It's been a long week of midterms, Halloween is around the corner, and we might experiencing a pretty sandy snowstorm on Monday (see what I did there?). But before you head out tonight dressed as Big Bird or a binder full of women, in case you missed it, here’s a quick breakdown of this week’s top stories.
We saw several of successful appeals to the administration this week. On Sunday, the Student Governing Board executive board voted not to comply with Barnard's restrictive fliering policy; on Monday, the Activities Board at Columbia followed suit; and on Wednesday, the Barnard administration rolled back the stringent stamping requirement. And Columbia Health Services, hearing students' concerns, announced the creation of a discretionary fund that can be applied to emergency health procedures like abortions when students choose not to avail themselves of their own health insurance.