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Columbia University Rock Climbing Club

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[[Image:Rock_climbing_logo.jpg|thumb|300px|The club's official logo, created by Steven Thomas]]
The '''Columbia University Rock Climbing Club''' is a group of undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, faculty and staff at Columbia University who are interested in climbing and teaching climbing at the university. The club welcomes and supports climbers of all levels, from first-time climbers to regional competition winners. The club currently runs both weekly trips to a local gym and several trips a year to local and regional outdoor climbing areas.

== Get Involved ==

To join the club, see our mailing list information below. There, you will hear about our weekly trips to MPHC and all comps, outdoor trips, and other events we have.

=== Eligibility ===

As with all club sports, membership in the Rock Climbing Club is available only to those Columbia students and affiliates with access to Dodge Fitness Center.

== Club History ==

The '''Columbia University Rock Climbing Club''' was formed in the spring semester of [[2003]] by friends, Stephen Wang, [[SEAS]] '06, and Mark Backman, [[SEAS]] '05. The club originally grew out of an email list maintained by the [[Hiking Club]], and later, communities on social networking sites like CampusNetwork and [[Facebook]]. The club attracted campus-wide interest, collecting over a hundred signatures in its first outing during the Fall 2005 [[Activities fair]]. The climbing club forever holds a debt of gratitude to the [[Brazillian Ju Jitsu]] club and Chris Sweetgall for sharing their activities fair table with the then nascent and unrecognized rock climbing club. Armed with half a table, a poster board from [[Ivy League Stationers]], and a black marker, history was made.

Following a series of meetings with Director of Intramural and Club Sports, Brian Jines and Associate Athletics Director, Ken Torrey, Mark and Stephen were given the green light to proceed with the club. During the Spring 2006 semester, the club gained recognition from the Club Sports Governing Board. The club was placed on a one semester evaluation during which no funding was provided and was subsequently awarded full status and funding in the Fall 2007 semester.

[[Image:RockClimbing1.jpg|thumb|300px|Ethan Coon and Christa Brelsford out on the rocks]]

Following the graduations of Stephen and Mark, Christa Brelsford (SEAS '07), Emily Laskin (BC '07), and Ethan Coon (Ph.D SEAS '09) took over all aspects of the Rock Climbing Club, most importantly, maintaining the club's status as "totally sweet". Emily reigned supreme for the '06/'07 season -- the first with legit club funding.

Christa, Ethan, and a group of fresh, new faces took over the club for the '07/'08 season. After being smote down by club sports for being graduate students, Christa and Ethan stepped aside to advisory roles, leaving the keys with Stephanie Quan (CC '08) and an expanded executive board.

The club further expanded its membership under Steven Thomas (SEAS '09) and Nicolas Borensztein (SEAS '10) and vastly increased its funding. With this cunning new leadership the club was able to begin making its outings far more accessible by covering all costs related to competition or park entry fees and rental vans. The members rejoiced.

The club starts the new year afresh, with many of last year's executive board running the ship. Since its inception, the club has grown to over 100 members strong, and is in the process of expanding its offerings to more events for more climbers. The past few years we've grown from a weekly gym trip to multiple outdoor trips and an active competition team in regional bouldering comps. Thanks to [[Club Sports]] and the efforts of students everywhere, the club has grown to be a force in the rock climbing community of New York City.

== Executive Board ==

The club is proud to announce its executive board for the 2010-2011 season:

* President: Erica Kassman
* Vice President: Jackson Cooper
* Treasurer: Sandy Sandhu
* Secretary: Max Pensack
* Publicist: (now accepting resumes!)

== Climbing Opportunities ==

Historically, the rock climbing club has met every Saturday at noon in front of 212 Lerner Hall. Saturday is generally when new members and interested students travel with club officers to the climbing gym. All skill levels are welcome to participate. The club offers belay instruction as well as assistance with climbing technique.

For those seeking freedom from the confines of a climbing gym, there are many outdoor options available to you. New York City has a tremendous amount of bouldering available (legal!) in Central Park, the majority being midtown and towards the north entrance. For the more adventurous, the Shawangunk Ridge ("The Gunks") is within a reasonable driving distance and features some of the best climbing in the United States.

== Club Equipment ==

[[Image:Crashpads.jpg|thumb|300px|The club's only official gear, two crashpads generously sponsored by Manhattan Plaza Health Club]]
Thanks to a generous sponsorship by the Manhattan Plaza Health Club, the club now has its own crash pads. Those interested in borrowing one or both of these crashpads should contact the club president. The club earned this sponsorship by placing the MPHC logo on the sweet club tee-shirts.

