Columbia Daily Spectator

My Speculative Future at the Hungarian Pastry Shop

Back when Columbia was in-person, I made a regular habit of walking down Amsterdam to the Hungarian Pastry Shop. My trips usually started the sa…

Online Classes Are Not New at Columbia—But Amid the Pandemic, They Look Different.

For many students, the transition to taking classes online on Zoom has upturned what it means to be at a university. Many op-eds and columns hav…

Artist and director Lynette Wallworth uses virtual reality to forge cultural connections through film

Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” is not typically thought of as a work that involves cutting-edge technology. However, for Australian artis…

Kosta Karakashyan, CC ’19, on his new dance documentary and the continued struggle of the LGBTQ community in Chechnya

It was a lucky chance that Kosta Karakashyan, CC ’19, decided on Columbia. Nearly four years ago, when Karakashyan was applying to college in th…

The First Amendment should not only be for those that we agree with

I attended the controversial Tommy Robinson event at Columbia on October 10. That night, I was embarrassed to be a Columbia student.

A multipurpose space in a multicultural place

Joining Greek life, for those in it, is a means of fitting into a community. There are other reasons, of course, but by and large one’s fraterni…