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Glee Club

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{{Infobox club
|Name=Columbia University Glee Club
|Image=NoImage.jpg
|Founded=[[1873]]
|Recognition=[[ABC]]
|Membership=40-120
|Executive board=David Harris, Music Director Angela Kelichner, President Genevieve Liberatore, Vice-President Annika Christensen, Vice President Alex Schoeneck, Treasurer Monisha Bhayana, Secretary 
|Allocation=Pending (2010-2011)
|Website=[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/glee/]
|Contact=columbia.glee@gmail.com
|Category=[[:Category:Performance clubs|Performing Arts]]}}

'''The Columbia University Glee Club''' is a mixed-voice choral ensemble whose performances aim to bolster [[school spirit]] and bring a broad, enjoyable selection of vocal music to the Columbia community. Their [[1873]] year of founding makes them the oldest performance group at Columbia and one of the oldest in the country. The Glee club appears to have dissolved after [[2020]].

== Joining ==
Founded on the belief that all students, regardless of formal experience, should have the opportunity to sing, the Glee Club is one of the few campus performance groups that doesn't require its members to audition. Anyone who shows up to the club's rehearsals at the start of a semester is encouraged to join, and students from all Columbia undergraduate and graduate schools are welcome.

For more information, please contact the Glee Club's Executive Board at columbia.glee@gmail.com

== External Links ==
* [http://www.columbiauniversitygleeclub.wordpress.com Glee Club website]

[[Category:Performance clubs]]
[[Category:ABC groups]]

Green grapes

2023-09-11T01:45:47Z

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[[Bwog]]'s favorite snack.

Notable Foods On Campus

2023-09-11T01:24:53Z

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Ranking of the best foods in each dining hall on campus.
==JJ's==
===Overnight Oats===
* Tropical
* Chocolate
* Strawberry Cheesecake
* Surprisingly great for those drunken munchies.
===“Smoothies”===
* more like a slushie
* Strawberry Banana, Blueberry Pomegranate, and Mango
* heard through the grapevine that they taste great with vodka
* It is rumored that Columbia Dining repurposes the old smoothie syrup mix to make their beverage offerings more diverse. One such repurposing consists of pure syrup diluted with water into the cursed form of John Jay's “Blueberry Pomegranate Juice.” Diabetes galore.
===Wings===
* Elite with honey mustard
===Dino nuggets===
* rare offering
===Quesadillas===
* Notable combos: Fried egg + normal quesadilla for the ultimate breakfast (or hangover) experience
===Omelets===
* Occasionally served with a side of eggshells
===Beyond Burger (without the bun)===
* Healthy alternative to the traditional beef/turkey burgers served
===Red Velvet Pancakes===
* cream cheese frosting
===Boba Pancakes===
* In an attempt at American+Asian fusion, tapioca balls and purple boba syrup were mixed with traditional American pancakes to create a
===Milkshakes===
* 80% of the time, not frozen. Way too milky.
===Events:===
* Harry Potter
* Oscars Red Carpet
** Popcorn galore
** Charcuterie board-- Ritz Crackers + Kraft Cheese
** Chocolate covered strawberries

==Ferris==
===Bananas===
* When have you not stolen a handful and forgotten about your bananas or your Carman windowsill?
===Overnight Oats===
* Introduced in Spring 2020, accompanies the Greek yogurt and canned fruit bar in the mornings
* Initially excessively watered down but gradual improvements were made.
* in contrast to their hot oatmeal,
* LOok at that gorgeous sludge
===Alternative Milk Varieties===
*Oat Milk by Oatly
*On occasion subtly placed in backpacks and mysteriously

===Brownies===

===Cheesecakes===
* A good old classic New York style cheesecake,
* Rich, fluffy, and thick. High demand means you’ll need to get there quick.
* The lemon cheesecake was especially decadent.
===Tea bags (Bigelow)===
* Has the absolute best variety out of all the dining halls
* Green Tea Pomegranate, Vanilla Chai, Peppermint, Earl Grey, Lemon, Black
===Themed===
* BAO
* Game of Thrones
* Desserts: The absolute richest cheesecake, chocolate cake,
* Image of food and desserts
===Cappuccino bread===
* With chocolate chips
* sOOO moist, melts right in your mouth
* image
===Avocado Toast===
* Not really avocado toast, but rich elite Columbia students need to get their elitist food fix.
* More of a sloppy mix of guac on stale deflated bread–which can be partially revived through the conveyor belt toaster that catches on fire way too often.
===Buffalo Chicken/Caesar Chicken Wrap===

