Alfred (Comedy)
Main Email Contact: alfredpresents@googlegroups.com
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Contact: Kate Smith, President - kps2107@columbia.edu
Alfred is a musical improv comedy troupe, called to order each night by Alfred Pennyworth and Alfred Hitchcock, to conduct an evening of festivities involving song, dance, and theater.

Alpha Delta Phi Literary Society (Literature and Writing)
Location: 526 W 114th St
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/adp
Facebook: Link
Contact: Hannah Howard, President - hmh2112@columbia.edu
Must request permission to join group As one of the University's few student groups with both an express dedication to literature and its own house on campus, the ADP Literary Society fills dual roles. First, we are committed to supporting the arts both through our bi-weekly open-mic "Lit Nights," where the members of the community at large are encouraged to bring and read their favorite works, original or otherwise, and through our monthly Coffee Haus music series, one of the few outlets on campus for student bands to perform publicly. Second, the ADP Literary Society is a place for members of the Society and their friends to congregate and socialize during both private and public events throughout the year.

Anime Club (Film)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anime/
Facebook: Link
Contact: Mia Lewis, President - mel2148@columbia.edu
We are Columbia University's anime club. What we do: we are a group of students who like to get together to watch, discuss, or play anime shows or games. We are not limited to Japanese anime. The club gives you an opportunity to meet like-minded students, and watch or discuss some of the latest and greatest anime out there. We show anime on a schedule which will be announced to our mailing list. To join our mailing list, send an email to majordomo@columbia.edu with the text: subscribe anime-list as the only text in the email.

Art History Underground (Art)
Website: http://www.arthistoryunderground.com/
Main Email Contact: info@arthistoryunderground.com
Contact: Melissa Branfman and Whitney Wilson, Co-Presidents
Become a member and receive their newsletter. Art History Underground is a student led club in Columbia University. It organizes events for Art History and Archaeology majors, concentrators, and other students with interest. It also has a biannual journal with the same name. Its primary mission is to create a community which consists of prospective and current art historians along with artists, who want to participate in the artistic scene of New York City both by publishing in its biannual Art-journal (also online at the club's website) and by meeting others in their field. In addition to these, Art History Underground sponsors Collision, the famuous annual art fair in NYC which is organized by students only.

Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery (Art)
Location: Buell Hall
Phone: 212-854-341
Affiliation: GSAPP

Artist Society (Art)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/artistsociety
Main Email Contact: jls2214@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Jenny Shen
The Artist Society is a fine-arts creating group that runs weekly informal figure drawing sessions in 501 Dodge Hall each Friday from 6-8pm. We run some larger events every semester, including the Drawathon and Models on the Sundial. The Artist Society hires student models for $15/hr: e-mail Nora Rodriguez at nsr2109@columbia.edu to sign up.

Arts Administration Program (Art)
Phone: 212-678-3271
Affiliation: Teachers College
Website: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academic/arad/
Main Email Contact: arad@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Joan Jeffri, Director
Must request permission to join group. The Arts Administration program reflects the conviction that the management of cultural institutions and arts organizations requires strategic planning, artistic creativity and social commitment. The arts managers capable of responding to the challenges and responsibilities of the arts must possess integrated management and financial skills, knowledge of the artistic process in which they are involved and sensitivity to the dynamics and educational needs of the communities they serve. The Program, which offers a Master of Arts degree, represents an alliance of four disciplines: arts, education, business, and law. It is designed to help professionals meet the challenges of the next decade. These challenges include questions about the long-term health of arts organizations; their missions, governance and management; sources of income, and tax regulations. Such issues as freedom of expression, First Amendment rights, censorship and government intervention in the arts have important implications for international, educational, and cultural policy, and are integral to the Program. Today, arts administration training in the United States is a model in the field that addresses worldwide concerns.

Arts and Culture Club (Art)
Facebook: Link
Must request permission to join The Columbia Business School Arts and Culture Club is an interest club whose mission is to involve students with the arts and its different forms of expressions, both socially and professionally. The club seeks to foster an ongoing relationship between professional and academic arts institutions and Columbia Business School.

Arts Student Council (Art)
Affiliation: School of the Arts (SoA)
Website: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/student_affairs/asc/index.jsp
Main Email Contact: ascsoa@columbia.edu
Founded Spring of 2003, the Arts Student Council (ASC) (formerly known as the Graduate Arts Council (GAC)) is a representative council which promotes dialogue, collaboration and a sense of community for students in the School of the Arts with the hope that they will not only look to each other as resources during their studies but leave with a network of peers in disciplines beyond their own. The council is made up of three students from each division - film, theatre, writing and visual arts - for a total of 12 members. Funding for Graduate School of the Arts Student-organized Events The ASC is working to create more creative and professional exhibitions, panels and workshops for students to showcase their work, and learn how to find employment in their field of study and other related fields of study.

Asian American Alliance (Multicultural)
Website: http://www.aaacolumbia.org
Facebook: Link
Contact: Kevin Zhai, President- klz2104@columbia.edu
(AAA) is a student organization that strives to serve the Asian Pacific American (APA) community at Columbia University. AAA is a collaborative organization that seeks to work with APA and all types of color organizations, progressive groups, political organizations, community service organizations, off campus groups, and student conferences to reach out to members of the university and the outside community at large. In this way, we aim to promote understanding, foster dialogue and create a sense of awareness within Columbia University. Social Media: http://www.aaacolumbia.org/ http://twitter.com/aaacolumbia

Avanim (Literature and Writing)
Main Email Contact: avanim.magazine@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Columbia University's Jewish literary magazine A project of Columbia/Barnard Hillel, Avanim is a literary magazine committed to the expression of Jewish experience through the publication of creative writing and art.

Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library (Art)
Location: 300 Avery Hall
Phone: 212-854-3501
Affiliation: Columbia University Libraries
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/index.html
The Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library collects books and periodicals in architecture, historic preservation, art history, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative arts, city planning, real estate, and archaeology. The scope of the Avery collection in architecture is outstanding; it ranges from the first Western printed book on architecture, De re aedificatoria (1485), by Leone Battista Alberti, to the classics of modernism by Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier. Avery's drawing and manuscript collection holds 400,000 drawings and original records.

Bacchanal Events (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/cubacchanal/
Main Email Contact: bacchanalevents@columbia.edu
Contact: Jody Zellman, Co-President- jodyzellman@gmail.com
Bacchanal Events is a student group that exists solely to promote and enhance Columbia spirit, community, and fun! In order to do this, BE regularly organizes parties, study breaks, festivals, and various other events at little to no cost to Columbia students. We also plan the biggest party on campus- Columbia's traditional spring festival Bacchanal!

Bacchantae (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.barnardbacchantae.com
Main Email Contact: barnard.bacchantae@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Contact: Alex Cabral, Co-President- ac2954@columbia.edu
Must request permission to join group. Bacchantae is the official all-female a cappella group of Barnard College. We sprang forth from Barnard College 23 years ago to begin a tradition of spunky, soulful, silly, sexy, and stunning self-arranged pop, folk, and R&B from the last 5 decades of American music. As we are Barnard's only official a cappella group, Bacchantae is also privileged to sing Barnard's dear alma mater for many formal Barnard College events.

Bach Society (Music: Vocal)
Main Email Contact: bach@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Must request permission to join group. Since its founding in 1999 by a group of Columbia University musicians, the Bach Society (orchestra and chorus) has become a major part of musical life both at Columbia and throughout Manhattan. Composed of Columbia students as well as young musicians from around New York, the Bach Society presents several concerts both on and off campus during each academic year. The primary focus of the Bach Society's performance activities is the music, legacy, and influence of J.S. Bach.

Bard Hall Players (BHP) (Theatre)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Amanda Posner '12, Stephanie Schnell '12, Ian Tattersall '12
If you love theater, Bard Hall Players is for you! BHP is the most active medical center theater company in the country and one of the largest extracurricular groups on the Columbia University Medical Center Campus. Since 1963, BHP has been doing the impossible- producing three fully-mounted theatrical productions each academic year. Drawing on the creativity, design, and performance skills of students and faculty from all corners of the Medical Center Campus, BHP creates entertainment of high artistic quality that also manages to be great fun for all involved. Recent productions include Footloose, Romeo and Juliet, Museum, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, The Importance of Being Earnest, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Inspector General, Twelfth Night, The Heidi Chronicles, The Taming of the Shrew, and Grease. From Shakespeare to Stoppard, Much Ado About Nothing to Anything Goes, the Bard Hall Players bring a love of theater and the joy of performance to P&S.

Barnard Columbia Architecture Society (Art)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/architecturesociety/
Main Email Contact: architecturesociety@columbia.edu
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Contact: Rachel Blatt (President)- rb2472@barnard.edu
Barnard/Columbia Architecture Society is a student run group providing architectural awareness to undergraduate students at Columbia University. Our activities include: field trips, gallery and office tours, display of student work, the publication of monthly calendars, alternative career night, exploring New York, newsletters and a journal at the end of the academic year. The Architecture Society provides a forum for students interested in architecture as a field of study to ask questions, learn about graduate schools and the profession within the context of New York City. It is a loosely structured group; one more for social and intellectual gatherings than a strictly run political organization.

Barnard Flute Choir (Music: Instrumental)
Main Email Contact: flutechoir@barnard.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Anna Parnes (President)
An ensemble composed solely of flutists. There is one concert per semester, as well as playing in formal concerts, in subway stations, and all over.

Barnard Library Zine Collection (Literature and Writing)
Location: Barnard College, Lehman Hall, 2nd Floor
Phone: 212-854-4615
Affiliation: Barnard College Library
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines
Main Email Contact: zines@barnard.com
Contact: Jenna Freedman
Short for magazine or fanzine, zines are self-publications, motivated by a desire for self-expression, not for profit. Although zines, a rich and democratic form of self-expression that range from scholarly treatises on diverse issues to wildly creative artworks, have been around for a long time, few libraries have yet to begin collecting and preserving them. Our collection development policy provides both contemporary and future researchers a unique insight into today's feminist culture. Barnard's zines are primarily in the area of women's studies, featuring personal and political publications on activism, anarchism, body image, feminism, gender, lesbians, menstruation, parenting, sexual assault, and other topics. They are created by women of color, NYC and other urban women. The term "woman" applies to anyone who self-identifies as such.

Barnard-Columbia Chamber Singers (Music: Vocal)
Contact: Director - Gail Archer, garcher@barnard.edu
A Performance Ensemble course through the Music Department. Students must audition for the ensemble during Registration.

Barnard-Columbia Chorus (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.music.columbia.edu/programs/courses/barnard-columbia-chorus
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Contact: Director - Gail Archer, garcher@barnard.edu
The prerequisite for this course is an audition, to be held during Registration. The Chorus rehearses twice a week, with additional rehearsals before each concert. It usually gives between three and five concerts a year, including the annual Candlelight Concert.

Black and Latino Student Caucus (BLSC) (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: Brenda Senyana: bks2115@columbia.edu, Natasha Borrero: nb2403@columbia.edu, Jovan Mitchell: jnm2127@columbia.edu, Kirby Bumpus: klb2137@columbia.edu, Francesca Okolie: fao2105@columbia.edu, Tiffany Jules: tsj2104@columbia.edu, Shirley Torho: st2192@columb
The Black and Latino Student Caucus exists to promote professional, sociocultural and academic enrichment that draws upon the experiences of Black and Latino communities in order to actively address social, cultural and political factors that synergistically impact health in historically underrepresented communities.

Black Box Theatre (Theatre)
Location: Alfred Lerner Hall
Affiliation: Lerner Hall
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lernerhall/venues/black_box/index.html
Seats approximately 100. Seating can be arranged in three potential seating confirgurations for proscenium-style, thrust-style, or in the round seating. Producetions taking place in the Black Box Theatre are required to meet very significant technical restrictions and should be thought of as "studio productions." All production elements (including but not limited to set, pros, costumes, lighting, sound, and cast size) need to be reviewed and approved by the Black Box Theatre Manager. During the academic year, this space is reserved exclusively for undergraduate performing arts groups.

Black Theatre Ensemble (BTE) (Theatre)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bte/
Main Email Contact: blacktheater@googlegroups.com
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Black Theatre Ensemble is intent on establishing a diverse environment for theater on Columbia's campus. We seek to promote minority playwrights and actors, thus giving students of color on campus, and in NYC, an outlet for creative expression that was previously void. Black Theatre Ensemble has a show every semester, and these shows range from musical theater to straight plays to student written sketches. Our choices are as diverse as our casts. We welcome suggestions for plays, and submissions of screenplays for our fall and spring shows.

Blue Notebooks (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://thebluenotebooks.com
Main Email Contact: thebluenotebooks@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Contact: Sasha de Vogel, Editor-in-Chief- sld2121@columbia.edu
We interview/harrass established writers, artists, thinkers. Our new website is rife with interviews with writers, feature essays, and blogs detailing libidinous activities, either engaged in or dreamt about by our own demented BN members.

Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture (Art)
Location: 400 Avery Hall
Phone: 212-854-8165
Affiliation: GSAPP
Website: http://www.arch.columbia.edu/buell/
Main Email Contact: buellcenter@columbia.edu

Butler Library (Literature and Writing)
Location: Butler Library, 3rd Floor North
Phone: 212-854-7309
Affiliation: Columbia University Libraries
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/butler/index.html
Butler Library houses 2 million volumes which comprise the University's collections in the humanities, with particular strengths in history (including government documents and social science materials published before 1974), literature, philosophy and religion, as well as one of the country's most extensive collections of materials pertinent to the study of Greco-Roman antiquity. The 3rd floor Circulation area features numerous cases with rotating exhibitions spotlighting aspects of the University's history and highlighting library collections.

