After six months in Glasgow, arts columnist still assumes there’s bagpipes in everything. No fair: Columbia students can love their bodies — or have eating disorders — just like everyone else!   As it turns out, major declaration is not as dramatic as Harry Potter would lead you to believe.   “Bullen said she thinks […]

About two hours ago, members of the Barnard community received an email detailing the chilling aftermath of a not-really-successful mail fraud scheme. Apparently, one Barnard student became quasi-entangled in a web of money laundering and stolen identities after trying to sell some text books. The email reads: “On 2/28/2008, a Barnard College student reported that […]

One of the amazing things about water bottles are the limited expenses that come along with owning one. Some might actually call this the basis of the water bottle’s appeal: It’s a one-time expenditure, and after you buy one for $5, you never have to pay for water again, as water fountains are conveniently free. […]

Yesterday’s New York Times had a gently chiding review of Sugar Salon, a collaboration, currently in its second year of existence, between Barnard’s dance department and Williamsburg Art NeXus. Female dance choreographers don’t get as much money or attention as their male counterparts, and so the Sugar Salon series commissions work from Barnard’s strong, beautiful […]

The now-notorious Saint Valentine’s Day flood sure was dramatic, what with the entire Barnard quad being evacuated at 2 a.m., but it seems to have left little damage.  Even at the epicenter of the leak, on the fifth floor of Sulzberger, only the lounge and hallway are affected.  But a disarticulated radiator, a few holes […]

Indie rock… and the election! TC… and the Peace Corps! Manhattanville… and the Super Bowl! (And the phrase “iron curtain of safety!”) Judy Shapiro… and a vaguely mean knitting joke!  

Starting at a few minutes before six, students began to file in. There were name cards to fill out, a buffet to be devoured. Barnard had pulled out all the stops for tonight’s Town Hall: note the pristine white table clothes.     According to Kate McNamara VP of Communications for the SGA, tonight’s Town Hall […]

Debora Spar, pioneer of the economics of fertility, loves babies.  How does one transform the face of the Barnard woman? Columbia is a national treasure, and Barnard is its jewel. Ted Kennedy’s new best friend still hates his alma mater. How do you cure administrative schizophrenia? Next time you think about getting a haircut, consider […]

Barnard has announced its new president, months earlier than expected. Debora L. Spar, the Spangler Family Professor at Harvard Business School, will replace Judith Shapiro and become the 11th President of Barnard College. Anna Quindlen, BC’74, the popular writer who chairs Barnard’s Board of Trustees, made the announcement in an e-mail sent this morning to […]

It’s a Harvard professor named Debora Spar (more to come soon)  Chuck Norris Fact #401: He will not hesitate to sue your sorry ass Why Columbia may have to allow ROTC back on campus next year An exhibition on female printmakers in the Wallach Art Gallery is worth it, but only if the weather’s cold […]

Spotted on the Barnard Quad. A stage? A stage with capabilities to transform into portable dressing rooms? Qu’est ce-que c’est? Let us know! Email bwgossip@columbia.edu   UPDATE 5:59 PM: A tipster explains, “The panels are not a stage. The architects (Weiss/Manfredi) brought them to the sight to select which panels would be used for The […]

First came the lice. They invaded the heads (and sheets, and clothes, and pillows) of the girls of the Barnard Quad back in October. Next up on the nuisance continuum: “racist” graffiti.  It’s barely eight hours into the first day of the semester, and controversy has already erupted in the form of graffiti scribbled on […]

Barnard Facilities is going to be sanitizing and scraping the interior of the water tanks that supply many of BC’s dorms and buildings with water. While Bwog still can’t quite get past a few burning questions (Was the water unsanitary before? Scraping what off the tank? GUNK?) the real news is that Barnard isn’t going […]

If you go to Barnard and you have an RA, you’re eligible for a $50 iTunes gift certificate by filling out this survey. Hurry though, as the deadline is tomorrow.  Besides, there are only so many times you can listen to Judith Shapiro and the Don’t Quit Your Day Job Duet.

Barnard Fire Safety bribes students to sit through a fire safety video with an iPod nano drawing. If Barnard girls can’t put scarves on lamps for mood lighting or light candles, how will they ever find boyfriends? More importantly, what genius heats up a pizza in the oven while it’s still in the cardboard box?