Throughout the year, especially after junior point guard Mike Smith went down with a torn meniscus, Columbia has integrated more horns plays into their offense. As this past weekend’s double road victories proved, those plays are helping guide the Lions to victory
Read MoreWhen I saw Big Mouth for the first time, I thought, “This was the show that I needed.” After watching the second season, I wonder if it would have been as funny were I still living it.
Read MoreJoin us for the debut episode of The Change-Up's resident movie podcast, Maddie's Game, as host Maddie Covino and regular guest Ethan DeLehman go on a multigenerational treasure hunt with the 2004 Jon Turtletaub classic, National Treasure.
Read MoreIt’s a painful experience. Every time I click the little “read email” button, I am greeted by a grainy snapshot of a young black man or woman somewhere on Columbia’s or Barnard’s campus. Next to the picture in big red letters is the one-word description of their alleged crimes: ROBBERY, BURGLARY, ASSAULT.
Read MoreThis week’s “New Music Mondays” playlist compiled The Up&Up’s favorite new music from the week of March 1st 2019. Numerous genres are included, from London grime-hip hop to West Coast rock to alternative folk-pop to retro disco-funk.
Read MoreWe try to move through the terms quickly, but we are running on 5 hours of sleep (for the second night in a row) and it's hard to concentrate. We walk across campus while discussing the material, all while also debating if we should try to sleep during the 25 minute journey to Baker Athletics Complex or just continue to study.
Read MoreA bushel of needles prods the body repeatedly, depositing ink with each injection. The recipient of such treatment may wince, grimace, or remain stone-faced, having become familiar with or, perhaps, taking pleasure in the act of being stabbed.
Read MoreColumbia’s win over Penn—which we predicted would happen 22 percent of the time—was its second win out of six of its Ivy games this season that have been decided by three points or fewer. While this victory was an improvement, it wasn’t enough to start talking about an Ivy League Tournament bid.
Read MoreAt around 9:00 pm, the bass of the background music subsided and the excited screams of the audience filled its silence. Soon, the LED screen was filled with a greyscale live feed of the spectators’ faces, some flailing their arms around for attention, others grabbing at their phones to get a photo, and still others patiently waiting for the main event.
Read MoreFor a Columbia team that’s mostly suffered tough loss after tough loss, a weekend road split has to be a positive outcome. In a season where few bounces have gone Columbia’s way, the Lions engineered enough overtime luck to walk out of the famed Penn Palestra with a 79-77 win before running out of good fortune in a disheartening 79-61 loss at Princeton.
Read MoreWe have more power than we know. With every taco we eat, every manicure we get, and every space heater we buy, we have the chance to either create or destroy. I’m talking, of course, about the postmortem that comes after so many capitalist exchanges. I’m talking about online reviews.
Read MoreFrom New York City to Arizona, I explore the interactions between environment and the individual. I found we often rely on atmosphere and dress to differentiate individuals, not their own individual characteristics.
Read MoreWiden the frame and the screaming only increases in volume, hitting a fever pitch and coalescing into what sounds like thousands of voices. Refocus, and it becomes clear that it was never the artist screaming at all, but everyone else at them.
Read MoreInstead, I reminded myself that her parents paid $20 per hour plus fare for a cab back to school, that her mom didn’t care how much YouTube she watched, that they were my friend’s primary babysitting gig and for her sake I couldn’t piss them off. And so I kept watching a six-year-old who had more toys than most people have skin cells watch other people unwrap cheap gifts. She had the glazed eyes of an addict numbed by her latest fix.
Read MoreWith just six games remaining in the 2019 Ivy League men’s basketball season, Columbia needs its performance down the stretch to be much stronger than it has been thus far this year.
Read MoreLevien Gymnasium was alive with that intangible quality that only exists at sporting events bound to be entertaining. The mad prattle of camera shutters, the pitter-patter boom of countless feet—belonging to fans of the Lions and Bulldogs alike—as they clanged against the plastic and metal of the stands.
Read MoreThere is nothing quite like finally learning how to play that one guitar solo, or figuring out the time signature a song should be in and rushing back to your computer to hastily record a take on it. For young artists, this near-instant actualization of original music is entirely new.
Read MoreNew semester, new tunes. This is the first edition of The Up & Up's editors’ picks of the week's best new music. The playlist includes hits and slow jams from a multitude of genres, including hip-hop, pop, alternative, R&B and more.
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