=== Outdoors ===

The club runs about four trips a year to the Gunks, taking about 12 students per trip (as vans/drivers, guides, and gear permits). Most of these trips are available on an Animal Farm basis... all climbers are equal, but some climbers (such as those with gear, guiding ability, and club sport's ok to drive) are more equal than others. We do make a concerted effort to get anyone who climbs in the gym actively with the club regularly a spot on outdoor trips as well. Ability is almost never a requirement, but being active in the club often is.

=== Competitions ===

As the club has grown, local and regional bouldering competitions have been a big part of our activities. The club now has an impressive number of top finishes at American Bouldering Series (ABS) competitions, with more than a few Champion titles in both the Men's and Women's categories. Regular competitions include Midnight Burn (Philly Rock Gym), Cliffs at Valhalla competitions, and those at our home gym, Manhattan Plaza Health Club. Lately our women have been especially strong, medaling in all three amateur categories.

As competitive bouldering has multiple divisions, people of all abilities are welcome and encouraged to compete. The atmosphere of a climbing competition is incredibly supportive, and a ton of fun. See Erica for more.

== Mailing List ==

To join the Columbia Climbing Club, simply subscribe to our mailing list. Events are advertised via this list.

From your Columbia account, mail:

[mailto:majordomo@columbia.edu majordomo@columbia.edu]

with the following in the body of the email:

subscribe climbing

To unsubscribe, do the same with:

unsubscribe climbing address_to_unsubscribe@columbia.edu

== General Climbing Info ==

=== Facilities ===

The Rock Climbing Club has informally made its home at the midtown Manhattan Plaza Health Club. This gym features two rooms, one devoted exclusively to bouldering. The club also has a special deal with the gym, whereby students with the club get special rates for the school year. These memberships are bought at the beginning of the school year in bulk, and may not be purchased at any other time. Information regarding these memberships will be distributed via the club mailing list.

Members seeking new scenery have many other rock climbing choices available to them within New York City, as well as within the tri-state area.

'''Local Rock Climbing Gym Guide''' [as prepared by Ethan Coon, Christa Brelsford, and a little bit by Stephen Wang]

>>'''Manhattan Plaza Health Club''' -- ($150 / 3 months for students, $20/day, $250 / schoolyear (9 mo))

http://www.mphc.com/

43rd between 9th and 10th, Manhattan

Slightly larger gym, tons of good bouldering. Not so sure of the quality of their roped stuff, but the bouldering is great. Better for more advanced climbers. ** special deals with the Club!

>>'''Brooklyn Boulders''' (???)

http://www.brooklynboulders.com/

575 Degraw St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Large, new gym going in, accessible from the 2/3 line. This is brand new... opens 9/9/09. The facility is still getting finished, and no clue as to what the culture will be like. Not just bouldering.

>>'''Chelsea Piers''' ($50 per day, $1600 per year, but includes access to an impressive complex of other sporting stuff)

http://www.chelseapiers.com/sc/climbing.htm

23rd and the Hudson River, Manhattan

Huge frickin overhanging wall, some decent bouldering, this is a good place to get really strong. Quoting their website, it's home to "the world's most challenging indoor climbing wall." I guess it could be ridiculously hard in that "over-hanging til you can't hold on any more" kinda way. That said, the people there seem to me to be more the "getting strong" types than the "climbing" types. Not the type of place to go without a climbing partner... That said, this is where the movie stars train for their next flick, so you too can be mad cool (for just a small fee...)

>>'''The Rock Club''' ( $200 / 4 months for students, $15 / day)

http://www.climbrockclub.com/

New Rochelle ( via Car or Metro North, see website for more)

Big place, tons of routes and bouldering. A bit off the beaten path, though very worth it for a weekend full day of bigger-gym climbing. the Metro North ticket runs at $3.75 one way if you buy it in the station.

>>'''The Gravity Vault''' ($189/3 months for students, $14 / day)

http://www.gravityvault.com/

North of Paramus on Rt 17

Another big place with tons of great bouldering and routes. One of those places to go when you get rained out of the Gunks...

>>'''NJ Rock Gym''' (???)

http://www.njrockgym.com/

Never been here, but I hear it's cool.

>>'''The Cliffs at Valhalla''' (240/3 mo, 85/1 mo, 16/day) - you might be able to get a student discount if you ask nicely.

http://www.thecliffsclimbing.com

North of White Plains. A short cab ride from the Hawthorne Metro North Station, but they'll refund your cab fare if you come in a group of 3 or more. $7 otherwise.

