Miska Lewis
Excerpt from “Manifestations”
By Miska Lewis Sometimes home reminded me of a classroom. It wasn’t that I got sleepy the moment I entered, or that there were rows and...
Becky Miller
Fergus Campbell
By Becky Miller The night of the tree lighting—a glamorous Columbia tradition where the whole university gathers on College Walk to watch...
Michael Colton
A Graduating Senior On How To Best “Do” College
By Michael Colton In the words of Dean James Valentini and a recent Columbia Confessions poster, “college is meant to be the most...
Claire Shang
Letter from the Editor, April 2022
Earlier this month, scrolling through Elon Musk–owned Twitter, I came across some 2020 data on the subscription base of Harper’s...
Dariya Subkhanberdina
Micaela Cacho-Negrete
By Dariya Subkhanberdina As a loyal, if not compulsive, Depop shopper for years now, I couldn’t help but feel somewhat giddy while...
Justin Liang
The Scaffolded City
Confronting New York's sidewalk sheds. By Justin Liang Surely it must be classed among the seven wonders of New York, alongside the...
Anouk Jouffret and Becky Miller
Would a Princess Do That?
Affirmative By Becky Miller Yes, a princess would absolutely smack a pigeon between the thighs to assert her dominance over her sidewalk...
Ellida Parker
Sonya Douglass
On designing the new Black studies curriculum for New York City public schools.
Michaela Sawyer
Kassia Karras
By Michaela Sawyer Kassia Karras, BC ’22, used to be known as “Mrs. UnlocktheSwehg.” These days, she sports the username “Purified Smoke”...
Chloë Gottlieb and Daniel Seizer
The Postcard, April 2022
The Yassification of Columbia Admin
Alexander Aibel
Aibel Relabels
Regarding Columbia's greatest failure. By Alexander Aibel To be quite honest, though I’ve been here for over two years, I haven’t entered...
Skylar Wu
Two Poems
By Skylar Wu Fonsphobia (Fear of Spring) Spring is the most plump, most miserable mushroom to ever grow out of my eyes. Teal and yellow...
Dominy Gallo
Sharon Marcus
On the stories we tell and the stories we don’t about the women who don’t quite fit in.
Will Lyman
Celebrating Jane Watson
By Will Lyman, with an introduction by Chloë Gottlieb and Daniel Seizer In April, we published the following piece. It follows a night in...