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The Crossword, March 2025
" Times are A-Changin’" By Lucia Dec-Prat
Lucia Dec-Prat


Lila the Graceful
On dance, growing up, and sisterly love. By Anna Patchefsky Illustration by Etta Lund On a Tuesday at Lincoln Center, attendees siphon...
Anna Patchefsky


Facing Smaug’s Fire
Stories of unexpected connection in the men’s sauna. By Sona Wink Illustration by Lulu Fleming-Benite Men: What are they saying? I...
Sona Wink


“Go Muff it!”
A first date gone wrong. By Marianna Jocas Illustration by Isabelle Oh Hungarian was a war zone. The soundscape demanded a certain...
Marianna Jocas


A Sundae Love
Indulging in Ben & Jerry’s. By Cecilia Zuniga Illustration by Jorja Garcia I rushed into my final closing shift at the Ben & Jerry’s on...
Cecilia Zuniga


Vouldst thou SUCCUMB?
By George Murphy and Ava Lozner Illustration by Emma Finkelstein Dramatis Personae: NOSFERATU : The dreaded one, the lord of...
George Murphy and Ava Lozner


À La Mode
On difficult questions and extremely long jokes. By Ava Lozner Illustration by Em Bennett (Ok, so a penguin … wait—One day, a penguin...
Ava Lozner

Lean In
By Gracie Moran (Don’t tell anyone), but I’m here with the students on the steps flickering in buttercream light. (I think I love them,...
Gracie Moran


Proxy War
How the Columbia University College Republicans impeached their club president and how they took over the national narrative of the...
Eli Baum


The Echoes of Lost Antiquity
Whispers from the dust. By Bohan Gao Illustration by Isabelle Oh Morior . The Latin verb for illustrating the opening maw of loss, the...
Bohan Gao


Curiosity in Orbit
A night at the planetarium. By Lily Ouellet The dome goes black, closing over us like an eyelid. I raise my hand in front of my face and...
Lily Ouellet


After Interpretation
Reflections on art-centered protest. By Rocky Rūb Columbia and its students are no strangers to protest. But amid the chants and locked...
Rocky Rūb


Between the Desert and the Moon
Re-reading Federico García Lorca’s “Poet in New York.” By George Murphy “There has been no more terribly acute critic of America than...
George Murphy

Red Moon
Remembering an old friend. By Sagar Castleman Illustration by Phoebe Wagoner The summer after my senior year of high school, a group of...
Sagar Castleman


The Apartment on 100th Street
On memory, silhouettes, and other people’s houses. By Gabriela McBride Illustrations by Kathleen Halley-Segal Kathleen sat on my blue...
Gabriela McBride


Love Us Back
Barnard’s reckoning with what it means to be “well” this semester. By Cecilia Zuniga On the first floor of Barnard Hall, the Francine A....
Cecilia Zuniga


Snegurochka
By George Murphy I can only write to you at night, Yana. You only feel real in these early-morning moments, when city lights glint...
George Murphy


Renee Morales
By Dominic Wiharso Illustration by Li Yin As I launched into a lengthy question, Renee Morales, CC ’25, gently interrupted me,...
Dominic Wiharso


Did You See Santa Claus?
By Josh Kazali and Sona Wink Affirmative: HARK! Do ye seek Santa Claus? Aye, I’ve seen the white beard. Sit down, ye shivering boy,...
Josh Kazali and Sona Wink


Monica Miller
On the 2025 Met Gala Exhibit and Black dandyism. By Ava Jolley Illustrations by Emma Finkelstein For over 75 years, the fashion world has...
Ava Jolley
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