C.U.M.B. (Columbia University Marching Band) (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.cumb.org
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Contact: Katharine Trendacosta, Head Manager- headmanager@cumb.org
In the 50s, our great country was going through a lot of changes. Disco was at its peak, little Shirley Temple was charming the hearts of Americans everywhere, Jesus was walking the earth, and Ronald Reagan was pushing hard for the new women's suffrage movement. The Columbia University Marching Band, which had always been slightly wacky, took a good look at itself. "How," we asked ourselves, "could we make being in a marching band even more fun?" Well, we decided that the whole marching around and forming rhombi thing had gone out of style with World War II. So we introduced the world to the "scramble band" concept--so named for the way bandies would scramble from one interesting formation to the next. As Band became more popular, people who didn't play stuff started to join solely as an outlet for their cleverness.

C.V. Starr East Asian Library (Literature and Writing)
Location: 300 Kent Hall
Phone: 212-854-4318
Affiliation: Columbia University Libraries
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/index.html
The C. V. Starr East Asian Library is one of the major collections for the study of East Asia in the United States, with over 783,000 volumes of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Mongol, Manchu, and Western-language materials and over 5,000 periodical titles. The Library also features rotating exhibitions.

CampusPlaybook (Media)
Website: http://www.campusplaybook.com
Main Email Contact: dhh2106@columbia.edu
CampusPlaybook.com is a university-wide centralized calendar for Columbia. Each group and each event gets its own profile making the easily searchable information accessible to all of campus. It's a free website started by Columbia students for Columbia students. CampusPlaybook can help you: -ADVERTISE your events without the hassle of flyering -Schedule events to avoid conflicts with other groups -Reach out to NEW MEMBERS (Get those freshmen!) -COORDINATE with other groups to create better events

Center for Career Education (Media)
Location: East Campus Building, Lower Level: 116th & Amsterdam (enter through Wien Courtyard)
Phone: 212-854-5609
Website: http://www.cce.columbia.edu/
Facebook: Link
The Center for Career Education (CCE) serves students and alumni of Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, The School of General Studies, The School of Continuing Education (Master of Science Programs and Post-baccalaureate Certificate Programs), The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The School of the Arts, and The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Our services include walk-in meetings with career counselors, career-counseling appointments, practice interviews, annual career events and fairs, and access to our internships through the Columbia Arts Experience, book and online resources, tip sheets, and more.

Center for Comparative Literature and Society (Literature and Writing)
Location: Heyman Center, HB1-1
Phone: 212-854-4541
Affiliation: Dept. Anthrop., Art His., Classics, EALAC, Eng, Fr., Ger, His, Ital, MEALAC, Music, Phil, Poli Sci, Re., Sl. Lang, Soc, Span, Port.
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/icls/index.html
Main Email Contact: ccls@columbia.edu
Contact: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Director
The Center for Comparative Literature and Society (CCLS) was founded at Columbia in 1998 to promote a global perspective in the study of literature, culture, and its social context. It houses the interdepartmental undergraduate and graduate programs in comparative literature and society. It draws its faculty from the humanities, the social sciences, and the Schools of Architecture and Law.

Center for Ethnomusicology (Media)
Location: 701A and 701C Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-7185
Affiliation: Department of Music
Website: http://www.ethnocenter.org
Main Email Contact: aaf19@columbia.edu
Contact: Prof. Aaron A. Fox, Director
The Center for Ethnomusicology is a unique institution in the discipline and at Columbia University. Founded in 1967 by Professor Willard Rhodes and Prof. Nicholas England, the Center was an institutional home to the prominent mid-century music collector Laura Boulton during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Center is more than an archive of tapes and instruments. It is also the hub of the graduate program in ethnomusicology at Columbia, and of musical activity on the Columbia campus. We support the work of our graduate students and enrich the content of our undergraduate classes by sponsoring talks and performances by major scholars and musicians. We sponsor a regular slate of talks and performances of vernacular and traditional musics.

Center for Jazz Studies (Music: Instrumental)
Location: Prentis Hall, 4th Floor
Phone: 212-851-1633
Affiliation: Department of English
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cjs/
Main Email Contact: jazz@columbia.edu
The mission of Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies is to include jazz as a part of Columbia University's core curriculum for the twenty-first century. In keeping with the great mission of Columbia University as a whole, the Center for Jazz Studies is committed to offering students a "broad range of innovative multidisciplinary programs, and through the earnest exploration of difficult questions," to provide "students from the United States and around the world with the depth of understanding and intellectual flexibility they need to respond to the challenges in the years to come."

Center for Korean Research (Literature and Writing)
Affiliation: Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ckr/
The Center for Korean Research was established within the East Asian Institute in 1988 with the generous support of the Korean Committee for the Promotion of Korean Studies at Columbia University, and continued to expand with the support of the Korean Foundation. In cooperation with other organizations from inside and outside the East Asian Institute, the Center has sponsored visiting scholars and research associates as well as cultural events such as movies and concerts, monthly Contemporary Korean Affairs Seminars, and noon lecture series on Korea-related topics. Among the most important goals pursued by the Center has been the expansion of Korean instructional resources in history, political science/international relations, sociology, anthropology, business, economics, and literature. Visiting Professors from Korea affiliated with the institute have included Dr. Sung-joo Han, Dr. Sang-jin Han, Dr. Roy Kim, and others, who have offered a variety of courses at Columbia in their specific fields.

Chamber Ensemble (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.music.columbia.edu/programs/courses/chamber-ensemble
A Performance Ensemble course through the Music Department. The prerequisite for this course is an audition, to be held during Registration. Ensembles for each semester are formed according to the instruments available and the standards of players. They typically include such ensembles as string quartet, brass quintet, and piano trio. Open master classes are offered for chamber ensembles throughout the semester. Students take part in a joint recital at the conclusion of each semester, and are given other opportunities to perform throughout the academic year.

Chowdah (Comedy)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chowdah/
Main Email Contact: chowdah@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Established in 1843 as a means to subvert the authority of Italian silk merchants, Chowdah has been an integral part of the Columbia campus for centuries. Due to a clerical error in 2004, Chowdah abandoned its original goals of hate mongering and refocused its efforts toward sketch comedy. Although disappointed at the resulting political equality, Chowdah took a liking to the craft of comedy and quickly became the most talented sketch comedy group this campus has ever seen.

Cinema Heights (Film)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Paula Brady '11
It’s 11:00 am. You’re sitting in Alumni Auditorium listening to your third lecture of the morning. You’re a little “tired” from your happy night before. All around you, your friends are sleeping peacefully. It’s a beautiful day outside. The lecturer drones on. You wonder to yourself “What am I doing here?” Do you need to reaffirm your choice of career? Rededicate yourself to the study of medicine? Reenergize your commitment to self-sacrifice? No. You need to escape. Something to let you forget about medicine for a while. The movie starts and you are far away from signal transduction pathways and the nephron. This is no fantasy, its Cinema Heights. Stop by the P&S Club Office to sign up for only $10/year and select from over a hundred movies!

Citizen: The Campus Talk Show (Media)
Main Email Contact: talkshow@columbia.edu
Cornel West, Gloria Steinem, Bell Hooks, Hyun Kyung Chung, and Eddie Palmieri anchored the first season of Citizen: The Campus Talk Show. Hosted by Teachers College adjunct lecturer and doctoral candidate Kelvin Shawn Sealey, Citizen features celebrated guests in dialogue with the host on issues of social consequence. Each show runs approximately one hour and tickets are free to the public.

Clefhangers (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.clefs.net
Main Email Contact: clefhangers@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Asad Muhammad, President- am3024@columbia.edu
The Columbia Clefhangers (aka "Clefs") are students at Columbia University who form a shockingly hot contemporary co-ed a cappella group in New York City. Since 1988, the Clefs have been singing their hearts out from Rockefeller Center to Paris, entertaining audiences with their original arrangements of pop, R&B, and soulful music of every genre. In recent years, the Clefs have placed second at the 2008 ICCA Quarterfinals and won awards for Best Soloist and Best Vocal Percussion, adding to their total of 6 quarter- and semifinal top placements and 9 special awards at the competition since 1996. The group holds auditions twice a year!

Club Zamana (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/zamana
Facebook: Link
Contact: Varun Gulati, President- vrg2104@columbia.edu
Club Zamana is the largest undergraduate South Asian organization at Columbia University, and a functional umbrella for the South Asian groups on campus. We cater to over 800 general body members and strive to foster harmony, promote cultural awareness, and highlight the South Asian presence at Columbia. Throughout the year, we hold a wide range of events for our members and the community. These events range from political forums, movie nights, community service days, semi formals, career panels, and educational activities. In the spring semester, Zamana puts on a cultural show, Tamasha, featuring performances from all four South Asian dance troupes at Columbia, other student performances, and outside acts.

Coffeehouse (Theatre)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Martin Bauknight ’12, Jon-Michael Caldwell ‘12
Coffeehouse is a unique opportunity for students to share their talents in the relaxed company of friends. On a monthly basis on Thursday night, Bard Hall Main Lounge is transformed into an elegant (well, sort of) venue at which punk and heavy metal “rock out” with classical and jazz, poetry is recited alongside stand-up comedy, and a cappella music intertwines in a bizarre yet strangely compelling do-si-do with modern dance; occasionally even some Meat Loaf may be heard above the melodious din of ice cream trucks and car alarms outside. Always a great study break, Coffeehouse is the perfect time to sit back, relax and enjoy free talent and refreshment while socializing with students from other years and schools.

Columbia Architecture Society (Art)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/architecturesociety/
Main Email Contact: architeturesociety@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Contact: Rachel Blatt, President- rb2472@barnard.edu
Architecture Society is not a club you "join," but rather one in which the board members are the decision makers and event planners and the rest of the society (a.k.a. anyone who gets arch. soc. emails) reaps the benefits of those decisions. Some popular events that Architecture Society sponsors are Grad School Information Night, Portfolio Night, Pumkin Carving, and Model Shoot Night. Some new programs we're hoping to put together this year are organized tours to notable New York City Buildings and tours to faculty's own architecture firms. Architecture Society holds meetings weekly, and anyone in the Columbia Community is welcome to attend. Currently meetings are on Wednesday evenings, 10PM in the Digital Architecture Lab (DAL) on the 3rd floor of Barnard Hall.

Columbia Ballet Collaborative (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/balletcollaborative
Facebook: Link
Contact: Lydia Walker, Artistic Director- lrw2105@columbia.edu, and Ashley Flood, Executive Director- aef2125@columbia.edu
Founded by professional ballet dancers who are students at Columbia University. Seeking to combine our movement vocabulary with the ideas we are coming into contact with on campus. Desiring to articulate the continued relevance of our art form. Inviting artists of other media in the university community to join with us in our artistic endeavors

Columbia Ballroom Dance Team (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ballroomteam/
Facebook: Link
Contact: Liza Volkova, President- ev2154@columbia.edu
The Columbia University Ballroom Dance Team brings the beauty and excitement of ballroom to the University community. We are a competitive dance team that offers instruction in international Latin and standard with top coaches in New York City for those interested in competition, as well as classes in social dancing for those who just want to know a little something for parties and fun. In addition to classes and competitions, CUBDT co-sponsors one of the largest amateur competitions in the country, the Manhattan Amateur Classic, participates in a variety of University and city performances and events, and provides opportunities to pursue interest in ballroom through activities like ballroom social events and trips to amateur and professional performances. CUBDT is a great way to take your interest to ballroom dancing to any level you want - contact us if you want information on the team, or other ballroom resources. Happy Dancing!

Columbia Classical Performers (Theatre)
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/columbiaclassicalperformers/home
Main Email Contact: cuclassicalperformers@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Contact: Christopher Haas, Co-President
Columbia Classical Performers is a new student-run club on campus. Their mission is to help musicians at Columbia have accessible solo performance opportunities on campus. This year, they will have four recitals per semester, with a one and a half hour cap per concert. They also help musicians plan their own solo recitals by assisting them in finding performance venues on campus.

Columbia Composers (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://music.columbia.edu/%7Ecc/
Main Email Contact: cc@music.columbia.edu
Columbia Composers is a non-profit student-run organization created in the 1950's to perform musical works by Columbia graduate students.

Columbia Daily Spectator: Arts & Entertainment (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=section/3
Main Email Contact: arts@columbiaspectator.com
Facebook: Link
The Columbia Daily Spectator is the second-oldest college daily paper in the country and has been financially independent from the University since 1962. The newspaper is published five days a week during the academic year and weekly during the summer. The Columbia Daily Spectator is written and edited by Columbia University undergraduates. It serves the communities of Columbia University and Morningside Heights as a forum for the expression of diverse viewpoints, a top source for in-depth and comprehensive news and features, and a rewarding extracurricular opportunity for their staff. Serving a community of over 60,000 students, faculty, administrators, and Morningside Heights residents, the Columbia Daily Spectator is the most widely read newspaper in Morningside Heights and Harlem.

Columbia Dance Club (Dance)
Contact: Matteo Trotta, President- mtrotta09@gsb.columbia.edu
The Columbia Dance Club is a recreational group providing introductory dance lessons by professional instructors. Dances lessons are primarily focused on Salsa. Other dances that can be considered include: swing, hip-hop, tango, waltz, cha-cha, and merengue.

Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/cjlc/
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Contact: Chris Russell, Editor-in-Chief- cer2116@columbia.edu
The Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism aims to provide undergraduate students with a forum in which they can both read each other's work and develop their own critical writing. This effort incorporates the essays students compose into an ongoing academic conversation, by encouraging students to view themselves as vital members of the intellectual community they inhabit. The journal wishes to strengthen the physical undergraduate community, as well, by providing a space for students to meet, befriend, and learn from each other.

