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| − | *February: plagiarism scandal involving Professor [[Madonna Constantine]] at [[Teachers College]]
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| − | *[[April 4]]: Stats PhD student [[Minghui Yu]] is killed by an SUV on Broadway while fleeing muggers
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| − | *Alumni mark 40th anniversairy of the [[1968 protests]]
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| − | *June: The [[Housing SSN security breach]] was discovered.
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| − | ==Fall==
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| − | * [[Judith Shapiro]] steps down from her post as President of [[Barnard College|Barnard]] and is succeeded by [[Debora Spar]].
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| − | *[[September 11]]: Presidential candidates [[Barack Obama]] and [[John McCain]] made a joint campus appearance as part of the [[ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum]]
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| − | *[[October 8]]: Bio chair [[Martin Chalfie]] wins the [[Nobel Prize]] in Chemistry
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| − | *[[November 4]]: Senator [[Barack Obama]] (D-IL) [[CC]] '[[1983|83]] wins the U.S. presidential election, and will be the first Columbia graduate to occupy the White House. Among his competitors were fellow CC '83 classmate [[Wayne Allen Root]] (VP nominee for the Libertarians) and CC '87 alum [[Matt Gonzalez]], an independent VP candidate running with Ralph Nader. [[GS]] '56 alum [[Mike Gravel]] (Democrat) was a competitor during the Democratic primaries.
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| − | *November: Student survey on [[ROTC]] appears to result in a narrow vote for keeping the organization banned from campus, but there is controversy over the number of votes thrown away.
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| − | *[[December 12]]: The [[Columbia University War Memorial]] is unveiled in [[Butler Library]]
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Revision as of 02:36, 31 March 2010
