WikiCU - User contributions [en]

Caffe Swish

2013-04-25T02:34:39Z

Bwags:

{{Infobox restaurant
|Name=Caffe Swish
|Image=
|Cuisine=Thai and Japanese fusion
|Location=Broadway between 115th and 116th
|Menu=[http://www.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?areaid=0&restaurantid=4861&neighborhoodid=0&cuisineid=0 Menu]
|Violations=[http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaurantId=40928691&inspectionDate=20061019 22 points]
|Website=
}}

'''Caffe Swish''' was a Thai and Japanese fusion restaurant on [[Broadway]] between 115th and 116th Streets. It was replaced by Vine sometime around 2007.

Swish had an extensive menu, ranging from bog-standard Asian dishes to a few more exciting choices. Options included Thai Sate, Pad Thai, various curries, etc. Most dishes were of an average standard and fairly reliable. The service was quick, though sometimes it's too quick and you get your main course 10 seconds after your starter. A number of people believed the waiters can be a little harsh, and one of them is somewhat sadistic.

Swish might be a good restaurant to try if you're looking for Asian food but you're bored of MSG-infested [[Ollie's]].

Then again, it's about to become all-Japanese, with the impending closure of [[Tomo]].

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.807845" lon="-73.964344" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.807845, -73.964344, Caffe Swish (Thai/Japanese)
</googlemap>

== External links ==
* [http://www.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?areaid=0&restaurantid=4861&neighborhoodid=0&cuisineid=0 Menu]
* [http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaurantId=40928691&inspectionDate=20061019 Current violation points: 22]

[[Category:Asian restaurants]]

Hurricane Sandy

2013-04-25T02:14:52Z

Bwags:

'''Hurricane Sandy''' was a serious storm in [[2012]]. It resulted in multiple days of cancelled classes, and thus multiple days of heavy drinking for [[Columbia]] students. Though the storm caused [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_Hurricane_Sandy_in_New_York significant devastation] in [[New York City]] and the Northeast at large, [[Morningside Heights]] was left largely untouched aside from a few downed branches.

[[Category:New York City]]
[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Weather]]

Hurricane Sandy

2013-04-25T02:13:59Z

Bwags:

'''Hurricane Sandy''' was a serious storm in [[2012]]. It resulted in multiple days of cancelled classes, and thus multiple days of heavy drinking for [[Columbia]] students. Though the storm caused significant devastation in [[New York City]] and the Northeast at large, [[Morningside Heights]] was left largely untouched aside from a few downed branches.

[[Category:New York City]]
[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Weather]]

Pinkberry

2013-04-25T02:03:24Z

Bwags:

'''Pinkberry''' is an ice cream store, apparently. It looks more like a glassy neon virus that infected part the building where [[The Spectator]] is on [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]]. It causes unfathomable hype on [[Bwog]] and insoucience among theoretically competing [[Tasti D]] employees. It sells <nowiki>"fro-yo"</nowiki> that comes in strange and awkward flavors. You could get a Chipotle burrito for less, though, so don't go there.

==External links==
*[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?tag_id=1725 Hyperventilicious Bwog coverage]
*[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?tag_id=1585 More of the same. Bloody inconsistent tagging!]

[[Category:Stores]]
[[Category:Morningside Heights]]
[[Category:Ice cream]]

Pinkberry

2013-04-25T02:01:07Z

Bwags:

'''Pinkberry''' is an ice cream store, apparently. It looks more like a glassy neon virus that infected part the building where [[The Spectator]] is on [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]]. It causes unfathomable hype on [[Bwog]] and insoucience among theoretically competing [[Tasti D]] employees.

==External links==
*[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?tag_id=1725 Hyperventilicious Bwog coverage]
*[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?tag_id=1585 More of the same. Bloody inconsistent tagging!]

[[Category:Stores]]
[[Category:Morningside Heights]]
[[Category:Ice cream]]

Columbia Compliments

2013-04-25T01:59:23Z

Bwags:

'''Columbia Compliments''' was the first in a wave of anonymous tumblr-and-Facebook driven forums for students to say things to one another anonymously, but publicly. Smartly playing off the well-known fact that CU students are largely awkward as fuck and don't like communicating in person, [https://www.facebook.com/columbia.compliments?fref=ts the page] became immensely popular, and clogged the hell out of current students' Facebook News Feeds.

The page quickly expanded from complimenting peers to being occasionally directed at random abstract entities (such as the employees of [[JJ's Place]], and its popularity was eclipsed after a few weeks by [[CU Admirers]]. It had a resurgence when [[CU Admirers]] was briefly shut down by Facebook.

[[Category:Student life]]

Columbia Compliments

2013-04-25T01:58:03Z

Bwags:

'''Columbia Compliments''' was the first in a wave of anonymous tumblr-and-Facebook driven forums for students to say things to one another anonymously, but publicly. Smartly playing off the well-known fact that CU students are largely awkward as fuck and don't like communicating in person, [https://www.facebook.com/columbia.compliments?fref=ts the page] became immensely popular, and clogged the hell out of current students' Facebook News Feeds.

