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The Monthly Magazine of News and Commentary at Columbia University | Est. 2024
New York, NY
Joined January 2024
A single text ended a friendship. When Anthony Rispo GS ’25, who is gay, questioned gender-affirming care for minors, his friend didn’t debate—he warned: “You’re going to end up alone.” Read his essay about finding belonging: https://t.co/kyVjxskDph
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Identity, ideology, and the pursuit of belonging
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INSIDE THE IVY LEAGUE’S CONSERVATIVE COACHELLA: Every January, conservative students from the elite universities converge on DC for the annual David Network Summit. Sundial’s (liberal) Deputy Editor Alexander Nagin became “Alexander Naginsky” for the weekend, and learned a few
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Anti-Israel protestors at Columbia have long argued that the Morningside Heights neighborhood is a part of Harlem. The problem? It’s not true, says Staff Editor Nicholas Baum. Read his article unpacking the history of Morningside and why conflating the two neighborhoods is
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Dr. Umar’s speech at the event did not directly address LGBTQ issues. However, several students told Sundial that they took issue with the committee’s decision to invite Dr. Umar as the keynote speaker because of his previous statements about LGBTQ people.
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Four days before the event, Dr. Umar appeared on the “Sy Ari Not Sorry Show” where he said “one of the reasons Barack Obama was made president is so he could normalize the LGBTQ agenda in the black community” and establish homosexuality as a “mainstream alternative to the
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On Saturday, the Columbia and Barnard Black History Month Committee hosted Dr. Umar Johnson as the keynote speaker at its Winter Soulstice event. Dr. Umar, an activist and motivational speaker, has drawn criticism for his fierce opposition to homosexuality in the black community.
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"This pre-professional tunnel vision not only inhibits many students' open-mindedness but also burdens students with anxiety. Many skeptical students fear the potential heartbreak, unrequited yearning, or romantic imbalance that casual dating has the potential to bring about. In
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A CEO was assassinated. @Columbia students and faculty cheered. Read how the murder of Brian Thompson exposes a dangerous shift in campus activism:
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How the murder of Brian Thompson exposes a dangerous shift in campus activism
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Sundial interviews @Columbia Professor of Humanities Mark Lilla on the features and problems with conservatism in the academy. “Conservatism, in the old sense, has not changed. Rather, Republican politicians, many think tanks, and right-leaning young people who live online have
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Columbians frequently view the dorm situation as a bug rather than a feature of their college experience—that’s a problem for our school culture, argues Staff Writer Owen Tesoro. https://t.co/39QAElbk4F
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Columbia's housing system fails to create the same lasting communities other Ivies have.
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Has 1020 become the quintessential Columbia bar? It may just be the “perfect antithesis to the school’s over-seriousness and a place of refuge for the romantic, the desperate, and the philosophical.” https://t.co/DZS1mTxXbu
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Four underrated coffee shops in Morningside Heights: https://t.co/H6BWGuHJMm
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Morningside is home to more than just Starbucks and Pret.
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Columbia’s gates have been closed since April in the wake of campus protests. “As we speculate about what exactly is keeping the gates closed, one thing is certain: If Columbia is waiting for peace in the Middle East, we might be waiting for a while,” Staff Writer Oren Hartstein
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“Any time you operate in any territory—but in particular in Gaza—run by a terrorist group, there's an extreme amount of vetting that has to go in,” says @DavidSamuelMay “It's pretty clear that there's none of that going on with any of these grassroots fundraising efforts.”
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CUAD-promoted funds with connections to Ibrahim for Gaza or Gaza Municipality have raised at least $2.2 million. It’s unclear what proportion of the funds are transferred to Ibrahim for Gaza and Gaza Now, but an expert says it’s common for such funds to end up in Hamas’s hands.
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