How one of Columbia’s oldest student resources lost the battle for its future. By Chris Brown Illustration by Em Bennett Hello, Nightline, Barnard/Columbia Peer Listening. For four decades, Columbia students have heard those words in hours of need. But for the last four semesters, Nightline has been mostly unavailable, engaged in a fight for its future with the Columbia administration. At the end of this year, its phones will likely go silent forever. Nightline is Columbia

By The Class of 2026 Illustration by Em Bennett John Jay Evan Rossi Columbia’s campus is filled with symbols. There are the obvious ones—Alma Mater, Scholar’s Lion, the Crown—and the ones whose meanings need to be teased out. For this senior vignette, I was tempted to find a campus location that would neatly encapsulate these particular four years. I began to take images from daily life and consider what symbols they could become. I thought about transience as I walked across

How a scrappy underdog won a unanimous moral victory By Chris Brown Illustration by Ines Alto Sparks were flying on a beautiful day in Morningside Park as The Blue and White lined up against WKCR in their first meeting on the kickball diamond. The long-awaited match between Columbia’s two favorite student journalism organizations arrived on a crisp late April morning. Hard rain the day before did nothing to dampen either team’s spirits, and the game kicked off at 12:30 p.m. T

Musings on another transition of power . By Chris Brown Illustration by Ellie Hodges On July 1, Jennifer Mnookin will start her term as the 21st President of Columbia University. On the list of presidents, her name will follow after President Minouche Shafik, who resigned nearly two years ago. The presidencies of Katrina Armstrong and Claire Shipman will become footnotes. For students, Mnookin will be the fifth president in four years. In October of 2024, I wrote The Presiden

Maya: I think my Managing Editor is trying to kill me. Chris: Don’t mind that. Fall is a season for change, but rarely is it associated with firsts. While the leaves are changing and preparing to drop, it’s an exciting time of renewal for The Blue & White . New writers, new illustrators, and for the first time we’ve finally decided to come out of our early fall hibernation and celebrate Halloween. M: I don’t remember writing that. But perhaps I’m jumping to conclusions—my m

A selective history of the University Senate and Columbian democracy . By Chris Brown Illustration by Em Bennet “What we know is that...

Shafik’s resignation and the role of the University President . By Chris Brown “If [administrators] are really concerned with discovering...