Heritage months should be year long

Latino Heritage Months and its ideas should be highlighted beyond just October.

By Maria Lantigua | Nov 8 08:50 pm ET

Give before Thanksgiving

Is it hypocritical to give thanks through volunteerism only on Thanksgiving? Nicollette Barsamian argues that those who do so are romanticizing service, Maria Lantigua notes that hunger doesn’t only come on holidays, and Lucy Herz urges volunteers to remember that they’re serving individuals, not ideas.

Giving more than thanks
Too many volunteers spoil broth

By Lucy Herz, Nicollette Barsamian, and Maria Lantigua | Nov 14 10:27 pm ET

Giving more than thanks

It's important to engage with the people you serve.

By Maria Lantigua | Nov 14 08:05 pm ET

Love actually?

As the Valentine’s Day hangover hits, four writers rise from their death-by-chocolate to consider what Feb. 14 really means.

By Livy Grosvenor, Caroline Blosser, Maria Lantigua, and Andrew Leonard | Feb 15 12:06 am ET

Redefining Valentine's Day

It should be a day that you dedicate to others, to the ones you love, and they, in return, will make their day about you. Sometimes it requires taking a step back and making this day about others so that we can benefit from their happiness. Valentine’s Day should be exactly what you want it to be.

By Maria Lantigua | Feb 14 06:29 pm ET

John Jay take-out option: freedom or hindrance?

There has been— or rather, I suspect there will be— a lot of talk about John Jay, now that more on-campus dining locations are going to become “all you can eat”.  But as the Columbia community considers how students may or may not consume food in the dining halls, I find myself thinking of what we are able to take out of them.

By Maria Lantigua and Cindy Chen | Jan 20 08:10 pm ET