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Barnard Contingent Faculty Union Approves Strike

By Bwog Staff on Dec 08, 2016 1 Comments

A majority vote has granted Barnard Contingent Faculty Union power to declare a strike. This news comes after a long contract negotiation process between the college and BCF-UAW, as the parties have struggled to settle details like fair wage and benefits. While Barnard would like for operations to continue as usual, a strike could mean cancelled exams for […]

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Overseen: The Barnard Bread Bandit Returns

By Bwog Staff on Dec 08, 2016 0 Comments

Last year, around this time, we posted about slices of bread that some bold young Barnard student had attached (with thumbtacks) to the bulletin boards in the Quad. Today, we received a tip that the bulletin board bread has returned – and this time, it’s in Plimpton. There it is, plain as day: bread […]

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A Call for Closing Remarks

By Elana Rebitzer on Dec 08, 2016 0 Comments

The days are getting shorter, the weather is getting colder, and classes are winding down. As you head off to the last meeting of that class you love (or despise), be prepared for your professors to engage in the time honored tradition of making an emotional (or eye-rollingly cheesy, depending on how you’re feeling) goodbye speech to […]

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Women In STEM Need To Stick Together

By Betsy Ladyzhets on Dec 08, 2016 1 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Bonita London, CU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ’06 and Associate Professor at Stony Brook University, gave a presentation on barriers and bridges to STEM engagement among women, focusing in particular on undergraduate students. Betsy Ladyzhets, senior staffer (and woman in STEM), describes Dr. London’s talk. When I arrived in 614 […]

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Students Go To Standing Rock

By Sarah Dahl on Dec 08, 2016 0 Comments

After months of major, peaceful protests by indigenous peoples against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) through the Standing Rock Sioux reservation water supply, the pipeline will been diverted. What does this mean, and what are conditions like in and around Standing Rock? Senior staffer Sarah Dahl recently caught up with Barnard sophomore Jessie Lee […]

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Bwoglines: Take A Deep Breath Edition

By Bwog Staff on Dec 08, 2016 0 Comments

Members of the New York City Council’s Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus sent a letter to the chairman of the City University of New York, arguing against Governor Andrew Cuomo’s statements that CUNY administration has not been financially responsible. (New York Times) After Donald Trump tweeted negative things about the union which represents Carrier, in Indiana, […]

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Barnard Task Force To Examine Divestment Recommends Partial Divestment

By Bwog Staff on Dec 07, 2016 0 Comments

This afternoon, Robert Goldberg, Barnard’s Chief Operating Officer, wrote an email to the Barnard community announcing that the Presidential Task Force to Examine Divestment submitted its full report on fossil fuel divestment to the Board of Trustees. This task force was created last semester as a result of Divest Barnard’s campaign encouraging Barnard to divest […]

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Where The Hell Are All The Bathrooms?

By Sarah Kinney on Dec 07, 2016 2 Comments

It’s 3 o’ clock in the afternoon and you’re stuck on God knows what floor of Schermerhorn, about to piss your pants. Where do you go? Where do you turn? You have no fucking clue because trying to figure out on which floor the damn bathrooms are is near impossible. Well, worry no more, because […]

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Early Phi Beta Kappa Announced

By Bwog Staff on Dec 07, 2016 5 Comments

Earlier today, Columbia College announced the names of 23 seniors it has inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. A remaining 8% of students in the Class of 2017 will be announced in the spring. (Don’t give up hope!). Here are the new members: Michael Abolafia Paul Bloom Christie Corn Filipe de Avila […]

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Reminder: Vote In The Columbia Union Election Today And Tomorrow

By Bwog Staff on Dec 07, 2016 1 Comments

Columbia’s long-awaited unionization election is happening today and tomorrow (December 7-8)! In this election scheduled by the National Labor Relations Board, eligible voters will decide whether Columbia student research and teaching assistants will henceforth be represented by Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers. If you’re an undergraduate or graduate TA, Research Assistant, Course Assistant, or […]

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Data, Polling, Media, And Democracy: A Panel Discussion On The 2016 Election

By Bwog Staff on Dec 07, 2016 2 Comments

Curious about what went wrong with the polls this election season? On Tuesday evening, Bwog Staff Writer Lexie Lehmann attended Columbia Data and Society Task Force’s event, “Data, Polling, the Media and Democracy: A Panel Discussion of Election 2016”. Here are the highlights from the forum. On Tuesday, Columbia’s Data and Society Task Force, sponsored […]

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(GSS)C You Next Semester!

By Jennifer Nugent on Dec 07, 2016 0 Comments

Last night, Bwog GSSC Bureau Chiefs Jennie Nugent & Romane Thomas attended GSSC’s last meeting of the semester. We’ll be back with more GSSC updates after break! The General Studies Student Council has been working on several projects throughout the semester, and the final meeting of 2016 was a celebration of all that the council had […]

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Bwoglines: Still Got Va-Va-Voom Edition

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i don't actually understand US politics at all
i saw an unwrapped one at the british museum once and it looked so peaceful
mummies are literal human sausages if you think about it
who cares about gpas when we're all just little specks in the 6000 year stretch of civilization

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More Egregious Than Watergate: A Guide To The Recent Impeachment Scandal

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CBC Works In Progress: Gettin’ A Sneaky Peeky

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Pretending To Be A Barnard Student For A Week

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also can someone help me figure diana out
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milstein 2 <3
please...let me be one of you @everyone at barnard

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ESC’s Shortest Meeting Yet

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best meeting ever
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nothing has ever been passed so fast as the request to adjourn
why was everyone gone?

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SGA Is Feelin’ And Doin’ Well

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feel well do well
hooray for contraceptives!
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Bwoglines: Sleeping In Edition

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gm :)
there are construction dudes outside my window and they are drILLing
this poetry class is so good everything in the course packet is so tasty
yes this post is about me i overslept

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