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Bwoglines: Negotiations, Negotiations, Negotiations Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 05, 2015 0 Comments

The Mexican Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individuals have the right to grow and distribute marijuana for their own personal use. This ruling is a challenge to Mexico’s (and America’s) conservative drug policies, and opens the door to legalization of marijuana in Mexico. (NY Times) Meanwhile, in Taiwan, President Ma Ying-jeou is preparing for talks with […]

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Field Notes: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 04, 2015 0 Comments

Halloween was a lot of fun this year, regardless of whether you were downtown in a parade or on frat row looking for parties. And we had a nice fall break to recover from our hangovers and try to finish some work. Thanks Columbia! Remember, you can send in your own experiences by emailing them to us at tips@bwog.com. […]

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Awkward First-Year Moments: What’s Your Name Again?

By Betsy Ladyzhets on Nov 04, 2015 1 Comments

We’ve all experienced them before, those extremely long and awkward moments during our freshmen year when some person we met at NSOP calls us out by name. Bwog Daily Betsy Ladyzhets is here to talk about such times in our series Awkward First-Year Moments. You’ve seen that person before. You have, you’re sure of it. You recognize […]

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Barnard’s Overheard Page Never Ceases To Amuse Us

By Betsy Ladyzhets on Nov 04, 2015 5 Comments

They say that college changes you. The experiences you have, the people you meet, and the mistakes you make these four years will shape who you are for years to come – whether for better, for worse, or for something not quite on that spectrum. And no better evidence of those changes can be found […]

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Bucket List: Exploring The World Edition

By Finn Klauber on Nov 04, 2015 0 Comments

Bucket List represents the immense academic privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. Our recommendations for this short academic week are below, and the full list can be found below the jump. As always, if we’ve made a mistake or left anything noteworthy off the list, please let us know in the comments. Recommended “The Untold Story […]

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Bwoglines: Celebration And Despair Edition

By Bwog Staff on Nov 04, 2015 0 Comments

Despair: The second general election in Turkey this year saw Recep Erdogan’s Justice and Development party win 49.4% of the vote. Although Erdogan claims the vote to be fair, many critics believe that the election was “characterised by unfairness and, to a serious degree, fear.” (BBC) Celebration: Australia’s most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup […]

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Bwog Out

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2015 1 Comments

Hi friends! Fall break has officially begun, leaving us all with a joyous long weekend to dress up as cats and drink our midterm sorrows away. Just as you are looking forward to your break from school work, Bwog is also excited to have a little alone time at home with our dog and our Roku. […]

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Bwog Reviews The Intricacies Of Chinglish

By Joanna Zhang on Oct 30, 2015 1 Comments

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Columbia Blue Glaze Theatre presents the Broadway comedy Chinglish. Advertised by the cast as “a wonderful night with fun and happiness,” Bwogger Joanna Zhang was eager to report on Thursday evening’s performance. Upon walking into Lerner’s Austin E. Quigley Black Box Theatre, my first thought was that this was the most Asian […]

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Dean Of Academic Affairs Steps Down

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2015 1 Comments

After 26 years at CC (and another 10 at Barnard), Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis is stepping down, according to an email sent this morning from Dean Valentini. Twenty-six years is a long time! (We only have to spend four years here and cannot imagine/relate). However, the Dean will stay on as a faculty […]

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AskBwog: Latin Unites Roommates

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2015 2 Comments

Received 9:47 AM Dear Bwog, My roommate and I are still having problems. It’s gotten even weirder and I could really use some advice. Last night I had what I thought was just a dream. Well, I thought it was but my roommate has been treating me more creepily since. He brought back some weird […]

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“A Mild And Gentle Cacophony:” Women Poets At Barnard

By Betsy Ladyzhets on Oct 30, 2015 1 Comments

Don’t feel as though you’ve been getting your fill of female angst lately? Does your life feel lacking in art, poetry, and beautiful words? If you answered yes to either of those questions, Bwogger Betsy Ladyzhets’ recounting of her experience at the Women Poets at Barnard reading last night is for you. I swept into the Sulzberger Parlor at […]

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A Rocky Horror Start To This Halloweekend

By Bwog Staff on Oct 30, 2015 2 Comments

Last night, Columbia Musical Theatre Society staged its third annual production of Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with shadow cast and call backs. Bwoggers Lila Etter and Mia Lindheimer ventured to Transexual Transylvania (aka the Diana Event Oval) to check it out. For its one-night-only production, CMTS presented the show as a shadow cast: a […]

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The Five Stages Of Getting Back A Midterm

Maggie Gourdin 0

D is for degree
love some salted caramel ice cream
stress culture is SO real
thank god for the curve

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Where Art Thou: Exit, Pursued By Bear Edition

Riva Weinstein 0

columbia students are too damn talented
disclaimer ive only seen 1 addams family movie ever
where art thou?
yes exit pursued by bear is indeed from winters tale

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Bwoglines: That’s The Way The Cookie Crumbles Edition

Mary Clare Greenlees 1

bwastro
bwoglines
faces places is beautiful and amazing and everyone needs to see it-it is so wholesome and makes my heart smile
tagalongs are the best girl scout cookies hands down
the only problem is that they (girl scout corporate?) packs only like 16 tagalongs in the box and therefore i eat them in like 2 minutes :/

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Blue Glaze’s 99 Women: 1 Hour, 99 Monologues

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Blue Glaze Theatre
can you IMAGINE the amount of costume changes????
hey tech directors please make sure your sets aren't blocking the projected words

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For The 33rd Time, The Alfred Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest

Zoe Sottile 0

bad poetry
college
et cetera
i also hope i look hot if they took any photos of me
i hope my post is better than the nyt's
i still don't understand what philo does
i tried to flash the photographer at one point
joyce kilmer
liberal ARTS
philo
philolexian society
university

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The Fight For Black Girl Magic

Ezra Lerner 0

black excellence
black girl magic
senegalese filmmakers
slavery

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Midterm Results For Columbia Students

Sarah Harty 4

as if we dont hear enough from cuomo already
doug dimmadome owner of the dimmsdale dimmadome
i hate it when people have two first names @ brian benjamin
i worked for gillibrand this summer!
KEG: a legend
say democrat daniel o'donnell five times fast
south brooklyn is not in the south part of brooklyn in fact it is in the northwest

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Campus Figures As Decorative Gourds

Bwog Staff 1

fall has fallen!!!!!!
go to the farmers market it is great
i actually hate myself for this
i love decorative gourds tho

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