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BridgeColumbia’s Rise and the Future of Free Speech
After winning BridgeUSA’s “Chapter of the Year,” does the club’s rise suggest an inflection point for open dialogue?
Aug 18 • Nick Baum
Letter From the Editor: Pursuing the Human
Reflections on inheriting a vibrant newsroom
Jun 25 • Nick Baum
Within Six Stops
An underrated museum, a secret garden, and rapture-inducing hummus
Jun 21 • Sebastian Galbenus and Xinyan Chen
What Campus Dating Apps Get Wrong About Love
There is a real appetite for romance on campus, but the algorithms fundamentally misunderstand what makes love special
Jun 13 • Emeric Chang
Disability Disservices: Columbia's Real Accommodation Crisis
The office designed to protect disabled students is making them fight for their own safety
Jun 6 • Giselle Sami Dalili

April-May 2026

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Letter From the Editor: Pursuing the Human
Reflections on inheriting a vibrant newsroom
Jun 25 • Nick Baum
Within Six Stops
An underrated museum, a secret garden, and rapture-inducing hummus
Jun 21 • Sebastian Galbenus and Xinyan Chen
What Campus Dating Apps Get Wrong About Love
There is a real appetite for romance on campus, but the algorithms fundamentally misunderstand what makes love special
Jun 13 • Emeric Chang
Disability Disservices: Columbia's Real Accommodation Crisis
The office designed to protect disabled students is making them fight for their own safety
Jun 6 • Giselle Sami Dalili

Campus Life

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BridgeColumbia’s Rise and the Future of Free Speech
After winning BridgeUSA’s “Chapter of the Year,” does the club’s rise suggest an inflection point for open dialogue?
Aug 18 • Nick Baum
What Campus Dating Apps Get Wrong About Love
There is a real appetite for romance on campus, but the algorithms fundamentally misunderstand what makes love special
Jun 13 • Emeric Chang
What Columbia Activists Are Really Looking For
Fear, loathing, and conservatism in Morningside Heights
May 29 • Imaan Chaudhry
The Liable Landlord
Columbia's housing violations could cost it millions
May 22 • Jessica Weinfeld

Administration

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Disability Disservices: Columbia's Real Accommodation Crisis
The office designed to protect disabled students is making them fight for their own safety
Jun 6 • Giselle Sami Dalili
Mooning Manhattan
How the 132nd Varsity Show critiques Columbia’s administration
May 26 • Jayna Rohslau
Professor John Wright on His Bittersweet Departure from Barnard
A candid chat with Barnard’s last Slavic Studies professor
May 19 • Alex Nagin
I Passed Out a Flyer. The Trustees Tried to Shut Me Up.
The trustees are weaponizing the Office of Institutional Equity to avoid accountability
Apr 23

Academics

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The Empty Theater of Discussion Sections
When attendance is mandatory and engagement is optional, what exactly is the point?
Jun 3 • Uma Rajan
Professor John Wright on His Bittersweet Departure from Barnard
A candid chat with Barnard’s last Slavic Studies professor
May 19 • Alex Nagin
The First Principles Approach
A reflection on the value of college
May 14 • Emma Shen
Freedom, Equality, Sisterhood, Brotherhood
In Tatiana Mikhailova's classroom, there are no sloppy answers or wasted minutes—instead, she teaches you to bloom where you’re planted.
May 8 • Alex Nagin

Culture

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Mooning Manhattan
How the 132nd Varsity Show critiques Columbia’s administration
May 26 • Jayna Rohslau
Good Whale Hunting: Love and Grief in Yusuf Luqman’s "The Whale"
How mournful anguish and oceanside decay make the student-run play a “modern-day prophecy.”
May 5 • Jayna Rohslau
Killing the Joke: Redefining Humor at Columbia
Keeping the spirit of comedy alive is no laughing matter.
Feb 20 • Joelle Rosenthal
Resisting Abstraction: Towards a Truer Cosmopolitanism
It’s time Columbia trades our globalizing tendencies for true love of thy neighbor.
Feb 14 • Chloe Hoyle

City

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Within Six Stops
An underrated museum, a secret garden, and rapture-inducing hummus
Jun 21 • Sebastian Galbenus and Xinyan Chen
Commencement Is Not a “Safe Space,” Nor Should It Be
Defending JTS’ decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Commencement
Apr 29 • Noah Lederman
Within Six Stops
Nostalgic cafés, best-in-town curries, and a retro-futuristic workout
Mar 21 • Sebastian Galbenus
Morningside Heights’ Small Business Crisis
Big chains are threatening the life and economy of our neighborhood
Mar 19 • Nick Baum

March 2026

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Within Six Stops
Nostalgic cafés, best-in-town curries, and a retro-futuristic workout
Mar 21 • Sebastian Galbenus
The Myth and Reality of Columbia’s Conservative Women
Trad conservatives or feminists in disguise?
Mar 20 • Christina Ma
Morningside Heights’ Small Business Crisis
Big chains are threatening the life and economy of our neighborhood
Mar 19 • Nick Baum
Finding God Through the Core
A conversation with Columbia Catholic Ministry Chaplain Father John Wilson
Mar 18 • Imaan Chaudhry

January-February 2026

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32 Years Later
Rethinking the private, public, and universal
Mar 2 • Alex Nagin
The Case for Reasoned Activism
Why defending free speech isn’t enough
Feb 22 • Coby S
Killing the Joke: Redefining Humor at Columbia
Keeping the spirit of comedy alive is no laughing matter.
Feb 20 • Joelle Rosenthal
Meet the Sundial Senior Staff
The article that finally made it out of the group chat
Feb 16 • Sundial

November-December 2025

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Dispelling Misconceptions About Students Supporting Israel
Contrary to what many believe, we are a nonpartisan cultural community, not an ideological one.
Dec 17, 2025 • Avi Litvak and Rafael Vanuno
No, Columbia Is Not a Democracy
The Student Affairs Committee misrepresented the Statute amendments. It’s time to set the record straight.
Dec 9, 2025 • Shoshana Aufzien
Can We Talk About the Genocide Question?
An inside account of the bureaucratic nightmare Columbia's BridgeUSA chapter faced attempting to host a discussion about Israel-Palestine.
Dec 8, 2025 • TJ Gill
Why Sundial Rejects Anonymous Submissions
Taking ownership of one’s ideas is a critical prerequisite for a healthy campus culture
Dec 3, 2025 • Alex Nagin and Imaan Chaudhry
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