The Crossword, April 2021
"Happy May Day"
THE BLUE AND WHITE
Columbia’s Undergraduate Magazine. Founded 1890.
Victor Omojola and Elysa Caso-McHugh
Do These Sound Like Vaccine Side Effects to You?
Affirmative by Victor Omojola, Negative by Elysa Caso-McHugh
Elysa Caso-McHugh
When Resiliency Runs Out
What happens when you can’t outrun your illnesses anymore?
Claire Schweitzer and Tarini Krishna
Are You Really Passionate About Your Major?
Affirmative by Claire Schweitzer, Negative by Tarini Krishna
Willa Neubauer
Little, Black, and Bold
Andi Owens, GS ’63, on Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, Harlem walking tours, and being Black at Columbia in the ’60s.
Chase Cutarelli
Welcome to Hotel Covid
A look inside New York’s hottest and most contagious deal.
Cy Gilman
“Students First”
Under Chegg’s corporate strategy, student insecurity is a marketable good.
Samantha Sacks
Alexandra Waterbury
By Samantha Sacks I remember seeing Alexandra Waterbury, G.S. ’21, for the first time at the water fountain outside studio 1 in Barnard...
Eliza Rudalevige
A New Era for Barnard Tap
The hiring of a legend promises change for the Barnard dance department.
The Blue and White Magazine
A Senior Send-off
Three graduating B&W’ers find unlikely love in a hopeless place.
Kat Chen, Gaby Edwards, and Benjamine Mo
KGB + The Machine
Robo-poetry reveals the shortcomings of AI—and our need for human M4M submissions.
Lyla Trilling
The E-Word
An extended inquiry into Columbia’s coveted pile of oddly untouchable gold.
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