Melissa-Burnett

In the film industry, the adjective “emerging” typically has a negative connotation. However, this need not be the case, as the process of emerging is never-ending—the process of reinvention is constant in a world where success is not easily defined. To emerge in the film world, one must grow and evolve into a successful individual.

Now more than ever, women are beginning to make their mark as chefs and restaurant owners across the country. Still, in comparison to their male counterparts, they remain underrepresented in higher-level positions of power.

It is 1990. Twelve-year-old Beans and her family learn that a golf course is to be constructed on Mohawk burial grounds. They eagerly join a group of protesters to try to block the construction, but riot police disperse tear gas into the crowd of protesters, triggering a shootout that leaves an officer dead. The Mohawk people barricade their land; the Canadian government, who refuses to concede, soon calls the army to step in. The Oka Crisis has begun.

It was a decade of many firsts for the Columbia women’s tennis program. Led by head coach and former Lion Ilene Weintraub, CC ’02, the Light Blue notched its first-ever winning Ivy League season, claimed its first Ancient Eight title, won ECACs four times, and earned its highest ranking in program history.

Columbia women’s tennis built on its six-game winning streak on Feb. 23 with a decisive win over Washington State University, nationally ranked No. 34. The Lions finished the grueling match with a 4-3 win at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center.

Kathryn Kolbert argued the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey before the Supreme Court as a public interest attorney specializing in women’s reproductive rights. Melissa Silverstein founded Women and Hollywood, an initiative that “educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in Hollywood and the global film industry,” according to its website. At Barnard, they worked together to create an innovative event that promotes a new kind of leadership, uniting politics and film.

The Diana Center played host to a red-carpet affair on Friday evening, as notable personalities from the film and activism worlds converged for a celebration of achievements.

The stars are descending upon this year's seventh annual Athena Film Festival, which will take place at Barnard from Feb. 9 to 12.

The women's tennis team hosts Yale and Brown, softball heads to Ithaca to face the Big Red, lacrosse takes on the Bulldogs, track and field competes in Virginia, men's rowing takes on Yale and Penn in the Blackwell Cup and Dodge Cup, men's golf takes part in the Princeton Invitational, and the women's golf team hosts the sixth-annual Roar-EE Invitational.

Women's Tennis — Caroline Bowman

Softball — Hahn Chang

Lacrosse — Muneeb Alam

Track and Field — Melissa Cheung

Men's Rowing — Eli Schultz

Men's Golf — Josh Shenkar

Women's Golf — Muneeb Alam

Tylik was my first friend at karate. Even though he was several ranks higher and three years younger than me, we formed an unexpected friendship early on. Perhaps it was our similarity in fighting style, or our mutual love for Chris Brown (pre-Rihanna assault)—I cannot say for sure how our friendship came to be. What I do know is that he made going to karate—before I started to enjoy it—bearable.