Columbia College Student Council updated its constitution Sept. 28, removing the minimum voter participation requirements for referendums, adding two new representative positions, and clarifying the relationship between CCSC and the Columbia Elections Commission.

As New York City’s contested mayoral race drew to a close Tuesday, West Harlem residents made a final trek to the polls.

Columbia College students voted strongly in favor of all three fall 2025 referendum questions, demonstrating support for the removal of required Columbia ID swipes at gates, student representation on the presidential search committee, and excused mental health days.

Every Tuesday evening in Pupin Hall, echoes of “Are you okay? Are you okay?” ring through the fourth floor as students learning CPR slam both palms into the shoulders of plastic mannequins.

The President’s Advisory Committee on Institutional Voice called on the University to “exercise restraint” when speaking to issues not directly pertaining to its “paramount values” or “fundamental commitments” in a Sept. 25 report. These values, as defined by the committee, include “research and scholarship, teaching and learning, and clinical care and service.”

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke at the first World Leaders Forum event of the 2025-26 academic year in Low Library on Monday, discussing immigration, the war in Gaza, and the importance of free speech.