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Improve Columbia

2022-04-25T21:25:25Z

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This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'' on April 30, [[2007]].<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref>

== Campus and buildings ==

=== Campus and outdoor spaces ===
* <del>Replace aging bricks on [[College Walk]]</del> - old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers
* Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge
* Keep one field on [[South Lawn]] open at all times for recreation
* Improve campus wheelchair accessibility
* Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications
* <del>Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm</del> - as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm

=== Buildings ===
* Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms
* Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic
* Extend hours of classroom buildings with study space

=== Bathrooms ===
* Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms
* Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms

=== [[Lerner Hall]] ===
* Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby
* Extend Lerner's hours
* Provide USPS services in Lerner
* <del>Make Lerner 6 available for student use</del> - 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09.

=== All libraries ===
* Allow students to bring water into all libraries

=== [[Butler Library]] ===
* Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps
* Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after [[Blue Java]] closes
* Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7
* Open Butler stacks 24/7
* Put [[vending machines]] in Butler
* <del>Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times</del> - Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found.

== Technology ==

=== General IT ===
* Provide consistent wireless coverage across campus, especially in dorms
* Include Barnard on the University-wide e-mail listserv

=== Printing ===
* Replace aging printers in computer labs around campus
* Allow print quotas to roll over from week to week (like cell phone minutes)
* Install color printers around campus
* Regularly replace toner in printers

=== CUIDs ===
* Allow complete swipe access between [[Barnard College]] and Columbia
* <del>Remove Social Security Numbers from [[CUID]]s</del> - project completed in 2008.
* Add a second card-swiper in [[EC]], especially on weekends

=== ROLM phones ===
* Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on [[ROLM]] phones

== Academics ==

=== Departments ===
* Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs.
* Revive the African Institute
* Improve inter-departmental communication
* Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.)

=== Bookstore ===
* Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered
* Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks

=== Course registration and technology ===
* Combine the [[Course Bulletin]] and [[Directory of Classes]]
* Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]]
* Update online listings for [[Major Cultures]] and the science requirement based on available courses
* Allow students to see professors' names when registering for [[Core Curriculum]] classes
* Release course evaluation data
* Create more sections of [[Art Humanities|Art]] and [[Music Humanities]] and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years
* Make course [[syllabus|syllabi]] available online for all students

=== Seminars ===
* Standardize seminar registration processes across schools and implement online registration
* Allot seminar times before registration

=== Advising ===
* Standardize departmental advising

===Study abroad===
* Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general

== Housing and dining ==

=== Housing ===
* Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions

=== Residence halls ===
* Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines
* Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15
* Install thermostats in dorms
* Renovate aging dorms
* Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens

=== [[Dining Dollars]] and [[Flex]] ===
* Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year
* Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad
* <del>Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]]</del> - Completed in 2009.
* Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries

=== All dining locations ===
* Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries
* Extend [[Ferris Booth Commons|Ferris Booth]]'s breakfast options to later in the morning
* <s>Keep [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hours</s> EDIT: [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7

=== Dining halls ===
* Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay
* <del>Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay</del> - dispenser added in summer 2007
* Extend the hours of [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] and [[Hewitt Dining Hall|Hewitt]] dining halls
* <del>Install a deli bar in John Jay</del> - added in summer 2007

== Student life ==

=== General student life ===
* Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than [[PrezBo]]
* Emulate the [[Barnard Babysitting]] program at Columbia

=== Student government and clubs ===
* <del>Allow students to vote online in [[CCSC]] elections</del> - Online voting began in 2008.
* Increase funding for [[student clubs]]
* Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees

=== Events ===
* Sell [[Miller Theater]] and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office
* Devise better programming for campus events such as [[Bacchanal]]
* Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events

=== Student jobs ===
* Provide more on-campus [[jobs]] for students who don't have work study

== Student facilities ==

=== CCE ===
* Expand [[Center for Career Education|CCE]]'s alumni networking
* Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance

=== CPS ===
* Move [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] to a more accessible location
* Allow students to make CPS appointments online

=== Gyms ===
* Allow students to sign up for [[Dodge Gym]]'s aerobics machines online
* Make Dodge gym a clean, pleasant place to be
* Put satellite gyms in more dorms
* Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge

