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Lauren Hardy, BC ’26: Hi. My name is Lauren. I am a senior here at Barnard College, and I go by she/her pronouns.

Voiceover: “On Friday, Spectator toured Barnard’s new $250 million Roy and Diana Vagelos Science Center with President Laura Rosenbury and director of special events Nancy Huemer. Here are some of the building’s most exciting features.”

Hi, my name is Glenn. I am a rising senior at Columbia School of General Studies, and I am the senior residential advisor for Columbia Residential. I’m outside 99 Claremont, our brand new dormitory for GS students, and I’m excited to take you through.

Are you new to Morningside Heights? Or perhaps want to discover new off-campus sites? Well, today Spectator asked students about their recommendation on nearby shops that cover all your daily and miscellaneous needs.

Joe Rogers: “Hi, my name is Joe Rogers. I’m the founder and executive director of Total Equity Now. We’re an 18-year-old nonprofit that celebrates and advances Black and brown literacy and literature here in the beautiful community of Harlem. So excited and proud to team up with Avrilililly’s amazing ice cream shop or creamery here on Amsterdam between 139th and 140th. As many of you know, you’ve been here to Avrilililly’s or you’ve seen us on Instagram, we released the first flavor last month in June, and that flavor was based on some research that I did on Arturo Schomburg. Turns out he had an unfinished cookbook, and in that unfinished cookbook, he had a recipe for…”

Louisa Filmer, GS ’26: Six. Seven. Eight. Now all the way live. Five. Six. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Now all the way live from New York City. Scuff, grab the mic and get busy, can I get get. Yes you can. You know that I could do with a mic in my hand. Yup bye. Imagine that duh dah dah dah zabadoo zabadoobah zah. Okay, side drop bop, let it drop drop, I’m in love.

“This is ‘Canines’ by Nudey, which is us.”

Mia Yiannias: “We’re Miss Demeanor. This is Maybe Tomorrow.”

Following the arrest of Ellie Aghayeva, GS ’26, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on the morning of Feb. 26, the New York Police Department released audio of the 911 call reporting the incident and the body camera footage of officers arriving at the scene. Here are some key details of what played out.

Gabriel Folorunso, SEAS ’29: “My first name is Gabriel, and my last name is Folorunso.”