The page quickly expanded from complimenting peers to being occasionally directed at random abstract entities (such as the employees of [[JJ's Place]], and its popularity was eclipsed after a few weeks by [[CU Admirers]]. It had a resurgence when [[CU Admireres]] was briefly shut down by Facebook.

[[Category:Student life]]

CU Admirers

2013-04-25T01:57:50Z

Bwags:

Columbia Admirers is a Facebook group and Tumblr that started in the fall of 2012 as a spin-off of [[Columbia Compliments]]. It quickly rose to popularity, with over a dozen anonymous admirations published a day. Because Columbia students are widely known to be awkward as fuck, the group provided a much-needed outlet for everyone to express their desire for love in a hopeless place, not to mention everyone's sexual frustration. It's unknown how many loves blossomed or how many people got laid thanks to CU Admirers, but its effect rippled across campus for the better part of the 2012-2013 year.

The group shut down in April 2013 after getting temporarily banned from Facebook for a reported status. CU Admirer's parting message was for the Columbia community to get over its awkwardness and admire each other in person.<ref>http://bwog.com/2013/04/09/cuadmirers-says-goodbye-officially/</ref>

Some CU Admirers celebrities (i.e. people who got a ridiculous number of tagged admirations) include Keanu Ross-Cabrera and James Bennet, who narrated the Sensual Sundays videos in which the more entertaining CU Admirers posts were read aloud sensually.

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://cuadmirers.tumblr.com/ CU Admirers's Tumblr]

[[Category:Student life]]

Columbia Admirers

2013-04-25T01:55:16Z

Bwags: Redirected page to CU Admirers

#REDIRECT [[CU Admirers]]

How to scan documents on campus

2013-04-25T01:49:36Z

Bwags:

Quick answer: use your phone like the tech-savvy student you are.

Long answer: Go to floor 3 in [[Butler]]. On the east side, there is a room called "Digital Media Center" or something of the sort. It has multiple scanners, both for pages and of the larger, book size. It is free to scan, and it can return the file to you in a number of ways, including via email or on a USB drive.

You can also go to the [[Science and Engineering Library]] in the [[Northwest Corner Building]], but those computers and scanners are usually taken by people who aren't using them.

[[Category:How to]]

How to scan documents on campus

2013-04-25T01:49:22Z

Bwags:

Quick answer: use your phone like the tech-savvy student you are.

Long answer: Go to floor 3 in Butler. On the east side, there is a room called "Digital Media Center" or something of the sort. It has multiple scanners, both for pages and of the larger, book size. It is free to scan, and it can return the file to you in a number of ways, including via email or on a USB drive.

You can also go to the [[Science and Engineering Library]] in the [[Northwest Corner Building]], but those computers and scanners are usually taken by people who aren't using them.

[[Category:How to]]

Columbia Compliments

2013-04-25T01:47:11Z

Bwags:

Columbia Compliments

2013-04-25T01:46:53Z

Bwags:

'''Columbia Compliments''' was the first in a wave of anonymous tumblr-and-Facebook driven forums for students to say things to one another anonymously, but publicly. Smartly playing off the well-known fact that CU students are largely awkward as fuck and don't like communicating in person, [https://www.facebook.com/columbia.compliments?fref=ts the page became immensely popular, and clogged the hell out of current students' Facebook News Feeds.

The page quickly expanded from complimenting peers to being occasionally directed at random abstract entities (such as the employees of [[JJ's Place]], and its popularity was eclipsed after a few weeks by [[CU Admirers]]. It had a resurgence when [[CU Admireres]] was briefly shut down by Facebook.

Columbia Compliments

2013-04-25T01:45:47Z

Bwags:

'''Columbia Compliments''' was the first in a wave of anonymous tumblr-and-Facebook driven forums for students to say things to one another anonymously, but publicly. Smartly playing off the well-known fact that CU students are largely awkward as fuck and don't like communicating in person, the page became immensely popular, and clogged the hell out of current students' Facebook News Feeds.

The page quickly expanded from complimenting peers to being occasionally directed at random abstract entities (such as the employees of [[JJ's Place]], and its popularity was eclipsed after a few weeks by [[CU Admirers]]. It had a resurgence when [[CU Admireres]] was briefly shut down by Facebook.

Columbia Compliments

2013-04-25T01:41:55Z

Bwags: Created page with "'''Columbia Compliments''' was the first in a wave of anonymous tumblr-and-Facebook driven forum for students to praise one another anonymously, but publicly. Smartly playing ..."

'''Columbia Compliments''' was the first in a wave of anonymous tumblr-and-Facebook driven forum for students to praise one another anonymously, but publicly. Smartly playing off the well-known fact that CU students are largely awkward as fuck and don't like communicating in person, the page became immensely popular, and clogged the hell out of current students' Facebook News Feeds.