==John Jay==
===Smoothies===
*introduced in Spring 2020, replaced beloved bagel bar
*bagels became self serve by the ice cream machine
*common flavors offered: usually a green smoothie paired with a more fruit smoothie
*introduced paper straws. not a great combo with smoothies because they become soggy :(

===Bagel Bar===
* Demoted to self-serve, humbly providing smoked salmon, capers, and all the essentials for a filling meal get your money’s worth from salmon
* comes with a smattering of Philadelphia cream cheese varieties: Garden Veggie
* Iconic cream cheeses: Animal Cracker, Strawberry, Scallion, Onion, Blueberry

===Coffee Machine===
* Espresso Shots
* Vanilla Macchiato
===Cookies===
* Red Velvet, Chocolate Chip, M&M
* Easy to smuggle in the Columbia Dining coffee cups
* Best texture out of all the dining halls: gooey, slightly melty from sitting under some hot plate contraption of sorts.
===Seaweed salad===
* Get the seaweed salad, NOT the sushi
===Grain Bowls===

===Thanksgiving feast===
* Soup offerings: Roasted Butternut Squash Bisque, Roasted Pumpkin Spice Soup
* Sides: Corn and Cranberry Muffins with Honey Butter
* Maple Glazed Turkey / Spiral Vegetable Ravioli
* Homemade Cranberry & Orange Relish
* Old Fashioned Country Stuffing
* Apple Crumb Pie with Cinnamon Churro Ice Cream & Maple Glaze
* Baked Apple Crisp with Coconut Cream Ice Cream

==Diana’s Place==
* Buddha bowl
* Personal Pizza
* Smoothie Bar
** The signage claims that you’re limited to a finite amount of toppings, but in actuality, ** you can load them up without judgement. Notorious combo: orange juice, banana, chocolate chip. Try at your own risk
** ingredients offered: kale, yogurt, almond milk, orange juice, pineapple juice, chocolate chips, frozen strawberries, mango cubes, banana, regular milk
* Poke bowls
** Pay in dining dollars. Sushi rice, avocado, spicy tuna, are common offerings

==Hewitt==
* Cappuccino and hot chocolate machine
* Sweet potatoes
* Good for stealing plate
* Smaller portions

“LOok at that gorgeous sludge” *add photo

==Chef Mike's==
* Chicken Parm Sub
* Italian Sub
* Grandma Special (sausage and pepper etc.)
* Make your own!

Columbia Daily Spectator

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[[Image:Spec1968.jpg|thumb|''Spec'' front page during the [[1968 protests]] ]]

[[Image:Spec1962.jpg|right|thumb|Copies of the Spectator being sold during the newspaper strike of 1962-1963.]]

The '''''Columbia Daily Spectator''''' is the weekly newspaper of the university community and [[Morningside Heights]]. It is written by undergraduate students and operated out of the Spectator office at 120th Street and Clarement Avenue, inside the [[Riverside Church]] property. The paper is referred to simply as "'''''Spec'''''." The paper is printed in broadsheet format every Thursday during the academic term. 5,000 copies are printed and delivered to over 150 locations throughout Morningside Heights, and they are read by God knows how many people.<ref>http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/990.php?ein=131975005&yr=200712&rt=990&t9=A, see page 20, Statement 4</ref>

==Organization & Management==
''Spec'' is currently run by the 144th managing board. Membership of the current and past boards is listed here: [[Managing Board of the Columbia Daily Spectator]].

Writing and non-writing departments are each headed by an editor and are overseen by the editor-in-chief. Writing departments include campus news, city news, sports, arts and entertainment, and opinion. Non-writing departments include Business and Innovation, photography, multimedia, design, and copy. The business department is headed by the publisher, and it has several sub-departments, each headed by a director.

