By Samantha Sacks I remember seeing Alexandra Waterbury, G.S. ’21, for the first time at the water fountain outside studio 1 in Barnard Hall. It was the Fall 2018 Columbia Ballet Collaborative audition, and she was wearing a boatneck leotard, cut-off tights, and leg warmers that went just above the knee. Moments later, I would watch the choreographers’ eyes follow her tight blonde bun across the studio, Balanchine flair about her long-nailed hands, and exaggerated port de bra

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For graduate students, #MeToo moment not easy to come by By Helena Ong During the 2017 November plenary of the Columbia University Senate, Chair of the Executive Committee Sharyn O’Halloran remarked that academia had its own Harvey Weinsteins. In the context of #MeToo, the phrase seemed a call to action. And where better to sound the call than at Columbia, which Senator Suzanne Goldberg in a different plenary described as “the national leader on these issues.” This is true, f