Subsconscious

2013-04-25T01:31:21Z

Bwags:

'''Subsconscious''' is a 24-hour sandwich shop with baked goods and other assorted snacks. It has a location in [[Morningside Heights]]: 1213 [[Amsterdam Ave]] (at 119th Street) as well as a location in Harlem at 1625 [[Amsterdam Ave]] (at 140th Street). The sandwiches are by and large fantastic.

The shop is a favorite of SEAS students due to its proximity to Mudd and the fact that there's basically no good food anywhere on [[Amsterdam Ave | Amsterdam]]. The best sandwiches are the Final Exam and the GPA, and the salads and burgers are mediocre at best. The phenomenal subs are balanced out by the cramped and oft-overcrowded store, and the utterly incompetent cashiers, who take inordinately large amounts of time to even notice that you're standing in front of them and stop to gossip with each other and check their phones in between customers even when there's a line nearly out the door.

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.80888" lon="-73.959403" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.80888, -73.959403, [[Subs Conscious]] (American)
</googlemap>

== External links ==
* not found in menu pages

[[Category:Snacks]]

Subsconscious

2013-04-25T01:30:48Z

Bwags:

'''Subsconscious''' is a 24-hour sandwich shop with baked goods and other assorted snacks. It has a location in [[Morningside Heights]]: 1213 [[Amsterdam Ave]] (at 119th Street) as well as a location in Harlem at 1625 [[Amsterdam Ave]] (at 140th Street). The sandwiches are by and large fantastic.

The shop is a favorite of SEAS students due to its proximity to Mudd and the fact that there's basically no good food anywhere on [[Amsterdam Ave | Amsterdam]]. The best sandwiches are the Final Exam and the GPA, and the salads and burgers are mediocre at best. The phenomenal subs are balanced out by the cramped and oft-overcrowded store, and the utterly incompetent cashiers who take inordinately large amounts of time to even notice that you're standing in front of them, and stop to gossip with each other and check their phones in between customers, even when there's a line nearly out the door.

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.80888" lon="-73.959403" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.80888, -73.959403, [[Subs Conscious]] (American)
</googlemap>

== External links ==
* not found in menu pages

[[Category:Snacks]]

Subs Conscious

2013-04-25T01:30:05Z

Bwags: Redirected page to Subsconscious

#REDIRECT [[Subsconscious]]

Subs Conscious

2013-04-25T01:27:52Z

Bwags:

'''Subsconscious''' is a 24-hour sandwich shop with baked goods and other assorted snacks. It has a location in [[Morningside Heights]]: 1213 [[Amsterdam Ave]] (at 119th Street) as well as a location in Harlem at 1625 [[Amsterdam Ave]] (at 140th Street). The sandwiches are by and large fantastic.

The shop is a favorite of SEAS students due to its proximity to Mudd and the fact that there's basically no good food anywhere on [[Amsterdam Ave | Amsterdam]]. The best sandwiches are the Final Exam and the GPA, and the salads and burgers are mediocre at best. The phenomenal subs are balanced out by the cramped and oft-overcrowded store, and the utterly incompetent cashiers who take inordinately large amounts of time to even notice that you're standing in front of them, and stop to gossip with each other and check their phones in between customers, even when there's a line nearly out the door.

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.80888" lon="-73.959403" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.80888, -73.959403, [[Subs Conscious]] (American)
</googlemap>

== External links ==
* not found in menu pages

[[Category:Snacks]]

Sam Aarons

2013-04-25T01:09:44Z

Bwags: Created page with "Sam is sitting next to brian at the wikiCU hackathon. Their table is the coolest table."

Sam is sitting next to brian at the wikiCU hackathon. Their table is the coolest table.

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

2013-04-25T01:07:40Z

Bwags:

{{Infobox school
|Name=School of Engineering and Applied Science
|Image=SEAS_new_logo.jpg
|Established=1864
|Dean=Donald Goldfarb (Interim)
|Degrees=[[BSE]], [[MSE]], [[Eng.Sc.D]], [[Prof. Degree]]
|Enrollment=1,531 Undergraduate; 1,652 Masters; 697 PhD (2012-2013)
|Website=[http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/ http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/]
}}
'''The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science''' (referred to by the Dean as '''Columbia Engineering''', but almost always informally referred to as '''SEAS'''), is the engineering school of Columbia. No one calls it Fu. Ever. It awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics. SEAS was founded as the ''School of Mines'' in 1863 and then the ''School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry'' before becoming the ''School of Engineering and Applied Science''. It was the country's first such institution. In [[1997]], the school was renamed in honor of Chinese businessman [[Z. Y. Fu]], who had donated $26 million.

The school was founded in [[1864]] by [[Thomas Egleston Jr.]] as the School of Mines. The school was originally located in [[Lewisohn Hall]] and [[Mathematics Hall]], which were then known as Engineering and Mines. The construction of the [[Seeley W. Mudd Building]] in the '60s allowed the school to move into more spacious (and more ugly) quarters on the northeast corner of the main campus. Due to the growth of the school in the past four decades, further expansion was determined necessary, leading to the planning of the [[Northwest Science Building]], which opened in the spring of 2011.