Trainees at ''Columbia Daily Spectator'' begin their time at the paper with a 1- to 2-month training period, during which they learn the basic roles and responsibilities of their department. Journalism trainees publish their first articles, while Business & Innovation trainees take on an impactful project. When their department editors/managers sees fit, they become staff writers/associates. Each November and December, students run for positions at the paper, a grueling process that takes nearly a month. They begin by "shadowing," or sitting with the current editors or associate editors and learning the editing process. Next, they write proposals for their desired position. The students then take an editing test made up by their department editor that tests them on the fundamentals of editing. Finally, they go through the "[[:w:Turkey Shoot|Turkey Shoot]]," an interview in which the current managing board grills the applicant on why he feels he would be a good fit for the position. The results of the application process, including the new managing board are announced in mid-December, the weekend before finals.

==History==

''Spec'' was founded in [[1877]] by [[William Barclay Parsons]] and someone else. It is the second-oldest continually operating college news daily in the nation, after ''The Harvard Crimson''. It has been financially independent of the university since [[1962]]. However, between 1964 and 1970, it received subsidies from the university of up to $20,000.<ref>"Columbia U. Agrees to a Loan In Move to Save The Spectator"
''New York Times (1857-Current file)''; Dec 17, 1972; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2005)
pg. 2</ref> In addition, to this day, "in return for the free circulation, the University provides office and production space to the organization."<ref>http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/990.php?ein=131975005&yr=200712&rt=990&t9=A, see page 20, Statement 4</ref> Spec paid $130 for occupancy expenses in 2007.<ref>http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/990.php?ein=131975005&yr=200712&rt=990&t9=A, see page 2</ref>

===The 1972 Bailout ===

On December 6, 1972, ''The Spec'' announced that it would fold unless it received financial assistance. ''The Spec'', despite being in massive debt at the time, had spent $25,000 on a new typesetting machine. ''Spec'' wanted Columbia to give them a $25,000 loan, but Columbia said no, because the Spec still owed them $16,000 for a telephone bill.<ref>"Columbia Spectator Says It Expects to Fold Next Week"
''New York Times (1857-Current file)''; Dec 7, 1972; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2005)
pg. 55</ref>. On December 17, the Spec and Columbia kissed and made up, the Spec got their $25,000 loan, Columbia got free printing services for five years, and the ''Spec'' got more time to squeeze $16,000 from their alumni.<ref>"Columbia U. Agrees to a Loan In Move to Save The Spectator"
''New York Times (1857-Current file)''; Dec 17, 1972; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2005)
pg. 2</ref>

===Turn to broadsheet===

Previously printed in tabloid format, in September [[2004]] the ''Spec'' started printing in broadsheet form. The editors at the time somehow thought they deserved to "move up" in the newspaper world, taking their place next to slightly more distinguished papers like the ''[[New York Times]]''. This move was distinctly against the grain; a large and increasing number of newspapers around the world are moving or have already moved to tabloid format, which is more popular especially with readers in cities.

Some students at Columbia agree that broadsheet newspapers are inconvenient and would like to see Spec return to tabloid format. Tabloid sized papers are conveniently hidden in notebooks if you're inclined to read in class. Other students believe that broadsheet format adds a dab of prestige to the ''Spec'' brand and allows it to stand up to its [[Ivy League]] peers. Nowadays, few people care because who still reads newspapers in print?

===The Web===
''Also see: [[The 2009 Spec Website Takedown]]''

The Spectator is also available on the web. In recent years, the online staff has changed the organization of the website on an almost annual basis, and as a result, certain hyperlinks to the site are broken.
In 2010, the Spectator launched Spectrum [http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/], a blog updated several times per day with news, arts, sports, and opinion posts. Spectrum follows several misadventures in blogging for the Spectator, but appears to be a relative success.

===Ending Daily Print Production===
''Also see: [[End of Daily Print Spectator]]''

In April 2014, the Spectator Corporate Board moved to end daily production of its print edition. In face of declining print revenue and the supposed inevitability of cutting print production a new model was proposed: the paper would move to a weekly print edition and beef up its website. A majority of the paper's trustees approved.

===Recent spinoffs===
====Blogs====

=====Defunct=====

Spec's road to producing a successful blog was long and arduous. In February [[2006]], the paper launched a series of blogs, aptly named [http://www.Specblogs.com SpecBlogs]. These blogs soon became defunct. Another blogging effort, launched in October [[2006]] to cover the 2006 midterm elections, proved more successful. In December of [[2007]], the newspaper launched yet another blog, this time specific to the Opinion page, called "The Steps". Those blogs are now also defunct. However, SpecBlogs.com was subsequently revived again, with a repertoire that included [[Commentariat]] (the new opinion blog), Spectacle (for arts and entertainment), and The Editors Notes. These blogs were phased out upon the creation of the omnibus Spec blog Spectrum (see below).

