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Campus Character

2008-02-04T14:44:59Z

Megalotaria: /* A Partial List of Campus Characters */

A '''Campus Character''' is someone who has been featured in the "Campus Characters" section of ''[[The Blue and White]]'', or, alternatively, a well-known campus figure whom people feel should be included in said section.

Use of this term generally indicates that the individual is either popular, famous, infamous, or extremely interesting in some way. Those chosen as campus characters for the ''B&W'' are profiled in a short article coupled with a sketched headshot, in ''Wall Street Journal'' fashion.

== A Partial List of Campus Characters ==
* [[Seth Flaxman]]
* [[Josh Bolotsky]]
* [[David Chait]]
* [[Coogan Brennan]]
* [[Alex Gartenfeld]]

[[Category:Definitions]]

User talk:Absentminded

2008-01-26T01:36:30Z

Megalotaria: /* it's vs its */

{{prezbo|Awarded despite this supposed<br/>sabbatical you've taken.<br/>[[User:Admin|Admin]] 04:44, 2 April 2007 (EDT)}}

Nice infobox. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 23:49, 18 March 2007 (EDT)
:You have no idea how long that took :) [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 23:50, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

I think it would be a good idea to follow Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28capital_letters%29 capital letters policy] with two equals signs for the main headings on a page. Right? [[User:Admin|Admin]] 21:31, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
:I leave it to you. I typically nest headings 1, 2, 3 equal signs. And I typically adopt, or try to, as convention any corrections you make (External Links ---> External links). [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 21:54, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
::Thanks for noticing that! I think 2 equals makes sense because the main headings on any page should be subordinate to the page heading. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 22:17, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

A: i noticed you confused "it's" and "its" twice on the page about GSAS. you might wanna keep an eye out for that.

==Sabbatical==
Obsessing you a bit too much? [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 00:06, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
: For a guy on sabbatical, you're awful busy... [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 10:43, 4 April 2007 (EDT)

==CC Admissions==
Reasons for deleting the other info? [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 16:28, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

==it's vs its==

dude. you have a real problem with it's vs. its. i keep changing them. please keep an eye out for that. [[User:Foobar|Foobar]] 21:47, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

:Its a common mistake [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 22:09, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

::I love Absentminded's contributions, but seriously, this is Columbia. We need to exhibit proper grammar. [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 23:30, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

:::Fascist! [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 00:59, 10 April 2007 (EDT)

::::: Dude seriously, even if it's a common mistake, it's a simple rule. You just made another one in [[Hartley_Hall]] "it's" only if it's a contraction. bokay? [[User:Foobar|Foobar]] 06:39, 21 November 2007 (EST)

==Back...==

* Good to have you back! I've been relatively inactive myself over the past 2 months... but my summer internship ends in a couple of weeks. When the Columbia term kicks off again, I expect to have a little more time for contributions. OK, a lot more time! {{User:Reaganaut/sig}} 17:32, 21 August 2007 (EDT)

Campus Character

2008-01-25T16:18:02Z

Megalotaria: /* List of Campus Characters */

Campus Character

2008-01-25T16:17:23Z

Megalotaria: /* List of Campus Characters */

A '''Campus Character''' is someone who has been featured in the "Campus Characters" section of ''[[The Blue and White]]'', or, alternatively, a well-known campus figure whom people feel should be included in said section.

Use of this term generally indicates that the individual is either popular, famous, infamous, or extremely interesting in some way. Those chosen as campus characters for the ''B&W'' are profiled in a short article coupled with a sketched headshot, in ''Wall Street Journal'' fashion.

== List of Campus Characters ==
* [[Seth Flaxman]]
* [[Josh Bolotsky]]
* [[David Chait]]
* [[Coogan Brennan]]
* [[Alex Gartenfeld]]

[[Category:Definitions]]

Cornell University

2007-07-31T13:21:56Z

Megalotaria:

'''Cornell University''' is [[New York State]]'s other [[Ivy League]] school. Located in some far-off upstate wilderness, it's known for being filled with Columbia rejects, having a [[SUNY]] agriculture school, and a hotel management academy. In addition, it was recently discovered that they have an "Interior Design" major. And it's not even in the Hotel School.

