Whether you have sensory issues, a soft spot for psychedelics, or are just a texture enthusiast, Columbia has plenty of opportunities to appreciate the unique composition of different objects. Here are some favorites.

• Sparkly stone on the Barnard gate pillars

• The paint over crown molding in Butler

• The smooth grainy metal 13 on the balcony in 310 Butler

• Whatever’s going on with the tooth statue, I fuck with it

• The weird little insulation mats in the Mudd elevators, I don’t know why it’s there, but I like it

• The faculty house flan: always hits, but I’m a sucker for a good custard

• The green chairs in Milstein, of course.

• The grooves on the pumpkin rotting in my dorm

• The gourd rotting in my dorm

• The fabric on the reusable Morton Williams bags

• The soap in the Dodge locker room bathrooms

• Ferris’s chickpea curry

• The Ferris hot chocolate

• The tables on the ground floor of Avery

• The little symbols on the side of the sundial

• The hardwood in the Maison Française

• The track in Dodge

• The grass on Philosophy lawn

• The Hewitt cantaloupe

• The Hewitt Mac and cheese

• The fabric on the seats of Barnard Hall 304

• Prof. Camilla Sturm’s earrings every single day

• The crumpled-up page of Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer in my backpack

Sandstone texture via Flickr