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