Cornell students are often noted for their insistence on reminding everyone that they went to an Ivy League school. For example, when alumni from each of the eight Ivy League schools were asked where they attended college, they responded:

:[[Harvard]] Grad: I attended Harvard University.
:[[Yale]] Grad: I went to Yale.
:[[Princeton]] Grad: I went to Princeton.
:Columbia Grad: I wanted to go to Princeton.
:[[Dartmouth]] Grad: I went to Dartmouth.
:[[Brown]] Grad: I went to Brown.
:[[Penn]] Grad: I went to Penn...the Ivy League, not the state school.
:Cornell Grad: I have an Ivy League education.

[[Category:Universities]]

Ivy League

2007-07-31T13:05:32Z

Megalotaria: /* Light bulbs */

The '''Ivy League''' is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the northeastern United States.

== Member institutions ==

* [[Brown|Brown University]]
* [[Cornell|Cornell University]]
* [[Dartmouth|Dartmouth College]]
* [[Harvard|Harvard University]]
* [[Princeton|Princeton University]]
* [[UPenn|University of Pennsylvania]] (membership often disputed)
* [[Yale|Yale University]]
* Us

=== Columbia's status within the Ivy League ===

Clearly, the Ivy League is separated into two distinct tiers. The upper (more prestigious) Ivies, consisting of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and the lower (slightly less prestigious) Ivies, made up of Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell and Penn. Columbia is harder to place. While it maintains an acceptance rate in the vicinity (and lower than) the upper Ivies, it shares it's SAT range with the lower Ivies. This is largely due to the admission committee's de-emphasis of SAT scores relative to other prestigious universities. Columbia also has a historical legacy similar in relevance to those of the upper Ivies, but an endowment similar to the lower Ivies. It's hard to place Columbia at this point: it is clearly stuck between the two tiers, but which side it leans more towards is debatable. However, Columbia maintains a tradition of following popularity relative to that of NYC, and therefore, Columbia's reputation is likely to improve throughout the forseeable future.

== Jokes ==

=== The cliff ===
A student fan from each Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown are standing on a cliff together during football season. The Princeton man runs forward and yells, "This is for the Tigers!". Not to be outdone, the Brown man runs forward and yells "This is for the Bears!". Aghast at what just happened, the Yale and Harvard men look at each other in shock. The Yale man shrugs, as if to say "hey why not". The Harvard man scoffs and looks at the Yale man like hes an idiot. Then the Yale man proceeds to push the Harvard man off the cliff proclaiming "This is for all mankind".

=== Light bulbs ===
* How many [[Harvard]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: One. He holds the bulb and the world revolves around him.
* How many [[Princeton]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: Two. One to mix the martinis and one to call the electrician.
: Or: Change?
* How many [[Dartmouth]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. Hanover doesn't have electricity.
* How many [[Cornell]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Two. One to change the light bulb and one to change it again when it cracks under pressure.
* How many [[Columbia]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Seventy-six. One to change the light bulb, fifty to protest the light bulb's right to not change, and twenty-five to hold a counter-protest.
* How many [[Yale]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. New Haven looks better in the dark.
* How many [[Penn]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Just one, but he gets six credits for it.
: Or: Nine. One to change the light bulb, and eight to file their transfer apps.
* How many [[Brown]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Eleven. One to change the lightbulb and ten to share the experience.

[[Category:Universities|*]]

Ivy League

2007-07-31T13:04:50Z

Megalotaria: /* Light bulbs */

The '''Ivy League''' is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the northeastern United States.

