Rachel Beinus

Let’s face the truth: We’re never going to get our hands on some “Hamilton” tickets. Sure, “Mean Girls” and “Frozen” also sound like interesting prospects, but the tickets are crazy expensive and definitely sold out four months in advance. Here are six lesser-known Broadway shows to check out, all of which have much better prices than other shows.

As Columbia students, opening a book to read over break can seem like too much work. After all, reading hundreds of pages in small print is all we ever do here. Thankfully, podcasts exist to ensure that our tired eyes can take a break in the midst of midterm madness. In fact, even after midterm season is over, we all need spring break to recharge. So why not do that by listening to a podcast all about self-growth? You can then come back from break more productive and positive than ever and (hopefully) become the type of student Columbia is in dire need of this time of year.

As if the 10-odd-block area of Columbia’s Morningside campus weren’t small enough to find a match, the advent of dating apps in recent years has made potential hookups even easier to track down. And for those who aren’t on dating apps, don’t be fooled: The relative smallness of our community—and the consequent statistical likelihood of eventually running into someone you met on a dating app anyways—has not yet deterred a huge chunk of our own from signing up. Indeed, dating apps are a cornerstone of many Columbia and Barnard students’ love lives, and if we’re anything like most other American college students, they are also a huge source of entertainment for us.