By Lena Rubin You might not know the following figures—but you should. In Campus Characters, the Blue & white introduces you to a handful of Columbians who are up to interesting and extraordinary things and whose stories beg to be shared. This issue, we bring you two people with interests in social justice. If you’d like to suggest a Campus Character, send us an email at editors@theblueandwhite.org. Before becoming one of the foremost student scholars on the relationship betw

A conversation with Nick Gjoka.

A look into the ways Columbia is responding to student mental health concerns.

CUMC stands up for the Affordable Care Act and research funding.

Le Fleuve de Héraclite By Ned Russin C’est le mien, c’est le mien, c’est le mien Un fleuve coulera en temps Héraclite était un homme mais n’est pas dans la présent Où est-ce que je serai quand je m’assieds dans l’eau ? Je vais penser en baignant mais le passé est seul un morceau celui je ne dois pas tenir J’aimerais savoir ma signification dans le monde J’aimerais aimer les derniers et future ans étendentJe suis Héraclite et je suis le mien Le euve de temps C’e

Is the study of micro-aggressions a double-edged sword?

An in-depth look at the Knight Institute’s attempt to preserve the 1st Amendment in the digital age.

In which our hero misses the old Kanye.

AFFIRMATIVE By Saif Maqbool 3:32AM “yeah” If you text long enough into the abyss, the abyss texts back also into you. I am indeed up – will you be my Columbus, my Magellan, my Vespucci, my Bloomberg? Will you come and explore the cavern- ous trenches of my fatalism, my despair, my emotion- al destitution? Will you fester in my apathy and allow the stench of my resignation and disappointment to mingle with your own carefully cultivated l’eau d’esperation? Will you allow me th

By Jasmine Park You might not know the following figures—but you should. In Campus Characters, the Blue & white introduces you to a handful of Columbians who are up to interesting and extraordinary things and whose stories beg to be shared. This issue, we bring you two people with interests in social justice. If you’d like to suggest a Campus Character, send us an email at editors@theblueandwhite.org Karim Nader, CC ’17, can make himself look pregnant. We’re sitting in the lo

I am sure we’ve all wondered at the ghastly mural that greets the intrepid scholar upon entering Butler Library. With its quasi-sculptural 3D components and harsh color palette it’s hard not to notice. Yet for all its blaring features, few have ever paused to figure out what on earth it’s communicating. The title gives it away. Videbimus Lumen was painted by Eugene Francis Savage in 1934 as an allegory of our proud motto “In thy light shall we see light.” Indeed, the central

TRANSACTIONS ARRIVALS Diverse Oscar winners Green Investments JJ’s Cool Zone Blue and White laptop stickers (email us if you want one) Debora Spar, CEO DEPARTURES Tony the Bouncer Knowledge about Columbia’s Zoroastrian collection Debora Spar, President COME AGAIN?! “The only real effort required to seize a Columbia man is to discreetly dispose of all Barnard women in his intimate sphere, lest your spot on his arm be usurped by one of those Core-abstaining sirens.” – A recent

by Alex Swanson There’s a particular sense of dejection on campus around midterms. I myself write this, sleep deprived, writing-hand in partial spasms, and ready for a vacation to a sunny island where I can instagram my future happiness. Speaking of which, stay tuned for the new Blue and White “Bwinstagram” coming soon – it promises to be bwlit. But back to the campus atmosphere, explore on page twenty-two whether Columbia’s infamous “stress culture” is fact or fiction, and s

Analyzing Columbia’s most polarizing issue.