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'''1968''' in Columbia history:
 
'''1968''' in Columbia history:
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*Clement Meadmore's sculpture ''[[Curl]]'' is unveiled outside [[Uris Hall]]
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*The [[School of General Studies]] first grants the B.A. degree
  
 
==Spring==
 
==Spring==
 
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*The [[Men's Basketball]] team wins the [[Ivy League]] title
 
*Construction of the [[Morningside Park]] gym commences
 
*Construction of the [[Morningside Park]] gym commences
*April: [[1968 protests]] erupt in response to the gym and other factors
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*April: [[1968 protests]] erupt in response to the gym and other factors; buildings are occupied and classes disrupted for a week until students are beaten and arrested by the [[NYPD]]; President [[Grayson Kirk]] is forced to resign
 
*The Grateful Dead play a concert outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]
 
*The Grateful Dead play a concert outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]
*[[Commencement]], held at [[St. John the Divine]], is boycotted by many students
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*[[Commencement]] is held at [[St. John the Divine]], and historian [[Richard Hofstadter]] addresses students rather than [[University President]] [[Grayson Kirk]]. Students nevertheless stage a walk-out and hold a counter-commencement in [[Morningside Park]]
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{{succession|preceded=[[1967]]|succeeded=[[1969]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=1968}}
  
[[Category:History]]
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[[Category:20th century]]

Latest revision as of 13:59, 30 January 2014

1968 in Columbia history:

Spring

Preceded by
1967
History of Columbia University 
1968
Succeeded by
1969