As a generally irreligious person, I never expected to spend the majority of my college experience holed up inside a church.

Members of Spectator’s 148th managing board—led by Editor in Chief Isabella Ramírez, CC ’25, Managing Editor Esha Karam, CC ’25, and Publisher Katie Zhang, BC ’26—formally took their roles on Wednesday following a monthlong election process.

The Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of the 2022 Mark of Excellence Awards winners in Region 1 on Monday. Spectator won in three categories—General News Reporting (Large), Food/Restaurant Journalism, and Data Visualization—and placed as a finalist in five categories.

When the reputation of both an individual and a University department is at stake, balanced, professional, and fairly-sourced reporting is more important than ever. This reporting is doubly vital when the safety of current and former department staff, tasked with protecting the safety of every Columbia affiliate, is allegedly at risk because of its leadership.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments from a pair of cases on Monday challenging the basis for affirmative action established in Grutter v. Bollinger, the landmark case University President Lee Bollinger, Law ’71, led in 2003 that upheld race-conscious admissions.

Norris Pride, a sophomore in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has died, SEAS Dean Shih-Fu Chang announced in an email to the community Tuesday morning.

Ashley Kim, a student at the School of General Studies, has died, General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, GS/JTS ’90, announced in an email to the community on Friday.

A limestone portion of Jerome Greene Hall’s façade was dislodged between 11:30 and 11:45 a.m. Wednesday as the building underwent routine ongoing construction. No injuries were reported.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital have come to a $165 million agreement with 147 former patients of Robert Hadden, the University announced Friday in a press release.

Congress has failed to renew a legislative exemption that allowed Columbia and 20 other colleges and universities to dodge antitrust laws and share a common formula for calculating financial aid, ending a monthslong class-action lawsuit charging that many of the institutions colluded to artificially decrease their financial aid offerings.