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1 month ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Saumya Chaudhry |Colette Holcomb |Joseph Zuloaga |Saul Quintanar
President Donald Trump’s recent actions relating to immigration alongside a lack of communication by the University about fears of mass deportations have led to student groups like the Student Organization of Latines to take action in support of undocumented community members.
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1 month ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Saumya Chaudhry |Colette Holcomb |Joseph Zuloaga |Saul Quintanar
“I definitely feel that the administration at Columbia should do more to protect us, especially when they use diversity as a selling point to recruit more students to come here,” Arreola said. “They love to be proud of the diversity and the organizations on campus, but at the end, it seems like they are not willing to protect us or put anything on the line to push back against the federal government.”
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Grace Li |Saul Quintanar |Emily Pickering
In the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, six faculty members spoke to Spectator about swing states, voter turnout, and the factors that contributed to Trump’s win, as well as what the election means on a national scale and for the future at Columbia. “I have to say that in 2016 I was emotionally unprepared. I felt sort of blindsided, shell-shocked in a way that I didn’t this time.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Saul Quintanar |Sarah Huddleston |Esha Karam |Shea Vance
Columbia reported on Sept. 27 an investment return of 11.5 percent on its endowment for the fiscal year of 2024—putting the University on track to outperform peer institutions in investment returns. The past year’s gains bring the endowment up to $14.8 billion from $13.6 billion in 2023 following a $1 billion dip in fiscal year 2022 Columbia reported five-year and 10-year returns of 8.5 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively, with the latter slightly decreasing from 8 percent.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Saul Quintanar
The Policy for Development and Revision Process for Barnard College Administrative Policies—colloquially referred to as the “policy on policies” by faculty—was updated on Aug. 27, defining new policymaking roles for faculty, staff, and students under the authority of senior staff. Barnard administrators presented a draft of the revised policy to the Faculty, Governance, and Procedures committee last semester, after which some members objected to the changes.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
l8r.it | Eden Stranahan |Saul Quintanar
The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University hosted an event on Friday titled “Permission to Speak Freely? Managing Public Employee Speech in a Democracy,” featuring an interdisciplinary group of scholars and experts who discussed the speech rights of public employees.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Eden Stranahan |Saul Quintanar
The panel was moderated by Ramya Krishnan, senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute and lecturer at Columbia Law School. It featured speakers Kate Andrias, the Patricia D. and R. Paul Yetter professor of law at the Law School; Frank LoMonte, legal counsel at CNN and adjunct instructor at the University of Georgia School of Law; Teague Paterson, general counsel for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and Daniel E.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Caroline Capozzi |Maya Stahl |Saul Quintanar |Sarah Huddleston
Nightline plans to reopen in the fall, according to the organization’s recent public statement. Nightline plans to reopen in the fall, according to the organization’s recent public statement. The closure follows allegations of discrimination by former staff members and the circulation of a petition demanding reform that was endorsed by Barnard’s Student Government Association and five other student groups.
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Maya Stahl |Saul Quintanar |Chris Mendell
Starting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Columbia affiliates were required to swipe their Columbia ID to enter campus. Starting at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Columbia affiliates were required to swipe their Columbia ID to enter campus. “We are calling on all Columbia student organizations to come out and show solidarity with Gaza in the face of the IOF’s horrific attack on Al-Shifa Hospital,” the protest announcement reads.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
l8r.it | Saul Quintanar
The Climate School hosted an event on Thursday featuring Catherine McKenna, adjunct professor and senior research scholar at the Climate School and former Canadian minister of environment and climate change. McKenna spoke on her experience in politics, the Paris Agreement, and the future of climate action.