A comparable amount of bouldering to the Rock Club, but less top-roping, and no leading. The boulder problems were a ton of fun.

<s> >>'''City Climber's Club''' -- ($250 / year, $15 / day pass)

http://www.cityclimbersclub.com/

59th between 10th and 11th in Manhattan

Small gym, but good, friendly people, and a great place to meet climbing partners. Run by climbers, for climbers. A non-profit, so you won't find any cheaper. Great for beginners.

Columbia used to have a bulk deal with CCC, but it was switched to MPHC for the 2007/2008 school year. </s>

CCC has (finally) closed for renovations of the enclosing Park Services Building. It's unclear if/when they'll reopen.

=== Gear for Purchase ===

There isn't a ton of gear shops accessible to those without cars, but there are a few options.

>> '''EMS''' is on Broadway near Prince (just north of the N/R/W station).

>> '''MPHC''' often has lightly-used shoes for sale cheap by previous owners. This can be a great way to get started.

>> '''Tents and Trails''' on 21 Park Pl has a small selection of climbing gear.

== External links ==

* [http://columbia.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200139007/ Columbia Rock Climbing Facebook group]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/02/10/News/Scaling.Rocks.And.Riding.Waves.In.Cu.Club.Sports-2028640.shtml Columbia Spectator: Club Sports Recognition]

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The following is a distillation of information, mostly culled from student evaluations, on various pre-approved '''[[study abroad]] options''' for Columbia students. It was originally drafted for ''[[The Blue and White]]'', but wound up here instead, with some subsequent modifications.

The following list is divided into official Columbia study abroad programs (those run by the [[Office of Global Programs]], other Columbia-run study abroad programs that somehow made it out of OGP's grasp, and an overview of destinations available through Columbia-approved programs offered by other institutions.

==Columbia programs==

===Office of Global Programs-administered===

The Office of Global Programs is Columbia's official study abroad office, and most (though not all) university-run study abroad programs go through them. To wit:

====Amman====

*'''Summer Arabic Program in Amman''': Pretty much what it sounds like, hosted at the Columbia University Middle East Research Center (or [[Columbia Global Center]] | Middle East; better use both names since the university can't figure it out).

====Beijing====

*'''Columbia University in Beijing''': Spend a semester or yearlong program at China's prestigious Tsinghua University. Propagand...er, promotional materials show students enjoying early-morning tai chi sessions and horseback riding in the "Fragrant Hills". Students tell of an extraordinary opportunity for cultural immersion, but also their uncertainty over the grading system, their dorm's isolation from the city, and its semester-long "dwindling supply of hot water". Those resolved to immerse themselves as fully as possible might be inclined to disregard the latter issue and spend their days at the communal bath-house.

*'''Summer Language Program in Beijing''': Summer Mandarin classes are taught by mostly Columbia academics and hosted at Minzu University.

====Berlin====

*The '''[[Berlin Consortium]] for German Studies''' is one of Columbia's more established programs, yet also among its most controversial. Students only take one or two consortium classes; the rest are held at the Free University of Berlin. Meanwhile, residential life is in constant flux, with students transitioning from a hostel to a four week homestay to an apartment that must be hunted without assistance. Responses to the Berlin program range from enthusiastic recounts of the city's cultural wealth to "among the most miserable times in my life, I will not remember study abroad fondly or even without hostility...Five months is a terrible amount of time - too short to immerse, and too long - my god, too long. Too cold, too grey."

====Kyoto====

*'''Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies''': Columbia has recently taken command of [[Stanford]]'s old study abroad center in Japan's cultural heart, and with it has come both the stringent requirements (a two-semester minimum stay) and diverse (albeit occasionally questionable) courseload one expects from Alma Mater: the center now offers a class entitled "Demonic Women". Students complained that the center's academics, particularly its language classes, were not as challenging as expected, but otherwise found the program clean, safe, and orderly. One potential perk: no "international student village" nor the isolation of a local apartment here; students are now put up together in a local hotel.

*'''Kyoto Summer Program in Advanced and Classical Japanese''': also offered at the Kyoto Consortium for those interested.