Columbia Law Revue (Theatre)
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Columbia Law Revue is the preeminent source for musical satire at Columbia Law School. Students perform original skits and song parodies focusing mainly on the absurdities of Columbia Law as well as the legal profession generally, and its bi-annual shows are a much-beloved Law School tradition among students and faculty alike.

Columbia Music Presents (Music: Instrumental)
Main Email Contact: columbiamusicpresents@gmail.com
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Columbia Musical Theatre Society (Theatre)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cmts/
Main Email Contact: cmts@columbia.edu
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Contact: Darcy Zacharias, President- drz2105@columbia.edu
Columbia Musical Theatre Society strives to bring the highest quality theatrical performances, large and small, to the Columbia University community. CMTS is committed to giving students an opportunity to work in any aspect of a production regardless of their major or school. Each semester, CMTS produces a number of shows, in which students independently direct, design, act, and serve in all other roles of the production. By utilizing all the talent of the Columbia community, CMTS aims to produce amateur shows on a level with the surrounding professional scene.

Columbia New Music (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cnm/
Main Email Contact: mail@columbianewmusic.com
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Contact: Joe Rubinstein
Columbia New Music provides a venue to join student composers and performers who are interested in new music. Showcasing the talents of both groups, we attempt to present "new music" to a broad range of listeners in order to portray the beauty and diversity of music that is informed by our modern age. Columbia New Music supports all forms of new musical creativity, from classical composition, to electronic music, to noise, experimental jazz, and other popular mediums.

Columbia on iTunes U (Media)
Website: http://itunes.columbia.edu/
Main Email Contact: ccnmtl-itunesu@columbia.edu
Columbia on iTunes U delivers Columbia University-produced educational content to students, faculty, and the public through Apple's popular iTunes desktop media player. iTunes U delivers easy, 24/7 access to educational content from hundreds of top colleges, universities, and educationally focused organizations across the country. And it's accessible to anyone with a Mac or PC. iTunes U lets schools open all or part of their content to the public, from parents to alumni to anyone with a love of learning.

Columbia Raas Team (Dance)
Main Email Contact: curaas@gmail.com
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Contact: Nausheen Hakim, President- raas@columbia.edu
Columbia Raas is Gujarati Folk dance team. The dance style is garba raas which comes from Western India. The team performs at events all along the East Coast, as well as many on-campus shows. Columbia Raas is all about providing entertainment, excitement, and of course fun while performing this high energy dance style that any audience member can enjoy.

Columbia Review (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/review/
Main Email Contact: columbiareview@columbia.edu
Contact: Robert Kohen
The Columbia Review is published twice a year. The Fall 2004 press run was 1600 copies, which were made available free of charge on the Columbia campus. Unlike other campus magazines, The Columbia Review does not specialize in the work of any particular gender, ethnic group, or university division.

Columbia Science Review (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/csr/
Main Email Contact: President: Shelly Zhu, xz2122@columbia.edu
Columbia Science Review (CSR) is an official Columbia University student organization striving to promote public awareness and knowledge of science and technology at Columbia. Our publication seeks to encourage public scientific literacy in Columbiam, promote student activities in science, and present an open platform for students to publish their opinions, thoughts, and insights on topics in scientific research.
Blog: http://columbiasciencereview.blogspot.com/

Columbia Stages (Theatre)
Website: http://www.ColumbiaStages.com
Main Email Contact: info@columbiastages.com
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Columbia Stages is the producing arm of the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies of Columbia University's School of the Arts. Columbia Stages presents a season of graduate actor and director productions as well as an annual festival of new plays by emerging playwrights. The theatre division offers M.F.A. degrees in acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy/script development, stage management and theatre management & producing. The goal of the division is to provide each student with the foundation for a career in professional theatre as well as the tools to embrace an ever-changing theatrical landscape and shape the future of the theatre.

Columbia Tango (Dance)
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Contact: Alison Hare- alh2147@columbia.edu
Columbia Tango provides tango lessons to all members of the Columbia community. Classes are on Thursday evenings in 305 Barnard Hall. Beginner lessons start at 8:00pm; Intermediate lessons at 9:00pm, and free practice from 10:00pm on. Lessons are $8 each or $35 for 5. All are welcome!

Columbia Television CTV (Media)
Website: http://www.cutelevision.org
Main Email Contact: mkoenig@cutelevision.org
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Contact: Maya Koenig and Michael Gerson, Presidents
CTV is flushing out our schedule with brand-spanking-new original programming. From short films, to original series; from red carpet premieres to political speakers; CTV is your place to find it all.

Columbia University Archives (Media)
Location: 210 Low Library
Phone: 212-854-3786
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/uarchives/index.html
Main Email Contact: sgh2105@columbia.edu
Contact: Susan G. Hamson
Collection consists of over 7,000 linear feet of records that document the history of Columbia University; King's College Room museum features furniture, memorabilia, and paintings celebrating Columbia's 18th century roots.

Columbia University Dance Marathon (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cudm/
Contact: Hannah Johns, CC 2009, Co-Chair- hbj2105@columbia.edu Elizabeth Landesberg, BC, Co-Chair- el2238@barnard.edu
CUDM is an annual 28-hour dance marathon benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. It is dedicated to raising money for the Foundation, but also to raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and the Foundation's work through a dynamic and culturally diverse celebration of life. Dancers pledge to stay on their feet for 28 hours and raise money for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. CUDM is a monumental event—created with and sustained by love, and serving to connect us to our bodies in a way that reminds us of what we are capable. Awareness of our bodies allows us to both recognize and push the limits. Dancing is an act of solidarity with those who suffer, but more importantly a celebration of our potential.

Columbia University Dance Team (Dance)
Website: http://www.gocolumbialions.com/danceteam
Main Email Contact: columbiadanceteam@gmail.com
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Contact: Bernadine Goldberg, Head Coach
The Columbia University Dance Team performs dance routines in hip-hop, jazz and pom styles. The Team competes both regionally and nationally, and performs campus-wide at events such as Midnight Mania, the home games of Columbia Men's Basketball team and the Volleyball team. The Team also performs throughout New York City, including performances a Madison Square Garden.

Columbia University Film Festival (Film)
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://www.cufilmfest.com
The Columbia University Film Festival is a weeklong festival of new student thesis work--film screenings and screenplay readings--presented annually by the Columbia University Graduate Film Division in the School of the Arts, one of the nation's leading academic training programs for filmmaking. The Film Festival has earned an international reputation as a launching pad for emerging talent. Columbia Film Division students have won top Student Academy Award Medals in seven out of the last eight years.

Columbia University Film Productions (Film)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cufp/index.html
Main Email Contact: cufilmproductions@columbia.edu
Contact: Jonathan Mo, President- jlm2143@columbia.edu
Columbia University Flim Productions (CUFP) is the leading undergraduate resource for filmmaking at Columbia University. This student organization supports all film related needs for the Columbia undergraduate community. CUFP supplements the theoretical courses in the Columbia film division and offers undergraduate students the opportunity to master the art of filmmaking. CUFP is recognized by the Activities Board of Columbia (ABC), the General Studies Student Counsel (GSSC), as well as the Film Department, which works hand in hand with the organization. With over 330 active members, CUFP organizes guest lectures, training seminars, and other educational film related events. CUFP also organizes independent film screenings with some of the leading films and filmmakers in the NY independent scene. CUFP has an annual film festival showcasing some of the finest films from the undergraduate community at Columbia.

Columbia University Glee Club (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/glee/
The Columbia University Glee Club is the oldest student organization at Columbia and one of the oldest in the country. Each semester, the Glee Club performs one large concert, in addition to singing at other functions throughout the year. The Glee Club welcomes new members, even those with minimal singing experience; auditions are not necessary.

Columbia University Gospel Choir (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gospel/
Main Email Contact: gospelchoir@columbia.edu
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Contact: Wendy Francois
The purpose for the Columbia University Gospel Choir is to rejoice in the name of God through song as well as minister to the Columbia community. They are a Christian ministry dedicated to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They seek to lead others to the wonderful love and grace of Jesus Christ. The Gospel Choir relays the message of the Gospel through musical performances throughout the year. They meet to fellowship and sing praise to God.

Columbia University Jazz Ensemble (Music: Instrumental)
Location: 621 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-9862
Contact: Prof. Chris Washburne- cjw5@columbia.edu
This ensemble offers advanced level jazz musicians in Columbia's student body an opportunity to perform in a small jazz group setting playing variety of jazz styles including straight ahead, Latin jazz, and bebop. Performances will take place at Smoke, one of New York's premier jazz clubs. The ensemble is directed by Prof. Chris Washburne. The group will be limited to eight musicians. The ensemble will meet every Friday from 1-3 PM in 112 Dodge Hall. Two Sunday afternoon performances at Smoke each semester and other additional campus performances will be required (1 credit hour). The ensemble will also perform at various social events around the campus.

Columbia University National Undergraduate Film Festival (Film)
Website: http://www.cufestival.com/
Main Email Contact: cunuff@gmail.com
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Contact: Calvin. D Sun, Co-Director- calvin.sun@columbia.edu
The National Undergraduate Film Festival of Columbia University endeavors to discover and realize the talent of fellow student filmmakers as well as to support and exhibit outstanding independent films created by students across the country. Founded by Columbia students and filmmakers Brian Foo '08 and Calvin Sun '08, the festival gives students a means to appreciate independent filmmaking created by their peers nationwide, hoping to inspire them with the art of independent filmmaking. This event will be held on the Columbia University campus, featuring ten to twelve short student films selected for their distinction and excellence among a pool of submissions from across the country.

Columbia University on YouTube (Media)
Website: http://www.youtube.com/columbiauniversity
Main Email Contact: ccnmtl-youtube@columbia.edu
Columbia University's YouTube channel delivers course lectures, event videos, and other educational content for Columbia University.

Columbia University Orchestra (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cuo/index.html
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Contact: Jeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Conductor- jfm176@columbia.edu
The Columbia University Orchestra was founded by composer Edward MacDowell in 1896, and is the oldest continually operating university orchestra in the United States. As a course within the Department of Music, the principal mission of the Orchestra is to give students the opportunity to perform in an ensemble of the most challenging nature possible.

Columbia University Performing Arts League (Theatre)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cupal/
Main Email Contact: cupal@columbia.edu
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Contact: Molly Braverman, President- mjb2136@columbia.edu
As an umbrella organization, the Columbia University Performing Arts League facilitates discussion between groups regarding the Columbia University theatre community as a whole, encourages the sharing of resources between groups, and serves as an advisory board to any newly formed theatre groups or special projects. CUPAL aims to unite diverse performing groups in open dialogue for common causes. Its collective endeavors aim to improve relationships with administration, increase collaboration and communication across campus, and develop new avenues for otherwise unsupported artists.

Columbia University Swing Dance Club (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/swing
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Contact: Frank Nestor- fpn2102@columbia.edu
Columbia University Swing Dance club exists to unify the swing dance community of Columbia University. Strong ties with America's unique sub-culture of jazz music and movement allow us to promote the dance as an exciting social endeavor. The CU Swing Dance Club is dedicated to providing events and instruction in Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Charleston. Our members organize and attend events throughout New York City.

Columbia University Wind Ensemble (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/
Main Email Contact: wind-exec@columbia.edu
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The Columbia Wind Ensemble is comprised of 55 woodwind, brass and percussion players who are undergraduate students, graduate students, and community members from all academic fields. The group performs the best of the wind ensemble repertoire which vary in instrumentation and style. On average the Wind Ensemble plays four formal concerts per school year in different venues around the Columbia University campus. Membership is by audition

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/journal/
Main Email Contact: info@columbiajournal.org
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Columbia is a journal of literature and art, which prides itself on variety in the issues it produces and the writers it includes. The magazine is edited by a team of writers with a keen eye for quality new writing and a strong sense of what they want to see in a journal.

Communique (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/about_sipa/sipa_publications/communique.html
Contact: Eamon Kircher-Allen, SIPA, Co-Editor-in-Chief- bek2111@columbia.edu Leehe Skuler, SIPA, Co-Editor-in-Chief- ls2578@columbia.edu
Communiqué is a student-written, student-run newspaper of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. The editors are solely responsible for its content.

Computer Music Center (Media)
Location: Prentis Hall, 3rd Floor
Phone: 212-854-9266
Affiliation: Department of Music
Website: http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/
Main Email Contact: cmc@music.columbia.edu
The Computer Music Center at Columbia University is an innovative and exciting music and arts technology facility with a long history of creative excellence. The CMC maintains workspaces in two separate locations: one in Dodge Hall on the main Columbia campus (1/9 train to 116th Street), and another, larger facility on the third floor of Prentis Hall (1 train to 125th Street). There are many opportunities for involvement in CMC activities. Students, researchers and creative artists working at the Center come from many different divisions within Columbia University. The primary mission of the CMC is to operate at the intersection of musical expression and technological development, and as a result the Center has become involved in a broad range of interesting projects. The CMC has also produced events aimed at reaching out to a wider community, both locally in New York and globally in a number of different international venues.

Creative Rounds (Literature and Writing)
Location: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Mark Landreneau ‘12
Creative Rounds is an amorphous but lovable community of writers and artists that exists within the CUMC community. Every month, we meet to share works of creative writing and visual art that we’ve produced. Occasionally, published physician-writers from around the country attend our meetings to share their unique perspectives with us. All members of the CUMC community are welcome to attend and participate in our fun and informal gatherings. Even if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your own art/poetry/fiction/nonfiction works, you’re welcome to come to our meetings if only to observe, absorb, and offer constructive criticism. We like seeing new faces and hearing new ideas. Whether you’re an amateur wordsmith or an experienced draftsman, a published poet or a first-time photographer, consider joining our supportive and inclusive group.

CU Journal of American Studies (Media)
Website: http://www.cjasmonthly.com
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CJAS is the peer-reviewed annual print publication of Columbia's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and parent of CJAS online.

