Protest more, protest harder

Students must be bold enough to take a stand for issues they believe in, whatever the consequences.

By Alex Collazo | Jan 30 08:38 pm ET

Break out, take over

At the beginning of this school year, we wrote that Columbia activists ought to unite. This ideal hasn’t been fully realized, but we have seen a remarkable reorientation towards needs outside of our marble fortress.

By Kate Redburn and Sarah Leonard | Apr 23 08:50 pm ET

Panelists Push Divestment, Support Gaza

A “teach-in” organized by the Columbia Palestine Forum Wednesday night drew a crowd of supporters, dissenters, and interested students and faculty that filled the Hamilton classroom and spilled into the hall.

By Elizabeth Scott | Mar 4 10:35 pm ET

New Pro-Life Group Splits Off

In an effort to expand their support base and presence on campus, members of Columbia Right to Life have recently ceased operating under the auspices of the Columbia Catholic Undergraduates.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Feb 12 02:46 am ET

Columbia and the World from ’68 to ’08

College is, for the vast majority of us who experience these four years of “higher education,” the last womblike vessel that we will inhabit before being sent out into the world to sink or swim on

By Khalid Rashid | May 1 11:05 pm ET

1968 and the Spirit of Hamilton

Last weekend, several hundred participants in the 1968 student protests at Columbia occupied buildings on campus—this time legally—to reflect on the meaning of those events.

By Robert Friedman | May 1 10:40 pm ET

It's Been a Long Time Coming

“The struggle is eternal. Someone else picks up and carries on.”—Ella Baker

By Christien Tompkins | Apr 23 09:40 pm ET

Against 1968 Nostalgia

Columbia activists like myself who do not stick within the bounds of establishment politics are often accused of being nostalgic for 1968.

By David Judd | Mar 30 09:21 pm ET

The Collapse of the Antiwar Movement

The organized antiwar movement is in terrible shape—fragmented, demoralized, and without forward momentum. This description applies to the Columbia movement as well as to the wider U.S.

By David Judd | Jan 24 09:37 pm ET

Refugees in Transit, Part II

By Madeleine Wells | Nov 29 12:28 am ET