Bwog’s Dane Cook (yep, it’s the same name, let’s just move on) reports from last night’s meeting. The unceasing plea for student support at Columbia sporting events found voice yet again at the outset of Monday’s SGA meeting. Assistant director of sports marketing, Dan Spiegel, attended to encourage council members to attend Saturday’s homecoming football […]

Yuppies everywhere smash statues of two golden gods as Where the Wild Things Are garners early mixed reviews (Gawker). Barnard beats the recession, even without a little help from Geithner (Spec).  Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus, and The New York Times agree — being a nanny is hard (NYT). The dorms are still underheated, but classrooms on 122nd are […]

CCSC and ESC both canceled their weekly meetings because of board retreats, but SGA is still around to keep the student government machine rollimg. Nikhita Mahtani reports. Monday’s SGA meeting had a special guest, Carol Katzman, the new head of IT at Barnard fondly dubbed “VPK.”  VPK apparently just couldn’t bring herself to leave the […]

Nikhita Mahtani reports. Monday’s SGA meeting began with pleas for volunteers for Founder’s Day.  Soon after, the new First Year VP, Rachel Ferrari – apparently a “big listener” and “not very shy” — introduced herself. The meeting continued with updates from Katie Pallilo, Barnard ‘10 and SGA president.  Katie addressed her meeting with Carol Katzman […]

The MacArthur Genius Grants have been awarded, and the west side of Broadway has something to smile about. Edwidge Danticat, BC ’90, was just awarded a Genius Grant for her novels depicting Haitian history and the Haitian immigrant experience.  In works such as The Farming of Bones (1999), The Dewbreaker (2004), and Brother, I’m Dying […]

Barnard SGA is holding their own activities fair today starting at 11:00 AM on the Lehman Lawn in the James Room (4th floor of Barnard Hall). The showcase of eighty, meticulously categorized organizations would be completely unremarkable were it not for their promise of free mini-cupcakes! And remember, sugary sweets are part of a balanced […]

   Photo via Revart.blogs.com Spring is upon us (which does not explain the pumpkin in the picture, but stick with us here), and, hand in hand with the warm and the wet come a New York City tradition:  flashers.  Yesterday, Barnard Public Safety sent out yet another of its “Crime Alert” bulletins warning students of […]

If you have a bike, and you store it at Barnard, you may wake up on Tuesday to find it suddenly gone. Don’t worry, though, it’s not being sold in another borough. Barnard is conducting a bike toss on Tuesday, getting rid of any bikes that are being improperly stored on campus. Apparently, “misuse of […]

Barnard juniors may want to stop browsing those Craigslist apartment listings. Housing has announced in an e-mail that it will not offer rising seniors the “Senior Option,” a program that allows seniors to apply a portion of their financial aid funds toward off-campus apartment rent. The program was designed to alleviate pressure on campus housing […]

The SGA has released their election results, and Barnard’s new student council president is Katie Palillo, who won with 73% of the vote. She’ll be joined by Kimberly Wu (VP Student Government, Amy Chen (VP Student Activities), Giselle Leon (VP Communications), and Sharmin Ahmed (VP Finance) 41.5% of Barnard students voted, despite the senior and […]

All Barnard students received the following e-mail this morning about an incident in Riverside Park yesterday:  Dear Barnard community,  The Public Safety Department disseminated security alerts involving a B/C student who was in Riverside Park, Sunday March 22 at 1:55pm and a male  approached her and proceeded to expose himself. Please be aware and alert […]

Seems that Hillary Clinton can’t get enough of Barnard: Barnard President Debora Spar just announced via email that the new Secretary of State (and former Senator, presidential candidate, and first lady) has agreed to give the commencement address at Barnard this spring. Clinton will also receive the Barnard Medal of Distinction – past recipients include […]

Since federal subsidies have already led to horrors like Constitution Day, one wonders what silly conditions will be extracted now that Barnard will be issuing more loans directly through the federal government.  Yes, Barnard has now joined the Federal Direct Loan program, which is already used by schools such as Harvard, Brown, Amherst, Williams, Cornell […]

Just grin and eBear it. She has her cupcake and eats it, too. Every cloud has a silver line of scrimmage. You can lead a horse to Tokyo Pop, but you can’t make him drink. Spec hops on the bandwagon.

More bad news regarding endowments, this time that of Barnard. In an email sent to alumnae, President D.Spar announced that the school’s endowment, which was around $200 million when she assumed the presidency, will be just $150 million at the end of the year. Both numbers, she admitted, are small compared to those of peer […]