August Gweon
Columbia Daily Spectator
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After a full semester in its new location in Lerner Hall, The Food Bank at Columbia has released comprehensive data highlighting the extent of food insecurity among undergraduates that creators of the organization hope will compel councils to commit more funding.
Despite comparable membership sizes, well-established East Asian groups at Columbia—serving Japanese, Chinese, and Korean students—receive thousands of dollars more in annual funding than Southeast Asian groups, according to funding data obtained by Spectator.
Shariq Jumani, CC ’20, is looking forward to coming back to Columbia.
Faculty discussed violence and history, and expressed optimism in light of last month’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia at a panel hosted by the Office of University Life on Tuesday night.
The Food Bank at Columbia, a student-run organization devoted to providing food for students who suffer from food insecurity, has moved into a new space in Lerner Hall that it secured before the start of this semester.
Columbia College Student Council added four new council positions to its elected body and dissolved two others during a general body meeting on Sunday night.
A vote to impeach University Senator Ramond Curtis, GS ’19, failed to pass in the General Studies Student Council on Tuesday night.
Over 1,500 Columbia students who receive Pell Grants, federal subsidies for low-income students, could see their grants reduced if President Donald Trump’s budget proposal passes.
University President Lee Bollinger announced the creation of a steering group on mental health to be led by Columbia College Dean James Valentini in an an email to students on Friday.
Citing a shortage of regularly scheduled, university-wide discussions surrounding mental health, identity-based student groups have held mental health-focused programs for their own members this year.