After releasing five well-received LPs on music streaming site Bandcamp in as many years, Alex Giannascoli dropped out of Temple University to sign a record deal with Domino Records and write, record, and tour full time as (Sandy) Alex G. Alex’s latest album Rocket, which Pitchfork called “one of the year’s most endlessly generous records,” was released in May of this year and he’s been out on the road in support of of it ever since. Ned Russin, GS ‘18, spoke with Alex about

How CUCR lost control of its own event.

The newly-hatched SGA Committee for Diversity and Inclusion received 59 applications. It accepted four. — Dean of the School of General Studies, Peter Awn, apparently has not retired yet, following his retirement parties last spring. He was recently seen strolling past Lewisohn Hall in his signature cropped pants and funky socks. — The Yale Daily News has deemed all men at Yale, “overwhelmingly underwhelming in bed.” Spec has made no such claims, so Columbia men are in the cl

theMystery.doc By Matthew McIntosh I arrived home on a normal August night to a compact yet 4 lb. package sitting outside my bedroom door. I had no recollection of recently ordering anything. The cardboard seemed professional, folding into itself with a hinge on the back. I was hoping that I had won a contest I didn’t know I entered, a long-time dream of mine. I hefted the box onto the kitchen island and took scissors to its clear packing tape. There, wrapped delicately in a

How the Chinese government-backed Confucius Institute’s presence impacts Columbia.

from a neighborhood Yahoo group. Smart thinking with the film trucks, but please leave us 1020. Or come to Trivia Night! About the noise levels, may we suggest relocating to a non-university neighborhood or, gee, outside of New York City? Westchester doesn’t seem so bad. Sep 19, 2017, Tuesday, 6:07 PM, [redacted] [AROUND110] <AROUND110@yahoogroups.com> wrote: As if we didn’t have enough noise with Fresh Direct and partying Ivies, we have film truck engines idling and adding t

A philosophical exploration into the liminality of shower spaces.

An in-depth look at a little-known prank.

Some of the wild and wonderful things to be found in our libraries.

In which our hero comes to terms with love and football.

Affirmative By Isaiah Bennet Oh god yes, Desmond, you sugar-tongued devil, you. Build on, my dear, though I fear the bloated corpse of my pitiful point may provide a poor foundation. There was never any need for you to ask. I have prayed for this day, for you to speak, to correct my boyish naiveté. I defer to you. I have no doubt that through the majesty of your dialectic, the truth will come out. Every word you speak ravishes me, pinpricking my skin syllable by syllable. I h

By Saif Maqbool “The saddest moment during my time at Columbia,” says Vikramaditya Kapur, CC ‘18, “was when Cannons closed down. The second saddest was when Bernheim and Schwartz did.” Though he contends that “vibrant is pushing it” when it comes to the infamously stagnant social scene here of which he has been a mainstay, Kapur maintains that he would have his wedding at Mel’s, and traces the origins of many of his closest and most enduring friendships to bars around Columbi

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE CATS !!!! THIS IS A MANAGED COLONY WITH A CARETAKER AND REGULAR FEEDING SCHEDULE. These cats are cared for. EXCESS FOOD ATTRACTS PESTS. THANK YOU If you venture down to the carpark adjacent to 605 West.113th St. at 6:00 pm, Swirly and Prince will most likely be waiting. Swirly, a young female feline, will be sitting by the chain-link fence. And Prince, Swirly’s father (named because he was found the day the musician Prince died), will be lingering under

By Virginia Ambeliotis Angela Vettikkal, CC ’17, came to New York from the suburbs of Cincinnati with plans to pick up a major in a STEM field and make a career out of Indian classical dance, which she has studied for years. Now she studies philosophy and Sanskrit. “I thought, ‘Oh yeah, Sanskrit’s going to be really useful for me to be a dancer,’ but I don’t know if that was the real reason … I was told by some people I had met in my first year that Sanskrit was super difficu

Before Students Supporting Israel hosted Alan Dershowitz on September 27th, it seemed some things never changed. The leaves turn orange. Students drop classes. And no one wants to comment on Israel. After the end of NSOP and fall introductions, the first foray came in the Columbia Political Union. It was just supposed to be a fun roundtable, with a fun last question. But as everyone presenting agreed that countries that violate human rights shouldn’t get military aid, someone