After millions of dollars in debt, mass layoffs, and unintentional involvement in Columbia’s data leak, Barnard students have finally had enough with President Rosenbury. Several students have begun protesting poor administrative decisions by becoming straight.
“Barnard has a vibrant queer community and was founded on the belief that women can be successful without men,” Lez Bean (BC ‘26) stated, “behaving heterosexually is against everything that Barnard stands for, and is our way of expressing our frustration with administration.”
Barnard Residential Life & Housing reported that, in the past week, 36 students withdrew from on-campus housing. Many of those who withdrew claimed that they would be staying with a SoHo sugar daddy or an NYU Finance Bro instead.
BCIT also reported a mass increase in downloads and online activity of Otome games, including Love and Deepspace, Obey Me!, and other dating simulators on the College’s WiFi.
With the 2025-2026 academic year beginning in less than two weeks, more heterosexual demonstrations are expected on campus. Leaked Signal messages—originating from the campus activist group “Barnard Coalition for Strategic Heteronormativity”—suggest that students may be planning a college-wide carabiner disposal on Futter Field, or anonymously donating an alarming number of Colleen Hoover books to the Milstein Center.
