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On June 4, 1914, Columbia unveiled a statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of the Graduate School of Journalism. A gift “to the city” from Joseph Pulitzer—the namesake of the school and the esteemed prize in literary arts—the statue represented, to University President Nicholas Murray Butler, the perfect ideological and spatial complement to the statue of alumnus Alexander Hamilton, which was unveiled in 1908.

Registering for classes is always a daunting process, and next semester seems particularly stressful. With the delayed registration process and many departments still finalizing next semester’s courses, it seems harder than ever to find classes that are interesting, relevant, and new.

While white nationalist Tommy Robinson, an outspoken critic of Islam and immigration, speaks at a Columbia University College Republicans event on Tuesday, protests organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center chapter at Columbia, Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, and undergraduate activists will come together in front of Lerner Hall.