The school maintains a close [[CC-SEAS Relationship|relationship]] with [[Columbia College]], and undergraduate students from both schools fall under the oversight of the [[Division of Student Affairs]] and live in the same dorms.

In [[2011]]-[[2012]], the School's research expenditure was $125 million.

== Departments ==

* [[Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department]]
* [[Biomedical Engineering Department]]
* [[Chemical Engineering Department]]
* [[Civil Engineering Department]]
* [[Computer Science Department]]
* [[Earth and Environmental Engineering Department]]
* [[Electrical Engineering Department]]
* [[Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department]]
* [[Mechanical Engineering Department]]

[[Category:SEAS]]

{{Schools}}

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

2013-04-25T01:04:47Z

Bwags:

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

2013-04-25T01:04:04Z

Bwags:

Computer Engineering Program

2013-04-25T00:46:55Z

Bwags:

The '''Computer Engineering Program''' ('''CompEng''') is a special program offered by the conjunction of the [[Computer Science Department]] and the [[Electrical Engineering Department]]. The program is a part of [[SEAS]], and thus open only to engineers. Both undergraduate and graduate level degrees are offered. No one calls it CompEng; instead it is usually referred to as <nowiki>"CE"</nowiki> by other engineers.

Because there is no dedicated computer engineering department, the program is vaguely homeless. It seeks to straddle the software and hardware sides of computers, and will lean more heavily toward one or the other depending on the home department of the sitting chair. Computer engineering is known as one of the most difficult majors in SEAS, due to the fact that undergraduates must essentially complete the core curriculums of the CS and EE degree tracks. Computer engineers are also subjected to the legendarily brutal [[Operating_Systems_(class) | operating systems]] class.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.compeng.columbia.edu/index.html CompEng Homepage]

{{SEAS}}
[[Category:SEAS]]
[[Category:Academics]]
[[Category:Computer Science Department]]

Computer Engineering Program

2013-04-25T00:45:48Z

Bwags:

The '''Computer Engineering Program''' ('''CompEng''') is a special program offered by the conjunction of the [[Computer Science Department]] and the [[Electrical Engineering Department]]. The program is a part of [[SEAS]], and thus open only to engineers. Both undergraduate and graduate level degrees are offered.

Because there is no dedicated computer engineering department, the program is vaguely homeless. It seeks to straddle the software and hardware sides of computers, and will lean more heavily toward one or the other depending on the home department of the sitting chair. Computer engineering is known as one of the most difficult majors in SEAS, due to the fact that undergraduates must essentially complete the core curriculums of the CS and EE degree tracks. Computer engineers are also subjected to the legendarily brutal [[Operating_Systems_(class) | operating systems]] class.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.compeng.columbia.edu/index.html CompEng Homepage]

{{SEAS}}
[[Category:SEAS]]
[[Category:Academics]]
[[Category:Computer Science Department]]

Computer Engineering Program

2013-04-25T00:44:42Z

Bwags:

The '''Computer Engineering Program''' ('''CompEng''') is a special program offered by the conjunction of the [[Computer Science Department]] and the [[Electrical Engineering Department]]. The program is a part of [[SEAS]], and thus open only to engineers. Both undergraduate and graduate level degrees are offered.

Because there is no dedicated computer engineering department, the program is vaguely homeless. It seeks to straddle the software and hardware sides of computers, and will lean more heavily toward one or the other depending on the home department of the sitting chair. Computer engineering is known as one of the most difficult majors in SEAS, due to the fact that undergraduates must essentially complete the core curriculums of the CS and EE departments. Computer engineers are also subjected to the legendarily brutal [[Operating_Systems_(class) | operating systems]] class.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.compeng.columbia.edu/index.html CompEng Homepage]

{{SEAS}}
[[Category:SEAS]]
[[Category:Academics]]
[[Category:Computer Science Department]]

Computer Engineering Program

2013-04-25T00:44:28Z

Bwags:

The '''Computer Engineering Program''' ('''CompEng''') is a special program offered by the conjunction of the [[Computer Science Department]] and the [[Electrical Engineering Department]]. The program is a part of [[SEAS]], and thus open only to engineers. Both undergraduate and graduate level degrees are offered.

Because there is no dedicated computer engineering department, the program is vaguely homeless. It seeks to straddle the software and hardware sides of computers, and will lean more heavily toward one or the other depending on the home department of the sitting chair. Computer engineering is known as one of the most difficult majors in SEAS, due to the fact that undergraduates must essentially complete the core curriculums of the CS and EE departments. Computer engineers are also subjected to the legendarily brutal [Operating_Systems_(class) | operating systems] class.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.compeng.columbia.edu/index.html CompEng Homepage]

{{SEAS}}
[[Category:SEAS]]
[[Category:Academics]]
[[Category:Computer Science Department]]

Operating Systems (class)

2013-04-25T00:43:41Z

Bwags: Created page with "Operating Systems (COMS W4118) is the hardest class at Columbia. Period."

Operating Systems (COMS W4118) is the hardest class at Columbia. Period.

