What does it mean to study at a university built on histories we rarely acknowledge? That question lingered in the room last Wednesday as students and community members gathered to hear Chris Rabb speak on Columbia, slavery, and the long, unfinished work of repair.

As part of Columbia Maison Française’s Blackness in French and Francophone Film series, a mid-20th-century classic, Black Girl (La Noir de…) was screened last night. Staff writer Ezra Lerner attended. Editor’s note: this article includes mentions of suicide and sexual harassment. As the film comes to life, the speaker whirrs like a soft projector. Beautiful, colorless […]