A new semester, a new flock of bwoggers!

In the same vein as last semester’s article, we present to you a comprehensive list of the recent additions to the Bwog staff! Where do they fall on the “is a hotdog a sandwich” debate? Just how many of the bwabies are majoring in political science? Are people still reading Twilight? All the answers and more are below:

Eleanor Babwin (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Oak Park, IL
School/Year: Barnard 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Probably theatre
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: The last movie was Spy, and the last book was The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: No, I also can’t think of the last time I had a hotdog.
Fun Fact About Yourself: My mother once made my brother and me dress up as elves in front of the Bean while strangers took pictures of us.

Bannon Beall (NEW Tuesday Daily):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Topeka. Kansas
School/Year: Barnard Junior (2022)
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): History major, education minor
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Harry Potter for both
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: A hotdog is a crime
Fun Fact About Yourself: My nickname among family is Amelia Bedelia, because I have a (frequently hilarious) track record for failing to accurately perceive figurative language

Mary Bence (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Pittsburgh, PA
School/Year: Barnard 2023
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Neuroscience
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: I think it’s the first twilight movie, which is embarrassing for me
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Absolutely not
Fun Fact About Yourself: I just started working at a smoothie/açaí bowl place

Rania Borgani (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: San Francisco
School/Year: Barnard College, 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Undecided (maybe Economics)
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Isn’t a hot dog just the meat?
Fun Fact About Yourself: I once competed against a girl in middle school to see who could speak French faster…(I won).

Ashley Canales (NEW Illustrator):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: San Rafael, California
School/Year: Barnard 2023
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Either Film Studies or Spanish and Latin American Cultures
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Palm Springs (2020)
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Very much
Fun Fact About Yourself: I shattered my phone screen while trying to do the Swag It Out dance in the crowd at a Zendaya concert in middle school

Phalaen Chang (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Los Angeles, CA
School/Year: CC 2023
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Neuroscience and Behavior + Public Health
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: When Breath Becomes Air (and then considered being an English major again after that)
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: No, if anything it’s a wrap or a soft shell taco with not a lot of ingredients
Fun Fact About Yourself: With my height/lack thereof, awful posture, sore everything, and gray hairs, I could probably pass for an old lady really really well if given the proper makeup and clothes

Jeff Davis (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: They/Them
Home Town: Belchertown, Massachusetts (Yes, that’s the real name, it’s a whole thing)
School/Year: GS, Senior-ish
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Creative Writing, Fiction
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: No, it’s a taco
Fun Fact About Yourself: I can stilt walk

Anna Christine Eggers (NEW Saturday Daily):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Indianapolis, IN
School/Year: Columbia College 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Film/French
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: It is when you buy cheap buns and the bottom rips in half
Fun Fact About Yourself: I’m not clumsy, I’m careless, which means I drop stuff and fall a lot, not because I just can’t help it but because I just don’t care enough

Grace Fitzgerald-Diaz (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Seattle, WA
School/Year: CC 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Human rights plus I’m premed
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: All of my lithum reading
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: It’s more like a taco than a sandwich
Fun Fact About Yourself: I have two goats as pets, I’m a circus performer, and I’m semi-convinced sticking forks in toasters isn’t that bad because everytime I’ve done it it’s been fine

Kylie Gall (NEW Thursday Daily):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Princeton, NJ
School/Year: BC 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Poli sci or Econ!
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Ghostbusters 2
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: No. That’s my personal taxonomy and it’s ironclad. Enough.
Fun Fact About Yourself: My party trick is reciting select SNL skits by memory (i.e. the Kavanaugh Hearing Cold Open and Diner Lobster). People usually don’t stay around long enough for me to get through them, though.

Sydney Gerlach (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: San Diego, CA
School/Year: BC 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Theatre and Psych
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Girls and Sex
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Absolutely not
Fun Fact About Yourself: I’m a black belt in karate

Lee Goldenberg (NEW Illustrator):
Pronouns: They/Them
Home Town: Chicago, IL
School/Year: Barnard 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Neuroscience (but am dumb)
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: The Lorax Movie (2012). This movie radicalized me as a child
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: No, it’s a taco if anything. But why must we impose man-made categories on our food? Let a hotdog be a hotdog and a sandwich be a sandwich.
Fun Fact About Yourself: I gave myself a tattoo of a house with legs in the courtyard of an abandoned Catholic school. My proudest accomplishment.

