Ladies and gents, it’s the final stretch. Spring Break has come and gone, and these last seven weeks feel like No Man’s Land. Besides spring allergies and frenzied summer plans, here are a few dates to look forward to (or dread) in these last handful of weeks. Housing March 29: Lottery numbers posted April 7-9, […]
In an email just sent out to students, Dean Dorothy Denburg and BC Chief Operating Officer Gregory Brown laid out Barnard’s meal plan for the 2010-2011 school year. Most importantly, all students living on the Quad will have to “partake [in] a new plan at a lower cost and with fewer meals than had been […]
One of the greatest perks of an Ivy League education is having all sorts of guest lecturers and talks hosted right on campus. Yet many of these great talks are not publicized enough. Enter Bucket List, a weekly feature that aggregates these events in a single location that will hopefully make you realize, like Bwog […]
Spring arrived! History professor Simon Schama weighs in. (BBC) There is now a five-minute grace period before NYC drivers get tickets for expired meters, making for a potentially interesting move-out day. (NYDaily) Don’t take up more than one seat on the subway… the NYPD is stepping up and you might just get a ticket for […]
Amnesty International leaders from around the world come will come to Riverside Church in New York City on April 19th to expose the truth about the human rights problem that leads to more than 500,000 deaths a year. Every minute one woman dies as a consequence of complications during birth or pregnancy. That’s approximately 500,000 […]
Broadway Room in Lerner Come celebrate Women’s History with great food, jazzy student-produced music, and a screening of the film “Seneca Falls,” about a life-changing journey with nine high school girls (and a lone ten-year-old boy) bound for the birthplace of women’s rights in America. Part teenage road trip, part stunning history lesson, the film […]
The Diana Black Box Theatre Ash Tai was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY to West-Indian immigrant parents. In her one-woman show, “As I Go Through”, which debuted at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in May 2009, Ash Tai recalls and performs her reality of being raised by a Jamaican father and Trinidadian mother. Much of […]
Ninety-five years after her birth, on April 7th, 2010, WKCR will dedicate all programming to Billie Holiday. Born Elinore Fagan in Baltimore, Holiday learned songs by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith despite the instability and tragedy of her childhood. In 1929, she teamed up with tenor sax player Kenneth Hollan, slowly building her reputation as […]
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