The Modern Day Jazz Club: Soul and Appropriation
I’ve always considered myself a shy admirer of jazz. I played trumpet for seven years, six of those being with a jazz band. Despite my time spent on the genre, which can be considered either a little...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Racist Man Who Stopped Me On the Street Today
An open letter to the man who stopped me on the street to tell me that “we should have never let you n****** into this country” and then tried to hit me, I have no anger in my heart against you. I...
View ArticleMerlot and Xanax: Don’t Self Medicate
With as much energy as I could muster, I held my cell phone up to my face and told Public Safety that I was locked in a stairwell in the Barnard Library. Weak and exhausted, I had been locked inside...
View ArticleYou’re Not “Woke,” and I’m Not “Colonized”
Recently, the Columbia community has been introduced to two new terms: “woke,” and “colonized.” It seems that some people of color are “colonized”—their honest convictions and beliefs are simply...
View ArticleKeep Roaring
A confession: I have been complicit in the encouragement of self-censorship and the silencing of unpopular ideas on Columbia’s campus. One particular incident a few weeks ago has made it clear to me,...
View ArticleSilent but Still Deadly
In his final column, AJ Stoughton questioned the cultural supremacy of free speech in America. In his argument one is reminded of the fact that America is usually considered the nation with the...
View ArticleFall in love all over again? Really??
Have you completely lost your mind? I asked myself right after I purchased my bus ticket to New York City. I had 200 dollars in my pocket and plans to sublet for three weeks from a girl I met on...
View ArticleTake Us to The Clinic
Over break, Eliana Pipes (CC ’18) and a team of students released a new video series, Meet me @ The Clinic, a show about a character named Dia, who is described as “a Youtube social justice vlogger...
View Article10 Restaurants To Put On Your Hit List: Winter Restaurant Week
You’ve just gotten back to school, the impending semester looms over you the way whipped cream envelops a Serendipity 3 frozen hot chocolate, and you can scarcely hear the word “homework” before...
View ArticleLess Than One Day Before Classes, Barnard Adjunct’s Contract Renewed
After an agonizing winter spent grading papers and freelance writing, Elizabeth Shapiro, an adjunct in the Barnard History department, was relieved to wake up today to find an email from her department...
View ArticleLetter to President Bollinger – Our Campus Community
Dear President Bollinger, We, the Columbia Delegation to the Latinx Ivy League Conference, write to inform you of our concerns and experiences at Brown University this weekend. As one of the nation’s...
View ArticlePutting Trump Into Context
The candidacy of Donald Trump for the Presidency of the United States has been the center of the political universe ever since he announced in June. Millions have watched as Trump has meteorically...
View ArticleIn defense of inefficient administrators
Nobody likes dealing with administrators. Their normal courses of action are either to give you information you already know, send you to someone else, or hand you a form. None of these are pleasant...
View ArticleDean Valentini’s “Office Hours” are a Sham
To start, they are not “office hours.” Now, I know that at Columbia some words come to have counterintuitive meanings. We can’t take the word midterm too literally when we can get three in a semester...
View ArticleClub Roars: Post Crypt and Paper Bag Puppets
Looking for something entertaining to watch tonight? Head over to the basement of St. Paul’s Cathedral for Postcrypt. Postcrypt, a weekly event that features amateur and professional talents is hosting...
View ArticleWhat’s the Point of Valentine’s Day?
Valentine’s Day, much like your “birthday” and various non life-threatening diseases, was created by Hallmark to sell cards to those who’d rather let a glorified piece of construction paper do their...
View ArticlePhone Bank Tech and the Columbia and Barnard for Bernie Phone Banking...
Why Campaigns Phone Bank and How Bernie 2016 is Reinventing the Game The main purpose of phone banking is voter ID. We call people to cross the Republicans off our list, and make sure that the people...
View ArticleSeen in the NYC Subway
A few days ago, we received a story from a first-year Engineering student about one of their most recent experiences in the subway. In light of the 1 train being shut down this weekend, effectively...
View ArticleThe Black Student’s Burden
Left: an educated Black Man Right: The “thug” society sees “Open the link. Let’s see the results.” I sat in front of my computer with the dreaded email that read, “Admissions Decisions have been...
View ArticleLion Guides: Cleaning up Vomit
Did you or someone you know drink a little bit too much while partying? Unfortunately, it is not a given that this somebody will make it to a toilet or trash can. Actually, he or she probably won’t. So...
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