====Paris====

*The '''Columbia-[[Penn]] program at [[Reid Hall]]''' is probably one of the univeristy's (or universities'?) better-organized study abroad efforts. Students study in the building that once housed the first Protestant school in France, a society entitled "the American Girls Club" (sorry, no relation to the doll company), and a First World War hospital, not to mention lectures by Barthes, de Beauvoir and Derrida. Past participants mostly concurred that he program's academics were excellent, but lamented the difficulties involved in cross-registration with local universities (a requirement that tended to get impaired in the course of frequent strikes), as well as the seeming isolation of Americans from French students. Still, for only $300 a month, Reid Hall will transplant you to the set of "La Boheme", with an attic "maid's room" all your own.

*There's also a '''Contemporary French Theater and Performance''' program at Reid, for those so inclined.

*'''Summer French Studies Program in Paris''': What it sounds like.

====Shanghai====

*'''Summer Business and Internship Program in Shanghai''': [[Economics (major)|Econ majors]] rejoice; summer internship opportunities and thrilling lectures on the likes of "Monetary Matters and Reformation in the Chinese Banking System Since 1979" complement private Chinese language tutorials.

====Venice====

*'''Italian Cultural Studies''': Follow Thomas Mann's footsteps to Italy's showpiece of romantic decline - and romantic cliches - with Columbia's summer program for [[Art History]] and [[Italian]] majors. The perks include one's very own Big Brother, er, "Cultural Partner," from Ca' Foscari University.

===Other Columbia Programs===

The Office of Global Programs may control most official Columbia study abroad options, but not all! Behold, some of the weirder (but more impressive) options available:

====[[Oxford]]/[[Cambridge]]====

Linguistically underadventurous, though academically motivated Columbians wishing to add Great Britain's two greatest universities to their undergraduate resumes ought to know that the experience will be a hard-won privilege, rather than a right. While other universities enjoy easy access to a semester at either via Butler University's study abroad program, Columbia students are screened academically and are required to spend a full year amid Oxbridge's spires. Students surveyed after the program wished their tutors were a bit more easy to hunt down, the food a bit more...edible, or the exchange rate at least slightly more favorable ("Oh holy God, [bring] everything you have", said one), but their experiences were, overall, mostly positive. Applicants shouldn't expect, however, too much of a culture shock, unless they are like those who claimed, in their surveys, that "can't be bothered" was a "learned British-ism" or that "discussing different tastes in indie music" was a quintessentially British experience.

====Columbia Excavations at Amheida, Egypt====

Not formally a study abroad program, and not for the weak, working with Columbia archaeologists' dig in the oases of Upper Egypt requires communication in a difficult local dialect of Arabic, working and studying six days a week (only Friday is off- for mosque services) and the even more daunting task of rising daily at 5am. Living conditions may not be for the pampered, as "Utilities in rural Egypt are not entirely reliable...and students should be prepared for periodic power outages (bring a flashlight) and even water cuts". Extracurriculars are not the program's strong suit, either. "Opportunities for recreation...are by New York standards rather limited," the program's website recounts, dryly. The program at Amheida constitutes its own 16-credit semester with three required courses; the last allows students to move out of the wild and base themselves at Cairo, from which they travel the Nile studying Greco-Roman monuments. Bonus: you're done by March!

====Medieval France====

One might easily believe this program involved retreating from one's own time ''and'' space, if only it weren't focused specifically on digitally-rendered analyses of Romanesque architecture. While in the field, students are housed in the sumptuous Château de Bostz, estate of one Prince de Lobkowicz, who will feeds them twice daily. Reality - and modernity - intrude upon the class when it relocates to Paris, where students fend for themselves in a nondescript dormitory.

==Non-Columbia programs==

===Europe===

====University of London Schools====

Large, bustling, diverse - London is New York's virtual twin across the pond, and scores of Columbians have flocked to its various schools and colleges to experience metropolitan life with a slightly different accent. Columbia offers direct enrollment in University College London, the [[London School of Economics]], the School of Oriental and African Studies, King's College, and a variety of other branches of the vast and protean university of London. According to student surveys, nearly all the London schools share the advantage of truly international dorm-mates ("a cross-section of the world" is how one described the living experience) - and the disadvantage of slightly disappointing academic quality. Some also expressed frustration with the bureaucracies of the London schools, wishing Columbia advised UK-bound students to leave administrative details up to a US-based study abroad program.

====Prague====

Various programs associated with Charles University in Prague are among the highest consistently rated study abroad experiences by Columbia students. Those bound for the Czech Republic can count either on an absurdly cheap apartment in a neighborhood that will force them to learn the local tongue, or program housing in a bed and breakfast that provides meals- and makes beds. What's more, many report that Prague remains unencumbered with the crushing tourist loads that plague European capitals further west.

