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Grad Students Strike For Basic Rights

“The reason that they are so mad about us having a union doesn’t ultimately have that much to do with not wanting to pay us more. Partly because you see how much money they’re spending on union busting lawyers….they could easily meet our financial demands. It’s about them not wanting there to be another form of power within the university that isn’t at the whim of the administration.”

~ Carina…

I’m a Cis, White Girl and I Was Almost the Victim of A Hate Crime

 By Ruby Samuels Two weeks ago, a bearded man with a long robe and a koran threatened me and my girlfriend with a switchblade. We were on a train coming home from an art house in Brooklyn and I had my arm around her. I guess my arm must have been pretty offensive because the man screamed, knife in hand, “I fucking hate lesbians and faggots! Hate them! One of these days, I’m gonna do something…

By Collier Curran Though not everyone celebrates Easter, I am always excited when the holiday approaches. Usually taking place in those tedious weeks between midterms and finals, Easter offers a one-day reprieve from ruminating about papers and exams. Also, since I love all things food, Easter provides an opportunity to repeat that big meal usually reserved for Thanksgiving and winter holidays. I…

What If The Queer Eye Guys Were Barnard Girls?

By Ruby Samuels When I first heard about Queer Eye, I thought, great, another TV network selling queer stereotypes. All of the gay best friend avatars are there: the black, masculine gay; the boyish gay who’s really into avocados; the ethnic gay; the married, suburban looking gay; the lisping gay with hair that puts Fabio to shame. Plus, the show might as well be called Cis Gay Man Eye. Where was…

Staycation: Cool Things to do in NYC this Spring Break

By Sinead Hunt Visit the Bronx Zoo While most people assume that visiting the zoo is an activity better suited to the summer months, late winter/early spring is actually a great time to visit! Besides avoiding the crowds and the heat, the cold weather allows you to view some of the zoo’s cold climate creatures, such as bison, sea lions and brown bears, in their preferred weather conditions. In…

Why I Went Through Recruitment (as an Introvert)

By Collier Curran Overall, recruitment was a dramatic affair, with strict party schedules and girls anxiously whispering in uncomfortable-looking pumps. Even though I only had a handful of parties each day, the weekend was long and tiring. There were hours of talking, so many small paper cups of water and endless waiting around to hear back from the organizations. I’m glad that I had the…

By Isabella Diaz People believe mental illness is a choice. They say It’s just a phase. Stop being so dramatic. The pills Can heal. But they don’t know The pain Of not seeing Color anymore. At first, There’s blurriness. As time passes Your eyes see Less and, less color The world is, black and white. I am lost and, afraid Of myself. I can’t dream in color. I am Drowning In Black and White. I have…

Quick and Easy Valentine’s Treats

By Collier Curran With the winter holidays finished–and the cold here to stay–one’s mind tends to wander, searching for, quite frankly, something to be excited about. Spring break feels like ages away, so Valentine’s Day, conveniently located in the middle of February, tends to assuage the winter blues of even the most cynical students. I personally always look forward to Valentine’s Day (despite…

Guy Love, That’s All It Is

By Sinead Hunt To most of my peers, Scrubs represents an entirely forgettable, one-dimensional sitcom from the early 2000s. But given that it was the first sitcom I had ever laid my eyes upon, it’s no wonder that my pubescent self found the show invariably hilarious and the characters unwaveringly winning—after all, I had nothing to compare it to. Recently, for reasons relating entirely to…

By Ruby Samuels A few weeks ago, I wrote a short article about senior anxiety and how to deal with it. It’s a big world out there, outside this all-inclusive, vitamin bubble called college, and I want the seniors reading this to know that they are not alone in their terror. So, I found two anonymous seniors at Columbia University, both women in long term relationships, to give The Barnard Voice…

By Sinead Hunt Though I can’t remember exactly when I first discovered Gilmore Girls, I can recall how immediately entranced I was by the world that Amy Sherman-Palladino had so lovingly and deliberately crafted. At the time, I was a first-semester freshman in college, struggling to make friends, assimilate to college life and keep my head above water academically. Upon arriving on campus, I…

By Ruby Samuels For seniors like me, the end is near and so is the beginning. The day that I graduated from elementary school, I remember feeling so accomplished, so much closer to being a writer or a full-time wild horse trainer or CIA agent or whatever else was on my mind at the time. I also remember, much more vividly, the crushing weight of realization that I would have to plod through 12…

  By Collier Curran Even as my desk is piled high with papers and textbooks and my laptop has seventeen tabs open, my mind wanders to thoughts of mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and family. As the semester–and midterm season–trudges on, my excitement for Thanksgiving only builds; I open my eyes every morning and immediately grab for my phone to check the number of days left until the 23rd. In this…

By Sinead Hunt Whether you’re the type of person who starts celebrating Christmas at midnight on November 1st, or if you prefer to abstain from celebration until Thanksgiving has passed, we can all agree that there’s nothing better than Christmas in New York City. However, the stress of school and finals, compounded by long winter nights and sub-zero wind chill can make it difficult to truly…

Beat Midterms Stress: Easy Study Treats!

By Collier Curran I will admit, the title of this article can be slightly misleading. All college students–especially upperclassmen–know that the stress of midterms never truly fades until reading week, when it is replaced by equally suffocating finals stress. However, activities like cooking and baking can provide a temporary reprieve from hours in the library, with the added bonus of a…

  By Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman It’s Thursday afternoon and I’m sitting on the steps across from Milbank. It’s sunny but chilly outside, and I’m sipping a hot coffee. There are students around me; some of them are talking in groups, some in pairs. Another girl, alone, like me, is sitting on the step above me, eating an orange and looking at her phone. Before I entered college, people told me that I…