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On Tuesday, after two years of President Donald Trump controlling the levers of power in Washington, Democrats rode a blue wave back to power on Capitol Hill, winning back both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

‘A wave of hope’: Columbia students celebrate Democrats’ big wins in midterm elections

SIMON LETON • NOV 5

How Columbia can support its international students

AUM DESAI and HARIS SHAH • NOV 5

Football gears up to take on No. 19/22 Harvard

AJAY BALAJE and HOLDEN LOMBARDO • NOV 5

UNIVERSITY NEWS

Kalshi traders may soon be able to place bets on Columbia’s undergraduate admissions rates

BY Fiona Hu • NOV 5

Traders may soon be able to place bets for Columbia’s admissions rates and applicant numbers on Kalshi, a prediction market app.

One meal swipe away: Bridging the gap between students and faculty over a shared lunch

Ashley Mo • NOV 5

Columbia endowment grows to $17.9 billion, trailing Ivy League peers

Natalie Cosgrove • NOV 4

CITY NEWS

Community members, elected officials escalate pressure on Columbia to reopen gates at sixth rally

BY Miranda Lu • NOV 5

Community advocates, residents, students, faculty, and local politicians gathered outside Columbia’s 115th Street and Broadway gates Thursday for the Morningside Heights Community Coalition’s sixth “Open the Gates” rally in three years, escalating pressure on the University to restore public access to College Walk.

West Harlem voters weighed affordability, DSA in midterm election

Anamika Changrani-Rastogi • NOV 4

Darializa Avila Chevalier, CC ’16, ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ organizer, to represent Columbia in Congress

Avital Sojcher • NOV 4

ARTS & CULTURE

Review: Black Theatre Ensemble’s medley rendition of ‘Hadestown’ has vocals too good to not look back

BY Ian Romero • NOV 5

For two nights, the underworld teemed with song and complicated relationship dynamics beneath the feet of students, faculty, and all those who love dinners at Ferris Booth Commons. Columbia’s Black Theatre Ensemble staged its medley rendition of Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony-winning musical “Hadestown” on Thursday and Friday in the Wang Pavilion.

Review: Barnard theater department’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ preserves Ibsen’s tense, political nuance

Amoy Chambers • NOV 5

‘The Original FM’: WKCR celebrates 85th anniversary, commitment to alternative programming

Sarah O'Grady • NOV 4

SPORTS

Women’s basketball defeats Davidson 71-65 in season opener

BY Penelope Dames • NOV 3

Women’s basketball won its season-opening game on Monday, defeating Davidson College 71-65.

Football haunted by early miscues, suffers 26-8 Halloween loss to Yale

Andrew Vincenti • OCT 31

Columbia Athletics’ fundraising falters for second straight Giving Day

Nicholas Fink • OCT 30

OPINION

Telling Claude to ‘max-out’ your resume won’t improve your recruiting chances. But amending Local Law 144 will.

William Tang • NOV 05

Ins & Outs: October edition

Spectator Editorial Board • NOV 01

Columbia must create a Disability Cultural Center

Miriam Edelman • OCT 30

VIDEOS

THE EYE

Becoming a Basement-dweller

BY Kurt McLaughlin • JUL 26

Editor’s Note: This article contains mentions of historically transphobic and homophobic slurs.

The Case of John Jay’s Bust and Columbia’s Ties to Slavery

Jude Armstrong • MAY 19

Why Does Barnard Have a ‘Eugenics Bench’?

Ava Alperin • MAY 1

SPECTRUM

How to get the trip out of the group chat

BY Bobby Goldyn • OCT 29

With fall and Thanksgiving break soon approaching, you may be wondering how to spend these precious days off. While students who live near the city can head home for the weekend, if you live on the West Coast or abroad, going home can be tricky, expensive, or flat-out impossible—so where should you go?

Simple pleasures at Columbia

Suhani Arora • OCT 29

Daily games to check out

Suhani Arora • OCT 29

PODCASTS