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The Columbia Spectator, founded in 1877, delivers news and information daily to thousands of readers around Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The newspaper is published five days a week during the academic year and our blog network, Spectrum, offers update

s on news, arts, commentary, and photos from around campus and New York City. The organization is run by undergraduates from Barnard, Columbia College, the School of General Studies, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, with a staff totaling over 200 students. Spectator has opportunities for a wide range of interests, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, multimedia, and finance. Along with the daily paper and blogs, Spectator Publishing Company Inc. includes The Eye, a weekly arts and features magazine; and the business division, which manages Spectator's financial standing. If you're interested in joining or have any general questions, please contact us at [email protected].

The Office of Public Affairs announced in a Saturday email that Public Safety would conduct “additional building checks”...
12/14/2025

The Office of Public Affairs announced in a Saturday email that Public Safety would conduct “additional building checks” and work with the New York Police Department on “additional safety measures” following a Saturday active shooter incident at Brown University, which resulted in at least two student deaths.

The Office of Public Affairs announced in a Saturday email that Public Safety would conduct “additional building checks” and work with the New York Police Department on “additional safety measures” following a Saturday

Men’s and women’s squash concluded their contests against Drexel University with mixed results. The men’s team secured a...
12/14/2025

Men’s and women’s squash concluded their contests against Drexel University with mixed results. The men’s team secured a confident win, with particularly impressive performances by Imad Athar, Ahmad Haq, and Paarth Ambani. The women’s team fought hard but ultimately fell 8-1 to the ninth-ranked Dragons.

Squash hosted Drexel University at the SL Green StreetSquash Center on Sunday, with the men’s side securing a vital victory and the women’s team suffering a blowout loss.

Students and faculty members organizing Palestinian cultural and political events have faced significant administrative ...
12/13/2025

Students and faculty members organizing Palestinian cultural and political events have faced significant administrative pushback, according to interviews with five organizers and dozens of emails from University officials obtained by Spectator. The University has intervened in at least three events related to Palestinian culture or politics this semester—the Olive Harvest Festival, an October Bridge Columbia dialogue event, and an Oct. 7 vigil—ordering student organizers to alter promotional materials, mandating location changes, and ultimately canceling the events hours before they were set to begin.

Amid a crackdown on protests, students began organizing Palestinian cultural events. The University keeps canceling them.

University Provost Angela Olinto spoke about the future of research amid uncertainty surrounding federal funding and the...
12/11/2025

University Provost Angela Olinto spoke about the future of research amid uncertainty surrounding federal funding and the rise of artificial intelligence at a Columbia World Projects event, titled “The Power Shift: Rethinking the University-Government-Big Tech Relationship,” on Dec. 2.

University Provost Angela Olinto spoke about the future of research at universities at a Dec. 2 Columbia World Projects event amid uncertainty surrounding federal funding and the rise of artificial intelligence.

Women’s swimming and diving placed third of five teams at the Big Al Invitational with 737.50 points. The Lions saw two ...
12/11/2025

Women’s swimming and diving placed third of five teams at the Big Al Invitational with 737.50 points. The Lions saw two podium finishes along with multiple A-final qualifiers.

Women’s swimming and diving traveled to Princeton, New Jersey, this week for the three-day Big Al Invitational, which featured Penn, Princeton, Cornell, and the University of Utah. The Lions placed third with a final score of 737.50 points.

Members of the Columbia Daily Spectator’s 150th managing board officially assumed their roles on Wednesday, ushering in ...
12/11/2025

Members of the Columbia Daily Spectator’s 150th managing board officially assumed their roles on Wednesday, ushering in a new era of leadership at the second-oldest college daily newspaper in the nation.

Members of the Columbia Daily Spectator’s 150th managing board officially assumed their roles on Wednesday, ushering in a new era of leadership at the second-oldest college daily newspaper in the nation.

With parents at the vanguard of the New Left movement and leaders of the Weather Underground, Thai Jones, a professor of...
12/10/2025

With parents at the vanguard of the New Left movement and leaders of the Weather Underground, Thai Jones, a professor of radical history at Columbia, has had his fair share of experience with the left. Now, he speaks to The Eye about his early life, his family’s radical history, and how that family history led him to study in the archives of Columbia.

On October 23, 1981, Thai Jones, no older than four, looked on helplessly as his parents were taken away from their home. Jeffrey Jones and Eleanor Raskin were active members in the Weather Underground—a prominent far-left militant organization of the 1970s. That cold fall day, they became the tar...

Track and field set a new record and secured several first-place results to open the 2025-26 season. With three meets do...
12/10/2025

Track and field set a new record and secured several first-place results to open the 2025-26 season. With three meets down, the team looks to continue this momentum after the winter recess into the remainder of the season.

Track and field kicked off its 2025-26 season with a three-meet weekend. On Friday, the Lions competed in the Armory Collegiate Distance Carnival, and on Saturday, the Lions travelled upstream to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, for the Crowell Invitation. The Lions then r...

Men’s swimming and diving took second place at the Big Al Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey, edging out Ivy League f...
12/10/2025

Men’s swimming and diving took second place at the Big Al Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey, edging out Ivy League foe Penn. Princeton finished first overall.

Men’s swimming and diving rounded out the Big Al Invitation in Princeton, New Jersey in second place on Saturday, posting an overall score of 1,269.50 points. The Lions competed against familiar Ivy League competitors Princeton and Penn, who finished the three-day competition in first and third pl...

Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi, CC ’26, has been selected as a 2026 United Arab Emirates Rhodes Scholar, Columbia announced la...
12/10/2025

Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi, CC ’26, has been selected as a 2026 United Arab Emirates Rhodes Scholar, Columbia announced last month, making her the first Columbia student to receive the award from the UAE.

Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi, CC ’26, has been selected as a 2026 United Arab Emirates Rhodes Scholar, Columbia News announced Nov. 25, making her the first Columbia stud...

Following a couple informally adopting a young boy on an online forum, the Barnard theatre department’s production of “W...
12/10/2025

Following a couple informally adopting a young boy on an online forum, the Barnard theatre department’s production of “Wolf Play” ran from Nov. 20-22 at the Glicker-Milstein Theatre. The play questions what it means to be a family using a marionette and a wolf.

The audience surrounds a stark white stage as Wolf/Boy (Felicity Chen, BC ’29) enters. He addresses the audience directly as his childish, unrestrained Wolf persona, sharing a secret: “I am not what you think you see.”

The University’s presidential search committee has extended its deadline to announce the next University president. Acco...
12/09/2025

The University’s presidential search committee has extended its deadline to announce the next University president. According to a Monday announcement from the Office of the Secretary, the new University president is expected to take office “beyond the start of next year.”

The University’s presidential search committee has extended its deadline to announce the next University president less than a month before its original Jan. 1, 2026, deadline, according to a Monday announcement ...

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The Columbia Spectator, founded in 1877, delivers news and information daily to thousands of readers around Columbia, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem. We are the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and have been financially independent from the University since 1962. The organization is run by undergraduates from Barnard, Columbia College, General Studies, and SEAS, with a staff totaling over 250 students. Spectator has opportunities for a wide range of interests, including reporting, writing, editing, photography, design, multimedia, marketing, sales, and finance. Along with daily content online and weekly paper, Spectator Publishing Company Inc. includes The Eye, an arts and features magazine, and the business division, which manages Spectator's financial standing. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. To submit an op-ed, contact [email protected]. Send news tips to [email protected].

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