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Following the Vegetable Trail
The evasiveness of Columbia Dining about its food sources . By Phoebe Wagoner Last year, Hewitt’s “Activism Is About the Journey” mural...
Phoebe Wagoner


Memories of Paradise
Tracing the histories of a cosmopolitan sculpture. By George Murphy When Dr. Jin Xu was hired as an associate professor in the Department...
George Murphy


When Columbia Thaws
A tribute to the timelessness of Columbia’s lawns under the eye of the 2024 solar eclipse. By Chris Brown Author’s Statement: Ten days...
Chris Brown


The Gaps in the Record
Who gets to tell their story, and what do they get to say? By Muni Suleiman From griots to gossip and Homer to hearsay, you come from a...

The Blue and White Magazine


Euripides, Revisited
Rethinking Greek tragedy in “Bacchae: The Immersive Experience.” By George Murphy Illustration by Derin Ogutcu It is twilight, and a...

The Blue and White Magazine
I Woke up in Studio 306
On improvisation in the ever-eclectic Barnard dance class. By Molly Murch I could have been hypnotized. With a steady drum beat...

Molly Murch


Left in the Dark
Campus is beautiful and we can’t see why. By Alice Tecotzky As November comes to a close and the final stubborn leaves drop off of the...
Alice Tecotxky


Parlez-vous Anglais?
Leaps of faith at the Maison Française. By George Murphy Like many Columbia students, I have commitment issues—with languages, that is....
George Murphy


The Artist’s Playground
Isamu Noguchi’s unrealized vision. By Iris Chen Last summer I read John Berger’s essay “How to Live with Stones” and it led me to what I...

Iris Chen


A Time Before Yesterday
A love letter to Afrofuturism, acknowledgments of the past, and visions of the future. By Chris Brown Some glad morning, When this life...
Chris Brown


Chicken Hunt
Our costumed writer tackles the neighborhood bar scene. Amogh Dimri Amid September’s first-month fervor, my friends and I decided to...

Amogh Dimiri


Long-Term Parking
A tribute to a forgotten pocket of campus. By Sam Hosmer Last semester I encountered a sealed, abandoned, turn-of-the-century Otis...
Sam Hosmer


The Perils of Place
Ed Ruscha’s liminal gas station holds up a mirror to campus. By Michael Onwutalu Exactly a month after I arrived in New York, I found...
Michael Onwutalu


Altruism, Butchered
Animal rights activists go to new extremes. By Vivien Sweet Amid posters urging students to audition for sketch comedy groups and...
Vivien Sweet


Cloudy with a Chance of Haze
An online weatherman puts the personal back in forecasting.

Anna Patchefsky


Take Me to the River
Navigating the revamped orientation program.
Shreya Khullar


Through the Looking Glass
Finding escape in Chelsea’s eclectic gallery scene. By Tara Zia “It smells of cheap champagne … and sweat,” remarks a woman, laughing, as...
Tara Zia


Playing with Fire
Pale Fire Theater plays with audience-actor intimacy. By Shreya Khullar Sixty streets down from Columbia’s campus, a new world of student...
Shreya Khullar


Dear Mr. Brody
We need you. Yours very truly, America. By Iris Chen Letters to Mr. Michael Brody Jr. typically begin with a confession. “I must say I...

Iris Chen


No Wrong Notes
Coffeehaus jazz night draws a crowd. By Henry Astor Over clouds of cigarette smoke and rumbling chatter, a voice beckons for any...

Henry Astor
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