====Danish International School, Copenhagen====

Denmark is hardly one of the most glamorous study abroad destinations, and Columbia doesn't even offer classes in Danish. No matter: the Danish International School of Copenhagen is a rare exception in the fairly uniform world of study abroad programs; student's needn't worry about the local language at all. Classes, though often derided for being "disorganized lectures," are taught entirely in English, and are mostly concerned with European Union law and politics. The living situation may cause some students pause- housing may be as much as 30 minutes by commuter rail from the city center, and chances to meet fellow study-abroders outside class are rare - but DIS students are privy to other opportunities, including weeklong study trips to Russia.

====Butler University: St. Andrew's====

The omnipresent Butler University study abroad program offers several urban university options in England and Scotland, sure. Yet the student who truly wishes to escape Columbia and its urban confines should consider St. Andrew's, isolated at the end of several ever less-important and slow local train lines extending from Edinburgh, itself hardly an international transit hub. While perhaps not the best option for the study abroad perspective seeking to comb Europe during Spring Break, St. Andrew's seclusion, its low workload:prestige ratio- and free golf on its historic course for registered students- makes it an ideal choice for those seeking a complete escape from every aspect of life in Manhattan.

===Latin America===

====Argentina/Chile/Brazil====

Major study abroad outlets such as CIEE, COPA, and Butler University offer a variety of popular programs throughout southern South America. The most uniformly preferred was CIEE's partnership with the University of Buenos Aires, which gave students the option of a residence hall as well as a homestay rather than forcing the latter. Students, however, were generally perturbed by the difficulty of counting course credit once back at Columbia, and by the vast numbers of Americans studying in Spanish-speaking countries in general. Those studying in Brazil cited the supportive nature of CIEE's programs there, and emphasized mostly positive homestay experiences- although they added it was generally difficult to meet Brazilian students, who themselves live at home during their university years.

====Butler University: Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico====

Students seeking Spanish immersion relatively close to home ought to seek this program in the relatively small, friendly city of Merida. Academics, according to students who participated, are on par with what Americans were used to, and as the program seemed well established within the university, hitches were relatively few. Homestays in particular seem to have been carefully coordinated. For spring break traditionalists, the university is only a few hours from Cancun, and for others, Merida offers a slowgoing, colonial alternative to the side of the Yucatan more fit for MTV. Case in point: one surveyed student noted that "although the fresas (rich, snobby girls) were gorgeous, the one I really went for turned out to be horribly Catholic...So good luck, but one of my friends from San Diego who was cooler than me got no gorgeous ass either."

===Africa===

====Senegal====

While Dakar's Cheikh Anta Diop University is acknowledged by many who have studied there to hardly be among their most challenging academic experiences, students who studied in Senegal highly valued their homestay experiences, which they found extraordinarily enlightening. The downsides of Senegal? Lack of access to computers, but more often Ugly Americans who refused to take the plunge into Senegalese culture or customs.

====Cape Town====

Among the various programs Columbia authorizes in South Africa, most students opted for Cape Town, and preferred InterStudy's program there, which provided Americans with shared homes and took care of minor necessities like phone bills and bank accounts. Still, students recounted, the program and University of Cape Town bureaucracies could occasionally prove encumberments, while some remained concerned about latent racism and mounting crime scarring the city.

===Elsewhere===

====India- Institute of Buddhist Dialectics====

The majority of the Columbia students who have chosen to study abroad in India have done so to deepen their knowledge of Buddhism, particularly at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, where they have attended lessons by the Dalai Lama himself. Accordingly, academics at the Institute are difficult, particularly the Tibetan language barrier, and the living standards can be both a shock and a challenge; medical attention is not plentiful in Dharamsala should anything happen, and students are shuffled from dorm to co-residence with a Tibetan student to student hostel. Students appear to have enjoyed going with the flow, however, which means, one can only assume, their immersion in Tibetan Buddhism was at least partly successful.

====Cornell Nepal Study Program====

Research is the emphasis of Cornell's program in the medieval Nepali town of Kirtipur, outside Kathmandu. Students take research writing courses (in English) and spend up to five weeks in the field, either independently or as part of a faculty team. While the professors and staff at this program are "loving and really supportive," the living situation can apparently be rather frustrating; "one [Nepali] girl was stealing things, but the program director did nothing about it (even though she was aware)" a surveyed student wrote.

