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| | '''Spectrum''' is the latest incarnation of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator|Spec's]] consistently abortive attempts at running a 24-hour on-campus blog. Given the Spectator's blogs' troubled past, students normally mention the Spectrum when discussing how long it will take for it to fail. | | '''Spectrum''' is the latest incarnation of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator|Spec's]] consistently abortive attempts at running a 24-hour on-campus blog. Given the Spectator's blogs' troubled past, students normally mention the Spectrum when discussing how long it will take for it to fail. |
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| − | ==Bwog Smear Campaign==
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| − | Most people know about Spectrum because [[Speccie|Speccies]] and their friends freely (and annoyingly) advertise Spectrum on [[The Bwog]].<ref>http://bwog.net/2010/03/15/overseen-on-facebook-home-sweet-home#comment-192433</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/02/breaking-no-40s-on-40#comment-194644</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/24/free-food-nomnomnom#comment-199103</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/24/free-food-nomnomnom#comment-199041</ref><ref>etc.</ref><ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/30/baseball-team-wins-gehrig-division#comment-200104</ref>
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| − | Sometimes (not known how often), they lie. For instance, on a 2010 Room Selection entry, user "Ben Cotton" wrote:
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| − | <br>''EC Exclusion suites floors 12 and 14 apparently do not have working dishwashers or refrigerators any more and will not be replaced this summer. This is a completely unforeseen mistake by housing services, but they say that renovations were not done in time and they do not have new/refurbished appliances on the way for these 2 floors.<br>
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| − | <br>''Ben<br>
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| − | <br>''-check out the spectrum blog''<ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/07/bwoglines-housing-is-upon-us#comment-195851<br></ref></blockquote>
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| − | What was said in the comment turned out not to be true.
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Revision as of 17:11, 3 October 2010
Spectrum is the latest incarnation of the Spec's consistently abortive attempts at running a 24-hour on-campus blog. Given the Spectator's blogs' troubled past, students normally mention the Spectrum when discussing how long it will take for it to fail.
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