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Columbia and Barnard are both known for being politically active campuses. With the primaries in full swing and the presidential election right around the corner, you might be looking for how to get involved with political organizations on campus. Let Spectrum’s list guide you!

When The O’Reilly Factor sent Jesse Watters to Columbia earlier this month to investigate why so many American universities lean to the left, the reaction on campus was a mix of humor and outrage. Watters approached various Columbia students in front of the 116th Street and Broadway gates to ask them, among other things, about professorial bias and safe spaces. A few responded with answers conforming to the portrayal that Watters attempts to paint of Columbia: a school radicalized and bigoted toward conservatives.

Dozens of Columbia students were among the thousands of protesters who marched across New York City on Tuesday evening—closing roads, tunnels, and highways—to protest the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the death of teenager Michael Brown.

It's late. You're up. BREAKING NEWS: Obama made a speech five years ago! And this speech was RACIST, because he suggested that the U.S. government has occasionally mistreated black people! The nerve of this man—and after all we've done for him! At Spectrum, we have changed our minds about President Barack Hussein Obama. Actual news Get what you pay for: Rapper Machine Gun Kelly was invited to perform at a Microsoft Store. Upon arrival, he promptly began stomping on laptops and rapping "fuck these computers." Reached for comment about Kelly's performance, President Obama said it was "right in line" with his goal of destroying the American economy.more Don't be evil: The good news—Google will alert you if you're being targeted by state-sponsored cyber attacks. The bad news—Google apparently won't alert you if you're targeted by a Kenyan socialist bent on destroying America. You're no Gandhi: India paid tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi today, because it was supposedly his birthday. But just like President Obama, he never released his long-form birth certificate, so who really knows? Yeah Wright: Tucker Carlson released a video today in which President Obama can be heard giving a shout-out to his then pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and praising Wright's church. This is obviously a manufactured controversy—the only church Obama goes to is the Church of the Secret Muslim. ...and a funny video: We agree with this man!

The well-meaning, contest-hacking Facebook group, whose plan was to pool its members' passwords, win The Social Experiment, and donate the $500 to charity, ended up coming in third place. The winner will be announced at a 4 p.m. ceremony in Wallach Lounge. We'll be there.

A host of campus political groups gathered in the Low Library rotunda on Monday night to discuss President Barack Obama's foreign policy in the Middle East, but they ended up debating if and where the U.S. even has the right to have a presence in the region.