Columbia Daily Spectator

11/01/2024

This fall break, it’s easy to feel a little down seeing your friends go home while you’re staying in the city. But consider this as the perfect opportunity to explore New York City and spend a few days with yourself. Spectrum is here with some exciting events and activities to make your fall break memorable.

It’s easy to feel sad seeing your friends go home while you stay in the city for fall break. However, your friends at Spectrum have compiled a list of fun activities in Manhattan so that you can have a memorable, exciting, and fulfilling time exploring everything New York City has to offer.

11/01/2024

The Columbia College Student Council released results for its fall ballot referendum on Tuesday, revealing overwhelming student support for providing free menstrual products and contraceptives in residence halls.

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11/01/2024

People of all ages gathered on West 111th Street and Amsterdam Avenue for an afternoon of Halloween festivities on Saturday.

People of all ages gathered on West 111th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Saturday for an afternoon of Halloween festivities in an open street event jointly hosted by local organizations, including the West 111th Street Block Association, Haunted Fountain at the Cathedral, and Morningside Merchants.

11/01/2024

Men’s soccer dropped to sixth place in the Ivy League following the team’s loss against Harvard. The Lions continue to struggle in conference play as their hopes for tournament qualification fade.

Men’s soccer fell to Harvard 1-0 on Saturday in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After 80 scoreless minutes, the Crimson broke through with a late goal to secure the victory.

11/01/2024

“Let’s face it, folks: Most of us probably aren’t too thrilled about November 5. So don’t make the dread any worse by making every class you have after the election insufferable,” Evan B. Edler writes in the latest edition of his column, “Columbia for Dummies.”

I hate to say it folks—really, I do—but on Tuesday we will be facing another presidential election. Some of us might take a few extra days off before or after our fall break in an effort to preserve what’s left of our mental health; others will leap out of bed and skip to Intro to American Pol...

11/01/2024

The University Senate’s education committee released its annual report during the senate plenary session on Oct. 25, detailing actions the committee took during the last academic year, including the creation of new master’s programs.

The University Senate’s education committee released its annual report during the senate plenary session on Oct. 25, covering newly approved academic programs, proposed discussions about the war in Gaza, and a review of the committee’s method of conducting five-year follow-ups on academic progra...

11/01/2024

“After many discussions regarding our unique position in contributing to campus discourse, we write as a majority to bring your attention to what this election means for Columbia and our campus community,” the Spectator editorial board writes in its latest staff editorial endorsing 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

In the final two-week sprint to the 2024 presidential election, two major news publications—The Washington Post and the

11/01/2024

Columbia Health is running its annual walk-in flu fair this week from Oct. 28 to 31 in Lerner Roone Arledge Auditorium and next week on Nov. 7 at the Manhattanville campus.

Columbia Health is running its annual walk-in flu fair this week from Oct. 28 to 31 in Lerner Roone Arledge Auditorium and next week on Nov. 7 at the Manhattanville campus. All Columbia affiliates are eligible to receive the flu vaccine free of cost,...

11/01/2024

In today’s mini crossword: “Spooky spiders are not ___-bitsy” (four letters)
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10/31/2024

BREAKING: The House Committee on Education and Workforce released on Thursday a 325-page report titled “Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed” about its investigation into how Columbia and seven other institutions handled on-campus antisemitism.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

10/31/2024

District 7 Council Member Shaun Abreu and District 22 Council Member Tiffany Cabán along with others, introduced two new bills promising to protect New York City’s bird population from hazardous building materials and light pollution at an Oct. 23 rally outside of City Hall.

District 7 New York City Council member Shaun Abreu, CC ’14, and District 22 City Council member Tiffany Cabán, along with others, introduced two new bills promising to protect New York City’s bird population from hazardous building materials and light pollution at an Oct. 23 rally outside of C...

10/31/2024

The University Senate introduced a new dual degree program between the Climate School and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the Friday plenary. Because both of the degrees already exist, no vote was required for the approval of the program.

The University Senate introduced a new dual degree program between the Climate School and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at the Friday plenary. No vote was required for the approval of the program because both degrees already exist.

10/31/2024

In this special edition of Discourse and Debate, contributors discuss the significance of the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election to the Columbia community.

On November 5, millions of Americans will cast their ballots to vote for the country's next president. In this special edition of Discourse and Debate, Spectator Opinion asked Columbia community members and student leaders of political organizations to reflect on the upcoming U.S. election. Gi...

10/31/2024

In the most recent installation of his column, Architecting Change and the Politics of Space, Ishaan Barrett focuses on physical changes to the Morningside Heights campus. “University administration must carefully reevaluate how the design of on-campus spatial barriers undermines their desire to chart a course towards healing and cohesion,” he writes.

