’s work. A weird revelation: we’re beginning to think everything in our lives can be tied to the rise and fall of American Apparel, or really, any once-profitable-but-no-longer […]

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Snapshots Of Carman Unmoored, Yearning

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 1 Comments

Carman: land of petty elevator disputes, vomit-stained carpets, vandalized bulletin boards, and a deeply-entrenched loneliness matched only by the vast plains of middle America. Behold the beauty and the desolation of the most “social” first-year dorm, established before Carmanites have even taken their first final. And just remember: it honestly never gets any better.

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Seniors, Let Us Bask In Your Wisdom

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 1 Comments

This is a call to all seniors graduating this term: we want your wisdom, institutional or otherwise, accumulated over the course of your years at Columbia. Though we’re sorry to see you go, could there be any better way to graduate than by participating in our long history of Senior Wisdoms, imparting your carefully culled knowledge […]

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The Real Deal About The Lerner Reveal

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 1 Comments

We all know the real reason that Lerner has increased the price of key replacements to a whopping $50, but here’s the official statement from Jose Rosa, Director of Operations of the Transportation Office: Prior to this increase, the key replacement fee had not changed for more than 10 years, during which time the actual cost to […]

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See You At The Varsity Show Auditions Today (And Tomorrow)!

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 1 Comments

Performers, designers, type-A personalities, lend me your ears—because you just might be interested in the ongoing auditions for the Varsity Show. Whether you want to act, design costumes, or claim your rightful place as “snack captain”, there’s probably something that interests you, so get ready to dazzle the creative team with your joie de vivre, […]

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Update On Barnard Winter Break Housing

By Bwog Staff on Nov 23, 2015 4 Comments

President Spar sent an email to the Barnard community this morning to update students on the administration’s response to an ongoing student challenge of Barnard’s reduced winter break housing policy. Students have put together a petition and the policy has been a recurring topic of SGA meetings this semester. President Spar acknowledged the petition and other […]

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Alumni Interactions And Bacchanal Survey Results At CCSC!

By Joe Milholland on Nov 23, 2015 1 Comments

Joe Milholland, marquess of Mondays, takes us to the most recent CCSC meeting, where the discussed topics included building a more helpful and effective student-alumni relationship and of course, without fail, Bacchanal. Read on for survey results, interesting quotes, and typical council drama. “We were invisible. I didn’t even know what it was until I […]

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The Secret Re-Agent Of The Barnard Chemisty Department

Sarah Braner 1

from altschul with love
is rojas in on it? the betrayal
the breakdown of my gpa can only be explained by entropy or secret weapons of the chem department

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Guess What? It’s Snowing.

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i love billy collins with my whole heart
put on your winter jackets
snow snow snow
unless they're canada geese
what better place to see the snow than nyc

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Bwog Love: Thank You For Standing By Me During My Barnard Transformation

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barnard chop
bold beautiful barnard
bwind beneath my wings
here for women supporting women
i love her and i don't know what i would do without her
washing my hair for the first time after cutting it off felt so weird
you don't gotta look a certain way to be gay don't come for me

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Announcement: It’s The Last Day To Pass/D/Fail A Class, Here’s How You Do It

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everything else but this on SSOL makes me sad
i pass/failed a class yesterday after realizing i haven't gotten back a single grade
lowkey one of my favorite things about columbia
pass/fail is the only reason i have sanity
pdf also stands for pretty damn fine which is how i feel after PDFing a class

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Bwoglines: Let’s Rehabilitate These Birds Edition

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birds
bwananagrams
first time i've thought about brexit in a while tbh
is brexit still relevant
is it weird that cnn was the best place to find info about the cnn trial
milstein deserves all the recognition in the world

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Notes From My Butler Field

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aaaaaa midterms turned finals season sucks please force yourself to make time to eat shower talk to friends and sleep if u can Bwog is PROUD of uuuuuu
bwog baby daddy
grateful humbled and BLESSED we have new faucets
i love YOUNGWEON@bwog.com
is it ok to be barefoot in butler yes right
late night bwog
midterms
no more wet button touchy thingy
november
please actually email a pizza to amara@bwog.com
please email a pizza to tips@bwog.com
please mail dirty socks to finn@bwog.com haha thx
please tell nik and james to give me a higher budget @bwog.com for my social science experiments hehe yes i'm a real scientist thanks u

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To All The Homesick First-Years: You Are Valid

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anyone from portland feel free to hit me up i'd love to cry with you
can't-go-home-until-winter-break squad wya
homesickness is totally valid
humidity? i don't know her
I MISS MY DOGS
no one uses umbrellas in portland so this is quite the transition
the best thing is when you meet someone from your hometown and scream about how different the weather is

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How To Recover From Midterms While Preparing For Your Finals Hibernation

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meditation is hard
midterms are always
power naps never work for me
sleep is good
snuggies are still in
today i fell asleep for 3 hours and didn't know where i was when i woke up
you have a midterm then a final the next day

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