Maddie Goodman (NEW CCSC Bureau Chief/Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA
School/Year: Barnard College 2022
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Political Econ and French
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: I am rebelling with a TV show, highly recommend I May Destroy You from HBO, sooooo good
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: So I love sandwiches, they might very well be my favorite food group. Can not stand hotdogs. So it’s gonna be a no from me
Fun Fact About Yourself: I lived in Brisbane, Australia for two years. Tbfh wasn’t the best time and now when I hear Australian accents I am a lil triggered.

Panu Hejmadi (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Bangalore, India
School/Year: Barnard, 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): English/Political Science/Math…essentially, I am very confused
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: I just rewatched the Theory of Everything for the 50 millionth time, and it was beautiful
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: How dare you
Fun Fact About Yourself: The average human body is 60% water, but mine has to be 20% water, 30% black tea. Also, I’m a seasonal sleepwalker. Not that those two are definitely related.

Irene Jang (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: LA, CA
School/Year: 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): IR
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Watched Train to Busan because I am trying to expose my white boyfriend to Korean things. xo
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: nO
Fun Fact About Yourself: I enjoy feeding people but don’t enjoy eating what I make. I swear I make good food though.

Joyce Jiang (NEW Illustrator):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Stafford, Virginia
School/Year: Barnard 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Idk tbh xhjskhxk I think Barnard is starting a cognitive science program so either that or computer science
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone/Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Clearly going through a childhood hobbies thing rn)
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Absolutely not, because the hot dog bread is connected
Fun Fact About Yourself: If you like astrology, I have five planets in gemini

Anushka Kulkarni (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Fremont, CA
School/Year: Barnard 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Completely Undecided
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: I can’t eat red meat so I’ve never had a “real” hotdog before. Don’t think I can weigh in on this issue!
Fun Fact About Yourself: It took me 15 years to learn how to correctly pronounce the name of my birthplace (Lowell, MA).

Daisy Lawrence (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Hers
Home Town: Mount Kisco, NY
School/Year: CC 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Political Science
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Lemonade Mouth
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: NO.
Fun Fact About Yourself: I thought I was allergic to bananas for 18 years, but I’m straight up not.

Shane Maughn (NEW Illustrator):
Pronouns: He/Him
Home Town: Christ Church, Barbados
School/Year: SEAS 2023
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Electrical Engineering
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Finally watched Creed & Creed II
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Yes, if you eat it on its side…but then the toppings fall off and you really have to question how much the abstract notion of a “sandwich” is worth
Fun Fact About Yourself: I tried to blow out the sparklers on my 18th birthday cake. Very confused as to why they didn’t go out, I kept blowing on them until I noticed the entire restaurant laughing at me.

Alyssa Mena (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Miami, FL
School/Year: CC 2022
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Film and Environmental Biology
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: The last book I read was Persuasion (10/10 recommend Jane Austen is the original slow-burn fanfiction writer)
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: NO! Maybe if it’s eaten horizontally?
Fun Fact About Yourself: I can talk with my mouth closed

Shira Michaeli (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Bronx, NY
School/Year: General Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary, freshman
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Human rights with a concentration in *something* and Jewish Ethics
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: The Good Place Season Four just went on Netflix. I cried. I’m not ashamed.
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: You can categorize all foods into a sandwich, salad, or soup, but why would you? Isn’t the world a more beautiful place when we let it exist without superfluous categorization?
Fun Fact About Yourself: I once took a 19-hour bus ride from Hungary to Poland with 50 Polish teenagers I didn’t know. The Port-a-Potty in the Czech Republic was a *transcendent* experience.

