https://www.wikicu.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=BalubaWikiCU - User contributions [en]2026-04-06T17:37:34ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.8https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Talk:Tree_Lighting_Ceremony&diff=48758Talk:Tree Lighting Ceremony2013-09-15T15:47:05Z<p>Baluba: Created page with "I looove the tree lighting ceremony! It's cute, short and fast, and makes me proud to be a Columbian!"</p>
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<div>I looove the tree lighting ceremony! It's cute, short and fast, and makes me proud to be a Columbian!</div>Balubahttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Tree_Lighting_Ceremony&diff=48757Tree Lighting Ceremony2013-09-15T15:45:59Z<p>Baluba: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Collegewalklit.jpg|thumb|Lit trees on [[College Walk]] ]]<br />
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The '''Tree Lighting Ceremony''' is an annual event celebrating the illumination of the lights decorating the trees lining [[College Walk]]. To be specific, these are the trees between [[Kent Hall|Kent]] and [[Hamilton Hall|Hamilton]] on the east side of College Walk, and [[Dodge Hall|Dodge]] and [[Journalism Hall|Journalism]] Halls on the west. The event was [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19981202-01.2.26&srpos=&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN---- first held in [[1998]]]. The event was created, and organized by Charles Saliba, then junior class president for Columbia College [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19981202-01.2.26&srpos=&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN---- 1][http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/99/12/treeLighting.html 2]. It is held just before [[finals]] week in early December. The lights remain on until the end of February.<br />
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"Conceived and instituted in 1998 by then class president Charles Saliba, CC’00, the non-denominational Tree Lighting was designed to encourage a sense of community among students, faculty and staff members, and to strengthen their ties to the school." [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol26/vol26_iss10/2610_Tree_Lighting.html Columbia Record] <br />
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The event is centered around [[The Sundial|the sundial]], and features free hot chocolate, roasted chestnuts, performances by various [[Category:A cappella]] groups, and speeches by the [[university president]] and a guest. At the end of the ceremony, the president pushes the switch to turn on the lights. [Supposedly the podium with a big red switch is just for show, and the actual switching is coordinated by walkie-talkies :-)].<br />
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The modern Tree Lighting Ceremony is followed by the much older [[Yule Log Ceremony]] in [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]].<br />
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[[Category:Traditions]]</div>Balubahttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Tree_Lighting_Ceremony&diff=48756Tree Lighting Ceremony2013-09-15T15:44:09Z<p>Baluba: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Collegewalklit.jpg|thumb|Lit trees on [[College Walk]] ]]<br />
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The '''Tree Lighting Ceremony''' is an annual event celebrating the illumination of the lights decorating the trees lining [[College Walk]]. To be specific, these are the trees between [[Kent Hall|Kent]] and [[Hamilton Hall|Hamilton]] on the east side of College Walk, and [[Dodge Hall|Dodge]] and [[Journalism Hall|Journalism]] Halls on the west. The event was [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19981202-01.2.26&srpos=&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN---- first held in [[1998]]]. The event was created, and organized by Charles Saliba, then junior class president for Columbia College [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19981202-01.2.26&srpos=&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN---- 1][http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/99/12/treeLighting.html 2]. It is held just before [[finals]] week in early December. The lights remain on until the end of February.<br />
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"Conceived and instituted in 1998 by then class president Charles Saliba, CC’00, the non-denominational Tree Lighting was designed to encourage a sense of community among students, faculty and staff members, and to strengthen their ties to the school." [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol26/vol26_iss10/2610_Tree_Lighting.html Columbia Record] <br />
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The event is centered around [[The Sundial|the sundial]], and features free hot chocolate, roasted chestnuts, performances by various [[Category:A cappella]] groups, and speeches by the [[university president]] and a guest. At the end of the ceremony, the president pushes the switch to turn on the lights. Supposedly the podium with a big red switch is just for show.<br />
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The Tree Lighting Ceremony is followed by the older [[Yule Log Ceremony]] in [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]].<br />
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[[Category:Traditions]]</div>Balubahttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Tree_Lighting_Ceremony&diff=48755Tree Lighting Ceremony2013-09-15T15:36:57Z<p>Baluba: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Collegewalklit.jpg|thumb|Lit trees on [[College Walk]] ]]<br />
<br />
The '''Tree Lighting Ceremony''' is an annual event celebrating the illumination of the lights decorating the trees lining [[College Walk]]. To be specific, these are the trees between [[Kent Hall|Kent]] and [[Hamilton Hall|Hamilton]] on the east side of College Walk, and [[Dodge Hall|Dodge]] and [[Journalism Hall|Journalism]] Halls on the west. The event was [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19981202-01.2.26&srpos=&dliv=none&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN---- first held in [[1998]]]. It is held just before [[finals]] week in early December. The lights remain on until the end of February.<br />
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The event is centered around [[The Sundial|the sundial]], and features free hot chocolate, roasted chestnuts, performances by various [[Category:A cappella]] groups, and speeches by the [[university president]] and a guest. At the end of the ceremony, the president pushes the switch to turn on the lights. Supposedly the podium with a big red switch is just for show.<br />
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The Tree Lighting Ceremony is followed by the older [[Yule Log Ceremony]] in [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]].<br />
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[[Category:Traditions]]</div>Balubahttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Tree_Lighting_Ceremony&diff=48754Tree Lighting Ceremony2013-09-15T15:28:34Z<p>Baluba: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Collegewalklit.jpg|thumb|Lit trees on [[College Walk]] ]]<br />
<br />
The '''Tree Lighting Ceremony''' is an annual event celebrating the illumination of the lights decorating the trees lining [[College Walk]]. To be specific, these are the trees between [[Kent Hall|Kent]] and [[Hamilton Hall|Hamilton]] on the east side of College Walk, and [[Dodge Hall|Dodge]] and [[Journalism Hall|Journalism]] Halls on the west. The event was first held in [[1998]], it was conceived, and first organized by Charles Saliba, then the junior class president for Columbia College. It is held just before [[finals]] week in early December. The lights remain on until the end of February.<br />
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The event is centered around [[The Sundial|the sundial]], and features free hot chocolate, roasted chestnuts, performances by various [[:Category:A cappella|a cappella]] groups, and speeches by the [[university president]] and a guest. At the end of the ceremony, the president pushes the switch to turn on the lights. Supposedly the podium with a big red switch is just for show.<br />
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The Tree Lighting Ceremony is followed by the older [[Yule Log Ceremony]] in [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]].<br />
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[[Category:Traditions]]</div>Baluba