The Columns

The Columns was the blog of the Columbia Political Union. It used Drupal.

The contributors frequently got upset over Israel/Palestine. They sometimes told jokes, though.

The site is currently defunct and is theoretically being "revamped". Time will tell.

The Columnsists

The following members were regular contributors:

• Seth Berliner - Chicago native, CPR editor, CULPA admin.
• Nellie Bowles - Spec opinion columnist.
• Chas Carey - Editor-in-Chief of The Fed, College Rock director at WBAR, KCST regular, Spec columnist.
• David Feith - Editor-in-Chief of The Current.
• David Judd - President of the ISO, Minutemen protester, infamously featured in that New York magazine article.
• Kate Redburn - Outreach Coordinator for the Columbia University Democrats.
• Armin Rosen - Zeta Psi member, contributor to various campus publications.
• Matt Sanchez - Embroiled in controversy over anti-Columbia remarks and his own former porn/escort career.

Other, less frequent contributors included Luke Stalcup, Lauren Steinberg, Stefanie Goodsell, Christien Tompkins, and Evan Thomas.