Federico Stock [0:04]: Hello, welcome to the dorm.

Description: In the second installment of the Tiny Dorm Series, Columbia College junior Christina Li shows off her lyrical prowess and musical talent alongside her band. With heartfelt tracks, such as “In Love With a Girl” and “No Sleep,” Christina explores the rollercoaster of emotions that comes with relationships. Meanwhile, her song “Unwritten Lines” explores the everpresent struggle of artists to create. Li was the winner of last year’s Battle of the Bands and had the opportunity to perform at Bacchanal.

The tenant advocacy group United Front Against Displacement published in February a press release regarding unlivable maintenance practices affecting residents of the New York City Housing Authority’s Manhattanville Houses. NYCHA, which oversees public housing throughout the city, has been pushing in recent years for privatization of similar housing developments—an aspect that some advocates say is driving NYCHA’s alleged neglect.

Description: First-year singer-songwriter Mia Gonzalgo invites Spectator into her dorm for the first installation of the revived Tiny Dorm Concerts. Gonzalgo’s songs, which she wrote, produced, and sung herself, include themes of longing, infatuation, and—as Gonzalgo puts it—feeling lazy. Inspired by the hit NPR series, Tiny Dorm Concerts will feature Columbia-affiliated artists as they perform in their dorms.