== References ==
<references />

== See also ==
*[[WTF Columbia]]

[[Category:Student life]]

User:ColumbiaVotes

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== History ==

Founded in October 2018, '''ColumbiaVotes''' seeks to be the concentrated body of all things voting rights on campus. Beginning with a small team of leaders from other student organizations, we put forward a strategy to register students to vote ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections. We held several voter registration drives throughout October 2018, trained 35 volunteers from across all four of Columbia’s undergraduate schools and assisted over 300 students register to vote and request absentee ballots. At our voter registration tables, we provided all necessary supplies and provided relevant information about every state’s voting regulations, to make voter registration as easy as possible for the student.

Beyond our voter registration work, we seek to elevate the importance of civil rights advocacy on campus. We’ve hosted educational workshops about the history of voting rights in the United States, worked with Columbia administrators to reauthorize our campus for the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), and collaborated with the Columbia Office of Government and Community Affairs to promote civic engagement and political awareness. In 2020, ColumbiaVotes partnered with our peer institutions to organize the Ivy League Democracy Challenge, a league-wide competition to encourage non-partisan civic engagement among students.

Thus, the mission of ColumbiaVotes is two-fold. First, we aim to increase voter registration and turnout on Columbia’s campus. Second, we seek a cultural change at Columbia. For a University that prides itself on developing the next generation of civic leaders, political participation needs to be more comprehensively integrated into Columbia’s culture and academic programming. We hope to be the student organization dedicated to developing this campus culture.

== Current Board ==
*Easten Young - President
*Natalie Baer - Vice President
*Ana Maria Rodriguez - Treasurer
*Leah Goryachkovsky - Marketing Director
*Sadie Rochman - Outreach Director
*Maya Mitrasinovic - Logistics Director
*Devin Golla - Research Director
*Hanna Bloomquist - Programming Director
*Anusha Merchant - Membership Director
*Hannah Puelle - Digital Director

== External Links ==
*[http://www.columbiavotes.org ColumbiaVotes website]
* [https://columbia.turbovote.org/ Register to Vote]
* [https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/ Check Voter Registration]

2022-04-25T20:29:39Z

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User:ColumbiaVotes

2022-04-20T23:18:11Z

ColumbiaVotes:

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|Name=ColumbiaVotes
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|Website=[https://www.columbiavotes.org/]
}}

== History ==

Founded in October 2018, ColumbiaVotes seeks to be the concentrated body of all things voting rights on campus. Beginning with a small team of leaders from other student organizations, we put forward a strategy to register students to vote ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections. We held several voter registration drives throughout October 2018, trained 35 volunteers from across all four of Columbia’s undergraduate schools and assisted over 300 students register to vote and request absentee ballots. At our voter registration tables, we provided all necessary supplies and provided relevant information about every state’s voting regulations, to make voter registration as easy as possible for the student.

Beyond our voter registration work, we seek to elevate the importance of civil rights advocacy on campus. We’ve hosted educational workshops about the history of voting rights in the United States, worked with Columbia administrators to reauthorize our campus for the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), and collaborated with the Columbia Office of Government and Community Affairs to promote civic engagement and political awareness. In 2020, ColumbiaVotes partnered with our peer institutions to organize the Ivy League Democracy Challenge, a league-wide competition to encourage non-partisan civic engagement among students.

Thus, the mission of ColumbiaVotes is two-fold. First, we aim to increase voter registration and turnout on Columbia’s campus. Through our four committees, we seek to develop creative strategies to engage the student body and increase rates of participation. Additionally, we seek a cultural change at Columbia. For a University that prides itself on developing the next generation of civic leaders, political participation needs to be more comprehensively integrated into Columbia’s culture and academic programming. We hope to be the student organization dedicated to developing this campus culture.

