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In focus: Columbia graduate students picket on the first day of strike
2021-03-16T03:15:11.065Z
Cries of “Contract! Now!” echoed down Broadway and 116th Street today as the strike captains of the Graduate Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers pounded chant rhythms on buckets. One year ago, the GWC-UAW authorized the bargaining committee to initiate a strike with 96 percent support. Now, after two years of unsuccessful negotiations with the University and the failure of 11th-hour negotiations on Sunday, student workers plan to strike indefinitely.
Demanding expanded health care coverage, affordable child care options, neutral arbitration of harassment cases, and stipends consistent with inflation, the union has called on all student academic workers to halt instruction, grading, and research activities. Over 150 supporters joined a virtual picket for teach-ins and conducted phone and email outreach to the administration as dozens of others marched through College Walk, stoppi
Meet the Editorial Board Kate Della Pietra / Senior Staff Photographer Beatrice Shlansky
Ryan Oden is a junior at Columbia College studying political science and sociology. Coming from a rural town in Oklahoma, what surprised him the most about the city is how passionately people argue about whether Oklahoma is in the South or the Midwest it’s the only topic on which he doesn’t have an opinion. Clearly a trendsetter, Ryan can be found carrying a New Yorker tote bag around campus when he’s not too busy editing a column or telling people how they can submit an op-ed. Ryan is the editorial page editor.
Meet Spectator’s 145th Managing Board
Meet Spectator’s 145th Managing Board Beatrice Shlansky / The 145th Editorial Board
At the heart of our mission at Spectator lies a desire to help members of our community make the most of their time at Columbia. Our managing board embodies this mission by providing a space where we can hold the institution accountable for its actions and allow community members to begin conversations that shape the future.
While our managing board is comprised of Spectator leaders, we are also students with stakes in many of the issues that we cover. We hope to hold those in power accountable including ourselves as we tell these stories.
When restaurants struggle to survive, what does it mean for the community?
When restaurants struggle to survive, what does it mean for the community? Millie Felder / Senior Staff Photographer While some restaurants have invested in elaborate outdoor dining setups, others have chosen to only offer takeout and delivery. Others have closed, never to turn on their lights again.
For many Columbia students, the last time they ate indoors at a restaurant was in early March. Delivery apps like Seamless and UberEats have become their best friends, along with cherished recipes for banana bread and chocolate chip cookies.
Yet as Morningside Heights restaurants continue to suffer due to bans on indoor dining and restrictive regulations on outdoor dining, the joys of conversing with staff, eating delicious food in cozy spaces, and venturing to new neighborhoods in search of the best restaurants all seem like distant memories.