Mark Hay

Keeping sex healthy

Columbia's sexual health resources need to reach even more people.

A modest proposal

Information on psychological resources needs to be integrated into college syllabi.

Keep Iran open

Iran deserves our attention because we, as Columbia students, value education.

Getting the spark back in your community service

Columbia students tend to see service as something external to their lives.

Students in the USenate: Minority whipped

As evidenced by countless editorials, Facebook commentaries, and Bwog bashings, we have all been shocked by the inability of anyone to resolve the current academic calendar debacle.

Sympathy for the Devil’s Advocate

Columbia has historically been an activist’s campus—basking in the memory and the legend of ’68, we draw in folks of strong opinions and talents on both sides of the spectrum (although we admittedly lean en masse toward one side).

As you read this, hundreds of mice feast in McBain

Critters—mice, rats, cockroaches, pigeons, bedbugs—happen to have easy access to our dorm rooms. Proud as I may be of the ability of a mouse to sneak into my building, I am never glad to find one scurrying over my foot in the middle of the night in McBain.

Bringing South Asia into context on campus and between covers

For a university with such a large and vibrant South Asian population and such an eye to global dialogue, this silence borders on the absurd.

Overcoming perpetual problems, never losing hope

University and student initiative can curb the longstanding hindrances on advancing to a new plateau in our battle with mental illness.