Ariana Eftimiu

3 weeks ago | columbiaspectator.com | Eva Vu Stern |Emily Chen |Ariana Eftimiu

Jergovic’s band, TheFleok, is set to open Bacchanal 2025 on Saturday, April 5. The group’s sound is a crossbreed of indie folk and punk rock, drawing inspiration from the Backseat Lovers, Mazzy Star, and the Velvet Underground. TheFleok’s songs often feature lingering, repeated lines and energetic guitar strums. The collective also includes guitarist Satchel Moore, CC ’25, guitarist Guilherme Matos, CC ’25, bassist Murat Gulcelik, CC ’25, and drummer Carlos Murillo, CC ’28.

2 months ago | columbiaspectator.com | Jordan Millar |Conner Sund |Ariana Eftimiu |Isabella Ramírez

“A lot of our friends would joke and be like, ‘You need to start charging your friends to do hair!’” Montgomery said. “And so, over that summer, I thought to myself and I was like, hm, actually, this would be a really good idea, to start a hair business.” “It’s not just for Columbia students, but that was the original thing.

Dec 7, 2023 | columbiaspectator.com | Allanah Elster |Ariana Eftimiu |Andrew Park |Irie Sentner

Teenagehood has an impressive publicity campaign as supposedly the most exciting period in our lives, and yet, being a teenager is often painfully boring. The day-to-day can be rote; the people you interact with are fairly predetermined; and finding purpose is nearly impossible when you are attempting to grow in a cramped, fixed space.