On October 7, 2024, Columbia added a new design to its growing arsenal of ways to block and barricade public space on campus. In the past, I have written about the barriers that the Columbia administration has

10/31/2024

After coming within 3 points of a Homecoming comeback, the Lions will take on fifth-place Yale under Friday night lights. Junior quarterback Cole Freeman will take over for sophomore Chase Goodwin, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in last week’s loss.

After nearly mounting a Homecoming comeback last week, football is set to make its only national television appearance of the 2024 campaign when it plays Yale under F...

10/31/2024

Bundle up, get as cozy as possible, gather all of your favorite snacks, and get ready for the ultimate Halloween movie binge. Whether you’re into horror, childhood classics, or films that will truly allow you to feel the Halloween vibes, Spectrum’s got you covered.

Spooky season is sadly coming to an end.

10/31/2024

Student organizers have disaffiliated from Columbia University Apartheid Divest and established the Columbia Palestine Solidarity Coalition, a Palestinian-led collective pushing for University divestment from Israel.

Student organizers have disaffiliated from Columbia University Apartheid Divest and established the Columbia Palestine Solidarity Coalition, a Palestinian-led collective pushing for University divestment from Israel.

10/31/2024

The University Senate’s structure and operations committee proposed five revisions to the senate bylaws at a senate plenary meeting on Friday, including proposing to add a vice chair to the executive committee and revising chair term limits for the senate chair.

The University Senate’s structure and operations committee proposed five revisions to the senate bylaws at a senate plenary meeting on Friday. The amendments aim to “strengthen governance and continuity” and include proposing to add a vice chair to the executive committee, clarifying chair ter...

10/31/2024

Field hockey broke its three game losing streak on Friday in New Haven, pushing past Yale to secure their second conference win of the season. The Lions kept up the momentum against Lehigh on Sunday, securing another win.

Field hockey picked up two wins this weekend, snapping a three-game losing streak. The team earned its second conference victory of the season on Friday with a 3-2 victory over Yale in New Haven, before taking down Lehigh University in a shutout on Sunday.

10/31/2024

This Homecoming weekend, the Lions fell to Dartmouth in a narrow 24-21 game. Spectator’s photographers were on the ground to document all the highs and lows of the game.

In Jon Poppe’s first few months as head coach, Columbia football has been climbing up the Ivy League rankings. From holding a 3-7, 1-6 Ivy season record last year, the Lions went into Saturday’s game tied for first in the league. Spectator’s photographers captured some of the moments during Sa...

10/31/2024

As fall rolls around, balancing demanding academics and packed social events might leave you feeling extra tired and overwhelmed. Don’t worry—Spectrum staff has put together a list of our favorite drinks to keep you energized throughout this busy fall season.

As you roll out of bed with increasing difficulty, spend longer hours in your room, and sequester yourself in Butler Library late into the night, autumn fatigue may be setting in. Balancing demanding academics and packed social events, like Halloweekend parties, might leave you feeling extra tired a...

10/31/2024

Volleyball remained winless in conference play after it lost to Cornell in straight sets on Saturday. The team will next take on Dartmouth and Harvard, both of which the Lions lost to earlier in the season.

Volleyball faced off against Cornell on Saturday of Columbia’s Family Days. The team lost in three straight sets to the Big Red, remaining winless in conference play.

10/30/2024

Much of Liana Finck’s art is a reaction to her desire to connect with other people and, in the process, connect with herself. Her art, which has appeared in publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Times, celebrates humanity in all its imperfection.

Liana Finck often grapples with “how to exist.” Finding inspiration anywhere from playgrounds to synagogue pews, she uses her art to probe profoundly human subjects: love, anxiety, the passage of time, motherhood, spirituality, and more.

10/30/2024

“If we want the authority to resist a government that doesn’t represent us, we cannot turn our backs on the process that allows us to voice our opinions by withholding or wasting our votes on third-party candidates,” writes Lilja Hanson, BC ’25, in an op-ed underscoring the stakes of the upcoming presidential election. “Because no third-party candidate will win a plurality of votes in a majority of states, and will likely have zero electoral votes, one of the two main contenders will capture the White House.”

As absentee ballots flood the mailroom and political ads clog our Instagram feeds, many of us are preparing to vote in a presidential election for the first time. Yet, as we weigh our options, some of us are dreading the options that lay before us, forgetting that voting is a democratic tradition th...

10/30/2024

As Columbia’s presence has grown in the surrounding communities over the past few decades, housing advocates say tenants often fight long legal battles to secure their tenant succession rights to their families’ rent-stabilized apartments. Spectator followed the legal struggle of one Morningside Heights resident who has been fighting to secure the rights of her third-generation home following the death of her grandmother.

Her family lived in their Morningside Heights home for three generations. After the death of her grandparents, she’s fighting to keep it that way.