Becky Miller
Delaney Wellington
By Becky Miller Picture a 20-year-old Delaney Wellington, BC ’23, sitting at a side-of-the-highway bar in Nashville, waiting for her turn...
Sophie Poole
Gustie Owens
By Sophie Poole ‘Bechdeltest’ is a word Gustie Owens, BC ’22, wants to use in a future crossword puzzle. (The Bechdel test evaluates...
Becky Miller
Fergus Campbell
By Becky Miller The night of the tree lighting—a glamorous Columbia tradition where the whole university gathers on College Walk to watch...
Dariya Subkhanberdina
Micaela Cacho-Negrete
By Dariya Subkhanberdina As a loyal, if not compulsive, Depop shopper for years now, I couldn’t help but feel somewhat giddy while...
Michaela Sawyer
Kassia Karras
By Michaela Sawyer Kassia Karras, BC ’22, used to be known as “Mrs. UnlocktheSwehg.” These days, she sports the username “Purified Smoke”...
Miska Lewis
Rachel Broder
By Miska Lewis I met Rachel Broder last spring, when chance brought us to the same discussion section of our 200-person Anthropology of...
Nicole Kohut
Harris Solomon
By Nicole Kohut Although he denies it, Harris Solomon, CC ’22, has earned his status as a campus character through three separate avenues...
Sam Needleman
Morgan Levine
By Sam Needleman I have been lucky to know, in my four years of half-fledged college life, four full-fledged graduates of Beyoncé’s high...
Cy Gilman
Forrest Eimold
By Cy Gilman Before meeting me at the Hungarian Pastry Shop on a balmy autumn afternoon last month, Forrest Eimold, CC ’22, was...
Annelie Hyatt
Alice Choi
By Annelie Hyatt To set foot in Aerobics Room 4 is to stumble past people retying the strings of their uniforms while shinais (kendo...
Sam Needleman
Patrick Phelan
By Sam Needleman There’s a story Patrick Phelan, CC ’22, likes to share with anyone who has just discovered the folder in his camera roll...
Jaden Jarmel-Schneider
Venice Ohleyer
By Jaden Jarmel-Schneider Venice Ohleyer, CC ’22, is funny. Her hair is green, but it was pink last year, and sometimes it’s rainbow. She...
Claire Shang
Henry Magowan
By Claire Shang If you stand outside a certain nondescript office building in Dumbo, you’ll see a free-standing whiteboard, just visible...
Sadia Haque
Makeen Zachery
By Sadia Haque When I sat down with Makeen Zachery, BC ’22, her jocund attitude made it easy to forget her intimidatingly impressive...
Eliza Rudalevige
Xixi Wang
By Eliza Rudalevige In one of her most recent Instagram posts, Xixi Wang, BC ’22, beams before a black and yellow Times Square billboard;...
Grace Adee
Sarah Kinsley
By Grace Adee Last February, rising indie pop star and producer Sarah Kinsley, CC ’22, sampled her childhood bedroom. In a playful retort...
Elizabeth Jackson
Joel Meyers
By Elizabeth Jackson My first introduction to Joel Meyers, CC ’21, involved watching from the mezzanine as he alternately bounded and...
Lyla Trilling
Adam Glusker
By Lyla Trilling In high school, Adam Glusker, CC ’21, was not cast in RENT his senior year. This is significant because, in my mind,...
Jai Qureshi
Hong Kiu Mak
By Jai Qureshi Hong Kiu Mak, CC ’21, an accomplished violinist now graduating from the Columbia-Juilliard Program, joins our Zoom call...