====Butler University: Australia and New Zealand====

Columbia students who wish to travel as far as possible and still speak English go through Butler University's programs in Australia and New Zealand, which lead primarily to the Universities of Sydney, Melbourne, New South Wales, or Aukland. Most who went emphasized the acute differences between New York and the antipodes: a warm climate and slow-paced academic life allowed many students to embark on frequent outdoor excursions. The familiarity of the language and the general "hands-off" nature of the program allow students to live fairly independently, although the comparatively luxurious university housing (especially in Sydney) and the predominance of Americans tended to isolate students from Australian society.

====American University in Cairo====

Many who have headed to Cairo found the AUC lacking academically beyond the Arabic language program, but believed the experience was entirely justified for the linguistic skills acquired alone. Students reported that living in Egypt could be frustrating; the bureaucracy - within the university and without - can be cumbersome. Still, they reported that Egypt was extraordinarily welcoming for Americans and the opportunity to learn Arabic in the city's shops and coffeehouses unparalleled.

==Sources==
*Official Columbia programs: http://www.ce.columbia.edu/overseas
*Columbia Study Abroad Student Evaluations: http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/studyabroad/approved_programs/evaluation_results.php
*Amheida excavations: http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/amheida/
*Cornell Nepal Study Program: http://www.cuabroad.cornell.edu/programchoices/regions.asp?recid=298
*Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University: http://www.ifsa-butler.org/

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== Biography ==
* "Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler" by [[Michael Rosenthal]] (2006) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Nicholas+Miraculous&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Miraculous-Amazing-Career-Redoubtable/dp/0374299943/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176051853&sr=8-1 Amazon.com]
* "Eisenhower at Columbia", by Travis Jacobs (2001) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Eisenhower+At+Columbia&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0765800365 Google eBook (limited preview)] [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780765800367&itm=1 Barnes and Noble]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=SGLOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false King's College Alumni] by Leonard Felix Fuld (originally published in [[Columbia University Quarterly]] from September 1907-September 1911)
* "Memoirs of Frederick A. P. Barnard, by John Fulton (1896) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Dx9AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]

== Fiction ==

*"Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution," by [[Jerome Charyn]] (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-One-Eye-Tale-American-Revolution/dp/0393064972/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203800117&sr=1-1 Amazon]
*"Moon Palace", by [[Paul Auster]] (1989) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Moon+Palace&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO]
*"Morningside Heights," by [[Cheryl Mendelson]] (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Morningside-Heights-Novel-Cheryl-Mendelson/dp/0375760687/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203800172&sr=1-1 Amazon]
*"Vanity of Duluoz," by [[Jack Kerouac]] (1968) [http://www.amazon.com/Vanity-Duluoz-Adventurous-Education-1935-46/dp/0140236392 Amazon]
*"The Caine Mutiny," by [[Herman Wouk]] (1951) [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEkQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCaine-Mutiny-Novel-Herman-Wouk%2Fdp%2F0316955108&ei=LntXTJ3JNYH_8AaI47z6Ag&usg=AFQjCNH5BOmtSr_dCh3Cq8kP7kdbQuXkGQ&sig2=rChTDWCnI32pkOK7_NZAHg]

== Guides ==

* "An Official Guide to Columbia University" (1912) ed. [[Brander Matthews]] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0kgC32Cg2T5t-YolhPy&id=yBATAAAAIAAJ Google eBook] [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Official+Guide+To+Columbia+University&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO]
* "A Guide to Columbia University: With Some Account of Its History and Traditions" ed. John William Robson (1937) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=A%20Guide%20to%20Columbia%20University&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=50&PID=lOM_VpuaHCKQB_21DBd2uo8uvEp&SEQ=20071216055110&SID=2 CLIO]
* "Columbia University, College Prowler Off The Record" (2005) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1596580348 Google eBook]