Amsterdam Restaurant and Tapas Lounge

2013-04-25T00:33:30Z

Bwags:

'''Amsterdam Restaurant and Tapas Lounge''' used to be called <nowiki>"Amsterdam Cafe"</nowiki> or <nowiki>"AmCaf"</nowiki> for short, and the moniker of Amcaf continues to linger. It also used to be awesome, but now it's less awesome. You can find it on [[Amsterdam Avenue]] at 119th St.

In the days of yore prior to [[2004]], Columbia students could get pitchers of cheap beer from 6 pm until closing time, making it a hangout on par with the [[West End]], which has since undergone its own unfortunate metamorphosis into a Cuban restaurant known as [[Havana_Central | Havana Central]]. Recently unearthed [http://www.politico.com/static/PPM116_obamaessay.html historical evidence] has demonstrated that Columbia students enjoyed Am Caf at least as far back as [[1983]]. Now, the place maintains a strangely classy air, and serves overpriced (but tasty) food. The titular tapas are horribly overpriced. Drinks are unsurprisingly costly as well, but the place offers a decent happy hour deal: $6 cocktails from 3-7 on weekdays.

The lounge space remains a somewhat popular destination, especially among grad students and engineers due to its location. It hosts events on occasion, but not frequently.you have to put on neckties just to enter the damn place so you can pay $11 for a fruit-flavored martini.

[[Category:Bars]]

Amsterdam Restaurant and Tapas Lounge

2013-04-25T00:32:26Z

Bwags:

'''Amsterdam Restaurant and Tapas Lounge''' used to be called <nowiki>"Amsterdam Cafe"</nowiki> or <nowiki>"AmCaf"</nowiki> for short, and the moniker of Amcaf continues to linger. It also used to be awesome, but now it's less awesome. You can find it on [[Amsterdam Avenue]] at 119th St.

In the days of yore prior to [[2004]], Columbia students could get pitchers of cheap beer from 6 pm until closing time, making it a hangout on par with the [[West End]], which has since undergone its own unfortunate metamorphosis into a Cuban restaurant known as [[Havana_Central | Havana Central]]. Recently unearthed [http://www.politico.com/static/PPM116_obamaessay.html historical evidence] has demonstrated that Columbia students enjoyed Am Caf at least as far back as [[1983]]. Now, the place maintains a strangely classy air, and serves overpriced (but tasty) food. The titular tapas are horribly overpriced. Drinks are unsurprisingly overpriced as well, but the place offers a decent happy hour deal: $6 cocktails from 3-7 on weekdays.

The lounge space remains a somewhat popular destination, especially among grad students and engineers due to its location. It hosts events on occasion, but not frequently.you have to put on neckties just to enter the damn place so you can pay $11 for a fruit-flavored martini.

[[Category:Bars]]

Mel's Burger Bar

2013-04-25T00:24:48Z

Bwags:

Mel's Burger Bar (colloquially referred to as <nowiki>"Mel's"</nowiki>) is a restaurant/bar on [[Broadway_(avenue) | Broadway]] and 110th Street that moved into the neighborhood in 2010. The venue offers expensive, but tasty, burgers (fries not included), and an impressive beer selection. It soon became a popular nightlife destination, especially among athletes and people looking to hook up with athletes.

Mel's has a challenge known as the <nowiki>"brew crew"</nowiki> in which participants are given a list of 40 beers to be marked with a stamp as they are drank. The rules are that you must purchase and consume each beer on the list, and that you cannot complete the challenge in one night. Once the list is completed, the challenger becomes a member of the aforementioned brew crew and gets a couple of perks, including a personal 20 oz. glass and his or her name on a plaque behind the bar.

A popular drink at Mel's is the <nowiki>"pickleback"</nowiki> shot, which consists of a shot of whiskey quickly followed by a shot of pickle juice as a chaser. Surprisingly, it is delicious.

Mel's Burger Bar

2013-04-25T00:23:24Z

Bwags:

Mel's Burger Bar (colloquially referred to as <nowiki>"Mel's"</nowiki>) is a restaurant/bar on [Broadway] and 110th Street that moved into the neighborhood in 2010. The venue offers expensive, but tasty, burgers (fries not included), and an impressive beer selection. It soon became a popular nightlife destination, especially among athletes and people looking to hook up with athletes.

Mel's has a challenge known as the <nowiki>"brew crew"</nowiki> in which participants are given a list of 40 beers to be marked with a stamp as they are drank. The rules are that you must purchase and consume each beer on the list, and that you cannot complete the challenge in one night. Once the list is completed, the challenger becomes a member of the aforementioned brew crew and gets a couple of perks, including a personal 20 oz. glass and his or her name on a plaque behind the bar.

A popular drink at Mel's is the <nowiki>"pickleback"</nowiki> shot, which consists of a shot of whiskey quickly followed by a shot of pickle juice as a chaser. Surprisingly, it is delicious.

Mel's Burger Bar

2013-04-25T00:12:31Z

Bwags: Created page with "Mel's Burger Bar (colloquially referred to as <nowiki>"Mel's"</nowiki>) is a restaurant/bar on [Broadway] and [110th]."

