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Letter From the Editor, October 2018
By Caroline Hurley I think that there’s something to be said for confusion; that feeling of untethered loss; that state of cognitive...
Caroline Hurley


The Doors We Love to Hate
The Blue and White presents a non-comprehensive, and almost entirely subjective look at Columbia’s four worst entryways. By Frank Baring...
Frank Baring and John Tanguay
Campus Gossip, October 2018
Joel Davis, the former GS student indicted this summer on four pedophilia-related charges, has plead not guilty to all four counts. The...

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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...
Ufon Umanah
Home
After László Krasznahorkai. “I would leave everything here:” stillness, mayhem, silence like a shroud, torn first by the dawn stirring of...
Hannah Liberman


Ari Boosalis
When Ari Boosalis, CC ‘19, arrived at Columbia, he was struck by how much the campus environment differed from that of his Jesuit high...

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Columbia and the Constitution
By Ufon Umanah. A former student at the School of General Studies, a former Columbia University Senator, and a current lecturer in...
Ufon Umanah
Told Between Puffs, October 2018
In which our hero takes a break. Verily sat down to begin writing. Microsoft Word™ labored to start up, giving Verily a moment to...

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Kirk Wu, Columbia College sophomore, has passed away
Kirk Wu, a sophomore in Columbia College, passed away on Thursday, October 11th in McBain Hall. Wu came to Columbia from Pasadena,...

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On Our Relationship With Bwog
Bwog started in 2005 as our online presence. The beginning of Bwog was a proving time for the magazine. It made sense to expand the...

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Kavanaugh v. Bollinger
“The use of race to achieve an integrated student body is not necessitated by the lingering effects of past discrimination because...

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Letter From the Editor, Orientation 2018
The first picture of me as a student on campus was taken unsurprisingly on move-in day, unsurprisingly by my mom. It’s a series of...

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Alfredo Dominguez
Alfredo Dominguez, CC ‘19, does not see what the big fuss is about–he wouldn’t have picked himself as a Campus Character, and does not...

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Judy Liu
“I’m trying to find that sweet spot between the humanities and sciences.” Judy Liu, BC ‘19, tells me over the phone from India. Liu, who...

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The Magazine of Old
How The Blue and White came to be By Gaby Edwards The very first issue of The Blue and White dates back to 1890 when it was founded as a...

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Blue Notes, Orientation 2018
During daylight hours, I don’t look at the statues around campus much. Warmer bodies rush past me, off to class, to meetings, to whatever...

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Measure for Measure, Orientation 2018
Start Family Strange thing. To make another person, With another person. Strange thing. To be half of one person And half of...

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The Columbia Blue Guide
Eight recommendations you actually should do By Jasmine Park Welcome to the Greatest University in the Greatest City in the World™! If...

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Columbia Dictionary
Whether you’re new to campus or have been around for a few years but feel like you live under a rock, our handy guide will introduce you...

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