Last month, two teams from Columbia University qualified to take part in the upcoming annual International Quiz Bowl Tournaments (IQBT) Undergraduate Championship Tournament. Columbia’s teams finished in the top 40 out of 100 teams at the online qualifying event.

On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life facilitated a conversation featuring Lydia Chilton of Columbia University,  Philip Butler of the Iliff School of Theology, and Timothy Beal of Case Western Reserve University on the ever evolving role of AI in daily life as it compares to “monsters.”

Only a dance with the devil himself could have provided us with this fortunate pairing.

This one is for everyone who was sick over Thanksgiving break. I understand your struggles and I commiserate.

McDonalds meets Sonic meets Starbucks?

Because you can never get enough obscure dining hall comparisons.

I am cold, annoyed, and jostled.

Staff Writers Olivia Chiroiu, Gina Brown, and Erika Avallone took a trip to Latenite!

A coalition of student groups, including Barnard-Columbia Abolition Collective, Student-Worker Solidarity, and Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America, has announced plans to mount a tuition strike ahead of the Spring 2024 payment deadline. Among other demands, organizers hope the move will pressure the University to divest from Israel.

Staff Writers Luken Sloan and Shaina Sahu watched NOMADS’ Fall 2023 mainstage show—The Thaumatrope Game! Content warnings: mentions and depictions of death. 

Jerome Davis will end his tenure as Secretary of the University at the end of 2023, but will remain a part of the University’s administration in an advisory role until June 2024.

You can never escape the dining hall comparisons.

It’s time!

Barnard Zine’s Library taught us that journaling in all its forms can be a deeply personal and important ritual.

Indian elections, attacks on vaccines, and more in today’s edition of Bwoglines.