T.H.E. H.U.M.E.RUS (Comedy)
Affiliation: College of Physicians and Surgeons
Website: http://juno.cumc.columbia.edu/ps/handbook/node/318
Contact: Chase Shutak, President - cws2122@columbia.edu
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
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Contact: Lekha Menon, President - lsm2119@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
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Contact: Hannah Lepow, Editor-in-Chief - hml2118@columbia.edu
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/
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The Birch (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.thebirchonline.org
Main Email Contact: editor@thebirchonline.org
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Contact: Rebekah Kim, President - rebekah.g.kim@gmail.com
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 Birch (Literature and Writing)
Website: http://www.thebirchonline.org
Main Email Contact: editor@thebirchonline.org
Contact: Rebekah Kim, Editor in Chief - rebekah.g.kim@gmail.com
The Birch is Columbia University's undergraduate journal of Eastern European and Eurasian culture. The Birch is the first student-run undergraduate journal in America dedicated specifically to this area of study. Visit our website to check out old issues.

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
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Contact: Nick Serpe, Editor-in-Chief - nes2115@columbia.edu
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
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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
Website: http://juno.cumc.columbia.edu/ps/handbook/node/218
Contact: Nasen Zhang, President - nz2167@columbia.edu
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
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Contact: Ajit Pillai, Producer - acp2129@columbia.edu
The Varsity Show, founded as a fundraiser for Varsity athletics in 1894, is one of the oldest traditions at Columbia University, and certainly its oldest performing arts tradition. Its long list of alumni includes such distinguished names as Oscar Hammerstein II '16, Lorenz Hart '18, Richard Rodgers '23, I.A.L. Diamond '41, and Terrence McNally '60. Each year, the Varsity Show attracts some of the campus's finest actors and creative talents to produce a full-length original musical comedy that skewers and satirizes the more dubious aspects of life at Columbia. The Varsity Show now draws together the entire Columbia undergraduate community for a series of sold-out performances every April. Check out www.thevarsityshow.com for news, ticket information, history, and streaming music from past shows. Get in touch: varsity@columbia.edu

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.