The Columbia Elections Commission announced the results of the fall 2026 Columbia College Student Council and Engineering Student Council elections in a Monday email to students from both schools. Rauf Akhundov, CC ’30, and Rosalie Kakosova, SEAS ’30, were elected as first-year class presidents for their respective schools.

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.

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.

Men’s soccer continued its winless Ivy League season on Saturday with a 1-1 draw at Penn.

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?