Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art I sing of warfare and a man at war. Exiled by fate from the Eastern shore, He came to Israel by destiny. A fugitive, buffeted by land, sea, and fluid, Cruel funding losses were his lot in life, Till he could found a team and bring […]

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 […]

“Let me begin with the caveats: I like men,” writes Barnard’s president in today’s Washington Post, “But as the financial debacle unfolds, I can’t help noticing that all the perpetrators of the greatest economic mess in eight decades are, well, men.” Oh yes, you may have heard many other explanations for the Wall Street crisis: […]

“It was cooler than Ahmadinejad speaking at our school.” That Debora Spar. Did we mention she doesn’t knit? Big Goverment Spectator probably wants to raise your taxes too Obamania grumble grumble movement building tsk tsk Now you can talk like you ran the NYC marathon too!

The French department loves interdisciplinary studies. The History Channel loves complex advertising ploys. The School of Public Health loves protecting children. We loved Christia Mercer’s dancing abilities, so we love that she has an award! The Spec already loves Debora Spar.

With much pomp and circumstance, Debora L. Spar has been officially crowned Queen of Barnard. Seriously: with this much hoopla, Spar may as well have been garbed in ermine-trimmed gown robes rather than her hot pink academic raiment. But despite the monarchical overtones, and how long it all took, Bwog enjoyed taking in the ceremony […]

The Barnard-Columbia Mystery, solved! Spar’s presidential legacy, seeing as she has not in fact become president, still TBD Bet it won’t include tripling the endowment Barnard women need jobs too!  In other news! Books writer comes to terms with her snobbery Columnist comes to terms with his yuppieness