This is quite… what’s the word… remarkable.

Professor of Politics of Crime and Policing:

  • “It’s an okay class. It’s a solid class. But it’s not that great of a class.”
  • “I’m not a good cultivator of student work.”

Professor George Chauncey: “Barnard, you are a queer historian’s dream.”

Professor Jonathan Crary of Art History and Archaeology: “I have repressed a sin.”

Professor Jae Lee of Advanced Programming: “If you fall behind for 2 weeks, it’s over.”

Professor of Introduction to Information Sciences: “I don’t have a lot of faith in you all. That’s not because of you, I just don’t have a lot of faith in humanity.”

Professor of International Policy: 

  • “Why take this course? Like the Arby’s commercial says, ‘we have the meats.’” 
  • “This would be a great exam question. Situationship, couple, or throuple? ” (In reference to Xi, Putin, and Modi in NYT)

Professor of Mineralogy: “We don’t give the students radioactive minerals… ANYMORE.” 

Professors of Various Subjects:

  • “Columbia kind of treats Barnard like Trump treats Columbia.”
  • “We’re having some issues here at this university. I don’t have to tell you, you know.”

Pupin Hall via Bwarchives