Columbia’s South Lawn was divided by protest—protesters with Students Supporting Israel stood to the west, and protesters with Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace stood to the east. Each side had hundreds of people, with considerably more on the SJP and JVP side.

After a week of historic rainfall, the sun was shining the morning of University President Minouche Shafik’s inauguration.

From South Lawn to Riverside Park, experience spring in Morningside Heights through the camera lenses of seven Spectator photographers.