Emily Tamkin

I agreed with much that Noel Duan wrote in her latest column ("The F-bomb," April 2). I agree that everyone who believes in equality—not equivalence, but equality—and equal opportunity should call himself or herself a feminist without shame. (I also believe that those who argue there's no longer a need for feminism prove the very need of it by doing so. But I digress.) And I agree that women should be able to read and wear whatever they—we—would like without being thought of as anything less than serious or strong.

Former Spectator staffers share their experiences and thoughts before graduation.

Turn Spec inside out by Hannah D'Apice
Branching out by Leah Greenbaum
Discovering a niche by Hannah Laymon
And now, an extended metaphor about a newspaper and book I once read by Emily Tamkin

We know that  you swore to yourself that you would read every word in every sentence on every page when you came to college. That's great, and you should certainly try to do as close to that as possible. But sometimes, after you start getting involved in clubs and the homework piles up and you head out off campus every now and again, "close to every page" becomes "skimming in the precious moments before class." How to do this effectively? Skim on to find out.more

Wondering what Presidents Bollinger and Spar have been up to lately? Yeah, us, too. But wonder no longer! Yesterday brought us news items about both of our fearless leaders on both sides of Broadway. One penned a controversial op-ed, while the other is on a panel about sperm donors. Guess who's who...moreThis morning's Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by none other than our very own President Bollinger, who asserted that the future of journalism depends on a balance between private and public funding, pointing to various domestic (NPR) and foregin (BBC, Al Jazeera) news outlets who, he says, demonstrate that journalistic institutions can receive public pay without becoming puppets. Oh, President Bollinger. University president. Published author. Protector of the power of the press. (Granted, not everyone thinks so. Isn't that right, National Review Online?) Speaking of NPR (which, yes, we tangentially were) - Barnard's own Debora Spar made an appearance on this morning's "On Point With Tom Ashbrook" to talk about sperm donors, a topic that has apparently found itself in the spotlight thanks to "The Kids are Alright." Apparently, when Spar's not running Barnard, she, too, is writing books. Books like, "The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception." Who knew (other than, you know, NPR's head of programming)? It's a shame that they don't make presidential libraries for university and college presidents. We can only imagine their presidential papers.