== Member institutions ==

* [[Brown|Brown University]]
* [[Cornell|Cornell University]]
* [[Dartmouth|Dartmouth College]]
* [[Harvard|Harvard University]]
* [[Princeton|Princeton University]]
* [[UPenn|University of Pennsylvania]] (membership often disputed)
* [[Yale|Yale University]]
* Us

=== Columbia's status within the Ivy League ===

Clearly, the Ivy League is separated into two distinct tiers. The upper (more prestigious) Ivies, consisting of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and the lower (slightly less prestigious) Ivies, made up of Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell and Penn. Columbia is harder to place. While it maintains an acceptance rate in the vicinity (and lower than) the upper Ivies, it shares it's SAT range with the lower Ivies. This is largely due to the admission committee's de-emphasis of SAT scores relative to other prestigious universities. Columbia also has a historical legacy similar in relevance to those of the upper Ivies, but an endowment similar to the lower Ivies. It's hard to place Columbia at this point: it is clearly stuck between the two tiers, but which side it leans more towards is debatable. However, Columbia maintains a tradition of following popularity relative to that of NYC, and therefore, Columbia's reputation is likely to improve throughout the forseeable future.

== Jokes ==

=== The cliff ===
A student fan from each Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown are standing on a cliff together during football season. The Princeton man runs forward and yells, "This is for the Tigers!". Not to be outdone, the Brown man runs forward and yells "This is for the Bears!". Aghast at what just happened, the Yale and Harvard men look at each other in shock. The Yale man shrugs, as if to say "hey why not". The Harvard man scoffs and looks at the Yale man like hes an idiot. Then the Yale man proceeds to push the Harvard man off the cliff proclaiming "This is for all mankind".

=== Light bulbs ===
* How many [[Harvard]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: One. He holds the bulb and the world revolves around him.
* How many [[Princeton]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: Two. One to mix the martinis and one to call the electrician.
: Or: Change?
* How many [[Dartmouth]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. Hanover doesn't have electricity.
* How many [[Cornell]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Two. One to change the light bulb and one to change it again when it cracks under the pressure.
* How many [[Columbia]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Seventy-six. One to change the light bulb, fifty to protest the light bulb's right to not change, and twenty-five to hold a counter-protest.
* How many [[Yale]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. New Haven looks better in the dark.
* How many [[Penn]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Just one, but he gets six credits for it.
: Or: Nine. One to change the light bulb, and eight to file their transfer apps.
* How many [[Brown]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Eleven. One to change the lightbulb and ten to share the experience.

[[Category:Universities|*]]

Ivy League

2007-07-31T13:04:33Z

Megalotaria: /* Light bulbs */

The '''Ivy League''' is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the northeastern United States.

== Member institutions ==

* [[Brown|Brown University]]
* [[Cornell|Cornell University]]
* [[Dartmouth|Dartmouth College]]
* [[Harvard|Harvard University]]
* [[Princeton|Princeton University]]
* [[UPenn|University of Pennsylvania]] (membership often disputed)
* [[Yale|Yale University]]
* Us

=== Columbia's status within the Ivy League ===

Clearly, the Ivy League is separated into two distinct tiers. The upper (more prestigious) Ivies, consisting of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and the lower (slightly less prestigious) Ivies, made up of Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell and Penn. Columbia is harder to place. While it maintains an acceptance rate in the vicinity (and lower than) the upper Ivies, it shares it's SAT range with the lower Ivies. This is largely due to the admission committee's de-emphasis of SAT scores relative to other prestigious universities. Columbia also has a historical legacy similar in relevance to those of the upper Ivies, but an endowment similar to the lower Ivies. It's hard to place Columbia at this point: it is clearly stuck between the two tiers, but which side it leans more towards is debatable. However, Columbia maintains a tradition of following popularity relative to that of NYC, and therefore, Columbia's reputation is likely to improve throughout the forseeable future.

== Jokes ==

=== The cliff ===
A student fan from each Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown are standing on a cliff together during football season. The Princeton man runs forward and yells, "This is for the Tigers!". Not to be outdone, the Brown man runs forward and yells "This is for the Bears!". Aghast at what just happened, the Yale and Harvard men look at each other in shock. The Yale man shrugs, as if to say "hey why not". The Harvard man scoffs and looks at the Yale man like hes an idiot. Then the Yale man proceeds to push the Harvard man off the cliff proclaiming "This is for all mankind".

