Why doesn't Columbia just "buy out" Barnard?

<p>One thing Barnard proposed (but facebook rejected) was setting up interlocking Columbia and Barnard networks the same way that the Claremont colleges each have their own facebook network but are also part of a supra-network of all the Claremont colleges. For whatever reason, facebook refused to do this for Barnard and once they moved away from the school network model, there was no need for them to revisit it. It’s almost impossible to see what network you’re in on the new profile page layout, for example, and that’s deliberate.</p>