Mel's Burger Bar (colloquially referred to as <nowiki>"Mel's"</nowiki>) is a restaurant/bar on [Broadway] and [110th].

The Lion's Head Tavern

2013-04-25T00:10:47Z

Bwags:

'''The Lion's Head Tavern''' is a dive bar on [[Amsterdam Avenue]] at 109th St.

The bar has a late night kitchen service, serving up disco fries (cheese fries covered in gravy) to go along with your reasonably priced beer. It also board games, lots of TVs, and an arcade game that's most often used as a table. The bar's most attractive feature is the $1 beer special that runs Wednesday nights starting at 10pm. It tends to attract a lot of 3-2 students. On nights other than Wednesdays, the bar is a nice alternative to an overly-crowded [[1020]].

Lion's Head was originally founded in 2000 by a couple of stupid Yalies, who gave it the equally stupid name WhatBar.

== External links ==
* [http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaurantId=40902990&inspectionDate=20060427 Current violation points: 19]
* [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3112 Bwog's Review of Morningside Heights Bars (Orientation, 2006)]

[[Category:Bars]]
[[Category:Morningside Heights]]

1020

2013-04-25T00:06:23Z

Bwags:

'''1020''' is a well-loved bar on [[Amsterdam Avenue]] at 110th St. It was once the low-key haunt of grad students and hipsters. Today, although it continues to skew a little older, 1020 is now home to a more energetic crowd. There's usually a line outside the door on Thursday-Saturday nights. [http://bwog.com/2012/11/18/a-supposedly-fun-thing/ Someone found love there once].

The bar boasts a dart board and one of the neighborhood's only respectable pool tables. It also comes with friendly bartenders and a groovy decor. Random movies are projected onto a large screen in the back, without sound, and the bar's soundtrack is the definition of a mixed bag.

Drinks are fairly cheap ($3 for Yuengling and Rolling Rock) and happy hours run every day from 4pm-7pm when drinks and tap beers are half price. If you're looking for a quieter scene and cigarette-centric conversation, head over later in the evening; the place is open till 4 am.

== External links ==

* [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3112 Bwog's Review of Morningside Heights Bars (Orientation, 2006)]
* http://www.bwog.net/articles/a_scanner_darkly

[[Category:Bars]]
[[Category:Morningside Heights]]

1020

2013-04-25T00:05:18Z

Bwags:

'''1020''' is a well-loved bar on [[Amsterdam Avenue]] at 110th St. It was once the low-key haunt of grad students and hipsters. Today, although it continues to skew a little older, 1020 is now home to a more energetic crowd. There's usually a line outside the door on Thursday-Saturday nights. [Someone found love there once].

The bar boasts a dart board and one of the neighborhood's only respectable pool tables. It also comes with friendly bartenders and a groovy decor. Random movies are projected onto a large screen in the back, without sound, and the bar's soundtrack is the definition of a mixed bag.

Drinks are fairly cheap ($3 for Yuengling and Rolling Rock) and happy hours run every day from 4pm-7pm when drinks and tap beers are half price. If you're looking for a quieter scene and cigarette-centric conversation, head over later in the evening; the place is open till 4 am.

== External links ==

* [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3112 Bwog's Review of Morningside Heights Bars (Orientation, 2006)]
* http://www.bwog.net/articles/a_scanner_darkly

[[Category:Bars]]
[[Category:Morningside Heights]]

Brian Wagner

2013-04-24T23:51:25Z

Bwags:

''Brian Wagner'' [[SEAS|SEAS]] '[[2013|13]] served as editor-in-chief of ''[[The Blue and White]]'' for the 2012 calendar year.

{{succession|preceded=[[Mark Hay]]|succeeded=[[Conor Skelding]]|office=Editor in Chief of ''The Blue and White''|years=2012}}

[[Category:SEAS|Wagner]]
[[Category:Class of 2013|Wagner]]
[[Category:B&W editors|Wagner]]

East Campus exclusion suite

2013-04-24T23:48:29Z

Bwags:

[[Image:ECXplan.png|thumb|252px|The layout of an ECX suite. The top plan is of the entry-level floor. The bottom plan is of the lower floor, where all the bedrooms are.]]

An '''East Campus exclusion suite''' or '''ECX suites''' is a particular type of 5-person suite in the high-rise part of [[East Campus]]. Entrances to ECX suites can be found on every even-numbered floor from 8 to 20. There are 8 such suites per floor. '''As of 2012, exclusion suites are part of the standard housing selection process and no longer have age-based requirements'''

== Description ==

All the suites are identical. They have two floors. On the entry (even-numbered) floor, you can find:

* a 286 sq ft lounge
* a 55 sq ft kitchen

A staircase leads down to a lower floor where you can find:

* 3 singles, each between 135 and 141 sq ft
* a 173 sq ft double
* a bathroom with 2 sinks, a toilet, and a bath
* 2 relatively large storage closets for everyone in the suite to use

== Residents ==

Most ECX suites are occupied by 3 seniors or juniors in the singles and 2 sophomores in the double. Occasionally 1 or 2 juniors live in the double because they desperately want to live in a suite rather than [[Broadway Residence Hall|Broadway]], [[Schapiro Hall|Schapiro]] or [[Wien Hall|Wien]]. Even more rarely, a group of 5 seniors will take an ECX suite either in suite selection or [[senior regroup]]. Thus, 2 seniors end up in an ECX double. Most seniors find this highly undesirable because the double is only 173 sq ft. By comparison, some seniors live in ''singles'' of 170 sq ft.