=== Light bulbs ===
* How many [[Harvard]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: One. He holds the bulb and the world revolves around him.
* How many [[Princeton]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: Two. One to mix the martinis and one to call the electrician.
Or: Change?
* How many [[Dartmouth]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. Hanover doesn't have electricity.
* How many [[Cornell]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Two. One to change the light bulb and one to change it again when it cracks under the pressure.
* How many [[Columbia]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Seventy-six. One to change the light bulb, fifty to protest the light bulb's right to not change, and twenty-five to hold a counter-protest.
* How many [[Yale]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. New Haven looks better in the dark.
* How many [[Penn]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Just one, but he gets six credits for it.
: Or: Nine. One to change the light bulb, and eight to file their transfer apps.
* How many [[Brown]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Eleven. One to change the lightbulb and ten to share the experience.

[[Category:Universities|*]]

Ivy League

2007-07-31T13:02:38Z

Megalotaria: /* Light bulbs */

The '''Ivy League''' is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the northeastern United States.

== Member institutions ==

* [[Brown|Brown University]]
* [[Cornell|Cornell University]]
* [[Dartmouth|Dartmouth College]]
* [[Harvard|Harvard University]]
* [[Princeton|Princeton University]]
* [[UPenn|University of Pennsylvania]] (membership often disputed)
* [[Yale|Yale University]]
* Us

=== Columbia's status within the Ivy League ===

Clearly, the Ivy League is separated into two distinct tiers. The upper (more prestigious) Ivies, consisting of Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and the lower (slightly less prestigious) Ivies, made up of Brown, Dartmouth, Cornell and Penn. Columbia is harder to place. While it maintains an acceptance rate in the vicinity (and lower than) the upper Ivies, it shares it's SAT range with the lower Ivies. This is largely due to the admission committee's de-emphasis of SAT scores relative to other prestigious universities. Columbia also has a historical legacy similar in relevance to those of the upper Ivies, but an endowment similar to the lower Ivies. It's hard to place Columbia at this point: it is clearly stuck between the two tiers, but which side it leans more towards is debatable. However, Columbia maintains a tradition of following popularity relative to that of NYC, and therefore, Columbia's reputation is likely to improve throughout the forseeable future.

== Jokes ==

=== The cliff ===
A student fan from each Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Brown are standing on a cliff together during football season. The Princeton man runs forward and yells, "This is for the Tigers!". Not to be outdone, the Brown man runs forward and yells "This is for the Bears!". Aghast at what just happened, the Yale and Harvard men look at each other in shock. The Yale man shrugs, as if to say "hey why not". The Harvard man scoffs and looks at the Yale man like hes an idiot. Then the Yale man proceeds to push the Harvard man off the cliff proclaiming "This is for all mankind".

=== Light bulbs ===
* How many [[Harvard]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: One. He holds the bulb and the world revolves around him.
* How many [[Princeton]] students does it take to change a light bulb?
: Two. One to mix the martinis and one to call the electrician.
* How many [[Dartmouth]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. Hanover doesn't have electricity.
* How many [[Cornell]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Two. One to change the light bulb and one to change it again when it cracks under the pressure.
* How many [[Columbia]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Seventy-six. One to change the light bulb, fifty to protest the light bulb's right to not change, and twenty-five to hold a counter-protest.
* How many [[Yale]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: None. New Haven looks better in the dark.
* How many [[Penn]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Just one, but he gets six credits for it.
: Or: Nine. One to change the light bulb, and eight to file their transfer apps.
* How many [[Brown]] students does it take to change a lightbulb?
: Eleven. One to change the lightbulb and ten to share the experience.

[[Category:Universities|*]]

Literature Humanities

2007-07-29T00:54:48Z

Megalotaria: /* Lit Hum - first semester lite */

Sing, Muse. '''Literature Humanities''' is popularly known as '''Lit Hum'''. "Hum" rhymes with "bum", not "Hume".