== History ==

=== Columbia ===
* "Columbia University and Morningside Heights" (Postcard History Series) by Michael V. Susi [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tl5SnSGvhHoC Google eBook (limited preview)]
* "Living Legacies at Columbia" ed. [[Wm. Theodore de Bary]] (2006) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Living+Legacies+at+Columbia&Search_Code=TALL&PID=dKa8t08ZranCElQP4hrltq7HgM2&SEQ=20071211224838&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Living-Legacies-Columbia-Theodore-Bary/dp/0231138849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197430435&sr=8-1 Amazon.com]
* "Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1754-2004" by [[Robert A. McCaughey]] (2003) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=stand%2C+columbia&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Stand-Columbia-History-University-1754-2004/dp/0231130082/ref=sr_1_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176052272&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
* "My Columbia: Reminiscences of University Life" ed. Ashbel Green (2004) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=My+Columbia%3A+Reminiscences+of+University+Life&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=fEZjf7MKi6HROwoFCuqjYTO3g&SEQ=20070321033746&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN023113486X Google eBook] [http://www.amazon.com/My-Columbia-Reminiscences-University-Life/dp/023113486X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176052335&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
* "From King's College to Columbia, 1746-1800" by David C. Humphrey (1976) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=6&ti=1,6&SC=Subject&SA=Columbia%20University%20History%2E&PID=-RnVfTDedwaTD96BFqucwmPdn&SEQ=20070321034318&SID=13 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231039425&id Google eBook (limited preview)]
* "Columbia Remembered" ed. Wesley First (1967) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Columbia+Remembered&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO]
* "Columbia: Colossus on the Hudson", by Horace Coon (1947) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Columbia+Colossus+on+the+hudson&Search_Code=TALL&PID=bSKarTaQKedizbNuC0dSvPmI6HX&SEQ=20070408124651&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO]
* "Columbia" by [[Frederick Paul Keppel]] (1914) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=Columbia&Search%5FCode=TALL&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=UD9E8b4iY3bcphB8OqHY3uJcSVJ&SEQ=20070408124757&SID=6 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?id=hLAWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook (full book)]
* "A History of Columbia University, 1754-1904" by [[Brander Matthews]] (1904) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=history+of+columbia+university&Search_Code=TALL&PID=mXd8qjM4-lN4-0_M799A4H_wNCY&SEQ=20070408135755&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0f9ChN0yzhCAvBADU4H2Uds&id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ Google eBook (full book)] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0Ggbf7CcdFGkpiDqe0o&id=3xEUAAAAIAAJ Google eBook (Another Version- full book)]
*"Columbiana: A Bibliography of Manuscripts, Pamphlets and Books Relating to teh History of King's College Columbia College Columbia University" prepared by Charles Alexander Nelson (1904) [http://books.google.com/books?id=hikVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
*"The Undergraduate Record Columbia College A Book of Statistical Information compiled by William S. Sloan" (1881) [http://books.google.com/books?id=cxATAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA87#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
*"An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York 1754-1876" edited by [[John Howard Van Amringe]] (1876) [http://books.google.com/books?id=j7TAsGQxY_YC&pg=PP3#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books (full book)]
* "An Historical Sketch of Columbia College in the City of New York by [[Nathaniel Fish Moore]] (1846) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ra8WAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books - full book]

=== Founding Documents ===
* "The Original Charter of Columbia College in the City of New York, October 31st, 1754; withthe Acts of Legislature amending the same, or relating to the College" (1854) [http://books.google.com/books?id=i22Zf8BMbjYC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
* "Charters Acts and Official Documents Together with the Lease and Re-Lease by Trinity Church of a Portion of the King's Farm" compiled by John B. Pine (1895) [http://books.google.com/books?id=_rBBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
* "Charters and Statutes with Amendments to April 3, 1916" (1916) [http://books.google.com/books?id=lnzOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Google eBook]
* "Charters Acts of the Legislature Official Documents and Records" compiled by John B. Pine (1920) [http://books.google.com/books?id=PTc4AAAAYAAJ Google - snippet view]

=== Neighborhood/Architecture ===

* "Morningside Heights" by [[Andrew S. Dolkart]] (2001) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=morningside%20heights&Search%5FCode=TALL&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&SID=9 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN023107851X&id=tHM_JXOp4JAC Google eBook (limited preview)]
* "Mastering McKim's Plan: Columbia's First Century on Morningside Heights" by [[Barry Bergdoll]] (1998) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Mastering+McKim%27s+Plan&Search_Code=TALL&PID=dKa8t08ZranCElQP4hrltq7HgM2&SEQ=20071211224838&CNT=50&HIST=1 CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-McKims-Plan-Columbias-Morningside/dp/1884919057/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197430642&sr=1-9 Amazon.com]

