Spectator has defined my college experience in a way no other organization could. I first signed up for the mailing list during a prospective students’ visit over four years ago – before I even was a student at Columbia – and have been there ever since. After all that time, having held multiple titles (including president), I finally got to see my own words printed today in the paper for the first, and only, time as a student here.

Speech is free, but words aren’t cheap. My college career, in 785 words: The Irrational Choice.