No-Red-Tape

“What’s up? Want to dance?” At a house party in Queens, Ulises' construction worker friends convince him to dance for them. He agrees, but instead of bopping to the American music that is playing, he chooses to dance cumbia, a Colombian style. When they laugh at him and call him a loser, Ulises walks away, unwilling to give up a dance that represents who he is just to fit in.

“That girl … what did they do to that girl?” asks one of the boys, laughing as the camera pans to the quiet street. From offscreen, another boy drunkenly yells, “If that gets around, then you might go to jail.” The quaint street in Steubenville, Ohio, becomes eerily suspicious as anxious text messages between the boys appear on-screen. Months later, these texts would become incriminating evidence in the rape of a 16-year-old girl known as Jane Doe.

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and leaders from the Time’s Up movement were among some of the big names who made appearances at Barnard’s ninth annual Athena Film Festival this weekend, joining in conversations regarding the importance of representation and women’s leadership in the film industry.

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Another week, another game tape analysis. There’s a win to dive into, but in a matchup that saw head coach Al Bagnoli and the Lions (4-3, 1-3 Ivy) outgained 428-160 from scrimmage, there’s an equal amount of good and bad for the Light Blue.

Panelists broke down the implications of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation to the Supreme Court, at an event hosted by anti-sexual assault advocacy group No Red Tape on Monday.

One year after students flooded Low Steps to protest Donald Trump’s election, over 100 members of the Columbia community called on University administrators to bolster support for staff union rights, sexual assault victims, and undocumented students on campus at a rally on Low Steps Wednesday afternoon.

Eight students walked into a class being taught by Executive Vice President for University Life Suzanne Goldberg Thursday afternoon, holding signs and passing out fliers that criticized Columbia’s gender-based misconduct policies.

Executive Vice President of the Office of University Life Suzanne Goldberg said that Columbia will remain “vigilant” in adopting policies and procedures regarding gender-based misconduct, following last week’s reversal of Obama-era Title IX guidelines.