Columbus Day

Not a man to celebrate

CUCR needs to consider history more carefully when celebrating Columbus Day.

By Julian NoiseCat | Oct 23 10:00 pm ET

Two different celebrations mark Columbus Day

To mark Columbus Day, Columbia's Native American Council hosted it's annual Indigenous People's Day event on Low Plaza while the College Republicans held a barbecue on Van Am Quad.

By Briana Last | Oct 11 04:16 am ET

Students crowd Low for Columbus Day

Columbia University may not have Columbus Day off, but that didn't stop students from protesting—and hitting the barbecue.

By Melanie Broder and Alexander Contratto | Oct 12 04:23 am ET

Goodbye, Columbus

There is nothing more American than disregard for tradition. When I walked to class on Monday, Columbus Day, that’s what I was thinking about—not out of disrespect for Columbus, but out of admiration for the righteous revisions that followed.

By Emily Tamkin | Oct 13 07:29 pm ET

Students call for Indigenous People’s Day

The Columbia University Native American Council organized its annual Indigenous People’s Day/Abolish Columbus Day campaign on Monday in an effort to raise awareness of the effects of European colonization in North America.

By Minji Reem | Oct 13 01:47 am ET

Columbus Day Draws Mix of Barbecue-Goers, Protesters

Calling into question the legacy of the explorer whose place in the American psyche is evident even in the University’s namesake, student groups held events on Monday underscoring opposing perspect

By Sam Levin | Oct 14 11:07 pm ET

Submission

First things first, I am not asking for a removal of a holiday. On Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate and remember the first peoples of the Americas—North, South, and Central—our ancestors.

By Maxine Paul | Oct 12 07:06 pm ET

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