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    THE BLUE AND WHITE

    Columbia’s Undergraduate Magazine. Founded 1890.

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    Excerpt from “Manifestations”
    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...
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    Fergus Campbell
    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...
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    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...
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    Letter from the Editor, April 2022
    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...
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    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...
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    The Scaffolded City
    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...
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    Would a Princess Do That?
    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...
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    Sonya Douglass
    Ellida Parker

    Sonya Douglass

    On designing the new Black studies curriculum for New York City public schools.
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    On the Will to Party
    Zibia Caldwell

    On the Will to Party

    Getting from one side to the other.
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    The Faces of GS
    Andrea Contreras

    The Faces of GS

    The particulars of the School of General Studies.
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    The Bard at the Circus
    Maya Weed

    The Bard at the Circus

    Cast and creatives on the “Circusification of Hamlet.”
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    Kassia Karras
    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”...
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    The Postcard, April 2022
    Chloë Gottlieb and Daniel Seizer

    The Postcard, April 2022

    The Yassification of Columbia Admin
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    Making Mischief
    Anna Patchefsky

    Making Mischief

    Columbia's history of minor mayhems.
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    Aibel Relabels
    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...
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    Dean Spade
    Kelsey Kitzke

    Dean Spade

    Practicing people power.
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    Two Poems
    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...
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    Leah Samoa Overstreet

    The Threat of Masculinity

    On skinny white boys in skirts.
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    Sharon Marcus
    Dominy Gallo

    Sharon Marcus

    On the stories we tell and the stories we don’t about the women who don’t quite fit in.
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    Anywhere But Here
    Will Lyman

    Anywhere But Here

    Into the battle with Miss Anthropopscene.
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