CU Photography (Art)
Website: http://columbiaphotography.org/
Main Email Contact: dk2384@columbia.edu
Contact: President - Dehui Kong

CU Players (Theatre)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cuplayers/
Main Email Contact: cuplayers@gmail.com
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Contact: Ameneh Bordi, President- amb2208@columbia.edu
Straight theatre. No musicals. No Shakespeare. Since 1906.

CU Records (Media)
Main Email Contact: curecords@gmail.com
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CU Step (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/stepteam/
Main Email Contact: custep@columbia.edu
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cuBHANGRA (Dance)
Website: http://cubhangra.tripod.com/index.html
Main Email Contact: bhangra@columbia.edu
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Contact: Hans Sahni, President
Established in 2002, cuBHANGRA is a Punjabi Folk dance team representing Columbia University. The team's dance is first and foremost inspired by a passion for Punjabi culture. cuBHANGRA prides itself in its high energy and creative dancing style. Most recently, they have placed 1st at Bhangra Blowout 13 and 3rd at Bhangra Blizzard 3. Forged in the heart of Punjab and brought together by the great city of New York, prepare yourself for the sensation that is cuBHANGRA.

Culinary Culture Club (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: acw2148@columbia.edu
Contact: Andrew Wang
The purpose of the Culinary Culture Club is to raise awareness and knowledge of different cultural foods in the Columbia University Medical Center Community. This takes place through meetings, Q&A, culinary films, and guest speakers.

Current Musicology (Media)
Phone: 212-854-1632
Affiliation: Dodge Hall
Website: http://music.columbia.edu/~curmus/
Main Email Contact: current-musicology@columbia.edu
Contact: Karen Hiles
Current Musicology (CM) is a leading forum for scholarly music research, seeking to reflect the forefront of thought in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory, as well as music cognition, philosophy of music, and interdisciplinary studies. CM was founded in 1965 by graduate students at Columbia University as a semiannual review that would primarily serve the needs of musicologists who are about to undertake, are presently engaged in, or have recently completed their graduate studies. From its inception, the aim of the journal was to publish short articles of research, criticism, and opinion, predominantly by younger authors. The term 'musicology' in the journal's title is to be understood in the broadest sense possible. The wide scope of the journal is evident in special issues devoted to specific topics, in the broad range of scholarship encouraged, and in the variety of books reviewed.

Department of Architecture (Art)
Location: 310 Barnard Hall
Phone: 212-854-8430
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/archprogram/
Main Email Contact: architecture@barnard.edu
The major in architecture provides students with the opportunity to explore the discipline of architecture within the context of the College's commitment to liberal arts. The major is introduced through a series of studio and academic courses that explore the multiple relationships between architectural design, history, theory, and criticism. Students are expected to develop technical skills, design excellence, and a critical understanding of architecture as part of our visual, social, and political history and culture. The major is designed to prepare our students to work in architecture and related disciplines or pursue graduate study. Most of our students take advantage of the resources of New York City and the teaching faculty by working in internships in the city while majoring in the field.

Department of Art History and Archaeology (Art)
Location: 826 Schermerhorn Hall
Phone: 212-854-4505
Affiliation: GSAS
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/
The Art History and Archeology Department was founded in conjunction with the special resources in archaeology and architecture at the Avery Memorial Library as inspired by great European traditions of archaeology, connoisseurship, and iconology. Well before recent advances, Columbia art historians transcended the geographical and cultural boundaries of the West. Since Paul Wingert expanded the Department's curriculum in the 1930s, coursework in the study of the arts of Africa, Oceania, Native America, the Near East, East Asia is a staple of the Columbia University curriculum, and like Columbia's great teachers of the past--Meyer Schapiro, Rudolf Wittkower, Rober Branner, Howard McP. Davis, Julius Held, Howard Hibbard, Edith Porada, and William Bell Dinsmoor--today's faculty continue to apply art historical methods to illuminate particular works of art, even as they place their works in the broadest cultural context.

Department of Art History – Barnard (Art)
Location: 301 Barnard Hall
Phone: 212-854-2118
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/arthist/
Main Email Contact: esher@barnard.edu
Art History, which is devoted to the study of the visual arts, is one of the broadest of the humanistic disciplines. It is concerned not only with the nature of works of art -- their form, style, and content, but also with the social, political, and cultural circumstances that shape them. The department, fortunate in being located in New York City, one of the world's great art centers, takes full advantage of the rich resources of the city's museums and galleries in its course of study.

Department of Comparative Literature – Barnard (Literature and Writing)
Phone: 212-854-5539
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/complit/
Contact: Peter Connor, Chair- ptc4@columbia.edu
Barnard's Department of Comparative Literature attracts students and faculty with a wide range of interests, stretching from Antiquity to Postmodernism, and from Asia through Europe to the Americas. Both students and faculty engage in study across national boundaries and from an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective.

Department of Dance (Dance)
Phone: 212-854-2995
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/dance/
Main Email Contact: dance@barnard.edu
The Barnard College Department of Dance offers an exceptional dance program that is solidly based on the integration of dance as an art form within a liberal arts curriculum. Its core consists of courses designed to link the development of a dancer's artistic skills with techniques of analysis, problem solving, and critical thinking. The faculty, composed of artists and scholars, encourages a dual approach to the art of dance, promoting the development of artistry and personal style through the performance of historical and contemporary dance texts.

Department of English & Comparative Literature (Literature and Writing)
Location: 602 Philosophy Hall
Phone: 212-854-3215
Affiliation: GSAS
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/english/
With a large faculty of renowned scholars and dedicated teachers, the Department of English and Comparative Literature offers a wide range of courses, recognizing traditional values in the discipline yet reflecting its changing shape.

Department of English – Barnard (Literature and Writing)
Phone: 212-854-2116
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/english/
Main Email Contact: english@barnard.edu
The major in English is designed to foster good writing, effective speaking, and heightened understanding of texts that enrich our culture. Students majoring in English are encouraged to develop their responsiveness to the literary imagination and their sensitivity to literary form through disciplined attention to language and to critical and scholarly methods.

Department of Music (Music: Instrumental)
Location: 621 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-3825
Affiliation: GSAS
Website: http://www.music.columbia.edu/
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Uniquely among the arts at Columbia, Music has its home in a Department, where its creators, interpreters, and scholars work together. For more than one hundred years, the Department of Music has supported musical study ranging from professional training in composition and scholarship to the criticism and appreciation of music as a liberal art, including a course in the Core Curriculum. Scholarship in Music includes the theoretical, analytical, historical, and ethnographic, combined and reconfigured by renowned faculty who also make close connections to philosophy, psychology, anthropology, history, comparative literature, linguistics, computer science, and other disciplines. Opportunities for solo and ensemble performance are likewise offered at every level, with and without academic credit, in the Music Performance Program. The Department sponsors a variety of concerts, lectures, and colloquia, all open to the public, most free of charge. Some of the Department's work is concentrated in the Center for Ethnomusicology and the Computer Music Center (formerly the Electronic Music Center), two of the most important institutions in their fields. The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music supports the regular concerts of new work given by Columbia Composers and the Columbia Sinfonietta, presentations by visiting composers, and other projects. The Department's performing ensembles include the Columbia University Orchestra, Columbia University Wind Ensemble, Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Singers, Collegium Musicum, Jazz Ensembles, World Music ensembles (among them bluegrass and klezmer), and many chamber groups. Music scores and audio and video recordings, as well as listening and viewing facilities, can be found in the Gabe M. Wiener Music and Arts Library. Department students edit and publish the interdisciplinary journal Current Musicology.

Department of Music – Barnard (Music: Instrumental)
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/music/
Contact: Gail Archer, Director- ga61@columbia.edu
The Department of Music at Barnard College provides ear-training and musical history courses, as well as a number of performance ensembles with the Columbua Department of Music, including the Barnard-Columbia Chorus, Barnard-Columbia Chamber Chorus, Collegium Musicum, University Orchestra, and the Columbia University Jazz Ensemble.

Department of Theatre (Theatre)
Location: 404 Milbank Hall
Phone: 212-854-2080
Affiliation: Barnard College
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/theatre/
Contact: Heather Seltzer, Departmental Assistant- hseltzer@barnard.edu
The Barnard College Theatre major, a joint program with the Columbia College major in Drama and Theatre Arts, teaches students to create and interpret drama and theatre in the context of a liberal arts curriculum.

Deutsches Haus (Media)
Location: 420 W 116th St
Phone: 212-854-1858
Affiliation: Department of Germanic Languages and Literature
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/german/
Main Email Contact: deutsches-haus@columbia.edu
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Deutsches Haus at Columbia University was the first foreign language house established at an American university in 1911. Initially dedicated to preserving Germany's unique literary tradition, Deutsches Haus today wishes to encourage academic, cultural, and social exchange between members of the Columbia community and the public with programs not only in German, but in Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, and Yiddish as well. Events include academic lectures, film series, conferences, plays, recitals, and informal gatherings. At Kaffeestunde (German coffee hour), Koffieuurtje (Dutch coffee hour), and Kave Sho (Yiddish Coffee Hour) students at all proficiency levels can practice their language skills. Deutsches Haus programs are free and open to the public and provide a cultural resource for the wider intellectual and professional community of New York City.

Digital Media Center (DMC) (Media)
Location: 301 Dodge Hall
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/dmc/
Main Email Contact: dmc-info@columbia.edu
The Digital Media Center's resources serve the graduate students of School of the Arts, allowing students to develop new aesthetic directions in their work. The Center is an affirmation of Columbia University's dedication to providing a creative and intellectual center for artistic achievement using emerging technologies. The Digital Media Center provides training in 3-D modeling, graphic design, physical computing, motion graphics, programming, sound editing, video editing, video effects, web animation, and web design. Facilities and instruction are geared primarily to the needs of students in the Film and Visual Arts divisions.

Echoes (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.barnard.edu/club/echoes
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Contact: Alexandra Loizzo, Editor-in-Chief- al2522@barnard.edu
Echoes is Barnard's literary magazine, which was founded in the fall of 2006. Its goal is to foster the free expression of any Barnard student in all visual and literary arts. Submissions should be made to the editor-in-chief listed above.

Ferris Reel Film Society (Film)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/frfs/
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Contact: Amy Tan, President- at2998@columbia.edu
Ferris Reel Film Society is a student-run club activity supported by the Activity Board at Columbia (ABC). Considered a "major programmer" by the Office of Student Activities, the club organizes a feature film screening every Thursday night in Roone Arledge Cinema in Lerner Hall on the Columbia University campus. The films chosen are usually mainstream works from both the US and abroad, and range across all genres, including action, suspense, drama, romance, fantasy, and comedy.

Film & Education Research Academy (FERA) (Film)
Location: Teachers College
Affiliation: Teachers College
Website: http://blogs.tc.columbia.edu/fera/
The Film & Education Research Academy (FERA) is a research, publishing and teaching program within the Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation (CEO&I) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Founded by Kelvin Sealey and John Broughton, our mission at FERA is to explore the unexamined pedagogical nexus of cinema, teaching and learning. It is our belief that the psychological weight of cinematic content, and the powerful visual vocabulary at its center, can become a powerful counterbalance to the numbing tendencies of media stimulus if educators are taught the value of converting cinematic product into opportunities to advance critical ideas, making cinema a tool of learning rather than merely a vehicle for escapism. And as a catalyst for social justice, we believe that film offers unrecognized opportunities for imparting ideas of socially concerned citizenship in a world

Film Division - School of the Arts (Film)
Location: 513 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-2815
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/film/index.jsp
Main Email Contact: film@columbia.edu
The Film Division at Columbia offers a uniquely integrated curriculum centered around film as a storytelling medium, an emphasis reflected to varying degrees in every course offered. The course of instruction combines directing, writing, and producing with technical training and history/theory to provide students with a deep understanding of the principles and practice of dramatic narrative. Our faculty combines veteran and new members of the New York and Hollywood film communities. Our student work wins awards and recognition for its energy, honesty, clarity, and vision. Our alumni produce, write, and direct films that help to set the standard for independent cinema.

Follies (Theatre)
Affiliation: Columbia Business School
Website: http://www.cbsfollies.com/
Main Email Contact: FolliesCBS@gmail.com
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Contact: Adam Morgenlender, Co-Director- amorgenlender09@gsb.columbia.edu Elan Sofer, Co-Director- esofer09@gsb.columbia.edu
Must request permission to join group. Columbia Business School Follies has enjoyed the longest run of any production of a professional school of business located between 120th and 110th streets in New York City. CBS Follies traces its origin back to 1773 when Alexander Hamilton staged the first show entitled "Tea Party for King George." With that auspicious start Follies has persevered through the good and the not so good times of CBS.

Fruit Paunch (Comedy)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/fruitpaunch/
Main Email Contact: paunch@columbia.edu
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Contact: President, Colin Patrick Drummond
Must request permission to join. Are YOU Ready-2-Improv? The ladies and gentlemen of Fruit Paunch. Columbia's longest-running and most prestigious comedy improv troupe, live by this mantra--and they let their enthusiasm and talent for their craft take them all over New York City, where they regularly perform everywhere from Caroline’s On Broadway to CU's very own Furnald Lounge. Some of the Paunch's favorite annual events include their Formal Show in the Black Box, the bi-annual West End show, and their most daunting event of the year, The 24 Hour Show. Fruit Paunch rehearses a healthy mix of short form and long form twice a week, and auditions for the group are held at the beginning of every school year.

Future Healthcare Leaders (FHL) (Media)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: mtd2117@columbia.edu
Contact: Marianne DeWitt
Future Healthcare Leaders exists to provide students with a forum for the exchange of ideas and knowledge to help them become more effective healthcare leaders.

