Last March, Bwog, the blog of the Blue and White, announced that Obama would be delivering the Barnard class of 2012 Commencement speech. And unless you were living in the stacks or under a large, urban rock, you heard about, perused, or maybe even contributed to the long thread of comments, largely comprised of attacks on Barnard students, under the blog post. The press jumped on the incident, pulling the worst of the comments into headlines and showcasing the rivalry between the two campuses in an embarrassing, though short-lived, media storm.
