Columbia University

They're all out in front of Butler Library chain-smoking, wearing black, and protesting today's latest arbitrary cause. To quote Verity Veritas, the epitomical Columbian, "even in my darkest hour, when vulgarity surges around me, I cannot give up on the strength of my own story. Is this life? Art? The will to power?"

And thus, though the Columbia students continue to chain smoke, to protest, and to counter protest; they ultimately sacrifice the strength of their art and social justice in favor of their own art of living.

[Photo via @sadcolumbiaboys]

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