== East Campus exclusion rule ==

Once upon a time, groups could invoke the EC exclusion rule, which allowed groups that were attempting to live in an EC Exclusion suite to drop (exclude) the lowest two point values from their group, thus raising their point value. This meant that ECX suites usually only went to groups of three seniors and two sophomores (thus having an ECX group pt value of 30).

In 2011, the rule was removed by the Housing Advisory Committee for two primary reasons. The first is that the inclusion of the EC Exclusion Rule in the Room Selection process adds an additional (and complicated) step, both to registration and the actual selection process. This was found to create a great deal of confusion amongst the student body as well as creating a lot of additional work for the Housing staff. The coding required on the back-end of the Housing Portal to allow for the EC Exclusion rule was the single source for many of the Portal's problems.

The second reason for the removal was that its purpose had been served and it was no longer effective. The rule was created in the 1980s when East Campus first became an undergraduate residence hall. The 5-person highrise suites with a double (later to be known as Exclusion Suites) were highly unpopular. In order to create an incentive for students to live in these suites, the Exclusion Rule was created so that rising sophomores could occupy the otherwise unwanted double in each suite. However, since EC is now the most popular residence hall, the need for the rule is no longer present. Groups consisting of 3 seniors and 2 sophomores will still occupy the majority of the exclusion suites--they will just do so with a point value of 22 instead of 30.

==In campus pop culture==
*[[Exclusion Suite]] (soap opera)

[[Category:Housing]]

East Campus

2013-04-24T23:46:59Z

Bwags: /* Facilities */

{{wp-also2|East Campus (Columbia University)}}

{{Infobox reshall
|Name=East Campus
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg
|Built=[[1981]]
|Renovated=[[1991]] Townhouses in [[2003]] Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]
|Population=723}}
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''', but technically named Henry Hudson Hall) is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.

A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]].

Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].

EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].

== History ==

===Early plans===

[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]

An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].

===Opening and response===

East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing.

Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout.

Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref>

East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome".

Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:

<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote>

===Early Violence===

Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref>

===Reconstruction===

An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref>

===Later history===

In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].

The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.

===Lobby Redesign===

In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.

==Famous residents==

East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref>

== Facilities ==

East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise 5-person suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.

The 5-person suites were formally [[exclusion suites]] but are now available during the group (in-person) selection phase of Housing.

Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.

=== Suites ===

* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles

* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles

* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double

* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments

* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.

* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]

* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.

== Advantages ==
* Large suite lounges.
* Suite bathrooms.
* Recently-built.
*Air conditioning
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.
* Upper floors were recently renovated and have new flooring
* Dishwashers!
* You can host huge parties without getting into [actual] trouble

== Disadvantages ==
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).
* Crazy lines at the security desk on weekends (this phenomenon occurs because EC suites are among the best dorm party venues on campus, lending the weekend queues the moniker "Club EC").
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.

== Images ==
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.
<gallery>
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade
</gallery>

== Floor plans ==
===Townhouses===
<gallery>
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby
</gallery>

====Lower Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses
</gallery>

====Middle Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

====Upper Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

===EC High Rise===
<gallery>
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20
</gallery>

== Tunnel/roof connections ==

===[[Wien]]===
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.

===Roof===
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.

== References ==
<references />

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall
</googlemap>

== Building address ==
70 Morningside Dr. 
New York, NY 10027

== External Links ==
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]

[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]
[[Category:Unnamed buildings]]
[[Category:Renamed buildings and facilities]]

East Campus

2013-04-24T23:45:30Z

Bwags: /* Advantages */

{{wp-also2|East Campus (Columbia University)}}

{{Infobox reshall
|Name=East Campus
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg
|Built=[[1981]]
|Renovated=[[1991]] Townhouses in [[2003]] Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]
|Population=723}}
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''', but technically named Henry Hudson Hall) is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.

A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]].

Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].

EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].

== History ==

===Early plans===

[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]

An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].

===Opening and response===

East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing.

Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout.

Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref>

East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome".

Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:

<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote>

===Early Violence===

Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref>

===Reconstruction===

An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref>

===Later history===

In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].

The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.

===Lobby Redesign===

In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.

==Famous residents==

East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref>

== Facilities ==

East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise exclusion suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.

Groups need at least 2 seniors (as well as 1 junior and 2 sophomores) to get an [[Exclusion Suite]]. Only some groups with only 1 senior are usually able to get these suites.

Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.

