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

On limits, math, and hockey. By Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Audrey Wang Milena Harned CC ’26 reminisces fondly over skating in front of Heads of State. At the Ice Hutch, CU Hockey’s former home rink, Milena would drill in front of a dignified audience of cardboard cutouts, among them Rachel Green, Chewbacca, and Michael Jordan. The team has since moved to a different rink, but Milena will never forget “seeing Obama watch me skate in his inhumanly large cutout form.” M

The Song of Sigaween . By Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Isabelle Oh Sing to me, O Muse , of that night of horrors, of the perilous pregames and dastardly downtown frat events endured by our heroine this All Hallows Eve. Sing of the many foes encountered, the vast sums of money spent on tickets, the mystery bruises that bloomed overnight on our heroine’s ankles. 9:47 p.m.: Sing to me, as our heroine heads to the pregame 30 minutes behind schedule. Once there, she realizes

The little-known grudge matches shaping how university funding gets spent. By Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Em Bennett On November...

Learning Italian not by the book. ​By Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Kathleen Halley-Segal “Ah, incredibile !” I say, nodding fervently...

By Ava Lozner and Schuyler Daffey Illustration by Emma Finkelstein Affirmative: Gemma scarfs down the remainder of her John Jay omelet...