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To Columbia alumni, these two are well known and special:

1. Bard Hall Players: https://www.ps.columbia.edu/education/academic-programs/md-p...

2. Columbia University Marching Band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_Marching_B...

Edit: After replying, I realized you may have meant the last sentence with the questions. The “Who wrote Plato’s Republic?” is at the end of the New York Times piece. As to the other one, Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?, here: https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/07/grants-tomb/492647...