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Farewell, Overton Window!
By Sam Needleman Henry Magowan on running an ultra-progressive presidential campaign Henry Magowan, CC ‘22, may have helped run a...

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Please Call Me Something Else
Administrative hurdles prevent transgender students at Barnard from killing their dead names Recently, Jude Poley (BC ’19), tried to...

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Butler Banner Project Update
Read our original article here, from April 2019. After being postponed in March 2019, the Butler Banner Project will finally launch on...

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Compelled Speech
Students pay the bill when it comes to free speech, but what if they didn't have to?
Ufon Umanah
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Postcard from Morningside, Orientation 2019
Illustration by Mwandeyi Kamwendo

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Identity Crisis
The Blue and White takes a long-range look at Barnard Public Safety By The Blue and White Before the encounter on April 11, 2019–you have...

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Retaking Butler’s Facade
Students are reviving a late '80s protest in honor of Women’s History Month.

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Ending the Exception
Professors discuss amending the 13th Amendment to remove a troublesome clause.
Annie Zavitz
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The Long Game
Columbia students are still debating Israel–Palestine after decades of little progress.
Ufon Umanah
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From Myanmar to Barnard
A international conversation on the accountability and protection of the Rohingya.
Amad Ross
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Of Textbooks and Tuition
Should Columbia allocate funds for semesterly book purchases?
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Columbia Daily Spectator Sports Staff Gutted by Resignations
An investigation into Columbia Daily Spectator reveals no staff constitution or written HR policy. By Caroline Hurley When the 143rd...
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Strangers in Their Own Homes
Not all residents in 620 go to Barnard. By Ursula Murray-Bozeman When Victoria Sullivan moved into 620 W 116th St. in 1965, it was like...
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Scrambling for Funds
The culture and controversy of Columbia’s marching band. By Grace Adee and Billie Forester The Columbia University Marching Band may...
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Pouring Over Coffee Culture
Coffee on campus was not always Joe and go. By Ryan Mohen Coffee is often a purchase made in motion, in most cases necessarily so....
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Hiding in Plain Sight
Frantic first-years stow contraband on the eve of dormitory raids. By Sam Needleman Among the residents of John Jay Hall who spent...

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A Pivotal Moment for the Graduate Student Unions
By Amad Otis Ross By Wednesday, November 28th, the Columbia graduate student union will have decided whether to agree to a framework for...

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The Holy and the Stylish
At the intersection of art, fashion, religion, and politics. By Kate Steiner Art has long served as a tool for translating the human...

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An Orientation to the Occult
A step-by-step guide to reading tarot this Halloween. Last year, a friend of mine gave me a tarot reading and predicted that my next...

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Understanding Betsy DeVos’s Vision
What potential changes to Title IX guidance could mean for Columbia. By Ufon Umanah Since US Secretary of Education Betsy Devos’s tenure...
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