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For Columbia’s student theater groups, the spring semester is when creative teams, actors, and designers produce a crowded roster of musicals and plays. Beginning in January, creative teams begin planning, casting, and constructing their upcoming productions. Amid the COVID-19 crisis and cancellation of on-campus activities, however, all student-led theater groups have been forced to cancel or postpone their shows until the fall semester.

As social distancing becomes the new norm, it seems that street harassment did not get the memo. While jogging at the park, filming videos on College Walk, and picking up a salad from Sweetgreen, I have encountered whistles, awkward flirting, car honks, and raunchy comments that make me feel the same way I did when I was a lanky 10-year-old girl experiencing street harassment for the first time. The same feelings of unsafety, betrayal of my body, embarrassment from the attention, and inappropriate hypersexuality have washed over me. As I continue to navigate life in my body, as a Black woman, I’m often reminded of those feelings.

After losing to Brown last week, Columbia women’s soccer team bounced back on Tuesday in a thrilling 2-1 overtime win against Bucknell and continued its strong run of play with Saturday night’s one-goal victory over Penn. With a season total of six points, the Lions are now tied with Yale at third in the Ivy League rankings.

Barnard’s 110th Street dormitory will no longer have studio single rooms or several double and triple rooms in the housing lottery, likely changing housing configurations for the upcoming school year, Barnard Residential Life and Housing announced in an email sent to students on Friday.

Raw Elementz, Columbia’s oldest hip-hop dance collective, has been a dance powerhouse on campus for nearly two decades. This year marks the group’s 18th consecutive year performing for the Columbia student body, and this season follows last spring’s 10-year anniversary of the RAWCUS: 360° annual showcase. There is no doubt that Raw Elementz has remained a driving force in hip-hop dance and choreography far longer than any other group on campus, but it may be the case that this crew is just getting warmed up.

Whatever the conversation had been, the bird interrupted it.

Unlike some other Columbia students, I have no prestigious Wall Street or Silicon Valley summer internship to boast about, and I have no intention of getting one. To the contrary, I spent this past summer witnessing how corporate interests have waged a class war against the most vulnerable Americans.

Staying in New York for spring break and don’t know what to do? Love pizza? Sick of eating Koronets (temporary RIP) and Famiglia every Friday at 2 A.M.? Well, do we have the perfect day planned for you: a day spent touring NYC through pizza. Spend a day going around the city trying some of the best pizza places and passing by all the famous NYC sights along the way. Major plus: Since you’ll be walking so much, you won’t have to worry about eating too much.

Let me guess: You’re drowning in papers and midterms. The good news is that midterm season also means that spring break is right around the corner. Whether you are going home, vacationing somewhere tropical, or staying in New York City, Spectrum’s got you covered and will help you be the best “Spring Breakers” you can possibly be.