On writing amidst the plague. By Marvin Cho Illustration by Em Bennet All institutions, assumptions, and habits of normalcy in Oran had...

Translation and other inheritances. By Lily Ouellet Illustration by Selin Ho French may be the language of love, but for me it was always...

An infiltration of driverless cars. By Isabelle Oh Illustration by Isabelle Oh My first Waymo encounter was somewhere in my neighborhood...

Airing some things out of the house. Illustration by Em Bennett In an episode of the podcast, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, the host asks his guest, Jia Tolentino, after an extended conversation about her essay on a college internship in Venice: “At 19, what did you need to air out of the house?” She starts, “I think—”; but before she goes further, I think there is something to hold on to here. This particular subject/verb combo is anything but atypical. In fact, it’s probab

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Numbers and shifting dynamics in campus protest. By Natalie Buttner Illustration by Derin Ogutcu Risk in protest is often a question...

On getting your hands dirty. By Marvin Cho Illustration by Justin Chen Scraping away at the sediment separating my excavation square...

Spring trees bloom, and my daydreams do too. By Hannah Lui Illustration by Etta Lund I spent spring break in two of...

An investigation into Columbia Housing student-tenant’s rights violations. By Rocky Rūb Illustration by Ben Fu Kimberly Boateng, CC ’25,...

On difficult questions and extremely long jokes. By Ava Lozner Illustration by Em Bennett (Ok, so a penguin … wait—One day, a penguin...

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The Choice We All Make: Campus Politics and Self Definition. By Eva Spier Illustration by Phoebe Wagoner — — — “The remaking of life!...

Professors on protest and Palestine in the classroom By Maya Lerman It’s the first day of the semester, and I feel lost in...

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the pub. By Josh Kazali Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina In many ways, England is an...

Or of the self. By Kate Sibery Disclaimer: All translations in this piece (except for book titles) were done by the writer. “Dans ce...

On protests, community, and faith. By Henry Astor All names have been changed . In the early days of my study abroad, I found myself in...

On masterpieces and gender politics. By Shreya Khullar A few weeks into Art Humanities, I felt the urge to preempt my questions with a...

On Columbia’s Black literary magazine history By Muni Suleiman The 1970s were a meditative time for Black literature. If the ’60s were a...

The quest for fusion energy in Columbia’s Plasma Lab. By Sona Wink In Everything, Everywhere All at Once (2022) , a cosmic donut (more...