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Images from Columbia University's Battle of the Bands
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Shake, Battle, and Roll

At Columbia’s Battle of the Bands, some 150 undergrads grooved to a mix of blues rock, R&B, indie, and folk rock from six student acts

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Beverly Gage, Molly Jong-Fast, MaryLouise Patterson, and Michael Meeropol at a Columbia University panel on McCarthyism

The New Red Scare

A recent panel featuring Molly Jong-Fast ’97BC, Michael Meeropol, and others looked at the McCarthy era and its lessons for today

Illustration of journalistic objectivity

Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible?

A Columbia panel holds a central principle up to the light

Buddhist monks marching in Mumbai, India
Buddhist monks participate in an April 10 peace march in Mumbai, India (Arko Dattar/Reuters).

Tibet's Long Shadow

China’s bitter relationship with its highland province and the Dalai Lama

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Illustration of an old-fashioned sign for peaches grown in Morningside Heights, by Irena Roman
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Forbidden Fruit

A peach tree grows in Morningside

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Politics and Prose

After a criminal indictment and a Nobel Prize, the novelist Orhan Pamuk reflects on the challenges of remaining true to his art

Painting by Laurie Luczak of Maritza Jauregui shocked in front of a coed bathroom door during freshman year at Columbia
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Sentimental Coeducation

A shy freshman learned how to make friends the hard way

Acropolis of Athens
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Greek Aisles

George's Underground Bazaar settles in Morningside

John W. Kluge, during his 90th birthday party at Columbia University, speaks with recipients of Columbia scholarships that he funded
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A Lifetime Investment

Kluge’s gift to bring many happy returns

Illustration by Darren Gygi of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad standing on a map of the Middle East
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The Great Game

With Iran in tatters, the Bush administration has turned its attention to Iran. The stakes couldn’t be higher

Alma Mater statue on Columbia Low Library stairs in the 1980s, with a sign about weather conditions
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Love on the Beach

A husband remembers the highs in front of Low

Illustration for Columbia Magazine by Nancy Harrison of a burglar stealing the head of George Washington from the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
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Heads and Tales

An artifact mysteriously disappears from the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

Illustration by Mark Steele for Columbia Magazine of Columbia scholars
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Holes in the Argument

Who solved the Poincaré Conjecture, one of the world's most difficult math problems?

Illustration by James Steinberg for Columbia Magazine's winter 2006-07 issue, of a controversial speaker on campus with protesters in background
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Fighting Words

When it comes to campus speakers, some students yield the floor, while others raise the roof

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Remembering September 11: A Campus View

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Legal Execution

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