Any elected official ought to keep good stock of the skeletons in their closet, lest they be brought to light. But when the skeletons take the form of father-killing and mother-loving, keeping them a secret might not be one’s biggest concern. Learning one is not only a murderer, but an incestuous one, is the kind of news that makes one want to gouge their eyes out.

The Barnard and Columbia anthropology departments hosted a screening of the 2025 documentary “Free Leonard Peltier” on Oct. 14 in the LeFrak Theatre. The documentary’s producer Jhane Myers, a member of the Comanche Nation and Blackfeet Nation and an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, introduced the film and hosted a Q&A following the screening.

The latest exhibition at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery, titled “After the Last Sky,” felt more like walking through the home of an eccentric than entering a sterile gallery. Curator and visual arts student Alejandro Valencia, SoA ’26, cultivated an intimate energy during his exhibition opening, complete with mezcal and soft cheese.

In a world that prefers two peas in a pod, where it takes two to tango and two birds are killed with one stone, the figure of the twin stands out as a unique gift. To have someone who knows your soul so sincerely makes the abrupt loss of such a steady companion a horrifying prospect.

While drag enthusiasts may be accustomed to seeing Naomi Smalls sewing in the neon pink dressing room or lip-syncing on the dazzling stage of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Columbia drag connoisseurs and newbies alike got to see her up close at Columbia College Student Council’s drag bingo.

What do an alien correspondent with a fierce German accent, a gay Republican with irritable bowel syndrome, and the underappreciated girlfriend of a devout baseball card collector all have in common? While seemingly unrelated, they were all characters played by Ashley Albinus, BC ’25, at Fruit Paunch’s latest comedy show.

Historically villainized and recently idolized, the figure of the witch persists and evolves. Often broomstick-riding, black cat-carrying, and sin-ridden, historical portrayals of witches riff off witch hunt era tropes. However, from “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” to “Wicked,” contemporary representations of witches have abandoned satanic narratives and welcomed female empowerment.

When the sun comes out, the Morningside campus transforms. Low Steps teems with studiers, the lawns are packed with loungers, and walkways become hazardous with skateboards, off-target frisbees, and spikeball nets. Earlier this month, the outdoor community spirit continued even after the sun went down.

Drawn by the promise of entrepreneurial wisdom or the chance to lock eyes with actor Penn Badgley, hundreds of students flocked to 309 Havemeyer on Friday to attend the event “CORE x Can We Talk?”