=== Suites ===

* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles

* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles

* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double

* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments

* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.

* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]

* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.

== Advantages ==
* Large suite lounges.
* Suite bathrooms.
* Recently-built.
*Air conditioning
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.
* Upper floors were recently renovated and have new flooring
* Dishwashers!
* You can host huge parties without getting into [actual] trouble

== Disadvantages ==
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).
* Crazy lines at the security desk on weekends (this phenomenon occurs because EC suites are among the best dorm party venues on campus, lending the weekend queues the moniker "Club EC").
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.

== Images ==
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.
<gallery>
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade
</gallery>

== Floor plans ==
===Townhouses===
<gallery>
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby
</gallery>

====Lower Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses
</gallery>

====Middle Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

====Upper Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

===EC High Rise===
<gallery>
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20
</gallery>

== Tunnel/roof connections ==

===[[Wien]]===
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.

===Roof===
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.

== References ==
<references />

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall
</googlemap>

== Building address ==
70 Morningside Dr. 
New York, NY 10027

== External Links ==
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]

[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]
[[Category:Unnamed buildings]]
[[Category:Renamed buildings and facilities]]

East Campus

2013-04-24T23:43:40Z

Bwags:

{{wp-also2|East Campus (Columbia University)}}

{{Infobox reshall
|Name=East Campus
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg
|Built=[[1981]]
|Renovated=[[1991]] Townhouses in [[2003]] Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]
|Population=723}}
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''', but technically named Henry Hudson Hall) is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.

A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]].

Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].

EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].

== History ==

===Early plans===

[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]

An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].

===Opening and response===

East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing.

Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout.

Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref>

East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome".

Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:

<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote>

===Early Violence===

Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref>

===Reconstruction===

An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref>

===Later history===

In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].

The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.

===Lobby Redesign===

In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.

==Famous residents==

East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref>

== Facilities ==

East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise exclusion suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.

Groups need at least 2 seniors (as well as 1 junior and 2 sophomores) to get an [[Exclusion Suite]]. Only some groups with only 1 senior are usually able to get these suites.

Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.

=== Suites ===

* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles

* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles

* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double

* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments

* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.

* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]

* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.

== Advantages ==
* Large suite lounges.
* Suite bathrooms.
* Recently-built.
*Air conditioning
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.

== Disadvantages ==
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).
* Crazy lines at the security desk on weekends (this phenomenon occurs because EC suites are among the best dorm party venues on campus, lending the weekend queues the moniker "Club EC").
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.

== Images ==
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.
<gallery>
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade
</gallery>

== Floor plans ==
===Townhouses===
<gallery>
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby
</gallery>

====Lower Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses
</gallery>

====Middle Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

====Upper Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

===EC High Rise===
<gallery>
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20
</gallery>

== Tunnel/roof connections ==

===[[Wien]]===
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.

===Roof===
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.

== References ==
<references />

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall
</googlemap>

== Building address ==
70 Morningside Dr. 
New York, NY 10027

== External Links ==
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]

[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]
[[Category:Unnamed buildings]]
[[Category:Renamed buildings and facilities]]

East Campus

2013-04-24T23:42:35Z

Bwags: /* History */

{{wp-also2|East Campus (Columbia University)}}

{{Infobox reshall
|Name=East Campus
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg
|Built=[[1981]]
|Renovated=[[1991]] Townhouses in [[2003]] Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]
|Population=723}}
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''') is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.

A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]].

Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].

EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].

== History ==

===Early plans===

[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]

An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].

===Opening and response===

East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing.

Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout.

Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref>

East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome".

Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:

<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote>

===Early Violence===

Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref>

===Reconstruction===

An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref>

===Later history===

In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].

The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.

===Lobby Redesign===

In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.

==Famous residents==

East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref>

== Facilities ==

East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise exclusion suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.

Groups need at least 2 seniors (as well as 1 junior and 2 sophomores) to get an [[Exclusion Suite]]. Only some groups with only 1 senior are usually able to get these suites.

Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.

=== Suites ===

* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles

* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles

* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double

* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments

* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.

* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]

* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.

== Advantages ==
* Large suite lounges.
* Suite bathrooms.
* Recently-built.
*Air conditioning
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.

== Disadvantages ==
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).
* Crazy lines at the security desk on weekends (this phenomenon occurs because EC suites are among the best dorm party venues on campus, lending the weekend queues the moniker "Club EC").
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.

== Images ==
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.
<gallery>
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade
</gallery>

== Floor plans ==
===Townhouses===
<gallery>
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby
</gallery>

====Lower Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses
</gallery>

====Middle Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

====Upper Townhouses====
<gallery>
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4

</gallery>

===EC High Rise===
<gallery>
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20
</gallery>

== Tunnel/roof connections ==

===[[Wien]]===
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.

===Roof===
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.

== References ==
<references />

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall
</googlemap>

== Building address ==
70 Morningside Dr. 
New York, NY 10027

== External Links ==
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]

[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]
[[Category:Unnamed buildings]]
[[Category:Renamed buildings and facilities]]