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'Would You Rather Give Up Oral Sex Or Cheese?'

BroBible.com | Posted 04.29.2013 | Weird News

Bwog's "Senior Wisdom" survey asks outgoing Columbia University seniors "to share the knowledge and advice they’ve culled... over the past four year...

A Fighting Chance

Emma Goss | Posted 05.12.2013 | College
Emma Goss

At 5-foot-1, and only 19-years-old, Claire Bouchard is the youngest member of the United States National Karate team, and with the help of her famous reverse-round-kick, she's on her way to the Eurocup to shatter gender stereotypes and break records.

A Room Of My Own: Tour College Student Augusta Dayton's Dorm Room

Posted 01.02.2013 | College

by Sierra Tishgart Photographed by Mark Iantosca Though this rising sophomore now resides in New York, her space has a California beach aesth...

Reimagining Leadership

Jane Shure | Posted 02.06.2013 | Women
Jane Shure

The time is now for women's natural collaborative leadership style to be valued. As the 21st Century unfolds, the challenge is on for women to value our differences, raise our voices, be our authentic selves and dare to lead.

Top 10 Colleges with Unique Traditions

Unigo | Posted 11.04.2012 | College
Unigo

One of the best parts of college are those crazy nights where everyone participates in a tradition, from naked bike rides to midnight chants. Today's...

Top 10 Colleges with the Happiest Students

Unigo | Posted 10.30.2012 | College
Unigo

In today's installment of the 2013 Unigo College Rankings we're highlighting those campuses with students who overwhelmingly voted that they were as happy as could be!

How Obama Won Me Over With a Single Speech

Holly Robinson | Posted 07.21.2012 | Politics
Holly Robinson

I don't know how to explain this bizarre transformation. The closest I can come is to say that the president emanated an energy that was so generous and good in spirit that I swear I could almost see the halo.

Shift On Marriage Energizes Immigration Activists

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 07.15.2012 | Latino Voices

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Barack Obama's shift to support gay marriage is energizing young Hispanic voters who have been working side-by-sid...

Obama On Gay Marriage: It 'Doesn't Weaken Families;' It 'Strengthens Families'

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 07.14.2012 | Politics

NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone...

Joy Resmovits

Obama's Barnard Remarks Fall Flat With Some Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.14.2012 | College

NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama's commencement address Monday at Barnard College was filled with moments reminiscent of the 2008 presidential camp...

Romney Campaign Targeting Online Ads To Obama's Barnard Speech

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 05.14.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney's campaign is running Google search ads targeted to New York City users who go online looking for information about the commencement cerem...

Welcoming President Obama

Alexandra Fields | Posted 07.14.2012 | College
Alexandra Fields

I look back on that night that we all sat in the lobby of the dorm waiting to see if our country would actually elect Barack Obama and realize that there is no person better suited to speak at our graduation.

Obama Delivering Commencement Address

AP | Posted 07.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will spend Monday in New York City, and his comments in support of same-sex marriage appear likely to be a p...

More Green, Less Red

Emma Goss | Posted 06.17.2012 | College
Emma Goss

On Equal Pay Day on April 17, we are reminded that discrimination and inequality still pervade our society.

What It's REALLY Like At A Women's College

| Rachel Peck | Posted 12.17.2011 | Home

When I say that I attend a women’s college, I’m usually met with a mixture of palpable confusion and mild disgust. Follow-up questions include: ...

The Resurrection of Seneca Village

Alan Singer | Posted 10.25.2011 | New York
Alan Singer

Seneca Village was a pre-Civil War African-American community located between 82nd and 89th Streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Manhattan.

New York's "Women's College" Offers First Gender-Neutral Dorms

Womens eNews | Posted 10.16.2011 | Women

NEW YORK -- Gender-neutral or "open" dorms may be increasingly commonplace on U.S. campuses, but they aren't expected at women's colleges, a presumabl...

Closing the Ambition Gap

Nell Merlino | Posted 08.30.2011 | Business
Nell Merlino

Why aim to run existing companies rather than start our own? Women need to stop waiting for things to happen to them and make things happen for themselves.

Barnard College Commencement 2011

Sheryl Sandberg | Posted 08.13.2011 | Women
Sheryl Sandberg

If you ask men why they succeeded, men attribute that success to themselves. Ask a woman why she did well on something, and she'll say, "I got lucky. Women need to take a page from men and own their success.

Chronicling Black Panthers, Award-Winning Director Knows Where Night Catches Us

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Brad Balfour

Tanya Hamilton made Night Catches Us as both a personal exploration and as an examination of the other side of the civil rights struggle -- the black power movement.

Meryl Streep Barnard Graduation: 'You Just Have To Make Your Mother And Father Proud' (FULL TEXT) (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Multi-academy award winning actress Meryl Streep spoke to Barnard's graduating class Monday, humbly relaying to grads her own success story and though...

Memorial for Social Activist Betty Millard (1911-2010)

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Jim Luce

Betty Millard of Chicago, a long-time social activist had danced with Zhou Enlai after the Chinese Revolution and then was called to testify as a host...

COLUMN: The Death Of Women's History Month

The Columbia Spectator | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

The boxes that line the shelves of the Barnard Center for Research on Women's humble library are filled with colorful posters, periodicals, pamphlets,...

Meryl Streep To Speak At Barnard Commencement

columbiaspectator.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

She had to choose which of her children she would save in the Holocaust, she was the editor of a major fashion magazine, and recently she mastered the...

Women Changing China and the World: Modern-Day Lessons from a Foot-Binding Foe

Debora L. Spar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Debora L. Spar

From my perch at Barnard College, I see an extraordinary generation of young women grappling with new ideas about feminism and new views of women's power and leadership.