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Zines seem to be growing in prevalence on Barnard’s campus. Students are reading them in class, creating them as final projects, and are surrounded by them while studying in the Zine Library at the Milstein Center.

The Columbia University Center for Oral History Research, the country’s oldest and and largest oral history archive, will be one of three schools responsible for generating the official oral history of the presidency of Barack Obama, CC ‘83, the Obama Foundation and Columbia University announced Thursday morning.

It’s hard to get out of the lazy cycle of going to Butler every day. Even though you slightly hate it, at least it has always been there for you. As you may be realizing now, it can also become increasingly stuffy and draining to study in the same library every day—especially Butler. During midterms and finals season, it’s especially annoying to try to find a seat. So why don’t you try to discover a new library? Who knows, you may just end up finding your new favorite study spot!

My fingers run along the rice paper pages as my eyes trace the inked lines for three characters: Yan Ji Ci.

More than a month after Julian von Abele, CC ’21, harassed a group of mostly black students outside of Butler Library, Columbia has declined to release any information regarding potential disciplinary measures to be taken against von Abele. Meanwhile, Barnard’s December decision to ban von Abele from the college’s campus remains in effect, according to a College spokesperson.

After a semester of studying, working, and partying up here at MoHi, you’re hopefully starting to catch on to the hang of things up here. It’s still more than natural, however, to nervously stumble over your question in front of your 180-person class, or always find yourself in a 15+ person deep pasta line at Ferris. To help you start navigating Columbia like the true pro you are, we here at Spectrum have decided to publish answers to a few common first-year queries.

Barnard Library’s new home in the Milstein Center has sparked a new wave of innovation and programing for students and Columbia community members. One of these new programs is the library’s “Feminist Film Series,” which has already hosted three screenings since the beginning of the semester.

At the Columbia Political Union’s first debate of semester, President of the Roosevelt Institute Ricardo Jaramillo, CC ’19, and President of Columbia University Democrats, Joanna Cohen, CC ’20, debated prison justice reform.

About 20 student activists marched into Butler Library calling to “decolonize Columbia,” carrying signs and chanting slogans denouncing white supremacy Wednesday afternoon.