The Morningside Post

06/23/2020

Students Demand Anti-Racist Changes at SIPA, Administration Responds — The Morningside Post

A look at student-led efforts to confront and dismantle institutional racism at SIPA, as reported by The Morningside Post: https://morningsidepost.com/articles/students-demand-anti-racist-changes-at-sipa

Student leaders petition for anti-racist, institutional change in response to Dean Janow’s June 1, 2020 statement to the SIPA community, titled “Condemning the Death of George Floyd and Other Black Americans”.

09/11/2019

Now, More Than Ever. — The Morningside Post

A sobering read by Virpratap Vikram Singh. His call to action: leave the "SIPAbubble"

One student's call to action to leave the "SIPAbubble"

09/09/2019

A Seeple's Guide to Digital Hygiene — The Morningside Post

Read Virpratap Vikram Singh handy guide on all things cyber! 💻

morningsidepost.com/articles/guidetodigitalhygiene

The most fun you can have while learning how to increase your own cyber security! Brought to you by the Digital Cyber Group (DCG).

08/22/2019

To Math Camp or Not to Math Camp? — The Morningside Post

Hey 1st years! Math camp starts on Monday, will you be there?

Think you’re too good for math camp? You might be.

08/20/2019

Taking Up Space (@Sipa and beyond) — The Morningside Post

Check out the latest from Sean Hansen!

As graduate students, it can sometimes feel like we’re all fighting for a seat at the table. But being conscious of who should fill that seat is key. Or once we’ve decided to take that seat, realizing that having a seat is as much about listening as it is contributing. We don’t need to command...

07/30/2019

What to Look for in a Future Employer

Sonia Aviv writes about her summer internship and offers advice for your next job search.

Want to write about your internship experience? Drop us an email at [email protected] !!

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/whattolookforinafutureemployer

Sonia Aviv encourages job seekers to look beyond products and research to determine a company’s impact.

07/01/2019

How to Balance It All - A Dad’s Perspective

Check out the new article by Francisco Martinez and our snazzy new look!

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2019/6/30/how-to-balance-it-all-a-dads-perspective

Francisco Martinez, second year MIA and father of three, wants you to stop looking at him like he’s a weirdo.

05/19/2019

What. Should. Be.

Graduation day is here!! Need something to read while you wait for your name to be called or while you lay in a park trying to make up for a months-long iron d deficiency?

Check out the quest to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive SIPA! Many thanks to its authors: Andrew Chang, Lindsay Horne, Ali Matalon, Cait Murray, Teresa Perosa and Bethany Waggoner

The Quest to Build a More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive SIPA By: Andrew Chang, Lindsay Horne, Ali Matalon, Cait Murray, Teresa Perosa and Bethany Waggoner As another year in Morningside Heights draws to a close, we congratulate the Class of 2020 on surviving their first year of graduate scho

05/08/2019

Democratic Presidential Elections - 2020 Power Rankings

This is a crowded year for Democratic Presidential Candidates - need help sitting through the noise? Logan Phillips is here to rank the top 10 candidates who have a shot!

With 21 candidates, the 2020 democratic presidential election lineup is looking crowded. Here is a guide to the top 10 who stand a chance. By: Logan Phillips

05/08/2019

Ray Herras Goes Live on Facebook For Over 26 minutes

Finals got ya stressed? Let Teddy Corcoran take you back to simpler times.

A throwback to simpler times when finals weren’t upon us and graduation didn’t loom so closely.

05/06/2019

Searching for Light After the San Diego Synagogue Shooting

Searching for Light After the San Diego Synagogue Shooting

Liran Braude reflects on the recent Poway synagogue shooting.

05/03/2019

Student Leaders Preview Potential Orgsync Replacement

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2019/4/30/student-leaders-preview-potential-orgsync-replacement

Orgsync is on its way out, so what comes next?

05/02/2019

A Shot at the Game

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2019/5/2/a-shot-at-the-game

Need-based financial aid: why it matters, what SIPA is doing about it, and how YOU can get involved.

05/01/2019

Getting Heard at SIPA: Students Campaign to Improve SIPA’s Curriculum

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2019/5/1/getting-heard-at-sipa-students-campaign-to-improve-sipas-curriculum

By: Sean Hansen Last December, The Morningside Post – under the leadership and guidance of Ali Feldhausen – created and administered a survey to gauge student feedback on SIPA’s professional development offerings. The results were telling: 42% of students gave the professional development (PD)

04/25/2019

Students React to Illegal Dumping on Fourth Floor IAB

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2019/4/24/students-react-to-illegal-dumping-on-fourth-floor-iab

By: Anonymous On Wednesday April 24th at approximately 10:50am two small poops were spotted on the floor of the women’s bathroom on the fourth floor of IAB. The poops sat inches away from the toilet, in the first stall on the right-hand side as you enter the bathroom. Women could be heard chatter

04/25/2019

Miss Congeniality - Describe your perfect date?

Happy April 25th ya'll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BNwiqDGz5g

Miss Rhode Island describes what her perfect date is. Of course, it's April 25th.

04/24/2019

General body meeting TODAY at 1pm in 402B! Nonpizza lunch will be served!

04/23/2019

Theo Sharpe Wants to Hear Your Story

Check out our interview with Theotis Sharpe about the making of the first ever SIPA Story Slam!

First year Theo Sharpe talks to Brittany Cronin about the creation of SIPA’s first-ever Story Slam.

