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'''2006''' in Columbia history:
 
'''2006''' in Columbia history:
  
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==Spring==
 
==Spring==
  
*[[Ruggles vandalization incident]]
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*February: End of [[CampusNetwork]]
*Launch of [[The Bwog]]
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*February: Launch of [[The Bwog]] and the first SpecBlogs
 
*[[SHOCC]] protests
 
*[[SHOCC]] protests
*[[Seth Flaxman]] elected president of the [[CCSC]]
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*March: [[Seth Flaxman]] elected president of the [[CCSC]]
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*March: [[Norman Finkelstein Speech]] controversy
 
*10th anniversairy of [[Austin Quigley]]'s deanship of [[Columbia College]] honored during [[Columbia College Days]]
 
*10th anniversairy of [[Austin Quigley]]'s deanship of [[Columbia College]] honored during [[Columbia College Days]]
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*[[The Bwog]] rises to prominence by beating ''[[Spec]]'''s [[Columbia Housing|housing]] coverage
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*May: The first [[Spring Pillow Fight]] is organized
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*[[May 7]]: [[SEAS]] student Richard Ng goes missing, is later discovered to have killed himself by jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge
 
*[[John McCain]] speaks at [[Columbia College]] [[Class Day]]; students protest with orange "Not in My Name" buttons and umbrellas
 
*[[John McCain]] speaks at [[Columbia College]] [[Class Day]]; students protest with orange "Not in My Name" buttons and umbrellas
  
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*Debate between [[Chris Kulawik]] and [[Avi Zvi Zenilman]] on ''The O'Reilly Factor''
 
*Debate between [[Chris Kulawik]] and [[Avi Zvi Zenilman]] on ''The O'Reilly Factor''
 
*Awarding of the [[Nobel Prize]] to [[Edmund Phelps]] and [[Orhan Pamuk]]
 
*Awarding of the [[Nobel Prize]] to [[Edmund Phelps]] and [[Orhan Pamuk]]
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*Boosting [[financial aid]], Columbia replaces loans with grants for all students whose families earn under $50,000 a year
  
 
===November===
 
===November===
*Ex-Czech President and playwright [[Václav Havel]] spends two months at Columbia as artist-in residence; [[Lit Hum]] syllabus temporarily altered to include one of his works
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*Ex-Czech President and playwright [[Václav Havel]] begins his two months at Columbia as artist-in residence; [[Lit Hum]] syllabus temporarily altered to include one of his works
 
*November: [[Journalism School]] students [[J-School Ethics Exam|cheat on an ethics exam]]
 
*November: [[Journalism School]] students [[J-School Ethics Exam|cheat on an ethics exam]]
 
*November: Vandals decapitate the statue of George Washington on the facade of [[St. John the Divine]]
 
*November: Vandals decapitate the statue of George Washington on the facade of [[St. John the Divine]]
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*The women's soccer team wins the [[Ivy League]] championship against [[Harvard]]
 
*The women's soccer team wins the [[Ivy League]] championship against [[Harvard]]
  
==See also==
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{{succession|preceded=[[2005]]|succeeded=[[2007]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=2006}}
*[[2005]]
 
*[[2007]]
 
  
 
[[Category:21st century]]
 
[[Category:21st century]]

Latest revision as of 19:32, 30 May 2013

First Bwog logo

2006 in Columbia history:

Spring

Fall

September

  • Launch of The Eye as the latest of many attempts at a Spectator magazine insert
  • Administration begins providing free beer at football games, in response to Bakergate
  • "Stop Being a Pussy" fliers advertising men's club hockey team lead to the team's suspension
  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad invited to speak during the World Leaders Forum by SIPA dean Lisa Anderson, but is de-invited following (officially) security concerns and (unofficially) because she may not have told President Bollinger beforehand, and some vocal students were outraged

October

November

Preceded by
2005
History of Columbia University 
2006
Succeeded by
2007