Spec's short-lived attempts at producing successful blogs were frequently mocked by the initially much more successful [[Bwog]] as the "Splogs".

A recurring blog on ''Spec'''s website during [[housing lottery]] season, since [[2007]], has been the housing blog [[The Shaft]], which survived the carnage of Spec's other early blogging efforts, and is now incorporated as part of Spectrum.

=====Current=====
Under the tenure of the 134th Managing Board, the Spec has made a renewed effort at the Spectator blog. Rebranded as "[[Spectrum]]", a revamped daily blog was launched in March of [[2010]]. The current Spectrum editor is Hannah Josi.

====The Eye====
In September [[2006]], ''Spectator'' staff launched ''[[The Eye]]'', a weekly magazine featuring investigative pieces and commentary on Columbia and [[NYC]]. The goal of starting The Eye was to provide a platform much of the feature writing that [[Speccie]]s did for [[The Blue and White]] in addition to topics that had no previous coverage. The name of ''The Eye'' relates both to the fact that one "spectates" with it and urban theorist Jane Jacobs' notion that "eyes on the street" help keep neighborhoods safe.

As of 2015, The Eye is no longer in print after the rest of the paper switched to weekly print in fall 2014.

==Current Management<ref>"Announcing Spectator's 142nd managing board", Columbia Spectator, 12/10/17</ref>==
*Editor in Chief: [[Irie Sentner]]
*Managing Editor: [[Andrew Park]]
*Publisher: [[Tyler Shern]]
*University News Editors: [[Esha Karam]] and [[Isabella Ramírez]]
*City News Editors: [[Amira McKee]] and [[Esther Sun]]
*Editorial Page Editor: [[Milène Klein]]
*Arts & Entertainment Editor: [[Isabella Farfan]]
*Sports Editor: [[Jorge Hernandez]]
*Graphics Editors: [[Devon Campbell]] and [[Adina Cazacu-De Luca]]
*Illustrations Editor: [[Ji Yoon Sim]]
*Photo Editor: [[Judy Goldstein]]
*Video Editor: [[Jordan Pettiford]]
*Director of Podcasting and Audio: [[Claire Schnatterbeck]]
*Managing Editor of The Eye: [[Caelan Bailey]]
*Head Copy Editor: [[Ronit Shulia]]
*Head of Product: [[Muchen Guo]]
*Head of Engineering: [[Marian Abuhazi]]
*Revenue Director: [[Angela Chea]]
*Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: [[Maria Rice]]

==Notable Spec Alumni==
*[[Reed Harris]]
*[[Max Frankel]]
*[[Bennett Cerf]]

==Archives==
via Google Books:
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=j0dNAAAAYAAJ 1880]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=F2NMAAAAYAAJ 1881]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=UGlMAAAAYAAJ 1888]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=cEdNAAAAYAAJ 1892]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=5HFMAAAAYAAJ 1893]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=w0dNAAAAYAAJ 1894]

via University Archives:
*[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/ 1938-2004] (continuously expanding)

==See also==

*[[Speccie]]
*[[The Eye]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator website]
* [http://eye.columbiaspectator.com The Eye] weekly magazine
* [http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com Spectrum]
* [http://twitter.com/CU_Spectator Spec's Twitter feed]

== References ==
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[[Category:Student publications]]
[[Category:Columbia Daily Spectator]]

Akeel Bilgrami

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'''Akeel Bilgrami''' is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of [[Philosophy]], a member of the [[Committee on Global Thought]], and the director of graduate admissions in the Philosophy department. Bilgrami was director of the [[Heyman Center for the Humanities]] from 2004 until 2011.

==External Link==
*[https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/akeel-bilgrami Akeel Bilgrami departmental biography]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akeel_Bilgrami Wikipedia article]

[[Category:Philosophy professors|Bilgrami]]

Akeel Bilgrami

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'''Akeel Bilgrami''' is the Johnsonian Professor of [[Philosophy]], a member of the [[Committee on Global Thought]], and current director of the [[Heyman Center for the Humanities]].

