Barnard Joins Parks and Other Outdoor NYC Spaces in Smoking Ban

Barnard College announced on Tuesday that smokers will need to find a new place to light up.  Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown announced that the entire campus, which sits west of Broadway between 116th and 119th, will become a smoke-free zone after spring break, taking place from March 12th to March 20th.  The ban will [...]

Student Attacked in Riverside Park for iPod

A Barnard College student was attacked in Riverside Park while jogging early Monday morning in an apparent iPod theft.  The Daily News reports that Marisa Cortright, a 19-year-old Oregon native, was awake and talking yesterday after the Monday attack had caused her to incur a head injury and lose consciousness.  Cortright was jogging in the [...]