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Letter from a Jewess of Color
Tackling Ashkenormativity. By Noa Fay. A Jewish woman. If you are an American reading this, you likely pictured an Ashkenazi woman—a...
Noa Fay


Blue Notes, November 2020
On the inflatable rat, dining alone, student voter turnout, and the politics of Zoom names. By Raquel Turner, Hailey Ryan, Sylvie Epstein...
Raquel Turner, Hailey Ryan, Sylvie Epstein, Eduardo Espinosa

Uwade Akhere
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider Uwade Akhere, CC ‘21, launched her singing career at a ’70s themed fifth-grade talent show. She’d grown up in...
Jaden Jarmel-Schneider

Oscar yi Hou
Oscar yi Hou, CC ‘20, paints people—not just as bodies, nor as the reduced, essentialized products of liberal identity politics, but people
Lilly Cao

In Which Our Hero Takes a Gap Semester
Well, this just won’t do, thought Verily as he opened President Bollinger’s infamously verbose, oft-lampooned email announcing the complete
Hailey Ryan


The Neurons of Novels
It was a Thursday morning in September and, like any self-respecting undergraduate woefully majoring in English, I opened The New Yorker app
Sophie Poole

The Climate Fight’s New Stronghold
Attentive observers recognize that climate change impacts and is impacted by everything we do—from the food we eat to the energy we consume
Elizabeth Jackson


The Antiquation of Antiquity
While the Core Curriculum may advertise itself as the immovable benchmark of the Columbia experience, it has yielded to widespread pedagogic
Nicole Kohut and Claire Schweitzer

Tradition and Transgression
I face the blank page this evening, not with the usual feeling of joyful, mildly overconfident abandon I have grown so accustomed to
Dominy Gallo

To Kill a Marching Band
The stories we tell about The Cleverest Band in the World and the stories it tells about itself.
Cy Gilman

From Chaos, a Community
Campus mutual aid networks are redefining student relations.
Claire Shang


Mushy Peas
The worst part of the chippy meal, but my dad loved them.
Eliza Rudalevige


Inkblots
A collection of short works of poetry.
The Blue and White Magazine


Ali Hassani
“When I was 9, I had two pet ducks that I carried under my arms.”
Lyla Trilling

Sophia Houdaigui
In April, Sophia Houdaigui, BC ‘21, implemented the online ordering system for her family’s bakery in Arlington, Virginia.
Sophie Poole


He Has Scraped the Scales
After Elizabeth Bishop.
Sam Needleman

Cover, November 2020
The cover for this issue was made by nine of the Blue and White’s illustrators. The outline, made to resemble a stained-glass window, was...
The Blue and White Magazine

Words Like Me
On USC’s response to Greg Patton and the marginalization of Chinese/American voices.
Benjamine Mo
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