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Happening Around The World: A planned referendum for independence in Catalonia, one of 17 autonomous provinces of Spain, is escalating into a constitutional crisis as the national government in Madrid tries radical measures to stop the vote from going forward. (New York Times)

Happening In The US: Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services, used military aircraft for multi-national trips at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers. Overall, his use of private flights domestically and abroad has racked up over a million dollars in fees. (Politico)

Happening In NYC: Beyonce Knowles-Carter and her husband Shawn have sold their condo in Midtown for nearly $10M. I guess Rumi needs something a bit more roomy, though they are hanging on to their Tribeca property for now. (Curbed)

Happening At Columbia: Worried about the rise of populism in the United States? Join Professor Partha Chatterjee for his talk “Two Variants of Populist Politics: United States and India” at 2:30 in Lerner Hall room 569. See you there!

Overseen: A friend of a friend saw a woman masturbating in public outside Ferris on Wednesday. Yeah.

Bop Of The Day: Sober by Lorde