On a bulletin board in Hamilton, students have been debating the state of activism on campus in chalk graffiti. “It’s over dumbass,” reads one comment. Below is a thoughtful reply: “If you think that you live on another planet.”
This back-and-forth hints at the deep emotional response evoked by Columbia’s activist reputation. Whether they are earnest or cynical, most students have something to say—or scrawl—about the matter.
