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Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
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Amy Gutmann

Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli was officially introduced as head coach of Columbia's football program at a press conference in New York on Tuesday.

Columbia's hiring of long-time Penn football coach Al Bagnoli to be its new head football coach sent shock waves through Penn Athletics, but it also came with strong support at Columbia. New Columbia Athletic Director Peter Pilling announced Bagnoli as his new coach two weeks ago and the Columbia Spectator caught up with alums to weigh in on the hiring. 2013 Columbia grad and quarterback Sean Brackett was positive that Bagnoli could turn things around for the Lions' lackluster program, which hasn't won a game since 2012. “Whenever you play a team coached by Bagnoli, you know they’re going to be smart, tough, both physically and mentally," Brackett said to the Spectator.


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You don't usually hear about the American flag getting banned from any part of an American University. But that's exactly what happened at the California Irvine this week, as the student government of the University banned the American flag from its lobby after a vote that narrowly passed. The resolution said that the flag can symbolize America's “exceptionalism and superiority," and can be seen as hate speech.