Are you new to Morningside Heights? Or perhaps want to discover new off-campus sites? Well, today Spectator asked students about their recommendation on nearby shops that cover all your daily and miscellaneous needs.

Joe Rogers: “Hi, my name is Joe Rogers. I’m the founder and executive director of Total Equity Now. We’re an 18-year-old nonprofit that celebrates and advances Black and brown literacy and literature here in the beautiful community of Harlem. So excited and proud to team up with Avrilililly’s amazing ice cream shop or creamery here on Amsterdam between 139th and 140th. As many of you know, you’ve been here to Avrilililly’s or you’ve seen us on Instagram, we released the first flavor last month in June, and that flavor was based on some research that I did on Arturo Schomburg. Turns out he had an unfinished cookbook, and in that unfinished cookbook, he had a recipe for…”

“This is ‘Canines’ by Nudey, which is us.”

Mia Yiannias: “We’re Miss Demeanor. This is Maybe Tomorrow.”

Gabriel Folorunso, SEAS ’29: “My first name is Gabriel, and my last name is Folorunso.”

Ethan Weinstein: “One. Two. Three. Four.”

Edward Sutton: I’m Edward Sutton.

Many Columbia students go on to do incredible things after they graduate…

Title card: We asked 25 seniors: What is one thing your freshman self wouldn’t believe about you now?