David Solano

Columbia Daily Spectator — Over the past several decades, grade inflation has become an increasingly common concern across U.S. higher education. Proposed solutions have taken many forms, from listing median course grades on transcripts to mandating pass-fail grading for all freshmen.

Columbia Daily Spectator — Accuracy in Media-a conservative nonprofit with a history of doxxing student activists at universities across the country- returned to Broadway on March 2 displaying the names of over 50 students on a truck screen that identified said students as alleged "leaders" of CU Apartheid Divest.

Columbia Daily Spectator — Spectator's opinion section reflects the discourse of Columbia's community by editing and publishing the voices of Columbia administrators, faculty members, staff, students, alumni, and community members across Morningside Heights and West Harlem.

Columbia Daily Spectator — Columbia will have a new president come July. The University's board of trustees announced it had unanimously selected Jennifer Mnookin as the next permanent president in a Jan. 25 email. This selection comes after a grueling nine-month process and four years of unprecedented executive turnover, giving rise to both apprehension and hope in the student body.

Columbia Daily Spectator — The class of 2029 arrived at Columbia in the aftermath of campus protests, federal funding cuts, and Columbia's settlement with President Donald Trump's administration. Their first weeks on campus were overwhelmed by talking heads , news articles , and countless internet threads , placing blame on students, criticizing the administration, or declaring that Columbia's best days were over.

Columbia Daily Spectator — Across Morningside Heights and West Harlem, through content authored by Columbia administrators, community members, faculty members, staff, students, and alumni, it is the mission of Spectator's Opinion section to " reflect and direct campus and community discourse ."

Columbia Daily Spectator — On March 3, the conservative media "watchdog" organization Accuracy in Media returned to Morningside Heights with digital billboard trucks displaying a CU Apartheid Divest X post that read "Marg bar Amrika"-Farsi for "Death to America." Displayed above the X post was the website ColumbiaHatesAmerica, listing the names of members in the Columbia community associated with CUAD.