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Jhumpa Lahiri
On origins, Ovid, and Italy. By Miska Lewis and Becky Miller When Jhumpa Lahiri, BC ’89, came to Barnard as a freshman, she visited her...
Miska Lewis and Becky Miller


Drug of Choice
As Barnard rolls out medication abortion, student activists reflect on the past and future of reproductive healthcare on campus. By...
Miska Lewis


Nuss and Them
A tenants’ rights attorney revisits the building, and people, he devoted much of his career to. By Sagar Castleman In the early 1970s,...
Sagar Castleman

Did You Pass the Background Check?
By Amogh Dimri and Molly Leahy Congratulations on being admitted to INSIDE THE SITUATION ROOM with Former United States Secretary of...
Amogh Dimri and Molly Leahy


Ousmane and I
What the father of African cinema taught me about independence and being alone. By Victor Omojola “Back in Dakar they must be saying:...
Victor Omojola


Samara Huckvale
By Muni Suleiman The opening sequence of Them (2023) features main character Ira’s vibrant pink boots, jacket, hair, and hat, contrasting...
Muni Suleiman


Chambit Miller
By Sofia Pirri On Aug. 26, 2023, Chambit Miller, CC ’24, was at a fried chicken restaurant in Lima. Surrounded by her Peruvian lover and...
Sofia Pirri


Chicken Hunt
Our costumed writer tackles the neighborhood bar scene. Amogh Dimri Amid September’s first-month fervor, my friends and I decided to...
Amogh Dimiri


Long-Term Parking
A tribute to a forgotten pocket of campus. By Sam Hosmer Last semester I encountered a sealed, abandoned, turn-of-the-century Otis...
Sam Hosmer


The Perils of Place
Ed Ruscha’s liminal gas station holds up a mirror to campus. By Michael Onwutalu Exactly a month after I arrived in New York, I found...
Michael Onwutalu


Altruism, Butchered
Animal rights activists go to new extremes. By Vivien Sweet Amid posters urging students to audition for sketch comedy groups and...
Vivien Sweet

Hannah Goldfield
By Anouk Jouffret The New York air was damp and heavy as I waited for my lunch partner outside of Tacombi’s new venture, a Mexico...
Anouk Jouffret


Queering Columbia
Reviewing the life, death, and preservation of LGBTQ+ community spaces on campus. By Muni Suleiman When you open Queering the Map, you’re...
Muni Suleiman


will.i.am?
By Madison Hu and Miska Lewis Affirmative My roommate Lila is drunk in the corner mumbling the classic will.i.am lyric about “screaming...
Madison Hu and Miska Lewis

The Pit
By Henry Astor “The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential.” – Roger Williams. Or so read the etching on the facade...
Henry Astor


The Last of Us
The imposter paradox, post-affirmative action.
Andrea Contreras


Renny Gong
By Stephen Dames I first met Renny Gong, CC ’24, two years ago while attending a potluck dinner for new members of 4x4 Magazine. Sitting...
Stephen Dames

Vanessa Tasé Sueiro
By Becky Miller If you are searching for Vanessa Tasé Suiero, as people in Morningside Heights often are, she can usually be found at...
Becky Miller


Cloudy with a Chance of Haze
An online weatherman puts the personal back in forecasting.
Anna Patchefsky


Take Me to the River
Navigating the revamped orientation program.
Shreya Khullar
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