04/22/2019

Shakir Out, Scare Tactics In: Columbia Students Question Israel’s Move to Eject Human Rights Researcher

Cate Brown reacts to the Israeli Ministry of Interior's recent decision to revoke Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir's work visa.

In January 2019, students from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) met with rights advocate Omar Shakir in the occupied West Bank. As Israeli authorities prepare to revoke Shakir’s lawful work permit on April 30th, Columbia student leaders question the suppression of fre...

04/18/2019

What We Saw: Reflections on SIPA’s trip to Palestine

Farah Abu Sahliya Amir Khouzam Jasper K Lo Jackie Davalos Mihret Moges & Sean Nelsen share their experiences on the 2019 Paltrek:

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2019/4/18/what-we-saw-reflections-on-sipas-trip-to-palestine

Students who participated in PalTrek share their experiences and thoughts a few months after the trip.

10/29/2018

Being Jewish in America

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/10/29/being-jewish-in-america

In the wake of the Pittsburgh tragedy, one SIPA student shares her experience of being Jewish in the United States.

10/16/2018

Top 5 Date Spots Near Columbia

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/10/10/top-5-date-spots-near-columbia

by Sarah Hong You’ve been in New York City for a month now. It’s been approximately 3 months since you left your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/whoever for “cooler” things in New York (oh look at you, an Ivy Leaguer huh), and you are now itching to go on a date with a new hottie. So you download a ...

10/10/2018

Creating Connections Through Art

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/10/10/creating-connections-through-art

SIPA student Sumaa Zaffar Saleem shares her artwork and shares why she makes it.

10/04/2018

Dear Ally,

Everyone deals with the pain and trauma these past few weeks news has caused differently. One survivor explains why they have stepped away from the news and the protests.

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/10/3/dear-ally

Everyone deals with the pain and trauma these past few weeks of Kavanaugh hearings has caused. One survivor explains why they have stepped away from the news.

10/04/2018

Open Letter and Petition: #CancelKavanaugh #BelieveSurvivors

Organizations and individuals at SIPA speak out against the Kavanaugh nomination. If you or your organization would like to add your name to this petition please sign here.: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM6_2U59ahtxcnX2Ef1vB-oe84UBfp4cbskhbepW7fdQCXqA/viewform?c=0&w=1

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/10/4/open-letter-and-petition-cancelkavanaugh-believesurvivors

Organizations and individuals at SIPA speak out against the Kavanaugh nomination. If you or your organization would like to add your name to this petition please sign here.

10/02/2018

Forbidden Fruit

With so much discussion about the partisanship in political correctness, it is easy to lose sight of the project's initial goal. One student seeks to bring that objective to the forefront again.

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/10/2/forbidden-fruit

With so much discussion about the partisanship around political correctness, it is easy to lose sight of the initial goal of the project. One student seeks to bring that objective to the forefront again.

09/24/2018

Scott's Pizza: Week 2

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/9/13/scotts-pizza-mhrm4

SIPA’S Scott Belding provides his take on the best pies in the city.

09/24/2018

SIPA Welcomes Romance

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/8/26/vintage-lols-aka-incommunicado-8clsx

Need a little romance?

09/24/2018

A Slightly Different Seeple Summer Relationship Story

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/9/10/zrw6aow9hrmod20wfcua59fhqbj4ip

I saw the Morningside Post’s survey about summer love and thought I might share a story in greater detail than the survey allows, despite it not strictly being a summer love story.

09/13/2018

Scott's Pizza

SIPA has found our very own pizza reviewer in Scott Belding! Check out his reviews: https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/9/13/scotts-pizza

By Scott Belding I like pizza. I live in New York. New York is an unparalleled place to be for pizza enthusiasts. All of these factors enhance my resolve to be a pizza explorer throughout the boroughs during my time at SIPA. I record these pies for my own benefit and hopefully yours. In the int

09/05/2018

To All The Summer Flings I Had Crushed On Before

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/9/3/dear-summer-love

A fiction based on a collection of SIPA students’ summer love stories Dear Summer Love, It’s the beginning of September. I’m back in New York, sitting in one of my classes...when my mind drifts to you. Do you remember how we met? I fell in love with you when you asked me “would you like m

09/04/2018

Letter from the Editor

On this crazy first day of classes, here is my face and some unsolicited advice about surviving SIPA: https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/8/21/letter-from-the-editor

Welcome, SIPA students!

09/04/2018

Vintage Orientation Complaints

The war was in its infancy and first year students had some feelings. See what the SIPA class of 2005 had to say about orientation.: https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/8/26/vintage-tmp-aka-communique

The war was in its infancy  and first year students had some feelings. See what the SIPA class of 2005 had to say about orientation.

08/28/2018

Invisible Disabilities: Taking Steps Toward Health Inclusion at SIPA

Hi all! This is just a friendly reminder that if you want to take the stairs, take the stairs, but be thoughtful when someone chooses not to. In this diverse community, it's important to remember we don't always know what everyone else is dealing with:

https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2018/8/27/invisible-disabilities-taking-steps-toward-health-inclusion-at-sipa

By Anonymous While uncomfortable, swiveling chairs and iconically slow elevators are a nuisance for some, they can be hidden barriers and sources of anxiety for others. One SIPA student shares how EDS, an invisible disability, affects their life and calls on the Columbia community to expand our

05/06/2018

What Test of Significance is this?

Finals brings out the anonymous in all of us; another finals poem for SIPA

Anonymous aka The SIPA Failed Poets Collective with another procrastination poem for your final needs