Global Health Forum (GHF) (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: jy2343@columbia.edu
Contact: Jean-Ezra Yeung
The Global Health Forum’s mission is to raise awareness about global health issues at the Mailman School of Public Health through speaker and film series, community service, and other student events.

Goldsmith Gallery (Literature and Writing)
Location: Jewish Theological Seminary
Phone: 212-678-8000
Affiliation: JTS

Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (Art)
Location: Avery Hall
Phone: 212-854-3414
Website: http://www.arch.columbia.edu/
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Group for Community Recovery (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: sgv2104@columbia.edu
Contact: Sejal Vashi
As the world's population has become concentrated in cities, the structure and function of the urban area increasingly determine the health and wellness of a given community within a "society." This ecological perspective sees the identified community as part of a larger whole. Wealth, culture, race/ethnicity, and other factors, determine the mode of distribution and flow of resources and opportunities that stratify communities in a complex matrix created by cities within a local, national and global urban context.

Harriman Institute (Media)
Location: International Affairs Building, 12th Floor
Phone: 212-854-4623
Website: http://www.harriman.columbia.edu/
Main Email Contact: harriman@columbia.edu
The Harriman Institute is the oldest and largest academic center of its kind in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Russia and the other successor states of the former Soviet Union, East Central Europe, and the Balkans. The Institute's mandate is to advance scholarly knowledge and public understanding of the polities, economies, societies, and cultures of the Eurasian landmass extending from the Elbe to the Pacific, and from the Arctic to Afghanistan. In addition, the Institute promotes advanced research and publicly disseminates information, analysis, and opinion generated by its faculty, fellows, students, and other affiliated scholars. The Institute sponsors many conferences, special lectures, and other events for the University community, the private sector, media, policymakers, secondary school educators, alumni, and other constituencies.

Heyman Center for the Humanities (Media)
Location: East Campus, Morningside
Phone: 212-854-4270
Affiliation: A&S
Website: http://www.heymancenter.org
Main Email Contact: mrh2101@columbia.edu
Contact: Rebecca Hanger
The newly reconfigured Heyman Center is Columbia University's central site for the Humanities. It brings together the interests not only of the various departments in the Humanities but also the broad conceptual, methodological and value-laden issues that are of interest to the natural sciences and the professional schools of Law, Medicine, Journalism, Arts, and International Affairs. The Heyman Center presents several events on various themes in the Humanities throughout the Fall and Spring semesters each year, which are open not only to all at Columbia but to everyone in New York City and beyond. It also has eight post-doctoral fellows at any given time, each holding a two-year Mellon fellowship in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities. It plans to have various other levels of fellowship over the next few years for junior and senior faculty both at Columbia and from other universities, as well as some 'New York City Fellows' who are distinguished artists, writers, musicians, and journalists living in the city. Every week of each semester it has a lunch for a group of Columbia faculty fellows who present their work to each other for discussion. The Heyman Center also houses Columbia's Center for Comparative Literature and Society, the Human Rights Center, a group of Columbia's emeritus faculty known as the "Society of Senior Scholars," who teach in the Core Curriculum, and The Friends of the Heyman Center, all of which host seminars and colloquia of their own throughout the year. The Lionel Trilling Seminar (once a semester) and the Edward Said Memorial Lecture (once a year) are also based at the Heyman Center. Notices for these can be found in our Events section on our website.

Hillel Art Group (Art)
Location: Kraft Center
Phone: (212) 854-5111
Affiliation: Hillel
Website: http://www.hillel.columbia.edu
The Hillel Art Group is a student-run art collective which organizes events for the wider Barnard/Columbia community. Based at the Kraft Center, the group seeks to engage in a pluralistic discussion about the arts and to use them as a cultural bridge. We curate student-produced art shows, bring speakers to campus, and engage in community building art initiatives.

Ho-Heup (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/hoheup
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Ho-Heup is a traditional Korean drum troupe at Columbia University. A multiethnic group comprised of students, alumni, and other members of the Columbia community, its mission is to promote awareness and appreciation of Korean culture through teaching, learning, and performing poongmul (Korean folk drumming).

Horace Mann Auditorium (Media)
Location: Horace Mann Hall
Affiliation: Teachers College
Renovated in 2006, the auditorium is used both as stage and classroom space. The renovation includes four wheelchair-accessible ramps to the stage, full audio-visual capability and a modern sound system, and substantially upgraded lighting adequate for both stage and classroom usage of the space. ADA-compliant ramps have also been installed at the entrance to the Horace Mann building at Broadway and 120th Street. Seats nearly 600.

Jester (Comedy)
Website: http://jesterofcolumbia.net/
Main Email Contact: jester@columbia.edu
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Contact: John Klopfer, jbk2114@columbia.edu
The Jester of Columbia, or simply the Jester, is a humor magazine at Columbia University in New York City. Founded on April Fool's Day, 1901, it is one of the oldest such publications in the United States. In addition to publishing the magazine, the group puts on comedy events, containing sketches and improvisational comedy.

Journal of Politics and Society - The Helvidius Group (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.helvidius.org/
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The Journal of Politics & Society is an annual magazine distributed to Ivy League universities and to members of Congress and encompasses international affairs, economics, history, sociology, anthropology, and urban studies. The Journal is not affiliated with or sponsored by any political organization, and it remains staunchly nonpartisan. Now in its nineteenth year, the Journal only considers academic papers submitted by undergraduates. Past contributors include former President Bill Clinton, former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, former New Jersey Governor and EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman, former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, Anthony Marx, and Kenneth Waltz.

Jubilation! (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.jube.org/
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Formed in 1991, Jubilation is Columbia University's original Christian a cappella group.

King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe (Theatre)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/shakespeare/
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Contact: Dan Blank, President- dmb2126@columbia.edu
King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe of Columbia University is a not-for-profit group recognized by the Activities Board at Columbia and committed to the ideal of Shakespeare for the simple folk and the simple minded. Their particular brand of Shakespeare has sometimes been called "nomadic", but they prefer to think of it as "too big for the stage". All performances are free, including their trade-mark spring show, which takes place in the great outdoors, staged at different locations around Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. This roving art form requires audiences to be quick of foot and of mind in order to follow the show. In addition to an annual Spring Shakespeare show, they also produce Fall shows which are not necessarily Shakespeare nor necessarily outdoors; however they are necessarily free, and still embodies the commitment to tasteful, quality theatre for which the group is famous.

Kingsmen (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/kingsmen/
Founded in 1959, the King's Men of Columbia College is one of the most famous a cappella groups in the United States. Consisting of no more than 11 highly talented, highly motivated young men, their repertoire encompasses barbershop, gospel, traditional school songs, Christmas tunes, contemporary selections, and some witty songs that they wrote themselves.

L'Atelier: A French Performance Troupe (Theatre)
Main Email Contact: Latelier@barnard.edu
Contact: Jon Brilliant
L'Atelier (French for "the studio" or "the workshop") is Columbia's first and only French language performance group. Founded in 2003, the club aims to offer a creative outlet for French language studies. Actors learning French or French speakers eager to perform are all welcome, regardless of level. L'Atelier strives to create a creative community as well as a highly dynamic language environment. Members from Columbia College, SEAS, and GS work hand-in-hand with graduate students and occasional faculty participants. Additionally, we focus on more experimental performance, rather than the traditional canon of French theater. Previous shows include works by Ionesco, Tardieu, Claudelle, as well as a rendition of /Hiroshima Mon Amour/ and several original short films. L'Atelier also offers party events, such as a French karaoke night and a Cabaret.

La Maison Française (Media)
Location: Buell Hall, 2nd Floor
Phone: 212-854-4482
Affiliation: Department of French and Romance Philology
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/french/maison/
Main Email Contact: maisondirector@columbia.edu
Contact: Priya Wadhera, Director
Founded in 1913, La Maison Française of Columbia University is the oldest French cultural center established on an American university campus. It is a meeting place for students, scholars, business leaders, policy-makers and all persons seeking a better understanding of the French-speaking world.

LateNite Theatre (Theatre)
Website: http://www.latenitetheatre.com
Main Email Contact: latenitetheatre@gmail.com
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Contact: Alice Mottola, President- afm2108@barnard.edu
LateNite Theatre maintains a ten-year commitment to the Columbia/Barnard playwright community. We have a simple purpose: to offer our playwrights the opportunity to see their work on stage, giving them a freedom to experiment, to take artistic risks, and above all, to have fun in a non-competitive environment. Each Semester, we bring to life an anthology of new student-written works with these goals in mind.

Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary (Literature and Writing)
Location: Jewish Theological Seminary
Phone: 212-678-8082
Affiliation: JTS
Website: http://www.jtsa.edu/Library.xml
The exhibitions program at the JTS Library enables the general public to become better acquainted with the vast treasures of Jewish heritage collected by the Library. Exhibitions are mounted three times a year showcasing the collections of manuscripts, incunabula, rare printed Hebrew books, Genizah fragments, broadsides, ketubbot, megillot and prints. Exhibitions are on view in the Goldsmith Gallery and on the first and fifth floors of the Library building. All exhibits are free and open to the public.

Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program (Music: Instrumental)
Phone: 212-854-9862
Website: http://www.music.columbia.edu/%7Ececenter/JazzConcentration/
Contact: Chris Washburne- cjw5@columbia.edu
The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Department at Columbia University offers both undergraduate and graduate students jazz performance experience and private lessons.

Low Library Rotunda (Media)
Location: Low Memorial Library
Phone: 212-854-2877
The Low Memorial Library is the administrative centre of Columbia University. Built in 1895 by University President Seth Low in memory of his father, Abiel Abbot Low, and financed with $1 million of Low's own money due to the recalcitrance of university alumni, it is the focal point and most prominent building on the university's Morningside Heights campus. The steps leading to the library's columned facade are a popular hangout and meeting place for Columbia students, as well as home to Daniel Chester French's sculpture, Alma Mater, a university symbol that is the subject of many rumors. Low Library was officially named a New York City landmark in 1967. The Low Library Rotunda is the University's primary ceremonial space on campus. It hosts major prize ceremonies such as the Pulitzer and Bancroft, hosts dignitaries and heads of state during the World Leaders Forum, and other major events.

Macy Gallery (Art)
Location: 444 Macy Hall
Phone: 212-678-3681
Affiliation: Teachers College
Website: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/a&h/ArtEd/detail.asp?Id=Macy+Gallery&Info=Currently+On+Exhibit
The Macy Gallery is part of the Art and Art Education program of the Department of Arts and Humanities at Teachers College, Columbia University. The Gallery exhibits artworks by national and international artists, graduate students and faculty members, as well as the finest examples of children's works. The mission of this academic Gallery is to present a wide range of exhibitions from around the world reflecting the commitment of Teachers College to cultural diversity in education and the arts.

Making Curriculum Pop (Media)
Affiliation: Teachers College
Website: http://mcpopmb.ning.com/
Making Curriculum Pop! is an online network created by Teachers College doctoral student, Ryan Goble, for educators at Teachers College and beyond to discuss and share resources on the use of popular culture and media in their classes.

Metrotones (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/metrotones/
Main Email Contact: metrotones-acappella@columbia.edu
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The Metrotones are Columbia University’s all female a cappella group, founded in 1983, when Columbia became a coeducational institution. Waxing eloquence, they are dedicated to developing into a premier singing institution, sharing and spreading their musical talent and entertainment value to as many audiences as possible in a variety of venues in and outside New York. They perform at a wide variety of venues and events all over New York City, holding informal study breaks with other university a cappella groups, raising money for Hurricane Katrina victims, entertaining middle school children, celebrating Women's History Month, and spreading Easter cheer in Central Park.

Middle East Institute (Media)
Location: International Affairs Building
Phone: 212-854-2584
Website: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/regional/mei/
Contact: Astrid Benedek, Assistant Director- amb49@columbia.edu
The Middle East Institute of Columbia University, founded in 1954, has helped to set the national pace in developing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present, with a primary focus on the 19th and 20th centuries. Fostering an inter-regional and multi-disciplinary approach to the region, the Institute focuses on the Arab countries, Armenia, Iran, Israel, Turkey, Central Asia, and Muslim Diaspora communities.

Miller Theatre (Theatre)
Location: 116th & Broadway
Phone: 212-854-1488
Website: http://www.millertheatre.com
Main Email Contact: cp2234@columbia.edu
Miller Theatre, the performing arts center of Columbia University, is one of the country's leading innovators in performing arts presentation. Miller Theatre presents an annual season of international performers in music, dance, and opera, as well as public events that draw on the intellectual resources of Columbia University. Established in 1988 with funding from Brooke Astor, John Goelet, and the Kathryn Bache Miller Fund, Miller Theatre is a thriving urban arts presenter attracting over 30,000 audience members annually.

Minor Latham Playhouse (Theatre)
Location: Milbank Hall
Affiliation: Barnard College
This small theatre is utilized exclusively by the Barnard Department of Theatre. At least two productions per semester are presented here.

Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery (Art)
Location: Schermerhorn Hall, 8th Floor
Phone: 212-854-7288
Affiliation: Department of Art History and Archaeology
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery aims to contribute to Columbia's long-standing tradition of historical, critical, and creative engagement in the visual arts. Open to the public and operating under the auspices of the Department of Art History and Archaeology, the gallery presents exhibitions and related programming that complement the educational mission of the university. The exhibitions, held during the academic year, reflect a diversity of interests and approaches to the arts and embody the university's high standards for research and instruction.

Mobius Strip (Literature and Writing)
Main Email Contact: mobiusmag@gmail.com
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The Mobius Strip was founded in the Fall of 2003 at Columbia University in response to a lack of enthusiasm over printed literary magazines, and only exists online. The mobius strip as a symbol of endless connectivity and fluidity informs the philosophy of the project. Mobius Strip strives to be an organization that provides a forum for displaying all kinds of creative work, ranging from poems by fourth-graders to wood cuts by university students. The site hopes to illuminate some of the provocative (and problematic) aspects of experiencing art and literature online. The Mobius Strip Gallery juxtaposes visual art and writing, producing new combinations of works with each cycle, bringing to light different aspects of each work by framing them in a variety of ways.

