academicsBy Ria Dalal

Apr 29, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | academicsBy Ria Dalal |Ria Dalal

With the academic year coming to its bittersweet end, Columbia students are experiencing a whole bag of mixed emotions—and exhaustion may be the biggest one. The past year has been extraordinarily challenging in many different ways, and it is important that we acknowledge this and take time to check in with ourselves and the friends around us. Before we move ahead into the summer, Spectrum is here to help you say a meaningful goodbye to the year that passed us by.

Apr 23, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | academicsBy Ria Dalal |Ria Dalal

The first-year experience has been difficult in ways that we may have not anticipated coming into Columbia. As we are in the course of a truly historic and tumultuous time at Columbia, it is imperative to take this moment to check in with yourself and look forward to what awaits us after the first year.

Apr 11, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | academicsBy Ria Dalal |Ria Dalal |Ramona Delyser

Sitting down in the silent reading room of Butler Library with two cans of Celsius running through your veins, you feel pumped to begin the finals grind. Two hours in, you are still going strong, taking down notes from all the lectures you had unfortunately slept through. But as is the case with any energy drink, plus the only four hours of sleep you got last night, you feel the incoming crash of fatigue as your grind comes to a halt.

Apr 8, 2024 | l8r.it | academicsBy Ria Dalal |Ria Dalal

We are officially nearing the end of the academic year, which means it is time to prepare for the next one: Registration has returned—unless you are a happily graduating senior. It feels like it was just yesterday that we sat down with our four-year plan spreadsheet and 20 open tabs scouring the Columbia Directory, and now we have to reopen the dreaded portal all over again. Early registration for Barnard and Columbia begins on Monday, April 15, and ends on Friday, April 19.

Apr 7, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | academicsBy Ria Dalal |Ria Dalal

We are officially nearing the end of the academic year, which means it is time to prepare for the next one: Registration has returned—unless you are a happily graduating senior. It feels like it was just yesterday that we sat down with our four-year plan spreadsheet and 20 open tabs scouring the Columbia Directory, and now we have to reopen the dreaded portal all over again. Early registration for Barnard and Columbia begins on Monday, April 15, and ends on Friday, April 19.