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Shapiro Cum Laude

It's not only seniors who are receiving diplomas this week, outgoing President and Varsity Show protagonist Judith Shapiro (pictured with her signature sass at right), will be receiving an honorary Columbia University Doctor of Laws degree, presented to her tomorrow by none other than PrezBo. In a press release, PrezBo commends JShap on doubling BC's endowment, instituting the Nine Ways of Knowing, and launching construction on the Vag.

Congrats, JShap!


Posted by hmm: #1 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 1:34 PM (from campus)
More Barnard women flaunting the "Columbia" on their degrees.

(A joke. Please calm down.)

Posted by What?!: #2 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Women doctors? What's next fish firemen?
Posted by eah: #3 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 3:08 PM
i'm going to miss her.
Posted by happy: #4 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 3:22 PM
i was never especially partial to her, but after the class day ceremony today, i will miss jshap. the whole bc ceremony was lovely. thank you, barnard!
Posted by barnard grad: #5 (in reply to #4) · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 3:56 PM (from campus)
it really was lovely, despite the rain. i will miss jshap an extraordinary amount.
Posted by I regret: #6 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM (from campus)
not being able to spend time in JShap's Vag. From what I've heard it sounds quite lovely.
Posted by actually bwog,: #7 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 5:53 PM (from campus)
J-Shap was congratulated for tripling BC's endowment*

*insert dirty euphemism here
Posted by cc grad: #8 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 6:21 PM
the barnard class day ceremony was much more interesting than cc's. mike bloomberg actually gave a pretty good speech that seemed well researched. although i'm sure he just has good speechwriters whereas joel klein probably wrote his himself.
Posted by strong beautiful: #9 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 6:43 PM (from campus)
The BC ceremony was great, coverage asap please!

JShap is so much like a mother to Barnard, kind of embarrassing (see "signature sass") but pretty amazing and endearing.
Posted by : #10 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 6:44 PM (from campus)
Barnard's awesome. Their degrees are conferred by our university. They're in our classes (and us in theirs), they're in our clubs, our sports teams, our libraries, our social groups. They're a school of Columbia University. How is that so difficult to accept?
Posted by it's quite simple.: #11 (in reply to #10) · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Perhaps it wouldn't be if we also had a school exclusively for boys, with a hand-holding advisory system and a substantially higher admission rate.
Posted by ermm: #12 · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 8:44 PM
I'm sorry, but Columbia's complete lack of an advising system is nothing to be proud of.
Posted by yes: #13 (in reply to #12) · reply · track
May 20, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Amen. I'm not suggesting it is.
Posted by BC : #14 (in reply to #10) · reply · track
May 21, 2008 at 1:33 AM (from campus)
Thank you. I generally don't pay much heed to Barnard bashing on Bwog, but still, your comment was lovely to read.
Posted by columbia student: #15 · reply · track
May 21, 2008 at 3:37 AM
...spoken like a true Barnard student.
Posted by columbia student: #16 (in reply to #15) · reply · track
May 21, 2008 at 3:38 AM
#15 was in response to #10
Posted by : #17 (in reply to #16) · reply · track
May 21, 2008 at 12:12 PM (from campus)
I'm in SEAS, jackass.
Posted by asdf: #18 (in reply to #10) · reply · track
May 22, 2008 at 1:34 AM
DUMB
Posted by CC'09: #19 · reply · track
May 22, 2008 at 1:44 AM (from campus)
you're DUMB. Deal with it. There are a lot of Barnard students smarter than CC/SEAS kids. They offer us more classes, better teams, better clubs & groups, more dining options, and generally more of a collegiate neighborhood.
Posted by lol: #20 (in reply to #19) · reply · track
May 22, 2008 at 2:45 AM
do you mean BC'09?
Posted by lol: #21 (in reply to #20) · reply · track
May 22, 2008 at 9:23 PM (from campus)
no I mean CC'09. And I'll bet my GPA, majors, and extracurriculars own yours.
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