Museo (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/museo/
Contact: Shirley Wong- shirls.wong@gmail.com
MUSEO is Columbia University's undergraduate journal of contemporary art. Students are encouraged to submit essays, reviews, interviews, polemics, and portfolios this upcoming winter. This year we will be accepting a broader variety of articles that is no longer limited to the visual arts; students are strongly encouraged to submit work in anthropology, film/literary criticism, cultural studies, and other fields. If submission passes review of the editorial board, writers will work with editors on their submissions to improve or re-angle their work. MUSEO 9 will be published in the spring of 2006.

Music & Arts Library, Gabe M. Wiener (Media)
Location: 701 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-4711
Affiliation: Columbia University Libraries
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/music/index.html
Main Email Contact: music@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
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Located in Dodge Hall, the Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library's onsite collection totals over 60,000 printed items, including monographs and serials on western and non-western music, as well as music scores; 20,000 sound and video recordings in multiple formats; CD-ROM indexes and multi-media titles; and several hundred microforms of scholarly interest.

Music at St. Paul's (Music: Instrumental)
Location: St. Paul's Chapel
Affiliation: Earl Hall Center
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/earl/music.html
St. Paul's Chapel, with its wonderful acoustics, is a landmark treasure of Columbia University. One of the finest architectural spaces on campus, it is an ideal place for diverse musical programs. Consistent with the Office of the University Chaplain's mission to help welcome Columbia's neighbors onto campus the Office of the University Chaplain has established the Music at St. Paul's program. Music at St. Paul's will increase the variety of performances of sacred music in St. Paul's Chapel and provide an on campus venue for stellar musicians from our New York City community to be heard in concert. Music at St. Paul's provides an opportunity to hear sacred music and music appropriate to the University Chapel outside of the context of a worship service in a setting for which much of the music was originally composed.

Music Department Ensembles (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.music.columbia.edu/undergraduate/courses/ensembles.html
The Department of Music at Columbia is one of the oldest and most distinguished at any American university. Their teachers are among the best musicians in New York. The opportunities for music performance at Columbia and Barnard are rich and diverse. Instruction is given in all the principal keyboard and orchestral instruments, in a variety of Renaissance and Baroque instruments, and voice. There is also a symphony orchestra, a large chorus, a smaller vocal ensemble, a jazz orchestra and a wide range of instrumental ensembles that can be taken for credit. All of these are available to students of Barnard College, Columbia College, the School of General Studies and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

NOMADS (Theatre)
Phone: 212 266-5525
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/nomadscolumbia/
Main Email Contact: nomads.columbia@gmail.com
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NOMADS produces original student-written theatre each semester, and is one of only two clubs at Columbia University that presents student-writing for the stage. From playwrights and composers, to actors, directors, designers, and technicians, NOMADS is dedicated to fostering artistic growth and collaboration among Columbia University theatre artists. Through producing and developing original student theatrical works , we aim to encourage emerging theatre artists to explore their creativity and develop their own particular crafts for the stage. We seek to present challenging, entertaining, and thought-provoking material for audiences at Columbia and in the wider New York theatre world. In addition to full productions, NOMADS programs include: The NOMADS Theatre Workshop and The PlayPen. Wander no more! Join NOMADS!

Nonsequitur (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.columbiagroups.org/nonsequitur
Main Email Contact: nonsequitur.acappella@gmail.com
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Contact: Elena Mayer, President- em2459@barnard.edu
Founded by five a cappella enthusiasts, Nonsequitur represents the effort to better themselves and the Columbia community through song. They take pride in their varied repertoire and unique performing style.

Notes and Keys (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/notesandkeys/
Main Email Contact: notesandkeys@columbia.edu
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Notes and Keys is wholeheartedly dedicated to producing wicked awesome a cappella music for the Columbia community, remaining the most fun and diverse group on campus, playing exhaustive rounds of the parlor game and running charades, and having people accept proposals through a convincing rendition of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

Onsite (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/archprogram/bca_osite_frm.html
Main Email Contact: architecture@barnard.edu
Onsite is the annual journal of undergraduate work produced by the Barnard-Columbia Architecture Program. The journal is created by a different team of graduating senior students every year.

Onyx Dance Troupe (Dance)
Affiliation: Columbia
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Contact: onyx@columbia.edu
Onyx Dance Troupe is a pre-professional hip-hop dance group at Columbia University. Our main goals are to fulfill our passion for dance, expose the university community to real street styles of dance, and to improve on our individual hip hop technique.

Orchesis (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orchesis/
Main Email Contact: orchesis@columbia.edu
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Orchesis is the a student-run dance organization here at Columbia University. We offer performing, non-performing and social opportunities alike. We host master classes, both by professional dance teachers and by our own dancers from the Columbia University community, plan affordable field trips to concerts in New York City such as Alvin Ailey, The New York City Ballet and The Donkey Show, and produce major dance concerts of our own every semester.

Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies (Theatre)
Location: 601 Dodge Hall
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/theatre/index.jsp
The Theatre Studies Program attracts students of acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, producing and management who have the talent, vision, and commitment to become exceptional artists. At Columbia they interact with some of the leading creators, practitioners, producers, critics and scholars of today's theatre. Our students train in traditions deeply rooted in the classics, while at the same time branching out into new forms and exploring the cutting edge of theatrical art and industry. Theatre is an international art form, drawing on diverse cultures, and our student body has significant international representation. Theatre is also a collaborative art and we strongly promote interaction across the Program, while providing for intense immersion in each student's chosen concentration. Ultimately, our goal is to provide each student with the foundation for a career in professional theatre as well as the tools to embrace an ever-changing theatrical landscape and shape the future of the theatre.

P&S Choir (Music: Vocal)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Founded in January 1999, the P&S Choir is a co-ed group of 15-20 singers representing all schools of the Columbia University Medical Center Campus. We are devoted to performing diverse, challenging, and fun pieces while providing a low-key, low-stress outlet for those who love to sing. The choir meets for rehearsals once a week, on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the Bard Hall music rooms. We have two major performances per year: a holiday concert in early December and a spring concert in late April or early May. In the past, we have performed at P&S Coffeehouses and holiday parties, and we also go caroling in Milstein Hospital during the holiday season. Our musical repertoire ranges from madrigals and classical choral masterpieces to folk pieces and contemporary classics. A recent concert featured not only Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, but also “Sure on this Shining Night” by Samuel Barber, among other pieces. Over the years we have performed pieces by Palestrina, Rachmaninoff, Purcell, Offenbach, Brahms, Billy Joel, and many others. Auditions are held in September and January and are open to all, regardless of prior singing experience.

P&S Dance Club (Dance)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Sayuri Jinadasa ’12, Quinn Leslie ’12, Frances Onyimba ‘12
The P&S Dance Club seeks to introduce all styles of dance, including modern, lyrical, hip-hop, jazz, ballet, tap, and all cultural genres, to the CUMC community at large. Our completely student-run group is comprised of passionate and committed dancers, ranging in skills from those who have trained and performed professionally to those who have just discovered dance. In addition to providing a creative outlet for its members, the P&S Dance Club promotes a healthy and active lifestyle, an important consideration for professional health students. Classes will be taught bi-monthly for varying styles of dance taught by student members, and student-choreographed performances include Coffeehouse and an annual dance showcase.

P&S Musicians’ Guild (Music: Instrumental)
Contact: Timothy Cheng ’12, Peter Liou ’12, Heather Phillips ‘12
The P&S Musicians’ Guild, a division of the P&S Club, is the umbrella organization for musical events at Columbia University Medical Center campus. With over 250 members, we produce an annual orchestra concert and monthly “Musical Mondays,” in Bard Hall Main Lounge. If you are interested in performing at a Musical Monday, please contact one of the Guild coordinators. We also organize a benefit concert in the spring for the Head Start Program here at Columbia. Proceeds help to fund early education for neighborhood children. Membership is open to anyone who would like to be active in musical activities at P&S, even if you are not affiliated with the medical center. For our member’s convenience, a directory of guild members with an interest in performing can be found here. All musical styles and instruments are represented in the Guild...and membership is free! If you would like to join, please contact one of the coordinators.

Philolexian Society (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.philo.org
Main Email Contact: philo@columbia.edu
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The Philolexian Society is Columbia University's oldest and sexiest student organization. Established in 1802 by associates of Alexander Hamilton, the Society promotes literary awareness and the art of rhetoric among its members, who have ranged from Allen Ginsberg to Jacques Barzun. Over the years, Philo has evolved significantly. While we honor our predecessors, we don't believe we're living in the 19th century. We just think it might be fun to pretend.

Photography Club (Art)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Thanks to generous alumni support, the well-equipped David and Virginia Garfein Memorial Darkroom located on the first floor of Bard Hall offers experienced photographers and newcomers alike the opportunity to produce black & white photographs. In addition to keeping its doors open to anyone who is interested, including the Second Year Narrative Medicine Seminar, the P&S Photo Club encourages all of its members to participate in shows throughout the year. Many members contributed their work to various photography shows at the Faculty Club, as well to our fund raiser show for CoSMO held at the Kolb Annex in March of 2006. The P&S Photo Club plans to expand its presence on- and off-campus in the upcoming years and hopes that all who are interested join. Remember, 8 x 10s make great gifts, and carrying your black camera in New York City looks, oh, so chic.

Postatime (Media)
Website: http://www.postatime.com/columbia
Contact: rja2115@columbia.edu; msv2107@columbia.edu;
Postatime.com/columbia is an events based website created with the intent to organize and simplify the social calendars for all members of the Columbia community. Student groups, sports teams, and individuals can use the site to easily advertise their events (either public or private), and the general student body can use it to find them. We hope to make campus more eco-friendly by  doing away with the unsightly and wasteful flyers that have congested our public areas. The site features a large University wide calendar of upcoming events and is very easy to use. Just make a profile and you're on your way.

Postcrypt Art Gallery (Art)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/postcrypt/artgallery/
Main Email Contact: ibk2105@columbia.edu
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Contact: President, Ian Kwok
Postcrypt Art Gallery is a unique space on the Columbia University campus designed to provide student artists and curators with the opportunity to create, curate and exhibit their work. Since its inception in 1989, when an enterprising group of Columbia undergraduate students took the initiative to transform the unused basement space of the St.Paul's Chapel into an exhibition space, the Postcrypt Art Gallery has been the artistic pulse of the Columbia campus. The gallery serves as the only gallery space exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of undergraduate art, and student artists from CC. BC GS and SEAS are provided with the opportunity to exhibit their work, regardless of their involvement with the Visual Arts Department. (Last updated a Jan. 06)

Postcrypt Coffeehouse (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/postcrypt/coffeehouse/
Main Email Contact: postcryptcoffeehouse@columbia.edu
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The Postcrypt coffeehouse, established in 1964, features professional, amateur, and student performers every Friday and Saturday night throughout the academic year from 9:00pm to midnight. Admission is always free and open to all and our shows and regular open-stages bring in a diversity of music and artists. From blues, folk, jazz, rock, country, a capella, and performance arts such as poetry, comedy, and storytelling -Postcrypt has it all- with the strict rule that everything has to be acoustic. We believe in an accessible and friendly atmosphere for artists to share their craft, so, our artists (local as well as from around the country) perform for small audiences without microphones. Some of the more well-known artists who have graced our stage include: David Bromberg, Jeff Buckley, Shawn Colvin, Ani DiFranco, John Gorka, Patty Larkin, Lisa Loeb, Ellis Paul, Martin Sexton, Tony Trischka, Suzanne Vega, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Dar Williams. The Postcrypt is completely student run and non-profit, and is the only free venue of its kind in the New York area. Our devoted volunteers listen to demos, book artists, manage the business, work in the bar, and interact with our guests who range from age 10 to age 80. Many of these guests come from Morningside Heights and have been with the Postcrypt for decades. Known nationally as a fantastic folk music site, the Postcrypt was recently listed in the Lonely Planet Guide to New York City. All-in-all, the Postcrypt is a key way for Columbia University to interact with neighborhood residents, for students to discover new (and old) music, and for aspiring musicians to come into their own.

Proxy Magazine (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.theproxyproject.org
Main Email Contact: theproxyproject@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
The Proxy Magazine is dedicated to capturing the voices that emerge out of the African Diaspora, with the acknowledgment that there is no singular or definitive perspective or experience. We are searching for stories ranging from the hip-hop scene in Europe to the shifting faces of Harlem to the Afro-Latino experience of the Caribbean. We feel very strongly about combining different kinds of cultural and creative forces to articulate a fresh voice on campus. The Proxy Magazine features short stories, poetry, news articles, academic essays, paintings, drawings, photography--anything that will question, reveal, enliven, and illuminate the stories that beg to be told.

Public Health Doctoral Students Association (PHDSA) (Media)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: bsw2110@columbia.edu
Contact: Brooke West
The Public Health Doctoral Students Association exists to provide doctoral students, both Ph.D. and Dr.PH, and Master’s students interested in doctoral studies within the Mailman School of Public Health with an organization unique to their interests. Doctoral students are a minority within the School of Public Health, and their academic and long-term interests are often not addressed by other student organizations. Through the Public Health Doctoral Students Association, doctoral students and masters students interested in doctoral studies may network between departments and collaborate together to press concerns unique to doctoral study.

