In response to the December 5th, 2025 trespass on Barnard’s 616 residence hall, the CARES Community Safety team appointed a new Security Chief Alpha, 6’3 former-CEO Hugh G. Thruster. Recent survey reports…
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In the wake of myriad changes to the government and general functioning…
Following his unprecedented loss in the New York City mayoral election, Republican…
Can’t bear the lunchtime chaos? Skip the line and buy a table…
Michigan does it. Bama does it. OSU does it. Even Cornell does it. And now, with Bacchanal coming up, Columbia does it. The Spectador (Dani Winkler) officially endorses “The Borg” as the…
At around 1:25 PM on Tuesday, you finally leave your bed to grab some late breakfast, but while walking to the elevator, you see your suitemate sheepishly walking back with a to-go…
In preparation for the promising and always-enjoyable Room Selection period, Columbia Housing has released a few new housing options for the 2023-2024 school year. These residences are intended for the 99% of…
After the success of the Columbia Independent’s new under-door distribution model, the Spectator, Federalist, and Barnard Bulletin have formed a blue-ribbon commission to find new and engaging methods for getting their publications…
In a shocking bipartisan decision, the United States Congress recently passed a bill moving April Fools’ to day 31 of the month. Despite unclear motivations or need for such a change, the…
With Bacchanal less than a day away, the late reminder that students must submit a negative COVID-19 test to Eventbrite at least 48 hours before the festival has left hundreds of students…
Heartbreak ensued in JJ’s this Thursday, and it wasn’t just because of the absence of mac ‘n’ cheese bites. After a sorority formal night, Ralph Spencer, CC ‘25, mistook a run-of-the-mill ketchup…
This year, more and more colleges across the country have grappled with the question of whether or not to return to evaluating standardized test scores during the application process. Across Columbia’s campus,…
Following the success of Universal Pictures’ Cocaine Bear, Millie the Bear has released an official apology regarding the film and her role as its star. Early in 2020, Millie was contracted by…
In what some have described as a face-saving move, the Bacchanal planning committee has once again partnered with AXS to help students access this year’s concert. After the failure of initial ticket…
It began with calls to ‘decolonize the core’ and move focus away from the great philosophers of Plato, Aristotle and Virgil. Then, the pristine Mediterranean architecture of Morningside Heights was abandoned in…
They call it “Imagination Station.” I call it a warzone. It was the last week of winter break and I had not yet enough of trying to prove I had not become…
