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The Long Game
Columbia students are still debating Israel–Palestine after decades of little progress.
Ufon Umanah
From Myanmar to Barnard
A international conversation on the accountability and protection of the Rohingya.
Amad Ross
Of Textbooks and Tuition
Should Columbia allocate funds for semesterly book purchases?
Ufon Umanah
Columbia Daily Spectator Sports Staff Gutted by Resignations
An investigation into Columbia Daily Spectator reveals no staff constitution or written HR policy. By Caroline Hurley When the 143rd...
Caroline Hurley


Strangers in Their Own Homes
Not all residents in 620 go to Barnard. By Ursula Murray-Bozeman When Victoria Sullivan moved into 620 W 116th St. in 1965, it was like...
Ursula Murray-Bozeman


Scrambling for Funds
The culture and controversy of Columbia’s marching band. By Grace Adee and Billie Forester The Columbia University Marching Band may...
Grace Adee and Billie Forrester

Pouring Over Coffee Culture
Coffee on campus was not always Joe and go. By Ryan Mohen Coffee is often a purchase made in motion, in most cases necessarily so....
Ryan Mohen


Hiding in Plain Sight
Frantic first-years stow contraband on the eve of dormitory raids. By Sam Needleman Among the residents of John Jay Hall who spent...
Sam Needleman
A Pivotal Moment for the Graduate Student Unions
By Amad Otis Ross By Wednesday, November 28th, the Columbia graduate student union will have decided whether to agree to a framework for...
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The Holy and the Stylish
At the intersection of art, fashion, religion, and politics. By Kate Steiner Art has long served as a tool for translating the human...
Kate Steiner
An Orientation to the Occult
A step-by-step guide to reading tarot this Halloween. Last year, a friend of mine gave me a tarot reading and predicted that my next...
The Blue and White Magazine
Understanding Betsy DeVos’s Vision
What potential changes to Title IX guidance could mean for Columbia. By Ufon Umanah Since US Secretary of Education Betsy Devos’s tenure...
Ufon Umanah

Kavanaugh v. Bollinger
“The use of race to achieve an integrated student body is not necessitated by the lingering effects of past discrimination because...
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The Magazine of Old
How The Blue and White came to be By Gaby Edwards The very first issue of The Blue and White dates back to 1890 when it was founded as a...
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The Columbia Blue Guide
Eight recommendations you actually should do By Jasmine Park Welcome to the Greatest University in the Greatest City in the World™! If...
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Is This What Democracy Looks Like?
Getting elected is tough; getting re-elected is not Each September brings a sea of new (shining, hopeful, motivated, etc.) faces to...
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First Name, Last Name, School, Class Year, Uni, Email
With endless possibilities, all these clubs need is your contact info Illustration by Sahra Denner Illustrations by Sahra Denner
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The House on the Hill
The case of the mysterious Riverside house, and why someone built it People go to Riverside Park for three reasons: to feel like they’re...
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A Million Dollars of Red Tape
BUT HIS EMAILS Columbia’s legal troubles keep piling up In the February 2014 issue of this magazine, Anna Bahr, BC ‘14, unveiled the...
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Graduating Without Taking the Core Curriculum
Columbia continues age-old tradition of awarding fake degrees By Zoe Dansdill 1. Alexander Hamilton The first U.S. Secretary of the...
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