Name, Hometown, School, Major: Hayley Peterson, East Bethel, MN, Barnard College, Film Studies Claim to Fame? Former Drum Major of the Columbia University Marching Band, I’ve strutted around in a certain lion costume, and danced with Lebron James…sort of. Where are you going? That remains to be seen. But definitely northern Minnesota for the 4th […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Barry Weinberg, Indianapolis (a.k.a. “Indy,” “Naptown,” “the land that time forgot”), Columbia College, Political Science-Economics Major, EALAC concentrator Claim to Fame? That randomly intense guy who was always at CCSC saying “well, see, I was digging through the archives and there used to be…,” the reason CCSC no longer has instant-runoff […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Marissa Tremblay, Cow Hampshire, Barnard ’12. Everyone says, “you’re that girl majoring in geology at Barnard, right?” But I’m technically an Enviro Sci major. Claim to fame? People thought it was pretty cool when I came back from a semester sailing from Hawaii to Tahiti with a shaved head (a small part of […]
Despite what began as a light drizzle but soon became a torrential downpour, the 2012 graduating class of Columbia College made it up to the South Lawn stage—and on to the real world—this morning. There’s got to be a metaphor in there, somewhere. Words of wisdom and congratulations were bestowed upon the baby blue-swathed grads […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Nnaemeka (Emeka) Ekwelum, Boston, MA., Columbia College, Comparative Ethnic Studies Claim to fame: Co-writing and producing FRIEZE, which is one of my greatest achievements to date (special shout out to our amazing cast and production team—I love you all). The day that Felicia Marie Bishop dedicated her thesis to me. In […]
In case you’re living under a rock/booth of 1020 and haven’t heard, Obama stopped by South Lawn yesterday to give Barnard’s 2012 Commencement Speech. Decently Dynamic Duo Ella Quittner and Brian Wagner stopped by and made a highlight reel. In their heads. “Fight for a seat at the head of the table.” That’s one of […]
Today, the SEAS class of 2012 took the metaphorical and literal stage. Super SEAS Specialist (aka SEAS junior) Brian Wagner watched and took some notes. Coming and going with a bit less fanfare than today’s other ceremony, SEAS Class Day took place on the South Lawn late this afternoon. The atmosphere was decidedly less energetic […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Gac Filipaj, New York City, GS, Classics Claim to Fame? [Editor’s Note: Read about Gac’s claim to fame.] Where are you going? I would like to go to grad school here at Columbia. Three things you learned at Columbia: I thought I knew a lot, if not everything, but I came […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Stephanie Jurburg, Montevideo, Uruguay, Environmental Biology Claim to fame: Hanging out like it’s a sport. Also I once 911-ed myself Where are you going? To the Netherlands, to study soil ecology. Three things you learned at Columbia: Aside from academics, which vary greatly between majors, New York moves at a completely different […]
Name, Hometown, School, Major: Usha Sahay, Short Hills, NJ, CC, history & political science, which is just a longer way of saying I majored in JSTOR. Claim to Fame: Conspiracy theorist, Simon and Garfunkel fanatic, overwhelmingly proud Youth for Debate mama, that girl rudely doing the crossword puzzle in lecture. I wrote the rules for this drinking […]
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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