==External Link==
*[https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/akeel-bilgrami Akeel Bilgrami departmental biography]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akeel_Bilgrami Wikipedia article]

[[Category:Philosophy professors|Bilgrami]]

Jester of Columbia

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The '''''Jester of Columbia''''', or simply the '''''Jester''''', is a campus humor magazine. It is widely acclaimed as "somewhat funny every now and then," a major achievement for any college humor publication.

The Jester is also known for its comedic performances, which include the Andy Kaufman-esque [[Banquet in Honor of the King of Spain]], the full multimedia production [[Up Late with Jeff Julian]], the sketch show [[Finite Jest]], and [[Internship Survival Guide]], a collaboration with [[Project Bluelight]].

==History==

[[File:Jester2007.tragedy cover.jpg|thumb|The cover of the May 2008 Tragedy issue]]

Legendarily founded on [[April 1|April Fool's Day]], [[1901]], ''Jester'' is one of the oldest such publications in the US. It was revived in [[2001]] after a 12-year lapse in publication and again in [[2004]] after a shorter one. It stopped publication most recently in [[2020]] and has not yet been revived.

The magazine has occasionally tested the boundaries of satire severely. 1,500 copies of a [[1967]] issue that included phrases such as "tar babies" and "the noble savage" were confiscated by black students from around campus, and around 30 of them were burned in front of [[Ferris Booth Hall]] in June of that year.<ref>http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19670605-01.2.2&srpos=3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN-negroes+AND+jester----#</ref>

During the 2006-2007 school year, Jester was embroiled in a [[CUSJ-Jester Feud|bizarre (and possibly one-way, i.e., as a Jester-only prank) feud with CUSJ]], the ''[[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]''.

In [[May]] of [[2008]], the Jester prompted one of those short-lived web-scandals with their "Tragedy" issue, the cover of which featured the Titanic crashing into the Twin Towers<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/tragedy/index.htm</ref>. Some bloggers blogged about it; some commenters commented about it<ref>http://bwog.com/2008/05/13/quickjester-tragicomic-transformations-edition/</ref>. Classic sensitivity/free speech thing.

==''Jester'' covers==

The ''Jester'' has occasionally been known for its artistically sophisticated covers, a trait which reached its peak during the 1930s, when [[Ad Reinhardt]], later a notable abstract expressionist painter, was one of its editors. The cover art of the ''Jester''s of this period was considered comparable to that of ''[[The New Yorker]]''.

<gallery>
Image:Jesterrow.jpg|[[1934]] cover featuring the [[crew]] team, by [[Ad Reinhardt]]
Image:Jestergwb.jpg|[[1931]] cover celebrating the opening of the George Washington Bridge
Image:Jesterlion.jpg|Left: [[Columbia Lion]] by [[Ad Reinhardt]], Right: A [[1934]] issue featuring stories by football captain [[Cliff Montgomery]] and [[Arnold Beichman]]
Image:Jester30s.jpg|Covers from, top left, [[1931]], featuring a New Years' party in [[John Jay Hall]]; right, [[1933]], by [[Ad Reinhardt]], which served as the program for that year's [[Varsity Show]]; bottom, the [[1936]] [[Commencement]] edition, also by Reinhardt
Image:Jester07.gif|[[2007]] cover
Image:Jestermville.jpg|[[2008]] cover satirically depicting the revelation of the [[Manhattanville campus]] plan as a stained glass window
Image:JesterBuzzCoverSpread_web.jpg|[[2010]] New Yorker Style cover for the "Buzz" issue
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==''Jester'' alumni==

*[[I.A.L. Diamond]], Hollywood comedy writer
*[[Allen Ginsberg]], poet of the [[Beat Generation]]
*[[Gerald Green (author)|Gerald Green]], writer
*[[Judd Gregg]], Republican US Senator from New Hampshire
*[[Ed Koren]], cartoonist
*[[Tony Kushner]], playwright
*[[Robert Lax]], poet
*[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], screenwriter
*[[Thomas Merton]], author and monk
*[[Ted Rall]], political cartoonist
*[[Ad Reinhardt]], artist
*[[Ed Rice]], journalist
*[[David Rosand]], art history professor
*[[Ralph de Toledano]], journalist, co-founded the ''National Review'' and edited ''Newsweek''
*[[Lynd Ward]], artist
*[[Herman Wouk]], writer
*[[Dan]], Dan

