There wasn’t really an overarching theme at Monday’s SGA meeting, but we ended up talking a lot about social media. Bwogger and two-time winner of the “Most Bland Instagram Account” award Lauren Beltrone tells you what you need to know. Advertising for events is hard. Does anyone really read your flyers? Or, the bigger question […]

This week’s SGA meeting was all abuzz with talk of the upcoming Town Hall event, which will address the many ways of being a woman at Barnard. Two representatives from FemSex stopped by and refreshed us on the difference between gender and sex. Barnard Bearoness Lauren Beltrone reports. Before the discussion of Town Hall began, […]

We really love keeping you up to date on all of the student government councils on campus. There’s ESC…CCSC…JCCC…SGA (obviously)…but wait, what about the other one? This Monday’s SGA meeting was all about one of the acronyms you probably don’t hear as much, GSSC, and how to change that. Bwogger and lover of abbreviations/GS Lauren […]

Big things happened at Barnard’s SGA meeting this past Monday night. Barnard Bearoness Lauren Beltrone thinks you should know about them. Yes, you heard right. The eBear, a slovenly yet majestic creature, is predicted to be extinct by the end of midterms this March. Barnard College Information Technology said that they’ll be officially shutting down […]

Instead of having its normal meeting this past Monday, SGA held an open forum for students to come and speak surrounding the issues of sexual assault and gender-based misconduct on campus. Bwogger Lauren Beltrone dutifully reports. At SGA’s last meeting, CU Dems presented a petition to make changes to the current sexual assault and gender-based […]

Ah, the first SGA meeting of the New Year. After introducing a few new faces and sharing some semester-ly goals, SGA listened to the CU Dems present a petition addressing Columbia’s handling of sexual assault. Bwogger Lauren Beltrone reports. **TRIGGER WARNING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT & RAPE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS** Armed with their trusty placards […]

The last of the proposals of how to spend the $32,000 endowment are in. Remember: you can’t vote on them, but your trusty SGA representatives can. Go cajole them. Bwog Barnard Babe Lauren Beltrone reports. Before we go into the new proposals, it’s worth mentioning that SGA has a new VP of Communications! Emily Klein […]

At this Monday’s SGA meeting, we heard four more plans for how to spend the $32,000 endowment. Lauren “that one girl who always goes to the SGA meetings” Beltrone listened in eagerly. She likes this kind of stuff. Since you’re all wondering, the answer is yes, President Maddy Popkin did address the controversial Barnard SGA […]

The Master of all things Meetings, Lauren Beltrone now brings to the interwebs the latest in the SGA world. Adventure, intrigue and perilous plans ensue.  In October, SGA asked us how we would spend the $32,000 endowment in way that would help the whole student body. We heard four of the best proposals pitched at Monday’s […]

Bwog Barnard Baccalaureate Lauren Beltrone keeps you up to date on the ever-fascinating, ever-relevant content of Monday’s SGA meetings. She also apologizes for the misleading title and admits that this article contains little to no uplifting inspiration in the form of “real stories.” No one could really focus at Monday’s meeting, maybe because Halloweek had […]

Hey, remember that time last week when SGA showed up at your door with desserts? Remember how you had to fill out that Google form to place your order? SGA read every last one of them and spent Monday’s meeting identifying trends in your responses. Bold Barnard Bwogger Lauren Beltrone was on the scene. If […]

*…on which very little happened at the SGA meeting. There was a fruit and cheese platter, though, so that’s worth acknowledging. Bwog’s own Lauren Beltrone suppressed her instinctual desire to inhale cubes of Manchego alone in the corner and wrote this this article for you instead. Our special guest on Monday was none other than […]

Chief Operating Officer Gregory Brown joined us for Monday’s SGA meeting to brief us on Barnard’s endowment and plans to revamp Lehman (and by revamp I mean bulldoze and rebuild). Diana Center Bureau Chief Lauren Beltrone fills you in. After a speedy round of introductions and PGPs, COO Brown began the meeting by updating us […]

Apparently Dean Hinkson and Barnard’s Student Government Association have opened the roof of the Diana Center from 12:00-2pm today. That’s right, you are actually allowed to go on the roof. So hop on this intrepid sit-outsiders. Enjoy the weather. And don’t forget to thank your friendly SGA. Their first town hall is this Thursday, 6-8pm, […]

On Monday’s SGA meeting, Barnard Provost and Dean of Faculty Linda Bell graced us with her presence to inform us on the ins and outs of the curriculum review. Barnard Bwog Correspondent Lauren Beltrone was dutifully on the scene to keep you up to date. Provost Bell began the meeting with arguably one of the […]