Luisa Sukkar: In the three months since the spring semester wrapped up, Columbia has continued its run in the national headlines. From a hacker stealing student data to the University reaching a settlement with the federal government, here are six of the top stories you may have missed this summer:

Around 100 pro-Palestinian protesters held an “Emergency Rally” in the Lawrence A. Wien Reading Room in Butler Library on May 7, hanging a banner that read “Liberated Zone,” which resembled a banner hung during the April 2024 “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”

Around 100 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Butler Library Wednesday afternoon for an “Emergency Rally.”

On March 5, pro-Palestinian protestors occupied the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning at Barnard, condemning the reported expulsion of three students. Over the span of five hours, Barnard’s campus transformed from a place where students were speeding to class to the site of an active bomb threat, with nine protesters at a sit-in arrested by NYPD. Join reporters Luisa Sukkar, Melina Nath, and Nicole Sandrik-Arzadi in the on-the-ground sounds from these events.

This week on The Scoop: Luisa Sukkar reports on Spectator’s top stories from the beginning of the semester, including pro-Palestinian protesters’ vandalism of University buildings, a University professor’s proposed ban on face coverings, and President Trump’s executive order to “combat campus anti-Semitism.

In this election edition of Pod-Tone 292, Spectator reporters speak with the largest political organization on campus to discuss uncommitted voters, the factors influencing students’ decisions to vote this election cycle, and strategies to increase voter turnout.

This week on The Scoop: Spectator’s top stories from the week of Oct. 18, including assistant professor Shai Davidai’s temporary suspension, the creation of a “Liberation Sukkah” by anti-Zionist Jewish students, and voting results from Columbia College Student Council and the Engineering Student Council.