On Filipino connection at the corner of 5th Ave and 46th St, and across the Pacific By Selma White-Pascual Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina It is 30 minutes past the 2 p.m. start time when the program begins. The protesters gathered in front of the General Consulate of the Philippines on 5th Ave joke, “It’s actually early for Filipino-time!” An organizer steps forward and tells us through a large megaphone that we will run through the chants together. I share a print

On small moments of love that lie solely within a New York City park. By Sayuri Govender Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina In each of the parks around campus are pockets of us—people-watching with our neighbors, sharing inside jokes, and breathing out with the trees. I have dozens of different trail loops memorized, and I know exactly which one I need when. For a long, contemplative moment, I’ll walk down to the bend near 99th where Riverside Park meets the Hudson R

Breaking down Columbia’s housing shuffle . By Erica Lee Illustration by Jacqueline Subkhanberdina On the evening of June 30, nearly 160 School of General Studies students opened their inboxes to a puzzling email from Columbia Residential: their residence halls were “no longer available” for the coming school year, with no explanation given. Across the city and the world, Fairholm and Nuss leaseholders were texting and calling frantically. Every student living in 503 W. 121