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During the height of racial injustice protests across the country last September, a group of Columbia student-athletes decided to form the Columbia Black Student-Athlete Alliance. The BSAA aims to provide a space for members to come together, reach out to the community, and educate their peers about the challenges they face as Black student-athletes.

Normally, hordes of students crowd College Walk on the morning of University President Lee Bollinger’s annual Fun Run. In 2019, 1,350 participants chatted with friends, bemoaned the early start time of the race, and ran, jogged, walked, or shuffled the three-mile path around Morningside Heights before admiring the geeky commemorative T-shirts distributed upon completion.

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.

Softball has been one of the best-performing teams at Columbia throughout this decade. Head coach Jennifer Teague is coming off of an Ivy League Coach of the Year season during which the Lions could have received their first Ivy League championship; the team was projected to win the conference before the 2020 season was canceled.

Brianna Johnson, BC ’21, is one of the few Black students in her year who is a theater major. Had she not been inspired by her work with the Black Theatre Ensemble, she might have completely changed her route.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power will address graduates at Barnard's commencement ceremony at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, the college announced on Wednesday.

Momofuku Milk Bar—David Chang's sweets-and-treats outpost helmed by pastry whiz Christina Tosi—has just set up a glowing pop-up cabin in Madison Square Park where hands can be warmed and sweet tooths satiated with two all-new beverage creations.

If your life is feeling a little dull after the excitement of Bacchanal, the Eye's got your back. We have something extra special in store this week. Every semester, we release one themed issue, and this week's theme is . . .  visual arts. Read on to learn about Columbia and Barnard's visual arts programs, the role of the selfie as an emerging art form, and the question of ownership in the art world. The Art of the Matter: In this week's lead story, Suze Myers explores the pros and cons of studying visual arts at a school like Columbia or Barnard, and what an arts degree from one of these schools might mean.

 Iván Navarro's new installation This Land is Your Land towers, literally, over Madison Square Park.