Quarto (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/quarto/
Main Email Contact: tq8@columbia.edu
Columbia University's oldest undergraduate student-run literary journal, Quarto has remained in publication for over 51 years, presenting the finest works of fiction, poetry and other creative writings of Columbia students and alumni. The list of previous Quarto contributors is distinguished and includes acclaimed writers such as J.D. Salinger, Carson McCullers, Mario Puzo, Richard Yates, William Carlos Williams, Louise Gluck, Melissa Bank, Joseph Connelly, Edwidge Danicat, Kim Wozencraft, and Joseph Ferrandino.

Queer Health Task Force (QHTF) (Media)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: ajw2144@columbia.edu
Contact: Amber J Whitcher
QHTF is dedicated to promoting the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex people. By providing opportunities for learning, activism and skills building at the Mailman School of Public health, we work toward created improved visibility of queer health issues and improved access to care. We believe that competent, informed care for LGBTQQI people is integral to Public Health.

Rabi-Warner Concert Series (Music: Instrumental)
Affiliation: Faculty House
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/fachouse/information.html
Contact: Jennifer Cho- jc2305@columbia.edu
In 1985, Suzanne Fremon, a concert pianist and computer programmer at the Columbia computer center, with the help of Aaron Warner, president of the Advisory Board of the Faculty House, inaugurated a series of noon-hour concerts, for the Columbia and Morningside Heights community. In general, the series begins in mid-October and continues through mid-December, in the Fall; in the Spring, the series runs from mid-February through the end of April. There are roughly 20 concerts in the course of a school year. The series is named for I.I. Rabi, Nobel physics professor, who was an early supporter and Aaron Warner, director of the University Seminars, who was a major influence in the early days of establishing the series. Both are deceased. The concerts take place on Wednesdays, from 12:15 to 1 PM. Audience members are encouraged to have lunch, either beforehand or afterwards, at the 4th floor dining room, where a reservation is advisable, or at the 3rd floor cafeteria. The performers are professional musicians, usually from the New York area, who like to appear at the Faculty House, because the ambiance is friendly, the acoustics are good and the audience is welcoming. Many concert artists use the Faculty House setting as an opportunity to test upcoming programs they plan to perform in other venues around the City or on tour. Since the Faculty House sponsors the Rabi-Warner concerts, admission is free of charge to the audience.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Literature and Writing)
Location: Butler Library, 6th Floor East
Phone: 212-854-5153
Affiliation: Columbia University Libraries
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/rbml/index.html
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), the home of many of Columbia's greatest treasures, is housed on the sixth floor of Butler Library. The range of the library's holdings spans more than 4,000 years, from cylinder seals created in Mesopotamia to artists' books on which the ink is barely dry. In addition to printed and manuscript resources, the library contains cuneiform tablets, papyri, ostraca, astronomical and mathematical instruments, maps, works of art, photographs, posters, early printing presses and papermaking equipment, type specimens, sound and moving image recordings, theater set models, puppets, masks, ephemera and memorabilia.

Raw Elementz (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/rawelementz/
Main Email Contact: rawelementz@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Anna Ahn, President- aa2403@columbia.edu
Raw Elementz burst into being in the spring of 2001, when former Culture Shock dancer and current slave to academia Kristin Liu decided to take matters into her own hands. In the beginning, there was Kant. On the weekends, there was more Kant, and sometimes Aristotle, or if you were lucky enough to go to Barnard you might get something interesting. Then Kristin said, Let there be hip-hop, and Raw Elementz was born. And it was good. As long-time big cheese in the satellite hip-hop interest group of the Chinese Students Club, Kristin made the move to expand her base of operations. She created an organization modeled loosely after Culture Shock, a professional dance troupe and outreach organization in cities around the world. She worked tirelessly to attain ABC and SGA recognition, hounded random students for signatures, and essentially stopped at nothing until her mission was completed. Of course, in the end it all paid off, and Raw Elementz has since grown into what it is now: An independent, diverse, awesome group of people who love to dance.

Reflexions Literary & Art Magazine (Art)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Main Email Contact: cumc-reflexions@columbia.edu
Contact: Viola Huang ’12, Mark Landreneau ’12, Zhixi Li ’12, Kerry Vaughan ‘12
Reflexions is the literary and visual art magazine of the Columbia University Medical Center. The magazine features health and non-health themed poetry, fiction, narratives, photography and art. Submissions are accepted from CUMC students, faculty and staff, who also are involved in the selection, editing and layout process. Reflexions is published in the spring and is widely distributed throughout the hospital and Columbia academic community. We are currently expanding to print both a fall and spring issue. Please address inquiries and submissions to cumc-reflexions@columbia.edu.

Rhapsody in Blue: An Urban Journal (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/rhapsody
Facebook: Link
Contact: Emma Jacobs- ecj2107@columbia.edu
Rhapsody in Blue is a biannual student journal about cities founded by two Urban Studies students at Columbia. The journal combines the disciplines of art, photography, poetry, and prose to explore what makes a city breathe, what makes it move, struggle, thrive, hurt, and grow.

Romanian Club (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Columbia University; Interschool
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/romanian/
Main Email Contact: romania@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Andrei Dinu-Ionita, Vice President- apd2117@columbia.edu
The Romanian Club at Columbia University serves to raise awareness about Romanian culture in the Columbia Community and to assemble those with an interest in Romania, its history, culture, and current situation. You do not have to be Romanian to attend our events or be part of the board.

Roone Arledge Auditorium (Media)
Location: Alfred Lerner Hall
Affiliation: Lerner Hall
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lernerhall/index.html

Sabor (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sabor/
Main Email Contact: sabor_board@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Sabilah Eboo, President
Sabor Dance Team is one of the largest Latino-based organizations on Columbia's campus. In addition to Latin dance styles, Sabor also performs hip-hop, reggaeton, jazz, modern, Indian, Caribbean, and other styles of dance. Recognized by both Columbia University and Barnard College, Sabor holds multiple dance and culture-related activities on both campuses in addition to its regular biweekly team practices. Sabor prides itself on being more than just a dance team – our annual Fall Semester show attracts an audience of more than 400 members and strives to allow members of the Columbia and New York communities to experience and better understand Latino and Caribbean cultures through dance and other performing arts. Additionally, every Spring semester, Sabor hosts The Rélevé Program, a three-day program for underserved high school students who are involved in the performing arts and interested in attending college or university. We provide workshops in both the performing arts and college admissions for them and act as mentors in an effort to reach out to and encourage young performers to pursue higher education. Sabor, above all, provides a canvas for students to come together to explore and express Latin and Caribbean identities as they relate to the world at large and to youth culture today through the art of dance.

School of the Arts (Media)
Location: 305 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-2875
Website: http://arts.columbia.edu/
We are a community of artists inside a great university --Columbia University-- in one of the greatest arts centers of the world --New York City. We take advantage of this fortunate location by connecting our students to the excitement and creativity of the arts in New York. At our doorstep are the resources and opportunities offered by hundreds of museums and galleries, theatres and theatre companies, publishing houses, reading spaces, and production companies. Equally important, within the walls of Columbia University are resources critical to the development of emerging artists, including libraries, performance spaces, and some of the best faculty -in all disciplines -in the world. The teaching and mentoring of our regular faculty is supplemented by a remarkable adjunct faculty, as well as by visiting artists and guest lecturers.

School of the Arts- Student Affairs (Media)
Website: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/student_affairs/index.jsp
Whether you're a continuing student or new to the School of the Arts, the Office of Student Affairs is designed to make your time in the M.F.A. program easier and enrich your School of the Arts experience as whole. Aside from providing information to students regarding registration, financial aid, housing, student activities, general orientation and graduation (among others), we also serve as a bridge to the rest of Columbia University.

Science Fiction Society (Media)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cusfs/
Main Email Contact: cusfs.info@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Contact: Caitlin McDonald and Emma Candon, Co-Presidents
CUSFS is Columbia University's one and only Science Fiction Society. Despite the words "Science Fiction" in there, we're not just about rocket ships and laser guns (but they are nice). We love fantasy, horror, comics, RPGs, video games and just about everything else geeky or fandom-related.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Group (SHAG) (Media)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: dms2198@columbia.edu
Contact: Dana Smiles
SHAG is dedicated to reproductive and sexual rights for all people. By providing opportunities for learning, activism, and skills building at the Mailman School of Public Health, we work toward creating universal access to reproductive and sexual health information and services. We believe that sexual and reproductive health are integral to Public Health.

Skills Experience and Resources for Conflict and Health (SEARCH) (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: ap2707@columbia.edu
Contact: Alina Potts
The mission of SEARCH is to provide opportunities for students to gain skills and experience that will improve the health and well-being of conflict-affected populations. Through events and experiential learning opportunities, SEARCH will also raise awareness among the Columbia University community of complex emergencies around the world.

Sounds of China (Multicultural)
Website: http://www.soundsofchina.org
Main Email Contact: soc@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Vanessa Chow, President- vc2136@columbia.edu
We provide a resource for all to pursue interests in the Chinese language and culture beyond the boundaries of Columbia. Our weekly Cantonese and Mandarin radio programs on 89.9FM reach a wide off-campus audience in the tri-state area. We also provide workshops, monthly movie screenings, and field trips that run throughout the school year. Some of our annual event-highlights include Dumpling Dinner Karaoke Night (DDKN), Mahjong Madness, and radio drama productions.

South Asian Public Health Forum for Action (SAPHFA) (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: al2734@columbia.edu
Contact: Alisha Lakhani
The South Asian Public Health Forum for Action exists to raise awareness on public health issues in South Asia and its diasporas with a focus on New York City. The organization will serve as a student-led forum to address public health in South Asians as it relates to social, political, economic, medical, law and policy making aspects.

Southern Asian Institute (Multicultural)
Location: International Affairs Building, 11th Floor
Phone: 212-854-3616
Website: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/regional/sai/
Main Email Contact: southasia@columbia.edu
Contact: Vidya Dehejia, Director
The Southern Asian Institute coordinates the many activities at Columbia University that relate to Southern Asia -- mainly the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. Its conferences, seminars, exhibits, films, and lecture series bring together faculty and students with widely varying interests and backgrounds. It works with many South Asia groups on campus and off. Because of its location in New York City, the Institute has lively ties with persons serving in the United Nations, the diplomatic community, and many international agencies. It is also in the midst of the largest South Asian ethnic community in North America, with all its cultural richness.

Student Advocates for the Arts (Art)
Website: http://www.studentadvocatesforthearts.org
Main Email Contact: studentartsadvocates@gmail.com
Facebook: Link
Student Advocates for the Arts (SAA) is a student-run club for learning and participating in arts advocacy. Founded in 2002 by graduate students in the Arts Administration Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, SAA engages students in hands-on lobbying, workshops on advocacy and cultural policy, and discussions on the American system for funding the arts.

Student Development & Activities (Media)
Phone: 212-854-3611
Website: http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/sda/
Main Email Contact: activities@columbia.edu
Student Development and Activities (SDA) is committed to helping students enhance their leadership skills and explore the co-curricular opportunities available at Columbia. SDA forges a sense of community by providing opportunities for social interaction and student participation in community life and governance. Whether you are looking for advice in running your organization, planning an event, organizing your financial records, starting a group, or if you just want to brainstorm, the SDA staff is here to support you.

Student Government Association (SGA)/Mailman School of Public Health (Multicultural)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: apo2114@columbia.edu
Contact: President, Andre Oliveira
The mission of the Student Government Association of the Mailman School of Public Health is as follows: to represent all students enrolled in the School of Public Health; to represent all of the registered student groups operating within the School of Public Health; to provide guidance for both the student groups and the individual students themselves as they study at Columbia University and prepare for their careers.

Students for Environmental Action (Media)
Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
Main Email Contact: jc3281@columbia.edu
Contact: John Choi
SEA is established to promote environmental awareness at the medical campus. We want to be the voice of students for environmental concerns. This organization is dedicated to reforming inadequate recycling policies, devising strategies to decrease waste and energy consumption, improving energy efficiency, educating students and faculty on environmental issues, and decreasing the ecological footprint at the Columbia University Medical Center.

T.H.E. H.U.M.E.RUS (Comedy)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Chase Shutak ‘12
T.H.E. H.U.M.E.RUS stands for “Teaching Humor Education Humorously, Using Medical Education ResoUrceS.” Throughout the course of our four years at P&S, we study the fundamentals of becoming a health care provider; the underlying science, the provider-patient relationship and professionalism in the practice of medicine. One skill that cannot be over-taught is the ability to think on one’s feet- to actively listen and appropriately respond. This skill is at the core of improvisational comedy, and is honed with practice of the art. Our goal is to use improv comedy to teach CUMC students to respond to their environments and confidently approach new and unpredictable situations- situations similar to what health care professionals must face in their daily lives. THE HUMERUS provides a fun and supportive space for students to gather in order to escape the rigors of academia, and explore a different side of themselves. Activities include small group rehearsals, trips to improve shows, and campus performances.

Taal (Dance)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/taal/
Main Email Contact: taal@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Shakthi Bhasker, Co-President- stb2115@columbia.edu and Uttara Nag, Co-President- upn2101@columbia.edu
Must request permission to join group. Taal was founded in January 2001 at Columbia University. The fundamental intent of Taal is to promote awareness of South Asian dance, thereby promoting awareness of both Indian culture and the arts. It serves to establish a forum for South Asian dance, open to all members of the Barnard/Columbia community. It is a medium through which the many students who have studied South Asian dance may continue the art through choreography and performance, and provides those students who have an interest in South Asian dance and culture to explore one of its primary facets by attending performances, and attending or participating in practices or workshops.

Tablet (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/tablet/
Main Email Contact: tablet@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Tablet is Columbia University's only multicultural literary and art magazine. Published each semester, Tablet reflects the diverse community of Columbia and New York and is geared towards providing an open forum in which various cultural issues can be discussed in a literary context. Although formerly known as Asian Journal, they have since broadened their scope by including work from writers and artists of all cultural heritages. The goal is to enrich the Columbia community with a mix of cultural expressions.

Taiwanese American Student's Association (Multicultural)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/tasa/
Facebook: Link

The Activities Board at Columbia (ABC) (Media)
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/abc/index.html
The Activities Board at Columbia (ABC) currently governs 155 undergraduate student organizations at Columbia University.The membership of student clubs under the ABC generally consists of students from the four undergraduate schools at Columbia: Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of General Studies and Barnard College.

The Birch (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.thebirchonline.org
Main Email Contact: editor@thebirchonline.org
Facebook: Link
Contact: Mark Krotov, Editor-in-chief
The Birch is the first student-run undergraduate journal in America dedicated specifically to Slavic studies. It is a biannual publication and accepts submissions pertaining to Slavic culture and politics, literary criticism, and creative writing.

The Blue and White (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=print
Main Email Contact: bweditors@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Anna Phillips, Editor-in-Chief- amp2133@columbia.edu
The Blue and White is a magazine written by undergraduates at Columbia University, New York City. Founded in 1890, the magazine has dedicated itself throughout its existence to providing students an outlet for intellectual and political discussion, literary publication, and general parody. In 2006, The Blue and White established the Bwog, an online blog counterpart to the magazine, which aims to bring its readership gossip and other Columbia news around the clock.

The Collegium Musicum (Music: Vocal)
Website: http://music.columbia.edu/collegium/
Main Email Contact: columbiacollegium@yahoo.com
Facebook: Link
Contact: Amber Youell-Fingleton, Director- aly2101@columbia.edu
The Collegium Musicum is one of Columbia University's leading choral ensembles. While traditionally maintaining a lean, intimate chamber choir size of 16 to 40 members, the repertoire of the last 10 years of the Collegium has included ventures into such ambitious repertoire as the Brahms Requiem, in collaboration with the Manhattan School of Music choir and Columbia University Orchestra. Founded in the mid-1950s, the Collegium was first conceived as an opportunity for graduate students in musicology to experience early music in a performance context that was tightly integrated with the academic curriculum. It soon developed into an ensemble featuring instruments as well as singers (with world renowned music scholar Richard Taruskin as its first gambist). The staple repertoire of the Collegium has been Medieval and Renaissance composers such as Machaut, Josquin, Palestrina, Ockeghem, Tallis, and Byrd as well as Baroque composers such as Monteverdi and Bach. The Collegium also has a commitment to perform works which are not frequently performed, as well as 20-th century and contemporary music. Recent examples of this are concerts featuring the works of John Cage and Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. The Collegium has served as a springboard for former directors, some of whom have founded notable ensembles including Capella Nova (Richard Taruskin), Pomerium (Alexander Blachly), and Anonymous 4 (Susan Hellauer), and Eric Rice (the Collegium Musicum of University of Connecticut). Historic recordings of the Collegium can still be found at http://minstrelrecords.com/Coll_Des.htm

The Columbia Business School Art Association (Art)
Contact: Min Santandrea- mkl2108@columbia.edu, and Karen Adam - kba3@columbia.edu
This social club's mission is to foster an ongoing relationship between professional and academic arts institutions and the Columbia Business School. Its purpose is to lead and coordinate regular events in both the visual and performing arts so that students find it fun, easy and affordable to enjoy the arts in New York City. The Association also seeks to develop a network of current and former B-school students who are artistically inclined.

The Current (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.columbiacurrent.org
Facebook: Link
The Current is a journal of contemporary politics, culture and Jewish affairs at Columbia University. Launched in December 2005, The Current publishes essays on a broad range of subjects, with letters to the editor, an editorial, and book reviews appearing in each issue. The Current's Spring 2007 issue was the first-ever Columbia publication to be printed in a 'green' -environmentally friendly- manner. The Current's paper is 100% Forest Stewardship Council certified, and 50% of it comes from recycled sources, of which 25% is post-consumer waste. Additionally, no chlorine or acids were used to bleach the paper or publish the journal.

The Fed (Comedy)
Website: http://www.the-fed.org/index.php
Main Email Contact: thefed@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Sam Reisman, Editor-in-Chief- scr2113@columbia.edu, and Sophie Litschwartz, Publisher- sl2562@barnard.edu
The Fed is Columbia's alternative newspaper. We print stories that either profoundly shake our complacent and familiar thought patterns, or else stories that make us chuckle. It's easier to make us chuckle, admittedly. But we really hope to be like one of those drugs that does both.

The Fritz Reiner Center for Contemporary Music (Music: Instrumental)
Affiliation: School of the Arts

The Gadfly (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.gadflymagazine.com
Main Email Contact: gadflymagazine@gmail.com
The Gadfly is the undergraduate philosophy magazine of Columbia University, and the first in the country. It is a magazine and not a journal—instead of publishing formal academic papers, we print informal essays, book and event reviews, interviews, humor, and short stories and lots of art. We think philosophy is too important to limit our readership through jargon and name-dropping. We publish The Gadfly so that all undergraduates—not only those specializing in philosophy—can take part in enjoyable philosophical dialogue.

The Italian Academy (Multicultural)
Location: Casa Italiana
Phone: 212-854-2306
Website: http://www.italianacademy.columbia.edu/
Main Email Contact: itacademy@columbia.edu
The Academy was created in 1991 on the basis of a charter signed by the President of the Republic of Italy and the President of Columbia University. It was conceived as a center for advanced research, particularly in areas relating to Italian culture, science and society. It was also intended to provide a locus for collaborative projects between senior Italian and American scholars, particularly those open to interdisciplinary research.

The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies (Art)
Location: 310 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-7641
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://arts.columbia.edu/neiman/
Contact: Hye Joeng Kim- hjk54@columbia.edu
The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies was founded to promote printmaking through education, production and exhibition of prints. The Center provides students, as well as established artists, a rich environment to investigate and produce images through a myriad of printmaking techniques which include intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, relief, photography, and digital imaging.

The Photography Institute (Art)
Phone: 212-854-5688
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://www.thephotographyinstitute.org/
Contact: Cheryl Younger, Director- cyounger@gmsc-soho.com
In today's global community, visual images are the primary form of communication. Images have the presence to communicate what thousands of words cannot. They must be analyzed and understood because they embody historical and psychological viewpoints used to determine cultural norms and political climates. To be unable to decipher a photograph's construction, implications and power is to be fundamentally illiterate. The Photography Institute brings together today's noted and emerging artists, scholars and critics to provide a forum where they can explore contemporary issues in visual imagery and photographic image making.

The Ultrasounds (Music: Vocal)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Nasen Zhang ’12, Janet Li ‘12
Did you sing a cappella in college and you can’t get enough? Maybe you used to sing in choir and wanted to try something new. Even if you never sang in a group before, you should all consider trying out for the Ultrasounds. We regularly perform at Coffeehouses and school events, and we like to keep the time commitment to an hour and a half a week. We are a co-ed group and welcome all members of the CUMC community.

The Varsity Show (Theatre)
Website: http://www.thevarsityshow.com/
Main Email Contact: varsity@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
The Varsity Show, founded in 1894, is one of the oldest traditions at Columbia University, and certainly its oldest performing arts tradition. The long list of alumni includes such distinguished names as Rogers '23. Hammerstein '16, Hart '18, and I.A.L. Diamond' 41. Each year, the Varsity Show attracts some of Columbia and Barnard's finest actors and creative talents. Dedicated to producing a unique full-length show that skews and satirizes many dubious aspects of life at Columbia, the Varsity Show is often written and inspired by a long list of contributors, including the cast, production and creative teams.

Theatre Division- School of the Arts (Theatre)
Location: 601 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-3408
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://www.app.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/theatre/index.jsp
Main Email Contact: theatre@columbia.edu
The Theatre Arts Division attracts students of acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, and management who have the talent, vision, and commitment to become exceptional artists. At Columbia they interact with some of the leading creators, practitioners, producers, and analysts of today's theatre, acquiring disciplines rooted deeply in the classics while branching out into new forms and exploring the cutting edge of theatrical art. The best theatre in every culture and in all eras has not only reflected its time but also shaped its society and often helped point it toward the future. We believe we can restore the theatre to a place of influence in our culture by reminding audiences of the parts they play in forming a civilization that aspires to the highest ideals of human endeavor.

Undergraduate Writing Program (Literature and Writing)
Location: 310 Philosophy Hall
Phone: 212-854-3886
Affiliation: Department of English
Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/uwp/
Main Email Contact: uwp@columbia.edu
Contact: Joseph Bizup, Director

Uptown Vocal (Music: Instrumental)
Website: http://www.uptownvocal.com
Main Email Contact: uptownvocal@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
Contact: Sarah Chang, President- sc2503@barnard.edu
Must request permission to join group. Just minutes away from the A train, Columbia University's jazz/pop co-ed a cappella group, Uptown Vocal, enters its second decade of bringing aural amusement to New York City & the rest of the world. UV is made up of unusually attractive members of the Columbia community with love for the a cappella spirit, and accepts members from any part of the Columbia community, including graduate students.

V-Day (Theatre)
Main Email Contact: columbia.university.vday@gmail.com
Contact: Julia Burgi, Producer- jb2823@barnard.edu
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. Through V-Day campaigns, college students produce annual performances of The Vagina Monologues on Valentine's Day to raise awareness and funds for anti-violence communties in their own neighborhoods.

Visual Arts Division - School of the Arts (Art)
Location: 310 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-4065
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/visual_arts/index.jsp
Main Email Contact: visualarts@columbia.edu
Contemporary art has become increasingly interdisciplinary. To that end, the Division of Visual Arts keeps the walls between its disciplines low, offering an M.F.A. degree in Visual Arts, rather than in one specific medium. The two-year studio program taught by internationally celebrated artists allows students to pursue digital media, drawing, new genres, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video art. In addition to rigorous training within a specific discipline, we encourage our students to cross boundaries, both within our Division and outside of it, to take advantage of Columbia's renowned Writing, Theatre, and Film programs. This unique cultural nexus is our signature, distinguishing us from other comparable programs.

Visual Media Center (Media)
Location: 653 Schermerhorn Extension
Phone: 212-854-4606
Affiliation: Department of Art History and Archaeology
Website: http://www.learn.columbia.edu/
Main Email Contact: rc456@columbia.edu
Contact: Robert Carlucci, Director
The Visual Media Center explores material culture, vision, media, and pedagogy in the broadest sense to connect faculty research and student learning through the creative application of technology. Our goal is to examine and extend the ways of interpreting images, objects, buildings, and sites and to reinforce Columbia’s historic strengths in core education for undergraduate students, graduate student training, and faculty research. Our specialized facilities and personnel serve the closely related fields of Archæology, Art History, and Historic Preservation. There are natural affinities with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Teachers College, other Arts and Sciences departments, and the schools of Architecture, Engineering, Journalism, and International and Public Affairs.

Walker Percy Society (Literature and Writing)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Contact: Charlene Ong ‘12
P&S takes pride in the fact that many of its students and faculty are poets, writers, journalists and avid readers. Named in honor of the 1941 P&S graduate, the club offers a forum for the appreciation of literature and life. We invite students, faculty, and literary enthusiasts from the community at large to monthly informal discussions of short stories or poems. We also host events that promote literature and the arts at P&S. In past years we made trips to the 92nd Street Y for readings by Tom Stoppard and Pat Barker. In conjunction with the Program for Humanities in Medicine, we also have enjoyed readings on campus by writers Junot Diaz, Michael Ondaatje and Richard Selzer.

WBAR 87.9 FM (Media)
Website: http://wbar.org/
Main Email Contact: wbar@columbia.edu
Facebook: Link
WBAR is an independent, free-form, non-commercial, non-profit radio station broadcasting from the Barnard College campus in New York City. All of our programming is generated entirely by on-campus DJ's, with a new show spinning every 2 hours. Our staff is a fine bunch of Barnard and Columbia students, and every one of us is just as aesthetically pleasing as we are qualified for the job. WBAR's mission is to provide an outlet for the music that you won't find on mainstream stations, so we don't stop at broadcasting. We also put on some of the best shows in New York City.

WKCR 89.9 FM (Media)
Website: http://www.wkcr.org
Main Email Contact: board@wkcr.org
Facebook: Link
Contact: Matt Herman
WKCR is Columbia's non-commercial, student-run radio station broadcasting throughout the New York Metro area at 89.9 FM and streaming around the world at wkcr.org. Since its inception in 1941, WKCR has stood strong against the tide of commerce in defense of art. As a public radio station free from commercial and political pressures, WKCR gives top priority to meaningful art; Louis Armstrong, J.S. Bach, Bessie Smith, and many other geniuses are broadcast staples that grace WKCR's airwaves daily. WKCR applies to this artistic spectrum the stated goals of Columbia University: education and research. The mission of education is twofold, offering listeners informed programming with historical emphasis while training undergraduates in understanding the art forms as well as the style and science of presenting them on radio. 

Writing Division - School of the Arts (Literature and Writing)
Location: 415 Dodge Hall
Phone: 212-854-4391
Affiliation: School of the Arts
Website: http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/writing/index.jsp
Main Email Contact: writing@columbia.edu
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The Writing Division is a creative community of master teachers working with gifted apprentice writers who possess the creative force to find and develop a distinct voice and vision. Hundreds of books have been published by our graduates, including numerous thesis projects. Our location in New York City provides us with a two-way avenue to the nation's literary and publishing nexus. Students have access to events and internships at such institutions as the Poetry Society of America, the Academy of American Poets, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and the PEN American Center. Representatives from publishing houses and literary agencies regularly come to campus. The Hertog Fellowship program enables six students a year to work as research assistants to writers who also serve as mentors, such as Rick Moody, A. M. Homes, Peter Carey, and Diane McWhorter.