Louisa Filmer, GS ’26: Six. Seven. Eight. Now all the way live. Five. Six. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Now all the way live from New York City. Scuff, grab the mic and get busy, can I get get. Yes you can. You know that I could do with a mic in my hand. Yup bye. Imagine that duh dah dah dah zabadoo zabadoobah zah. Okay, side drop bop, let it drop drop, I’m in love.

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

Voiceover: In a quiet corner of Harlem, Lalibela—a family-run Ethiopian restaurant with deep roots and bold flavors—serves food that tastes like home.

Welcome back to Campus Speculations, the series where we ask Columbia affiliates their takes on all of the questions you’re dying to know the answers to. In this new episode of Campus Speculations, host Achilles Frangos and co-host Isabelle Bouvier chat with Columbia affiliates about their Bacchanal plans.

Voice over: “The newest resident of the Columbia dorm Carlton Arms doesn’t attend any classes, can’t be found anywhere on campus, and pays no tuition. In fact, it’s not even a student. Fritters, a small betta fish living in the common area of this Carlton suite, has transformed the lives of its suitemates since being adopted in September.

Joshua Black: "Last time there was a gospel choir was 2019.

VO: Makam New York presented “Makam Bridges” at St. Paul’s Chapel in late November, a concert blending musical genres from Turkish-Ottoman makam, South Asian Carnatic, Iranian, and Afghan traditions through improvisation. The series featured Ahmet Erdoğdular, Roshni Samlal, Mehrnam Rastegari, and Quraishi Roya on Nov. 19, 2024.