The course is taken by all [[Columbia College]] first years. The first semester covers mainly Greek literature, with some Bible-stuff at the end. The second semester starts with Virgil and ends with Virginia Woolf. For your convenience, we have prepared a "lite" guide to the course. That said, you probably won't get most of it until you've actually done the reading.

==History in brief==

Although the experience of receiving one's first free ''Iliad'' from Columbia alumni and meeting one's freshman classmates in the first Lit Hum class is considered one of the central experiences of an education at Columbia College, Lit Hum historically played poor cousin to its Core Curriculum counterpart in philosophy and politics, [[Contemporary Civilization]]. While the latter course began under its current name as early as [[1919]], Lit Hum developed out of a series of later course concepts.

The first was [[John Erskine]]'s [[General Honors]] course, created in [[1921]]. This was the first expression of that educator's philosophy that students should engage in reading the "Great Books" of Western Civilization. This course was later co-taught by [[Mortimer Adler]] and [[Mark Van Doren]]. Van Doren went on to create General Honors' successor, [[Humanities A]], which he himself taught for 17 years. Adler would go on to become a popularizer of the Great Books movement. During the 1930s, another class, the [[Colloquium on Important Books]], co-taught by [[Jacques Barzun]] and [[Lionel Trilling]], would embrace the Great Books philosophy and help shape modern Lit Hum.

== Lit Hum - first semester lite ==

*Achilles is a whiny momma's Boy
*Odysseus has crazy sex appeal
*Herodotus makes stuff up
*Thucydidies likes to think he's a real historian. Makes up quotes.
*Oedipus loved his Mother.
*Clytemnestra is a stone cold bitch
*Medea is a psycho femi-nazi
*The greeks had sex with little boys. And Socrates makes stuff up.
*The old testament God is schizophrenic
*It blows to be Job

== Lit Hum - second semester lite ==

* '''The Aeneid''' is an epic poem, most of it plagiarism, by Virgil. Remember Aeneas the Trojan from back in September? Probably not. He travels to Italy and fights a battle, thus founding Rome. It's two for the price of one; you get an Iliad and an Odyssey. Sadly, however, Aeneas is the pussiest hero in all of literature.
* Babies are evil!
* Which circle of hell will your i-banker and lawyer parents go to?
* Ten people had an orgy in the countryside.
* Find out all about my medieval eating and shitting schedule.
* Time for some '''Shakespeare'''. In '''King Lear''' a dozen characters get seriously fucked up when the King stupidly decides to retire. Lesson: work till you drop. In '''Hamlet''' you discover that the protagonist is deep down just a poor emo kid.
* Don Quixote's fucked up too.
* A woman's place is in marriage (and in the kitchen - make me a sammich, Barnard girl!). Don't elope.
* Murderer!
* Time passes. There's a window. More time passes. There's a painting. More time passes. Welcome to the boring world of modernist garbage.

[[Category:Courses]]
[[Category:Core Curriculum]]

E. Alex Jung

2007-04-27T02:36:34Z

Megalotaria: /* Views on race */

[[Image:AlexJung.jpg|thumb|200px|Alex Jung]]

{{dir-also|eaj2102}}

'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung'''), [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, is an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He served as editor of the [[Ad-Hoc]] magazine, worked as a student advisor on the [[Student Governing Board]], and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.

Jung writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical". Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.

In a Spectator column on April 26th, 2007, after suggesting that all too often "the responsibility [for facilitating dialogue] falls on marginalized people for not 'reaching out" or being too 'confrontational'", Jung rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".

== Views on race ==

Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He believes that some white people, including some of his closest friends, are anti-racist lovers of justice. However, he believes that whites as a group are racist haters of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref>
He believes that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their supposed privilege<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "It's a generalization, of course, but not a superfluous one to state that white people at Columbia (not only of course) never think about the conditions of their privilege."]</ref> and resistant to discussing race issues<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Race is not an issue for most white people quite simply because they don't feel its weight. When a critique of white privilege alights on their shoulders, white people quickly cry reverse racism."]</ref>.

