In which our hero reflects on a summer in the city.

Postcard by Jennifer Bi

“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock.” — Anthony Scaramucci, a real New Yorker. Welcome to the Big Apple, kids.

Transactions ARRIVALS Columbia Class of 2021 Fake IDs The joyous yet insidious start of freshman 15 JJ’s 24 hour?! President Sian Beilock DEPARTURES Columbia Class of 2017 Sean Spicer Reince Priebus THE MOOCH!!! Disambiguation of Social Cliques Here at The Blue and White, we thought it might be helpful to disambiguate the various social groups you’ll nd on campus, so you know exactly where you t in. Some cliques you can recognize from their clothing, others their behavior, ye

By David Alexander Swanson To the Class of 2021, allow me to be the 600th to welcome you to our hallowed halls, and to be the first to not follow up my welcome with a needlessly long workshop designed to absolve me of any legal blame, or to awkwardly draw out our forced conversation as we’re trapped in a crowded elevator. Columbia, for all its reputation, is a place of unbridled opportunity. You will nd here any society you might imagine, no matter how quirky, no matter how o

Exploring the origins of the magazine and its ’90s Renaissance.

The rise and fall of Columbia’s most unusual student council spot.

5B By Ned Russin Nick and I had just nished having lunch. We didn’t hang out too much anymore. Basic kind of adult shit, not malicious in any way. He and I both had jobs, I’d been seeing this girl (the one with the nose ring I met at the party the month before, she said I remind her of “a young Jack Nicholson”…) and besides that we’d just kind of had our routine. I used to see Nick at least twice a week. I don’t want to say we’re growing apart but it feels like we are on diff

The Blue and White has gathered the impressive local and veteran knowledge of its members to bring you the following guide to NYC. A lot of Columbians will have their opinions on the best places for certain spots about town, yet we nd them all too cliched and lackluster for our liking. Therefore we present The Blue and White city guide, a collection of our favorite haunts, hideaways and hangouts. Enjoy! The Most Magical Place in NYC Times Square—Here, fairytale neon lights an

Philip Jeffery, CC ’17, penned his account of life as a Columbia conservative in an online exclusive for First Things, the self-proclaimed most in uential journal of religion and public life. Jeffrey discusses sexual assault education about consent (where he uses scare quotes to refer to “Elton John and his ‘husband’”), the rise of identity politics, and the subsequent rise of Columbia’s alt-right. On Milo Yiannopolous, whose CUCR-sponsored visit was exed last semester, Jeffe