=== 1968 Protests ===
* " Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis" by Jerry L. Avorn (1968) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=up%20against%20the%20ivy%20wall&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50&HIST=1&DB=local CLIO]
* "Crisis at Columbia", the Cox Commission Report on the [[1968 protests]] (1968) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=crisis%20at%20columbia&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=50&PID=IMHsRgBkIzhtkgXlnzDx86kpPb&SEQ=20070321081617&SID=3 CLIO]
* "Six Weeks that Shook Morningside" Columbia College Today, Spring 1968 [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/sites/cct/files/cct_spring_1968.pdf PDF]
* "The Battle For Morningside Heights" by Roger Kahn (1970) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=kahn%2C%20roger&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=50&PID=3QkbEKAKR--bdPxymMhwOyYe8&SEQ=20070321033712&SID=4 CLIO]
* "The Strawberry Statement: Notes of a College Revolutionary", by James S. Kunen (1970) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=strawberry+statement&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=3qelN7rlP2KALGag-_9wdeAzQih&SEQ=20070408140036&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Statement-Notes-College-Revolutionary/dp/1881089525/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176055564&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
*"Confrontation on campus;: The Columbia pattern for the new protest" by Joanne Grant (1969) [http://www.amazon.com/Confrontation-campus-Columbia-pattern-protest/dp/B0006CT3R8 Amazon]
==== Columbia University Press ====
*"Columbia University Press 1893-1983", by Henry H. Wiggins (1983) [http://books.google.com/books?id=hlqUE_4JE3UC&source=gbs_navlinks_s Google eBook (limited preview)]

=== Social History ===
* "Changing the Subject: How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics", by Rosalind Rosenberg (2004) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Changing+The+Subject:+How&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231126441&id=X3stnfg-IpQC&dq Google eBook (limited preview] [http://www.amazon.com/Changing-Subject-Columbia-Shaped-Politics/dp/0231126441/ref=sr_1_2/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176056056&sr=1-2 Amazon.com]

=== School of Journalism ===
* "Pulitzer's School: Columbia University's School of Journalism, 1903-2003" by James R. Boylan (2003) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Pulitzer's+School&Search_Code=TALL&SL=None&PID=lq_H_qeo4nDLkzSI3iYPXzSpN&SEQ=20070321033857&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0231130902 Google eBook] [http://www.amazon.com/Pulitzers-School-Universitys-Journalism-1903-2003/dp/0231130902/ref=sr_1_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176055824&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]

== Core Curriculum ==

* "Great Books" by [[David Denby]] (1997) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=denby%2C%20david&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=fEZjf7MKi6HROwoFCuqjYTO3g&SEQ=20070321033746&SID=5 CLIO] [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Books-David-Denby/dp/0684835339/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176055870&sr=1-2 Amazon.com]
* "An Oasis of Order: The Core Curriculum at Columbia College", by Timothy Cross (1995) [http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/oasis/index.php]

== Other ==

* "The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and his struggle to save New York" by Vincent Cannato (2001) (chapter 7 on the [[1968 protests]]) [http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=cannato%2C%20vincent&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=50&PID=V7MNovGGvownYFEPLWXvjb9YFLO&SEQ=20070321081005&SID=2 CLIO] [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0465008445&id=Upv5ezVPBOMC&dq Google eBook (limited preview)] [http://www.amazon.com/Ungovernable-City-John-Lindsay-Struggle/dp/0465008445/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-3530552-8402353?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1176056116&sr=1-1 Amazon.com]
* "Ivy Briefs: True Tales of a Neurotic Law Student" by Martha Kimes [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/0743288386/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful/105-4896802-5798000?ie=UTF8&n=283155#customerReviews Amazon]
* ''The Seven Storey Mountain'' by Thomas Merton. (He talks about his life as an undergraduate here.)

==Documentaries (video) ==
*"Columbia University: A Celebration" by Ric Burns (2003)

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|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg
|Built=[[1981]]
|Renovated=[[1991]]<br />Townhouses in [[2003]]<br />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. 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>

===Murder===

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.

==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 ==
<gallery>
Image:EC1.gif|Floor 1
Image:EC2.gif|Floor 2
Image:EC3.gif|Floor 3
Image:EC4.gif|Floor 4
Image:EC5.gif|Floor 5
Image:EC7.gif|Floor 7
Image:EC8.gif|Floor 8
Image:EC9.gif|Floor 9
Image:EC10.gif|Floor 10
Image:EC11.gif|Floor 11
Image:EC12.gif|Floor 12
Image:EC13.gif|Floor 13
Image:EC14.gif|Floor 14
Image:EC15.gif|Floor 15
Image:EC16.gif|Floor 16
Image:EC17.gif|Floor 17
Image:EC18.gif|Floor 18
Image:EC19.gif|Floor 19
Image:EC20.gif|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.<br>
New York, NY 10027

== External Links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/residence-halls/east-campus/index.html Columbia Housing - East Campus]

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