==''Jester'' Editors-in-Chief (2004-Present)==

*[[Sam West]], 2004-2007
*[[David Iscoe]], 2007-2009
*[[Adam Nover]], 2009-2010
*[[Michael Abraham]], 2010-2011, 2012
*[[Patrick McGuire]], 2011
*[[Eli Grober]], 2012-2013
*[[Bijan Samareh]], 2013-

==External links==

*[http://www.jesterofcolumbia.net ''The Jester of Columbia'' The Official Website]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/ ''Jester'' website]
*[http://www.jesterlackssoundscience.com "A thorough debunking of Jester's lies"]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/Magazine/Fall2009/feature3.html Columbia Alumni Center exhibit of ''Jester'' covers]

==References==
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Avery Hall

2023-09-10T23:36:12Z

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[[Image:Avery.jpg|thumb|300px|Avery Hall]]

'''Avery Hall''' is the building that houses the [[Graduate School of Architecture]]. In it, you'll find [[Avery Library]], which is Columbia's architecture and fine arts library, and the [[Wallach Study Center]], which holds many rare blueprints.

Avery holds the distinction of being one of the rare instances when a University's architecture school is housed in one of its more beautiful buildings rather than in one of its ugliest.

A building mirroring Avery, [[Pierce Hall]], was once planned for the opposite side of campus, but never built.
The library has almost zero garbages outside of the bathrooms.

In the 100 level stacks of the library, go to the east end, where the over-sized folios are held. There are locked double doors that lead into a secret holding facility for books, which is physically under [[Fayerweather Hall]].

== History ==
The Avery Library is named for [[Henry Ogden Avery]], one of late nineteenth century [[New York City|New York]]'s promising young architects and a friend of William Robert Ware, who founded the [[Department of Architecture]] at Columbia in [[1881]]. In [[1897]] Avery Library moved from an alcove in the 49th Street library building into a new wing in [[Low Memorial Library]] on the [[Morningside Heights campus]]. In [[1912]] it became the first library to abandon its quarters in Low for its own building, Avery Hall, a new Renaissance building by McKim, Mead, and White. This final home of Avery Library was the gift of Samuel Putnam Avery II, son of the original donor.

== Tunnel/roof connections ==

===[[St. Paul's Chapel]]===
Go down to the cafe in the lower level by using the spiral staircase at the entrance. Walk to the southeast corner and you will find a scummy walkway behind the elevator and snack machines. At the south end there are black double doors and another door near it that lead into a machine room, on the other side of which is the connection to St. Paul's and beyond to Philosophy, Kent, and Hamilton. There are no alarms or cameras. The double doors might be locked though, but they can be unlocked. Also they are sometimes left open by maintenance. Watch out because it's in a relatively trafficked area which is next to maintenance area used nearly 24/7. You shouldn't have many problems though. In an extreme case you can lift up the grate near the door and crawl through the foundation tunnel and pop up on the other side (not recommended).

===[[Schermerhorn Hall]]===
All doors are alarmed as fire exits, except the north door from the 200 stacks, which is mag locked with a swipe. Go down to the cafe in the lower level by using the spiral staircase at the entrance. Walk to the southeast corner and you will find a scummy walkway behind the elevator and snack machines. At the north end you will end up in a machine room. Make your way to the north end, where you will find a half-height door. This door does not go to Schermerhorn. Instead, it exits into a hallway from the double doors near the food window of the cafe, and it leads to fire-alarmed double doors to the street. In all cases, the stacks separate the two buildings, and to prevent book theft, the four or so doors from the stacks to Schermerhorn are alarmed. To the best of my knowledge, it is unaccessible.

===[[Fayerweather Hall]]===
Go down to the cafe in the lower level by using the spiral staircase at the entrance. On the east side there is a staircase that leads up into Fayerweather, or you can use the elevator or the other staircase behind the elevator. Access here is legit. The only difficulty is that it might be closed late at night. No cameras or security, except on some doors that don't go to the tunnels. Nothing to worry about here.

===[[Buell Hall]]===
Entrance unknown, most likely walled off if it actually exists. There is a possible connection to the Buell/Kent/Uris/Low/Avery steam system. You can't access it from the Kent-Buell tunnel, which is the only known accessible section.

==Photos==
<gallery>
Image:averybasementsmall.jpg|Avery basement map from the 40's. It is very inaccurate, but still shows the machine shop.
</gallery>

==External links==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/ Avery Library]

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