The Wang Pavilion, a new performance space with a 180-person capacity, opened for student use in Lerner Hall last month and features a versatile stage, house and stage lighting, a new AV system, and a computerized Yamaha Disklavier piano.

Students decked out in suits and sunglasses flocked to the Sundial on Thursday, many skipping class and canceling appointments, hoping to take part in a mystery challenge connected with popular YouTube content creator MrBeast.

It is difficult to imagine a world without endless social media posts to tap through. Since 2010, Instagram and other social media platforms, like TikTok and Twitter, have provided a space for friends, potential friends, and strangers to connect. But some Columbia students have decided to ditch social media.

An artificial intelligence that acts as a love interest, a virtual reality platform that lets users experience traveling close to the speed of light, and a program that visualizes earthquake magnitude predictions: these are just some of the prototypes built in a two-day hackathon by Columbia undergraduate and graduate students last weekend.

A chatbot that can solve coding problems, write papers, and pass the bar exam: ChatGPT has opened new possibilities, and raised new fears, for how artificial intelligence is being integrated into our society.

Crocheted tops, balaclavas, and the return of flared pants—the rapid rise of TikTok in recent years has propelled fashion trends to cycle around faster than ever before. Walking through campus, students can be seen dressed in various styles and trendy items, some joking that members of a friend group “never dress as if they’re going to the same event.”

In an interview for Thrasher Magazine, Barnard alumna Alexis Sablone, BC ’08, who has seven X Games medals and is the head coach for the USA Skateboarding National Team, recounted her days as a Barnard student skating in Riverside Park alone, sometimes as late as 3 a.m.

Behind LL020’s double doors on the lower level of Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning, darkness washes the hallway light away, bringing visitors’ attention to an illuminated wall of projected photographs, dance videos, and quotes from Barnard students who identify as transgender. The images cast a glow onto the floor, where the words “TO BE TRANS IS TO BE BEAUTIFUL” are projected.

Whether on College Walk or while scrolling on social media, slang terms such as “slay,” “periodt,” and “queen” are unavoidable on campus and in Generation Z online spaces. Though popular across Gen Z discussions, these terms and their historical contexts can be left out of the conversation.

Diana Center Cafe greeted students with a sushi chef, fresh smoothies, and a new menu. For returning students, the new offerings confirm dining hall myths passed down by older students.