Name, School:

Laura S., Barnard College

Claim to fame:

Student Government President

Post-grad plans:

M. Levin, Project Analyst

Preferred swim test stroke?

Swimming isnt part of the Nine Ways of Knowing.

What are three things you learned at Columbia?

1) He’s not the one…

2) Neither is the other guy…

3) Nor is that guy’s roommate.

Justify your existence in 30 words or less.

As a Barnard woman I refuse to answer this question formally, as ‘justifying my existence’ is what I’ve been doing informally for four years.



What was your favorite controversy in your time at Columbia?

Funding at Columbia University (also known as F@CU).

All five  governing boards have been fighting for the process to be open to the general public.

This year all of the four Councils agreed, but ironically no one showed up for the party.

What Columbia memory best exemplifies your college experience?

This year’s Varsity Show.

Which prof do you think would be the best kisser?

Professor/President Bollinger.

What percentage of seniors do you think are virgins?

“There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law [or Bwog], generally speaking, must not intrude.” – Fisher

Would you rather permanently give up oral sex or cheese?

I’m Swiss, it would be unpatriotic to give up cheese.

Regrets?

Only one: filling out this Senior Wisdom and putting it on Bwog :)