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God, It’s Brutal Out Here

Margaret Connor

God, It’s Brutal Out Here

Celebrating a controversial semicentennial in Harlem architecture.

Who’s Afraid of Roar-ee?

Amogh Dimri

Who’s Afraid of Roar-ee?

The labor behind the lion.

Dog Days at Barnard

Molly Leahy

Dog Days at Barnard

One lab asks: What is it like to be a dog?

For the Archives

Stephen Dames

For the Archives

In memoriam yearbooks of yesteryear.

Playing Against Yourself

Jazmyn Wang

Playing Against Yourself

On squash's singularity.

Pull Up & Play Right

Becky Miller

Pull Up & Play Right

New York City as seen by young jazz musicians.

Depot of Silence

Adrienne deFaria

Depot of Silence

A spirituality for the divergent.

The Barnard Baddie of Libraries

Anna Patchefsky

The Barnard Baddie of Libraries

Anatomizing the Zine Library so central to Barnard culture.

Awaiting an Audience

Molly Murch

Awaiting an Audience

Looking up at the greenhouse atop Milbank.

The Cult on 108th

Amogh Dimri

The Cult on 108th

At Absolute Bagels, you get what you get.

New York, New York

Zibia Bardin

New York, New York

On the choice to stay.

A Landscape of Leftovers

Henry Astor

A Landscape of Leftovers

Discovering New York through Too Good to Go.

Bookshop to the People

Dominy Gallo

Bookshop to the People

Word Up serves as a liberatory library in the Heights.

Together in Tranquility

Anna Patchefsky

Together in Tranquility

Finding idyllic idleness in Quaker meeting.

How to Disappear

Will Lyman

How to Disappear

Reflections on an NSOP made of solitude and cookie dough.

Creative Havens

Brooke McCormick

Creative Havens

Into Columbia's senior studios.

Chalkboard Stalker

Will Lyman

Chalkboard Stalker

Looking for wisdom in empty classrooms.

Giraffes, Satan, and St. Michael—Oh My!

Becky Miller

Giraffes, Satan, and St. Michael—Oh My!

An art-historical look at the Peace Fountain.

The Scaffolded City

Justin Liang

The Scaffolded City

Confronting New York's sidewalk sheds. By Justin Liang Surely it must be classed among the seven wonders of New York, alongside the...

Aibel Relabels

Alexander Aibel

Aibel Relabels

Regarding Columbia's greatest failure. By Alexander Aibel To be quite honest, though I’ve been here for over two years, I haven’t entered...

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