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Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.  

Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information. 

The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9.  The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.  

Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed.  The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open.  For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS. 

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Religion Prof. Randall Balmer discusses the Romney candidacy

January 03, 2012
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Randall Balmer

In a USA Today article about the Mitt Romney campaign, Professor of Religion Randall Balmer is quoted.  An excerpt:

"There's no question that Romney has to run the gantlet if he wants to be the nominee, and the early states are not terribly promising," says Randall Balmer, a religion professor at Barnard College in New York City who has written about evangelicals in politics. "In the instance of evangelicals themselves, there is long-held, long-standing prejudice against Mormonism."

Read the full article here.

Prof. Balmer is the author of numerous encyclopedia articles on such topics as "Protestantism," "Evangelicalism," and "Televangelism. His most recent book, a history of religion and the presidency published in January 2008, is God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.

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