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Senior Column: A good life choice

A former publisher of Spectator takes stock of his time at the paper.

By Akhil Mehta | May 1 10:48 pm ET

Senior Column: Be bold, Spectator

Spectator has much potential if it will keep up with the times.

By Thomas Rhiel | May 1 10:38 pm ET

Letter to the editor

Dean Moody-Adams responds to Spectator's coverage of the ROTC debate.

By Michele Moody-Adams | Feb 17 08:49 pm ET

To be and not to be

In their minds, someone who didn’t do this would be like a unicorn, or a Barnard student wearing pants instead of leggings: nice in theory, maybe, but certain never to exist in the real world.

By Hillary Busis | Apr 28 06:45 pm ET

The truth about comments

Hateful anonymous Internet comments are destroying Columbia.

By Tony Gong | Apr 21 09:05 pm ET

It’s not you, Spec. It’s both of us.

I don’t know the single worst decision I’ve made at Columbia, but I do know the single best. It was quitting Spectator.

By Jordan Fraade | Apr 21 08:28 pm ET

Seeing Columbia through a lens

I came to Spectator’s open house on a whim during my sophomore year. I didn’t really care about the paper itself, but just tagged along with my roommate of now four years. I’d had enough of writing from class, so I decided to join the photo department as a novice photographer.

By Linda Carrion | Apr 30 08:35 pm ET

Eighteen cameras later

When I crossed the threshold of 2875 Broadway for the first time, I had my entire life planned out. I was going to be a reporter, damnit—a feisty cross between Nellie Bly and Christiane Amanpour, specifically—exposing social injustice and political scandal at every turn.

By Daniella Zalcman | Apr 28 08:39 pm ET

You can't take it with you?

As my defense mechanisms of denial buckle beneath the weighty imminence of graduation, I can’t help but wonder what insights I can unearth from the last four years here before they’re buried in manure.

By Andrew Scheineson | Apr 28 08:36 pm ET

The whole way, favoring winds

I realized that while I enjoyed and respected the critical eye journalism afforded, I liked being a reporter because interviewing led to truly meaningful conversations and relationships.

By Sara Vogel | Apr 28 08:24 pm ET

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