Juliette Verlaque

Midway through my sophomore year, I sat on the couch in my dorm room at Macalester College, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and scrolled endlessly through the Spectator home page. Earlier that week, I had been accepted to Barnard as a spring transfer. After a semester of going back and forth on what I would do if I got in, I now had only a few days to make up my mind and submit a deposit.

Barnard President Sian Beilock announced updates regarding the Climate Action Vision—a number of initiatives to combat climate change on Barnard’s campus—and shared data on the college’s divestment plan in a letter to the Barnard community on Tuesday morning.

When six Barnard Public Safety officers physically restrained Alexander McNab, CC ’19, against a counter in the Milstein Center for failing to show identification at the Barnard gates last spring, students and administrators alike called for a thorough review of the college’s campus safety policies.

Dean of Barnard Library & Academic Information Services Jennifer Green will leave Barnard on December 18 for a position at the University of Chicago, Provost Linda Bell announced in an email to Barnard faculty and staff on Wednesday.

After Magdalen Kwarteng, BC ’20, declared a neuroscience major in her sophomore year, she quickly noticed that the major, as part of a program rather than a department, lacked a central administrative structure and did little to foster a sense of community.

Barnard President Sian Beilock outlined her goals for the Feel Well, Do Well @ Barnard initiative and the Community Safety Group, which was created to review Public Safety procedures and trainings, during an appearance at the Barnard Student Government Association’s meeting on Monday night.

At the offices of Futuro Media Group in the heart of Harlem, Maria Hinojosa, BC ’84, and her team of journalists are busily preparing for the next day’s interview.

Inaugural Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Ariana González Stokas, TC ’10, discussed plans to improve accessibility for low-income students and to provide increased support for transgender students during an appearance at Barnard’s Student Government Association meeting on Monday night.

Less than four weeks into the semester, Raefah Wahid, BC ’20, realized that she had already spent 100 points—a quarter of her 400-point meal plan—at Diana.