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At the beginning of the short film “Oleander,” the spirited teenager Oleander Jones kisses her boyfriend in the back of his pickup truck, proudly declaring, “I believe in the power of love. And by love, I mean sex, and by sex, I mean that sexual fulfillment is a fundamental right.” In a country where sexual education—particularly the continued emphasis on abstinence-only sexual education—is an increasingly contentious subject, Oleander’s unabashedly pro-sex attitude shatters norms of female sexuality.

Over the course of one night, several brave and probably caffeinated students wrote, rehearsed, and recorded songs for their own nostalgic and hilarious parody of an iconic childhood film. The following evening was opening—and closing—night.

On average, 5,687 fans attended each Columbia football game in 2018, 1,526 attended men’s basketball, and 785 attended women’s basketball. The average number of spectators at golf tournaments? Under 10, according to players.

Coming off of two consecutive away draws, women’s soccer ruined Yale’s title dream with a 3-1 victory at home. The Lions’ offense seemed to be rejuvenated, scoring more than one goal in Ivy Play for the first time since the 2-0 win against Cornell on Sept. 28, five games ago.

Women’s soccer lost all possibility of clinching the Ancient Eight crown this weekend when it tied 1-1 against Dartmouth. Despite leading in the first half after a goal by senior forward Emily Koe, the Lions failed to hold onto this one-goal advantage as they gave up a goal in the 52nd minute.

After registering its first Ivy win last weekend, Columbia volleyball knew replicating those results at this weekend’s homestand would be pivotal to its success this season. The Lions rose to the challenge, sweeping a struggling Harvard team 3-0 on Friday. The Light Blue continued its streak the next day, dominating the Ivy League’s best defense with a 3-1 win over Dartmouth on Saturday.

Columbia volleyball split its matches this weekend, picking up its first Ivy win of the season to break a three-game losing streak. The Lions avoided a sweep in their Friday four-set loss to Princeton, winning a set against the Tigers for the first time in two years, and then beat Penn 3-1 on Saturday for their first conference win this year.

Columbia volleyball was swept 3-0 by Cornell in an error-filled Ivy opener. Despite a standout performance from senior middle blocker Chichi Ikwuazom, questions have been raised about the team’s depth.

One of the oldest books on the Literature Humanities syllabus is now also the newest. Less than a year after it was published, Emily Wilson’s innovative translation of Homer’s epic poem the “Odyssey” has replaced the long-standing version by Richard Lattimore as part of the Core Curriculum.

Last summer, I stood on the 116th Street subway platform, sweating through my t-shirt, hoping that there was room for me in the first car. The train rattled into the station and—luck of luck—there was exactly one seat left for me. Admittedly, a man was sitting on half of it (see: man-spreading), but between the heat and the fact that I was running late to an appointment off the Franklin Street stop, I managed (see: coerced) to find room. All elbows in the tiny space, I worked to extricate my book from my purse: "Autobiography of Red" by Anne Carson. Affectionately called a novel-in-verse, it's stunning in both language and technique. Trying to ignore the overtly invasive man next to me, I held the book an inch or two from my face but I could still see him clearly looking over my shoulder.