Letter from the Editors: Issue 3
Letter from the Editors: Issue 3 Raymond Banke / Senior Staff Illustrator letter from the editors
Dear Readers,
Welcome to Issue 3 of The Eye! As midterms are approaching, we hope that you can take some time to read this week’s stories and catch up on the important issues impacting students.
In this week’s cover story, Features Editor Jade Justice and Managing Editor Elizabeth Karpen write about the lack of proactive intervention against disordered eating culture for Columbia track and cross country athletes. The article discusses how track and cross country, as sports, create cultures that champion skinnier figures in order to win, even when the health of the athletes is compromised.
Letter From the Editors: Issue 2
Letter From the Editors: Issue 2 Julian Michaud / Staff Illustrator
Dear readers,
Welcome to this semester’s second issue of
The Eye! We hope that you’re settling into the semester and, for those on campus, enjoying the snow!
Ear episode of the volume, Matthew Lucia and Miles Stephenson discuss Columbia’s controversial ties with the racist and pseudoscientific study of eugenics. By investigating some of the most consequential theoretical voices of the early 20th century, the episode raises serious questions that need to be appropriately addressed.
This issue also includes our first photo essay of the year, photographed and written by staff photographer Selina Yang. In her essay, she explores the nuanced realities of the first-year experience at Columbia and Barnard. Over FaceTime with four students, she is able to document the ways that first-years have adapted to overcome their fear of missing out.
Letter From the Editors: Issue 1
Letter From the Editors: Issue 1 Aliya Schneider
Dear readers,
Welcome to Volume XXX of The Eye, Spectator’s long-form magazine.
After a very long 2020, the new year has never felt so welcome. Here at The Eye, the start of 2021 marks so much more than simply a fresh start, but a celebration of our history as we embark on our 30th volume, take on new roles on our editorial team, and enter a new semester. While we are still largely remote, this semester has brought more of the student body home to Morningside Heights. With all this change, we took some time to reflect on what we hope to achieve as a magazine. As we step into the new year, we want to share our mission with you: