The Specter is a faculty and staff-driven newsletter with contributions from members of CUIMC Stands Up and the Columbia Faculty Alliance. Sometimes satirical, sometimes serious, it draws on Columbia’s own polished, bureaucratic, and sanctimonious style — whether to parody or expose it. We use this platform to highlight the contradictions, moral compromises, and institutional absurdities we are all being asked to normalize.

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Reading Between the Lines: Columbia’s July 22, 2025 University Statement on UJB Determinations for Butler Library Disruption and Alumni Weekend Encampment

by The Spector Editorial Staff

From the Office of Equitable Expulsions: A Statement on the Efficient Removal of Student Conscience

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Relief and Reckoning: T32s Return to CUIMC

by Melanie Wall

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July 22, 2025 - Columbia's Fall Course Catalog Has Arrived!

by The Specter Editorial Staff

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Reading Between the Lines: Shipman’s July 15, 2025 letter Our additional Commitments to Combatting Antisemitism

by The Specter Editorial Staff

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Reading Between the lines: Shipman’s July 11, 2025 Announcing the First Round of Research Stabilization Awards

by The Specter Editorial Staff

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BREAKING: Columbia University Launches New Motto — “Truth, Light, and Federal Compliance” by The Specter Editorial Staff

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Reading Between the Lines: Columbia’s Research Termination Memo May 6, 2025 on Preserving Columbia’s Critical Research Capabilities 

by The Specter Editorial Staff

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