Evelyn Van Ness (NEW Illustrator):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Trumansburg, NY
School/Year: Barnard 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Something in the humanities lol
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Iron Cowboy
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: A hotdog is the most convenient sandwich one could ever invest in, there is stability and warranty in a closed side
Fun Fact About Yourself: I knew how to drive a tractor before knowing how to ride a bike

Angelina Nicolosi (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Fayetteville, North Carolina
School/Year: Barnard 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Probably anthropology, maybe econ or computer science
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: The Enola Holmes movie on Netflix. It was actually pretty good. I think the last book I read was The Last Olympian from the Percy Jackson series.
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: I’ve had this debate too many times and I will not entertain this irrational discourse again
Fun Fact About Yourself: I have 4 pets, to include 2 cats, a husky, and a husky/Australian shepherd mix. They love to both me while I’m in class :)

Phuong Uyen (Rita) Nguyen (NEW Wednesday Daily):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Los Angeles, CA
School/Year: Barnard, 2023
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Political Science and Sociology
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Vengeful by VE Schwab
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Yes, a hotdog is a sandwich. And if your defense is that the bread has to be sliced into two pieces for it to be a sandwich, may I present to you: the lobster roll, the philly cheesesteak, LITERALLY MOST SUBWAY SANDWICHES AREN’T EVEN CUT IN HALF THE WHOLE WAY. THERE IS NO REASON A HOTDOG SHOULDN’T BE CONSIDERED A SANDWICH BY DEFINITION.
Fun Fact About Yourself: I’m afraid of most birds!

Grace Novarr (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/her
Home Town: Queens, NY
School/Year: BC 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): English and Women’s Studies(?)
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Her (2013) and Zadie Smith’s White Teeth
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: I hope not!
Fun Fact About Yourself: I can crochet rudimentary hats!

Nicole Pineda (NEW Member of Tech Team):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Maracaibo, Venezuela
School/Year: CC, 2021
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): CS-Math
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Uncut Gems
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: This is very philosophical. I wish CC would have prepared me to answer this question. I think it is.
Fun Fact About Yourself: I love trashy reality TV

Mary Qiu (NEW Staff Writer)
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: San Francisco, California
School/Year: Columbia College 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Economics and Anthropology
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Mules and Men
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: I am interested in the more important questions: why is it called a “sandwich” when there is no sand and a “hotdog” when there is no dog?
Fun Fact About Yourself: In a recent q&a, one of my favorite authors advised me to live without embarrassment. It was quite embarrassing.

Talia Rosen (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Home Town: Long Island, NY
School/Year: Barnard, Class of 2022 (Junior)
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Double major in psychology and human rights
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: I did a 10 hour Twilight Saga marathon with my best friend before coming back to NYC for school, which was both life-changing and mind numbing. Last book I read was Midnight Sun (the new book in the Twilight series that came out this summer), thus leading to the 10 hour marathon. I have no regrets.
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Yes, but in the same way that a bagel is technically a sandwich, but it’s on thin ice
Fun Fact About Yourself: I know (almost) every line to every Parks and Recreation episode and can hold a full conversation using only quotes from the show

Camille Sensiba (NEW Staff Writer):
Pronouns: She/Her
Home Town: Long Eddy, NY (You don’t recognize it, and that’s perfectly reasonable)
School/Year: Sophomore in CC
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Probably definitely Creative Writing!
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: I just watched “The Virgin Suicides” with my mom and she didn’t like it. Did I like it? I WAS it.
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Only if you flatten it by running it over with your car, which is really the only thing that should be done with a hotdog anyway
Fun Fact About Yourself: I don’t have a credit card, so don’t even bother trying to use all of this to steal my identity!! I was born on a dark and stormy night via C-section and I am into you!!

Jeffrey Xiong (NEW Sunday Daily):
Pronouns: They/He/Idk gender wack
Home Town: Cupertino, CA or Vancouver, Canada or Nanchang, China or
School/Year: CC 2024
Major (or what I’m thinking of majoring in): Neuroscience? English? East Asian studies? Who knows?????
Last Movie You Watched/Book You Read: Contentious Kwangju by Shin and Hwang
Is a Hotdog a Sandwich?: Obviously
Fun Fact About Yourself: Never broke a bone despite not drinking milk due to my lactose intolerance

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