By Daniel Reiser When I met Ayesha outside the Chinese restaurant I had to lean against a tree to stay still. It had been about a month since we last talked but over a year since we last met in person, and I couldn’t help hoping that my appearance would somehow be more impressive. At UChicago, Sandra told me that she had forgotten how tall I was, and during lunch Steve remarked that I was talking a lot more than usual. This was still in the back of my mind, these hopes that s

Students carried a mayoral campaign on their backs. Why were they blamed for its demise?

Despite an 18-month hiatus, The B & W seniors prepare for this fall by reliving nights gone by of revelry, cheap wine, and longform improv.

The Blue and White staff certainly looks good in blue and white.

Because nothing screams "Back to School" like 3 separate Didion recs.

By Ari King Moment Your Siamese twin, nine minutes dead Is slunked to the side of the hospital bed. What do you think now? What enters your head? Do you sit there and wonder, was it something I said? Or do you feel it now lifting, now turning its head Now straining to deliver something well-hid Something to tell its old hip-tied friend. The words fell like the sleeptalk of a kid. You have to perform the operation. ··· A Misinterpretation “The directions you gave me were awful

By Sadia Haque When I sat down with Makeen Zachery, BC ’22, her jocund attitude made it easy to forget her intimidatingly impressive resume. Zachery created Blk Girl Culture, a publication that highlights the voices of Black women; started the Four Women Fund, which helped Black women involved with the BLM protests last summer; and interned for the journalist Elaine Welteroth. This laundry list of accomplishments should render her unapproachable, but it doesn’t. Even through

WKCR makes waves a little closer to home.

By Grace Adee On a recent hazy August morning, Verily Veritas was jolted awake by a timid little knock on his door. “Whoever could that be?” mused Verily as he stretched his arms luxuriously. “Ah! Someone must have seen my magazine advertisement seeking fellow provocateurs for an upcoming short film production.” He opened his door to a crop of ten wide-eyed Columbia first-years. The bravest of the bunch stepped forward, wearing a tie and carrying a briefcase. A real networker

In which a newcomer to the city receives a warm welcome.

Fourteen terms every CU/BC first-year should know.

On rereading Marx and coming to Asian Americanness.

The grim story behind New York City’s horse-drawn carriages.

Untangling the fabled history of Schinasi Mansion.

On rising juniors who feel more like first-years.

By Eliza Rudalevige In one of her most recent Instagram posts, Xixi Wang, BC ’22, beams before a black and yellow Times Square billboard; her impossibly clean white sneakers sparkle against the grubby bench on which she sits. This might not seem out of the ordinary unless you take into account that most Columbia students deem themselves too New-Yorkerly to venture into Times Square after freshman year. But that’s not the real peculiarity here: Wang designed this billboard her

By Grace Adee Last February, rising indie pop star and producer Sarah Kinsley, CC ’22, sampled her childhood bedroom. In a playful retort to everyone who’s ever told her that “women don’t produce music,” Kinsley captured all sorts of everyday sounds–tapping tables, slamming doors, clinking glasses. With some luminous vocals recorded at home and a bit of technical magic, these disparate noises coalesced into the soaring melody of “Over + Under,” a track on Kinsley’s sophomore

Well... Do you?

Comedians discuss the art and craft of making others laugh amid personal and collective crises.

On Barnard's continued use of gendered language.