== Current Board ==

Easten Young - President
Natalie Baer - Vice President
Ana Maria Rodriguez - Treasurer
Leah Goryachkovsky - Marketing Director
Sadie Rochman - Outreach Director
Maya Mitrasinovic - Logistics Director
Devin Golla - Research Director
Hanna Bloomquist - Programming Director
Anusha Merchant - Membership Director
Hannah Puelle - Digital Director

User:ColumbiaVotes

2022-04-18T14:16:53Z

ColumbiaVotes:

== History ==

Founded in October 2018, ColumbiaVotes seeks to be the concentrated body of all things voting rights on campus. Beginning with a small team of leaders from other student organizations, we put forward a strategy to register students to vote ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections. We held several voter registration drives throughout October 2018, trained 35 volunteers from across all four of Columbia’s undergraduate schools and assisted over 300 students register to vote and request absentee ballots. At our voter registration tables, we provided all necessary supplies and provided relevant information about every state’s voting regulations, to make voter registration as easy as possible for the student.

Beyond our voter registration work, we seek to elevate the importance of civil rights advocacy on campus. We’ve hosted educational workshops about the history of voting rights in the United States, worked with Columbia administrators to reauthorize our campus for the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), and collaborated with the Columbia Office of Government and Community Affairs to promote civic engagement and political awareness. In 2020, ColumbiaVotes partnered with our peer institutions to organize the Ivy League Democracy Challenge, a league-wide competition to encourage non-partisan civic engagement among students.

Thus, the mission of ColumbiaVotes is two-fold. First, we aim to increase voter registration and turnout on Columbia’s campus. Through our four committees, we seek to develop creative strategies to engage the student body and increase rates of participation. Additionally, we seek a cultural change at Columbia. For a University that prides itself on developing the next generation of civic leaders, political participation needs to be more comprehensively integrated into Columbia’s culture and academic programming. We hope to be the student organization dedicated to developing this campus culture.

== Current Board ==

Easten Young - President
Natalie Baer - Vice President
Ana Maria Rodriguez - Treasurer
Leah Goryachkovsky - Marketing Director
Sadie Rochman - Outreach Director
Maya Mitrasinovic - Logistics Director
Devin Golla - Research Director
Hanna Bloomquist - Programming Director
Anusha Merchant - Membership Director
Hannah Puelle - Digital Director

User:ColumbiaVotes

2022-04-18T14:16:26Z

ColumbiaVotes:

User:ColumbiaVotes

2022-04-18T14:15:51Z

ColumbiaVotes:

[[History]]
Founded in October 2018, ColumbiaVotes seeks to be the concentrated body of all things voting rights on campus. Beginning with a small team of leaders from other student organizations, we put forward a strategy to register students to vote ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections. We held several voter registration drives throughout October 2018, trained 35 volunteers from across all four of Columbia’s undergraduate schools and assisted over 300 students register to vote and request absentee ballots. At our voter registration tables, we provided all necessary supplies and provided relevant information about every state’s voting regulations, to make voter registration as easy as possible for the student.

Beyond our voter registration work, we seek to elevate the importance of civil rights advocacy on campus. We’ve hosted educational workshops about the history of voting rights in the United States, worked with Columbia administrators to reauthorize our campus for the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), and collaborated with the Columbia Office of Government and Community Affairs to promote civic engagement and political awareness. In 2020, ColumbiaVotes partnered with our peer institutions to organize the Ivy League Democracy Challenge, a league-wide competition to encourage non-partisan civic engagement among students.

Thus, the mission of ColumbiaVotes is two-fold. First, we aim to increase voter registration and turnout on Columbia’s campus. Through our four committees, we seek to develop creative strategies to engage the student body and increase rates of participation. Additionally, we seek a cultural change at Columbia. For a University that prides itself on developing the next generation of civic leaders, political participation needs to be more comprehensively integrated into Columbia’s culture and academic programming. We hope to be the student organization dedicated to developing this campus culture.

[[Current Board]]
Easten Young - President
Natalie Baer - Vice President
Ana Maria Rodriguez - Treasurer
Leah Goryachkovsky - Marketing Director
Sadie Rochman - Outreach Director
Maya Mitrasinovic - Logistics Director
Devin Golla - Research Director
Hanna Bloomquist - Programming Director
Anusha Merchant - Membership Director
Hannah Puelle - Digital Director