Stephanie Turner

After an uncontested election, Sarah Besnoff, BC ’09 was officially named next year’s Student Government Association president in results released Sunday evening.
Along with Besnoff, the new SGA executive board will be VP of Student Activities Maria Morad, BC ’09, VP of Communications Katie Palillo BC ’10, and VP of Finance Amy Chen, BC ’10.

Voting will begin tonight for a relatively calm round of Student Government Association elections.

The housing-selection process is about as easy to predict as the stock market, but where there are numbers, people will always use them.

Since June 2007, when Columbia and Barnard joined eight other New York City colleges in adopting Mayor Bloomberg’s “30 in 10” challenge, ongoing efforts to make the University more eco-friendly have picked up speed. As part of the initiative, residence halls are going green.

The Barnard Student Government Association passed a resolution Monday night pushing for further clarification of the ever-perplexing relationship between Barnard and Columbia.

A Student Government Association town hall meeting Thursday evening provided an arena for conversation about how activism has changed in the past 40 years as Barnard Dean Dorothy Denburg, BC ’70, and Karla Spurlock-Evans, BC ’71, reminisced on their experiences as students during the infamous 1968 protests.

After a semester filled with discussion of issues of diversity and education, Barnard College is grappling with how best to address race and ethnicity in an academic context.

While knitting a brown scarf with long-time friend and Barnard College Dean Dorothy Denburg, President Judith Shapiro reminisced about her time at Barnard, revealed her future plans, and talked about the college’s new leader at the final fireside chat of her 14-year tenure Thursday evening.

On the eve of a highly-anticipated announcement Tuesday afternoon—when, according to sources close to the selection process, the next president of Barnard will be named—students and faculty described the college’s relationship to Columbia and its financial future as the key issues on Barnard’s horizon.

A small group of students gathered Thursday night to mingle around an open fire pit at Barnard College in anticipation of the upcoming holidays. While there were no chestnuts available for roasting, students enjoyed a wide array of sweet treats, hot drinks, and festive music.

The Barnard College Activities Fair comes to the Quad lawn at a time of disruption on the College’s campus.

In a week of presidents from afar coming to Columbia, Barnard will be electing its own leadership.

Since Barnard College President Judith Shapiro announced her resignation last April, students and faculty have been considering qualities they hopes to see in its 11th president.