Whether you slept through Obama’s 90 minutes on South Lawn or you’re already ready to relive them, you can check out photos of the 2012 Barnard Commencement ceremony below. Send your own photos to tips@bwog.com, and we’ll add them!

The time is now! President Barack Obama is slated to hit up Columbia’s very own South Lawn at 12:30 pm today (!) to give the commencement address to Barnard’s graduating class. We’ll keep you in the loop with lots of photos and details about the before/after/during. Send your own to tips@bwog.com! For more live updates/frantic pun attempts, […]

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The school year might be over as far as final exams and cat-naps in Butler go, but as we learned last summer, there’s never a dull moment for the admin. As SEAS seniors and their Dean get ready to tear up South Lawn, their student council remind us that there’s more to the story, with […]

In case you’ve been successful in drinking enough since finals ended (read: have forgotten about what’s going on in the world around you), quick reminder: Obamanard happens tomorrow! We’ll be live blogging the festivities, so check us out when you wake up. If you’re in the camp whose RSVP (in the form of a crumpled […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Erica Weaver ⋅ Virginia Beach, VA ⋅ CC ⋅ English and Medieval Studies Claim to Fame? With the help of Writers House(s) past, I have wined and dined—but mostly abused—famous authors by giving Paul Auster food poisoning and cramming seven-foot tall Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand into a Wien single. I […]

Name, Hometown, School: Sarah Dion; Cleveland Heights, OH; CC Claim to Fame? COÖP Coord, CAVA member, that girl who is always late to class (this has become a bad, rude habit). Where are you going? The whole post-graduation thing is a work in progress. I’m staying in New York for the summer to work and save up money for whatever […]

A day early and a couple guests short, GS Class Day took place earlier this fine spring day. Light jazz sparkled around Low Plaza as a surprisingly posh audience gathered to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2012. Graduates descended from Low to the tune of “Down by the Riverside” played by a small […]

Name, Hometown, School Ganiatu Denise Afolabi, Pawtucket (Yes, the Pawtucket of Family Guy’s Pawtucket Brewery) RI, CC (African American Studies and Political Science) Claim to Fame? Hmmm… To my friends: Finishing my credit requirements last semester when no one actually has ever witnessed me sit down and do work. To others: Either being the President […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Daniel Valella. Affectionately known as D-Va (a female version of a hustla, of a hustla, of a, of a hustla). Dallas, Texas. Columbia College. English and Comparative Ethnic Studies. Claim to Fame: Lots of people know me as the CA of Broadway and Hogan (“Brogan,” as we call it in the ‘hood). Others […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Todd Nelson, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  Double Major in Environmental Science and American History Claim to Fame? Worked with some great friends building the Columbia environmental community (<3<3<3), CUE leader Where are you going? I’m part of the inaugural Venture for America class (holla at CU fellows Derek Turner and Jim Kahmann!!) […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Brandon Christophe, Lubbock, TX, CC, Economics/Pre-Med Claim to Fame? I am uncommonly good at getting people to trust me with money including a small club called Face AIDS, the amazing brothers of SigEp, and at one time, a voting majority of Columbia College students. Where are you going? Most likely I’ll be conducting research […]

Name, Hometown, School: Pat Blute, Cape Cod, MA, Columbia College Dual-concentration in Sustainable Development and Anthropology Claim to Fame? Won a free trip around the world, played Dean Quigley in V115, created BwogWeather with the talented Zak Dychtwald and the inspirational Eliza Shapiro, put on SPEARS: The Gospel According to Britney thanks to an amazing […]

Name, Hometown, School, Major: Amanda Cormier. San Diego, California. CC. English! Claim to Fame? I convinced everyone on The Eye, Spec’s magazine, to pose naked one time. They still let me run the damn thing, which indicates just how crazy everyone at Spec really is. Where are you going? I’m staying right here! For a little […]