Tuition drama? Talk of co-sponsorships? Debt? Peter Sterne held his own at Monday night’s action-packed SGA meeting; here’s the rundown. A-Hinks stopped by to answer questions about Barnard’s new full-time enrollment policy. She stressed that Barnard has always expected students to enroll as full-time students for all eight semesters, though they have granted exceptions in […]

An EcoRep stopped by and discussed initiatives to make Barnard more eco-friendly. She announced that the Barnard compost machine is only open through Thanksgiving, so everyone should get in all their composting before the machine goes into hibernation… or whatever it does when it gets too cold to smoosh garbage. President Jessica Blank gave an […]

VP Communications SGA, Sarah Steinmann, tells Bwog the elections period for First Year elections has closed, and the Class of 2015 now has a President and Vice President. President: Gladys Velez-Caicedo Vice President: Hannah Rosenwein Congrats to the new duo! First year class secretary and treasurer will be appointed based on applications, which can be […]

Brief headlines from last nights council meetings. Sean Zimmermann reports from the first Engineering Student Council session: During the summer, recently elected Academic Affairs Representative Huili Zhu notified President Nate Levick that she would not be able to carry out her duties as the Academic Affairs representative in the coming year. The President invited runner […]

In case you forgot already, here is what student government is supposed to do. We asked the newly-elected president of each of the three councils to introduce themselves, and list the five most important things that they actually achieved last year. You too can be Barack Obama! Greetings from Jessica Blank, President of SGA Welcome […]

Bright young things: in the next few weeks you will be introduced to a dizzying array of organizations, acronyms, slang, and food trucks. Bwog knows it can be difficult to keep track, so to ease your bureaucracy-induced agitation is Bwog’s CCSC correspondent Brian Wagner, here to untangle the web that is Columbia’s undergraduate student government. […]

Katheryn Thayer reports from last night’s SGA proceedings: Dean of Admissions Jennifer Fondiller joined last night’s meeting. She reported an excellent application pool this year, but emphasized that Barnard looks for appropriate matches rather than numbers and growth. This year’s admissions process was Barnard’s most selective yet, in part because the college is not in […]

Zoe Camp reports from SGA, whose special guest was the one and only D-Spar. She sparkled: With the Middle States Accreditation Process over, the college’s next big task is Strategic Planning. President Spar has sent out an email to all current faculty inviting them to a pow-wow of sorts to chart the future course of […]

Democracy happened, and Barnard drew a blank. Jessica Blank, that is. Jessica Blank is your new SGA president! Bwog decrees she shall be called PrezBla. The strong and beautiful women governing Barnard next year are listed below. Congrats to all candidates and winners. President SGA Jessica Blank Vice President SGA Rachel Ferrari Vice President Student […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC Meeting ESC voted to endorse an initiative by Columbia Composting Coalition (CCC) to install a composting machine, known as the “Rocket,” outside of Schapiro. The organization proposed a student-driven composting initiative, where students would have the opportunity to compost their own food waste, and would be trained to […]

Friends, meet your candidates for the upcoming SGA elections! We notice that many of the positions are going uncontested. Ah, democracy. SGA President: Gabrielle Ferrara, Mitzi Steiner, Jessica Blank VPSG: Rachel Ferrari Jr. Rep to the BOT: Liscare Castro, Mica Spicka, Amy Duncan VP Communications: Sarah Steinmann VP Finance: Camila Daniels VP Student Activities: Liza […]

Katheryn Thayer keeps you informed: At an hour overtime, tonight’s meeting was a nail-biter, folks. Most of that time was filled with debate over constitutional amendments. The president got downright snarly when representatives discussed having exclusively two-thirds majority votes, taking away her power to decide when 50+1 votes require a stronger consensus. The discussion was so heated that […]

Zoe Camp reports: Brenda Slade and Susan Quinby, of Student Health Services and Disability Services, respectively, paid SGA a visit. They brainstormed ideas for future projects like Well Women events (with massage chairs!) and a mentoring program pairing incoming students with Juniors and Seniors. They announced that Disability Services, in conjunction with Dining Services, plans […]

Next year, a program called the “Forum” will be held in the Diana, according to a guest from Student Life. The program will emphasize public speaking and take the form of a Roman forum. The guest hopes that the event will become part of Barnard tradition. SGA is looking into the possibility of Barnard’s participation […]

Last night, the Barnard Student Government Association’s first Town Hall of the semester asked some pretty lofty questions—what does diversity mean? What can diversity mean? What should diversity mean? Bwog’s very own Katheryn Thayer reports back with some answers. Minori Takahashi, the Representative on Diversity, welcomed the program’s participants with a short speech urging us all to embrace our […]