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Eva Spier
Speak Weltfish, Speak Pasternak
The Choice We All Make: Campus Politics and Self Definition. By Eva Spier Illustration by Phoebe Wagoner — — — “The remaking of life!...
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Stephen Dames
Buffering Blogs
Seeking the stories within student-run websites. By Stephen Dames Illustration by Selin Ho In an anonymous comment on a May 11, 2008,...
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Chris Brown
The Shadow of Power
A selective history of the University Senate and Columbian democracy. By Chris Brown Illustration by Em Bennet “What we know is that...
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Maya Lerman
A Pedagogy of Unrest
Professors on protest and Palestine in the classroom By Maya Lerman It’s the first day of the semester, and I feel lost in...
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Anna Patchefsky
Caroline Miller
By Anna Patchefsky Illustration by Li Yin Caroline Miller was the editor-in-chief of New York magazine from 1996–2004. Her job was to...
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Dominic Wiharso
Faith Cheung
By Dominic Wiharso Illustration by Kathleen Halley Segal We slipped into Watson Hall undetected by her in-progress senior thesis class....
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Ava Lozner and Schuyler Daffey
Are You Locked in?
By Ava Lozner and Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Emma Finkelstein Affirmative: Gemma scarfs down the remainder of her John Jay omelet...
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Gracie Moran
Backtrack
By Gracie Moran No need to search my helices to find my creator, just see me right here in this rotten mood, inhaling like I want to...
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Sona Wink
The Rupture of Low Plaza
Grappling with the aftermath of spring arrests, in Uris. By Sona Wink I remember the feeling I got when I first visited Columbia and...
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Gracie Moran
St. Stephen’s Green, and Everywhere Else
By Gracie Moran I saw chilled extremities stretched over the bridge’s ledge, ducks creeping through the pond in St. Stephen’s Green like...
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Maya Lerman and Ava Lozner
Am I an Academic Weapon?
By Maya Lerman and Ava Lozner Affirmative I still can’t believe I’m here at Columbia, my dream school! To stand here on Low Steps, in the...
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Sona Wink
Joan Jonas
Sea creatures, magic shows, and inner spirits By Sona Wink I came to know Joan Jonas amidst unusual circumstances: We sat side by side...
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George Murphy
Wandering Stars
By George Murphy No city lights scrape away our stars here. The wind comes and goes in darkness, and owls softly boom, as small creatures...
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George Murphy
Flowers
By George Murphy Saturday and we are lost in a sea of cherry-billows, alone together. We lie down, reach our roots deep, and pour...
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Josh Kazali
An American in Wetherspoons
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the pub. By Josh Kazali In many ways, England is an unlikely candidate for Americans studying...
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Kate Sibery
In Defense of French Autofiction
Or of the self. By Kate Sibery Disclaimer: All translations in this piece (except for book titles) were done by the writer. “Dans ce...
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Shreya Khullar
Grit and Glory
Columbia athletes’ path to the 2024 Paris Olympics By Shreya Khullar Everyone is silent. There is jostling, the brisk squeaking of shoes,...
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Chris Brown
The President Next Door
Shafik’s resignation and the role of the University President. By Chris Brown “If [administrators] are really concerned with discovering...
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Remi Seamon
Selected Poems
By Remi Seamon Meanwhile, Siberia Long weeks full of swallowing and goodbyes, full of lining up next to caskets to receive strange kisses...
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Alice Tecotxky
Lydia Liu and Anupama Rao
On language, our planet, and the chatbots. By Alice Tecotzky Watching Lydia Liu and Anupama Rao converse is like watching two bees zip...
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