Talkative correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Last night Rep Council welcomed an esteemed guest, Dean Avis Hinkson, and spent a great deal of time talking about talking. There was talking about what not to talk about, talking about talking more positively, talking about talking about talking—you get the idea. The first hour […]

Neutral correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on last night’s SGA meeting. Last night’s SGA meeting welcomed, with open stomachs arms to receive their promised Crumbs cupcakes, Associate Dean for Campus and Residential Life Annie Aversa, and Associate Director for Housing Operations Matt Kingston. To satiate Barnard students’ fervent desire for more emails from their administration, Kingston and […]

Bwog’s wisest correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on yesterday’s SGA meeting. If last night is any indication, Rep Council ought to have a pretty fulfilling V-Day; last night’s meeting welcomed a hearty number of visitors to the Diana Café, and even scored some swag in the process. Rep Council’s first guest of the evening was the honorable […]

Renée Kraiem uses what some people call “free time” to report on last night’s SGA meeting. As a glorious homage to the recently reinvigorated passion for efficiency, SGA met and adjourned this evening within one hour. Rep Council heard presentations from various councils and plugged a series of upcoming events in an attempt to make […]

Efficient Correspondent Renée Kraiem reports from the latest SGA meeting.  Rep Council met last night in an alternative space next door to its usual haunt, the Diana Café. The new, more intimate setting proved metaphorically appropriate for the tone and subject of the night’s meeting. First on the agenda was this week’s administrative guest, Jessica […]

Bwog’s correspondent Renée Kraiem reports on the first SGA meeting of the semester. The Rep Council reunited last night at 8:10 to discover that a significant proportion of the group had either grown or cut their bangs. Then, the group got down to business. Turns out that SGA is redecorating—and I’m not talking about the bangs. […]

Bwog’s A-list correspondent Renée Kraiem tells you what went down at SGA’s final meeting of the semester. Last night’s SGA meeting, the last of 2011, began with a joyful round of Secret Santas and Channukah Harriets. The evening’s first guest complemented the inclusive theme of the evening. She was Pamela Phayme, Barnard’s Director of Diversity […]

Renée Kraiem gives you the juicy details of last night’s SGA Town Hall.  Last night, Barnard’s Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown and its Vice President of Development Brett Silver spoke to a fuller than usual Diana Event Oval that included a conspicuous number of men (Bwog reporter Peter Sterne aside). COO Brown and VP of […]

Diana Correspondent Renée Kraiem brings the latest from the SGA. DSpar stopped by SGA this week to give thanks and get thoughts from Rep Council about the College’s forthcoming capital campaign, its Global Symposia and its new Constellations program. Each conversation built upon the central topics of SGA discussions this semester: communication and cash, and what […]

Bwog’s sassiest of SGA correspondents Renée Kraiem reports.  Meeting Highlights: For the first half of the meeting tonight, Rep Council occupied the Diana Café—alone, for a closed meeting. Rachel Ferrari, BC ’13 and vice president of student government, reported along with a few other members of the Rep Council on the third annual Seven Sisters […]

The lovely Renée Kraiem brings the latest from the SGA. Barnard SGA wants you to fill out a survey on your reaction to the college’s new full-time enrollment fees. Almost a month ago, Dean Hinkson sent out the email that broke the student body’s back; the email briefly outlined Barnard’s new tuition policy, which mandated […]

Bwog’s SGA correspondent Renée Kraiem brings you the latest on costume contests, bureaucratic shakeups, and campus events, not-quite-live from the Diana. At last night’s meeting, the Colombian dancers emerged victorious from the Rep Council’s Inaugural Costume Contest. Madeline, Nicky Minaj and Gilly from Saturday Night Live also made surprise appearances. The SGA is getting a new VP […]

Do the Diana Center floor plans have you feeling like you just stepped into a Target? Come and join the Barnard SGA for a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. in the James Room of the Diana Center to discuss new floor plan ideas over some free dinner. Stop by for just a quick word […]

Bwog’s resident SGA’er Reneé Kraiem reports not-quite-live-but-chronologically-close from last night’s meeting where talk of liquor and the new enrollment policy ensued. The Council established a task force to respond to student concern regarding the new enrollment policy. They have plans to improve the channels for students to voice their opinions about the announcement and communicate […]

Bwog’s shiny new Diana Bureau Chief Renée Kraiem reports on the goings-on at SGA. Reflecting on last week’s contentious meeting about Barnard’s new full-time enrollment policy, one council member explained that she knew of many students who hadn’t recognized the importance of the email announcement from A-Hinks. Barnard inundates students with so many emails, some argued, that […]