This month, students from the Coalition Against Gentrification published a document entitled “Understanding Columbia University’s Expansion into West Harlem: An Activist’s Guide.” The guide aims to bring together all of the disparate information on Columbia’s expansion into one easily accessible resource. The document includes census data and statistics on the neighborhoods surrounding Columbia, as well as information […]

Ever wondered if you could cultivate the same air of superiority as an international student? Here’s your chance to dabble in the sullen, scholarly ways of foreigners on Columbia’s campus. Claire Friedman brings you yet another Columbia-inspired costume idea: an International Student. You Will Need: Cigarette Puffer jacket with fur on the hood Skinny jeans Scarf (preferably […]

Today is Giving Day here at Columbia, which is an online fundraising competition between the many schools that make up the university (and apparently “Athletics” is its own school?). Notably, the money donated to each school’s fund can only be used for that school–the money isn’t part of general funds. Check out the Leader Board to […]

Just in time to get you excited for fall break: Live at Lerner Sounds is having its fourth event this semester today from noon to 1pm in the Lerner Piano Lounge. This time, Bridget Davis and the Viking Kings will be performing their pop/folk repertoire (but not in Norse). As always, they will also be […]

Watch this troubling and scary video of a woman getting catcalled over 100 times as she walks around Manhattan. (Huffington Post) Taylor Swift has been named a New York City Global Welcome Ambassador (whatever that means). Check out her video on NYC lingo in which she explains words such as “stoop” and “bodega.” (Gothamist) Feeling […]

Over the spring, students at Brown University got together and created a cypher. It’s okay but, honestly, we only have one thing to say about it: one of them is wearing an LL Bean vest CU can do it better. Enter a group of students who met through the Columbia University Society of HipHop (CUSH). […]

Remember when this happened? Well, that gave birth to this, and the rest is history. Hawkma has been a living legend at Columbia for seven years and now you, yes, YOU can bring her glory to your Halloween festivities. Amateur bird-watcher/ nudist Claire Friedman is here with yet another costume idea for the Halloween-challenged: Hawkma, the feathered goddess herself.  You […]

As Ebola continues to strike West Africa and other areas of the world, doctors, including several at Columbia, are stepping in and looking for a solution. Two of those doctors held a panel as part of an all day conference on Monday, and epidemiology expert Christina Clark was there to hear what they had to say.  […]

With spring registration only a few weeks away, Monday night’s SGA meeting focused heavily on advising, with the help of some celebrity guest deans. Political preppie Joe Milholland brings you the scoop on Barnard’s human rights major, mug drives and other beary important news.  At Monday night’s SGA meeting, Dean of Studies and advisor to […]

Remember that time you climbed to the seventh floor of Hamilton without taking a break to pretend to look at flyers in the stairwell? And you screamed, “I am a champion!” over the Columbia rooftops? And you felt like you could beat the entire world in a running race because that’s what champions do? Apparently, the fencing […]

For the first time in over a decade, Columbia increased the salaries of some adjunct professors for CC and LitHum to $8,000 per semester. How much more apartment space does an extra $2,000 get them? (Capital New York) Astronomers in Los Angeles have captured a rare sight in the cosmos: a star went nova. Not supernova, […]

Whether you spent this weekend out & about with your family, drunk and clad in Columbia gear for the first time this year, or both, there was a lot happening around the Columbia bubble. Though you won’t have to be proving to your parents that you actually have fun in college next weekend, we as […]