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Normally, hordes of students crowd College Walk on the morning of University President Lee Bollinger’s annual Fun Run. In 2019, 1,350 participants chatted with friends, bemoaned the early start time of the race, and ran, jogged, walked, or shuffled the three-mile path around Morningside Heights before admiring the geeky commemorative T-shirts distributed upon completion.

Welcome to the end of October: sweaters are on, leaves are multicolored, stores are filled with pumpkins, and we are counting down the hours until the spookiest day of the year. While dressing up in costumes and participating in other traditions may not be possible this year, there’s still time to cozy up with a movie and get in the Halloween spirit. There’s something for everyone, whether you thrive off of jump scares and paranormal activity or prefer to live nightmare-free.

Who has time to think of a Halloween costume with never ending midterm season underway? No one! No worries: Inspiration can come from the perpetrator of these evil exams itself. Here are 12 Columbia-themed Halloween costumes so you can become what scares you the most this spooky season.

This was not what College Walk is supposed to look like at 8:15 a.m. on a Friday. The crowd, led by Roar-ee, bounced lightly on the balls of their feet. Some chugged water, others chatted with friends, but a few were laser-focused, headphones in. The buzz of anticipation that encompassed campus on Friday was all for President Lee Bollinger’s 18th annual Fun Run.

Feeling like you haven’t had a good laugh since spring break ended? Don’t worry, April Fools’ Day is right around the corner. Now is the perfect time to start planning those sneaky pranks for your beloved roommates and friends. It may feel challenging to think of funny pranks that don’t go too far. Don’t fret—here are some campus-friendly pranks that won’t get you in trouble.

At a Columbia panel about women in comedy on Tuesday night, three female comedians described their struggles to dispel the myth that women aren’t funny.

Over this past break Amigos Restaurant, a longtime staple of the Morningside Heights neighborhood, shut its doors. Amigos was never anything that special. It was a cheap Mexican restaurant, known for its heavily alcoholic margaritas. Yet for many people it represented an important place in the Columbia community. On the day of its closing, Max Davidson, a server at Amigos, posted a eulogy of sorts on the Facebook page columbia buy sell memes. “It might sound convoluted to refer to a three-star Mexican bar as a cultural institution, but it is,” Davidson wrote. “Amigos was never perfect; but it was a place that people from many walks of life could join and eat well-prepared Tex-Mex while getting a buzz on cheap, overpoured margaritas.”