Barnard jokes

Barnard Jokes are an institution at Columbia. It's just part of Columbia life.

Common venues

Bwog comments and other online fora

The high degree of anonymity on Bwog and other online discussion fora, such as Bored@Butler, contribute to a high frequency of Barnard jokes. The same individuals who contribute such jokes online would likely not risk offending Barnard students in person (especially if such Barnard students are highly attractive).

Wikipedia

Repeated attempts to add a "Barnard jokes" section to wikipedia's Columbia article have been thwarted by a--curiously--few number of overzealous administrators

Ways to Understand these Jokes

Structuralist explanations as to why the phenomenon takes place and is an option. However a more productive way to comprehend such practice is as follows:

• Jokes are kept alive by freshmen who feel the need to revel in feelings of superiority over someone. They usually just need to get over themselves.
• Barnard women are actually considered prettier than Columbia women, and that many of the jokes such as those mentioned above are perpetuated by freshmen who want to feel included, and Columbia girls who resent Columbia men's preference for Barnard women.

List of Tasteless Barnard jokes

• Barnard: Where the odds are good but the goods are odd.
• By and large, Barnard girls are Bi and Large (LAWLZ).
• Barnard to Bed, Columbia to Wed
• Not all Barnard girls were rejected by CC... Some were rejected by SEAS.
• Alternative version: Not all Barnard girls were rejected by CC... Some were rejected by GS.