• Our Campus. Our Crisis.

    "Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the staff of the Columbia Daily Spectator."

  • Campus Chaos

    There’s a manhunt underway in Los Angeles, one in which the police are bringing to bear all the very latest in technology in pursuit of their quarry. If you suppose it’s a serial killer they’re after, or perhaps members of the many

  • Pushback Against Campus Protests

    Pro-Palestinian protesters have tried to force the hands of universities by occupying campuses with tent cities. California Congressman Kevin Kiley wants to put an end to that.

  • Some Reflections on the Campus Protests

    The ongoing pro-Palestinian protests at American universities are more than just youthful expressions of speech freedom. Rather they exemplify the informed views of students repulsed by the genocide in Gaza, which they see every day on television and in the social media. They are motivated by a desire to end the continuing complicity of their More

  • The feminization of campus protests

    One feature of the recent rash of campus demonstrations that has received only sporadic attention but needs more attention: A large and maybe preponderant proportion of those demonstrating are women.

  • How to fight antisemitism on campus

    Seeing videos of anti-Israel mobs harassing, intimidating, and even assaulting Jewish students on campuses nationwide, it is tempting simply to write off those institutions of “higher education” as irredeemable. To an extent, the United States would be a better place if Columbia, Harvard, and Yale were ignored. But as unappealing as many universities have become, […]

  • Stanfood bounces onto campus

    Branded yoga balls that appeared in dining halls this morning launched Stanfood onto campus. A web-app that provides dining hall information in a more accessible and user-friendly way, Stanfood was developed at TreeHacks.

  • Campus mayhem, funded by our adversaries

    The latest round of campus madness, in the form of student protests over the Israel-Gaza conflict, should prompt American onlookers to ask a simple question: Why exactly do we give these institutions our money? But as Americans hopefully reassess their continued financing of activist madhouses, we will also need to look more carefully at the […]

  • Campus ceremonies celebrate graduates

    Ahead of Spring Commencement, Carolina graduates celebrated their achievements at ceremonies around campus.

  • It's time to quash campus radicalism

    It’s clear from Monday’s “Day of Rage” that anti-Israel protesters don’t care about winning the hearts and minds of their fellow citizens.

  • The Distortion of Campus Protests over Gaza

    Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway. Outside the gates of the Columbia University campus, a penned-in group of pro-Israel demonstrators has faced off More

  • On the Campuses and Around the World, a Revolution of Empathy

    In a world of so much bad news, when so many trends seem to be rolling down the wrong track, it can be hard for people who care about the future to keep our heads above water. We’re drowning in it. In the midst of all this, a light shines through, a moral awakening of More