Whispers from the dust.  By Bohan Gao Illustration by Isabelle Oh Morior . The Latin verb for illustrating the opening maw of loss, the...

A night at the planetarium. By Lily Ouellet The dome goes black, closing over us like an eyelid. I raise my hand in front of my face and...

Reflections on art-centered protest. By Rocky Rūb Columbia and its students are no strangers to protest. But amid the chants and locked...

Re-reading Federico García Lorca’s “Poet in New York.” By George Murphy “There has been no more terribly acute critic of America than...

Remembering an old friend. By Sagar Castleman Illustration by Phoebe Wagoner The summer after my senior year of high school, a group of...

On memory, silhouettes, and other people’s houses. By Gabriela McBride Illustrations by Kathleen Halley-Segal  Kathleen sat on my blue...

Barnard’s reckoning with what it means to be “well” this semester. By Cecilia Zuniga On the first floor of Barnard Hall, the Francine A....

By George Murphy I can only write to you at night, Yana. You only feel real in these early-morning moments, when city lights glint...

By Dominic Wiharso Illustration by Li Yin As I launched into a lengthy question, Renee Morales, CC ’25, gently interrupted me,...

By Josh Kazali and Sona Wink Affirmative:    HARK! Do ye seek Santa Claus? Aye, I’ve seen the white beard. Sit down, ye shivering boy,...

On the 2025 Met Gala Exhibit and Black dandyism. By Ava Jolley Illustrations by Emma Finkelstein For over 75 years, the fashion world has...

Do you think it’s a myth? By Shreya Khullar Illustration by Selin Ho Wang’s fiction is infused with liminal tension. I found my way to...

The Choice We All Make: Campus Politics and Self Definition. By Eva Spier Illustration by Phoebe Wagoner — — —  “The remaking of life!...

Seeking the stories within student-run websites. By Stephen Dames Illustration by Selin Ho In an anonymous comment on a May 11, 2008,...

A selective history of the University Senate and Columbian democracy. By Chris Brown Illustration by Em Bennet “What we know is that...

Professors on protest and Palestine in the classroom By Maya Lerman  It’s the first day of the semester, and I feel lost in...

By Anna Patchefsky Illustration by Li Yin Caroline Miller was the editor-in-chief of New York  magazine from 1996–2004. Her job was to...

By Dominic Wiharso Illustration by Kathleen Halley Segal We slipped into Watson Hall undetected by her in-progress senior thesis class....

By Ava Lozner and Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Emma Finkelstein Affirmative:  Gemma scarfs down the remainder of her John Jay omelet...

By Gracie Moran No need to search my helices to find my creator, just see me right here in this rotten mood, inhaling  like I want to...