Bwog is in slow motion this week due to Thanksgiving.

Last week a vigilant commenter tipped us off to a possible They Might Be Giants concert happening on October 14th on campus. Well, first, said commenter was lucky that a Bwog editor caught that tidbit (send in things to the alias, come on now!). Second, we emailed TMBG's bookers High Road Touring and they confirmed the date- and added that it's going to be a "kids show." So you can geek out and regress into early childhood to your heart's content.


kjhIn preparation for the storming of NYU, a few Bwog editors and other interested parties will be gathering tonight at La Negrita on 109th and Columbus to sharpen our skills before going big time. Trivia goes from 8:00 - 10:00 with a two-drink minimum. Swing by at around 7:45 if you want to get in on the action.
See also: Beer, Geekery, Nyu, Trivia

In case you hadn't noticed, CCSC campaigns began today at 9:00 AM. Unsurprisingly, Michelle Diamond's One Columbia came out of the gate fast, while Tracy Chung's Rebel CC debuted with a comprehensive but decidedly less flashy blogspot site. Segovia's site will replace her facebook group (touting an "e-bard") tomorrow. Meanwhile, since we at the Bwog like nothing more than making massive spreadsheets, we thought we'd give you a side-by-side comparison of the highlights. (Note: because a comprehensive review would make you want to scream and jump from the top of Riverside Church, this is an abridged version. If really want to find wade through the blizzard of campaign promises, visit the sites yourself).


VOICE
Natali Segovia

sdf

Rebel CC
Tracy Chung

dfg

One Columbia
Michelle Diamond

mnb

SPACE - Space for multicultural groups
- Has "Space" on her platform sidebar, but never actually talks about it

- Streamline space reservations

- Work on Lerner 6

- Gank grad space

MONEY

MORE! MORE! And CCSC should do private fundraising.
MORE!

HEALTH/
ADVISING

- a Holistic Health and Life Center

- a Well Woman Center

- Diversification of offerings at the CCE

- A "completely voluntary" student mentoring program

- Overhaul undergraduate research, fellowship advising, and pre-professional advising

- Pretty much what's on an advising resolution passed yesterday at the CCSC meeting

- Centralized course evaluations

COMMUNI-
CATIONS

- A "website portal hub" to centralize information

- A CCSC blog

- A centralized online events calendar (like this one?)

- "Leadership summits"
GOODIES

- More laundry capacity

- More satellite gyms

- Wireless

- Flat screens in Dodge (YES!)

- Satellite gyms

- the "Bar Crawl to Victory"--walking from bar to bar on the way up to Baker Field on game days

- more food

- more events


MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
- will remain "thouroughly involved" in Manhattanville planning

- a report on environmental stuff

- "education" and "debate" on Manhattanville

- Pushing for the community's 197A plan in Manhattanville

- Appropriating the agenda of green groups on campus

- Next: troops out now!




- LBD


sdfGood weather, apparently, begets genius. Earlier today, a commenter left the following on the Think Coffee review: "i propose we get a gaggle of cu students together to go down to think on scrabble nights (thursdays??) and kick some nyu ass." Kick some NYU ass? Something we do both far too much and yet not enough at all. Within hours, inboxes were filled, IMs were sent: Columbia University would have a Scrabble team, and Bwog would gingerly poke fun. However, a quick phone call to Think laid down the kibosh (15 points)--the Scrabblers had left for Brooklyn, or something. So Bwog's competitive spirit changed gears: TRIVIA NIGHT.

Here's the plan. Bwog wants to start a super-quiz team with the sole purpose of putting Tisch students in their place. We hear The Baggot Inn, one block off Washington Square Park, is the pinnacle of both the NYU and the five boroughs trivia set--but since Bwog knows only what's on the undersides of Snapple caps, we need some stellar quizzers to out-quiz NYU, and we'll split the comped bar tab when you win.

Try-outs will be informal — if you're interested, send your name, phone number, and a good time to chat to bwog@columbia.edu. We'll call sometime soon to ask, "Which New York 'university' is about to get their shit handed to them in a Morton-Williams bag?" Answer correctly and you're in. We'll most likely be training on Wednesday nights at our own La Negrita, then getting some road experience around the city before going for the title on a Tuesday night at Baggot's. Or hell, maybe we'll just rush'em next week and bank on first-timers' luck.

- BPM


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