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THE BLUE AND WHITE

Columbia’s Undergraduate Magazine. Founded 1890.

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FEATURES & ESSAYS

Long-form investigations and essays on undergraduate life at Columbia, brought to you by our perennially perspicacious Staff

Writers.

The Major Motion Picture Professor

Anouk Jouffret

Nov 10

The Major Motion Picture Professor

A Department of Our Own

Grace Adee

Nov 10

A Department of Our Own

Why Is No One Talking About The Hedge Mazes?

Sona Wink

Nov 10

Why Is No One Talking About The Hedge Mazes?

Beyond the Bet

Margaret Connor

Sep 2

Beyond the Bet

More Than Medication

Andrea Contreras

Sep 2

More Than Medication

To Bag a Pulitzer

Victor Omojola

Sep 2

To Bag a Pulitzer

Following the M60

Kat Chen

Sep 2

Following the M60

The Summer I Turned Invisible

Iris Chen

Sep 2

The Summer I Turned Invisible

Picket Proliferations

Grace Adee and Muni Suleiman

Sep 2

Picket Proliferations

Butterfly Effect

Sona Wink

May 12

Butterfly Effect

Chasing Chelsea’s Past

Andrea Contreras

May 12

Chasing Chelsea’s Past

Light Dawns on Sunrise Columbia

Ellida Parker

May 12

Light Dawns on Sunrise Columbia

Outreading Racism

Muni Suleiman

May 12

Outreading Racism

The Business of Books

Justin Liang

May 12

The Business of Books

Searching for the Activist Ivy

Cole Cahill

May 12

Searching for the Activist Ivy

Weed World

Jaden Jarmel-Schneider

May 12

Weed World

The Bard at the Circus

Maya Weed

Apr 23

The Bard at the Circus

Making Mischief

Anna Patchefsky

Apr 23

Making Mischief

Between the Virtual World and Me

Iris Chen

Apr 23

Between the Virtual World and Me

An Underground Playground

Kelsey Kitzke

Mar 10

An Underground Playground

An Education in Life

Elizabeth Jackson

Mar 10

An Education in Life

Staging New Futures

Muni Suleiman

Mar 10

Staging New Futures

Where Birds Could Chirp

Cole Cahill

Dec 19, 2021

Where Birds Could Chirp

What’s in a Name

Victor Omojola

Dec 19, 2021

What’s in a Name

Anywhere But Here

Lyla Trilling

Dec 19, 2021

Anywhere But Here

On The Masthead

Kat Chen

Dec 19, 2021

On The Masthead

Barred From Access

Sylvie Epstein

Dec 19, 2021

Barred From Access

Death of a Saleswoman

Tarini Krishna

Dec 19, 2021

Death of a Saleswoman

Power Concedes Nothing

Michaela Sawyer

Dec 19, 2021

Power Concedes Nothing

Weather, Reviewed

Elizabeth Jackson

Dec 19, 2021

Weather, Reviewed

Told Between Puffs

Hailey Ryan

Nov 21, 2021

Told Between Puffs

Streets for All

Brooke McCormick

Nov 21, 2021

Streets for All

We’re All Boring Compared to the Beats

Becky Miller

Nov 21, 2021

We’re All Boring Compared to the Beats

What’s Done Is Done

Victor Omojola

Nov 21, 2021

What’s Done Is Done

Across the Dianneverse

Claire Shang

Sep 23, 2021

Across the Dianneverse

Nights to Remember

The Blue and White Magazine

Sep 23, 2021

Nights to Remember

On Humor and Horror

Elizabeth Jackson

Sep 23, 2021

On Humor and Horror

Checking the Box

Kelsey Kitzke

Sep 23, 2021

Checking the Box

Identifying “I”

Tarini Krishna

Sep 23, 2021

Identifying “I”

A Safer Planet, Planned

Elizabeth Jackson

Jun 21, 2021

A Safer Planet, Planned

Searching for Nothing

Willa Neubauer

Jun 21, 2021

Searching for Nothing

Rescuing Jouissance

Sophie Poole

Jun 21, 2021

Rescuing Jouissance

Obedience: Act I

Styvalizh Uribe

Jun 21, 2021

Obedience: Act I

In Our Solitude

Sylvie Epstein

Jun 21, 2021

In Our Solitude

When Resiliency Runs Out

Elysa Caso-McHugh

Apr 30, 2021

When Resiliency Runs Out

Labor of Love

Maya Weed

Apr 30, 2021

Labor of Love

“Students First”

Cy Gilman

Apr 30, 2021

“Students First”

The E-Word

Lyla Trilling

Apr 30, 2021

The E-Word

The Limits of Accountability

Claire Shang

Apr 30, 2021

The Limits of Accountability

Who Are We Scrolling For?

Kelsey Kitzke

Apr 30, 2021

Who Are We Scrolling For?

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