Furthermore, Jung believes that the [[Core Curriculum]] focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Du Bois writes about the deluded Western belief that 'every great thought the world ever knew was a white man's thought.' What better subtitle for the Core Curriculum?"]</ref>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

=== Jung's Spectator column ===

==== [[2006]] ====

* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/Opinion/Sheeny.Shiny.Illusions-2260768-page2.shtml September 6 - Sheeny, Shiny Illusions]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/21/Opinion/Civility.And.Its.Discontents-2289082-page2.shtml September 21 - Civility and its Discontents]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/05/Opinion/Keep-Your.Head.Up-2332840.shtml October 5 - Keep Your Head Up]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/02/Opinion/Thats.Hot.Youre.Not-2433936.shtml November 2 - That's Hot. You're Not.]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/16/Opinion/Clear.As.Mud-2462703.shtml November 16 - Clear as Mud]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/30/Opinion/Why-Do.The.White.Kids.Sit.Together-2513751.shtml November 30 - Why Do the White Kids Sit Together?]

==== [[2007]] ====
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=6d4fdcf7-61d6-48de-9b73-d7ab68528877 January 25 - Twinkies & Oreos & Coconuts-Oh My!]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/08/Opinion/Everyones.A.Lil.Bit.Gay-2705082.shtml February 8 - Everyone's a Lil' Bit Gay]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/Master.Of.His.Domain-2735438.shtml February 22 - Master of His Domain]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/Opinion/A.Token.For.Your.Thoughts-2811196.shtml March 29 - A Token For Your Thoughts]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/12/Opinion/Family.Matters-2836541.shtml April 12 - Family Matters]

=== Responses to Jung's column ===
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/23/Opinion/Searching.For.An.Alternative-2873481.shtml Response by Dov Friedman]

[[Category:Columbia College students|Jung]]

E. Alex Jung

2007-04-27T02:28:08Z

Megalotaria: /* Views on race */

[[Image:AlexJung.jpg|thumb|200px|Alex Jung]]

{{dir-also|eaj2102}}

'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung'''), [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, is an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He served as editor of the [[Ad-Hoc]] magazine, worked as a student advisor on the [[Student Governing Board]], and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.

Jung writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical". Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.

In a Spectator column on April 26th, 2007, after suggesting that all too often "the responsibility [for facilitating dialogue] falls on marginalized people for not 'reaching out" or being too 'confrontational'", Jung rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".

== Views on race ==

Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He believes that some white people, including some of his closest friends, are anti-racist lovers of justice. However, he believes that whites as a group are racist haters of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref> Ironically, these views could in fact be considered as racist.
He believes that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their supposed privilege<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "It's a generalization, of course, but not a superfluous one to state that white people at Columbia (not only of course) never think about the conditions of their privilege."]</ref> and resistant to discussing race issues<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Race is not an issue for most white people quite simply because they don't feel its weight. When a critique of white privilege alights on their shoulders, white people quickly cry reverse racism."]</ref>.

Furthermore, Jung believes that the [[Core Curriculum]] focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Du Bois writes about the deluded Western belief that 'every great thought the world ever knew was a white man's thought.' What better subtitle for the Core Curriculum?"]</ref>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

=== Jung's Spectator column ===

==== [[2006]] ====

* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/Opinion/Sheeny.Shiny.Illusions-2260768-page2.shtml September 6 - Sheeny, Shiny Illusions]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/21/Opinion/Civility.And.Its.Discontents-2289082-page2.shtml September 21 - Civility and its Discontents]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/05/Opinion/Keep-Your.Head.Up-2332840.shtml October 5 - Keep Your Head Up]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/02/Opinion/Thats.Hot.Youre.Not-2433936.shtml November 2 - That's Hot. You're Not.]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/16/Opinion/Clear.As.Mud-2462703.shtml November 16 - Clear as Mud]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/30/Opinion/Why-Do.The.White.Kids.Sit.Together-2513751.shtml November 30 - Why Do the White Kids Sit Together?]

==== [[2007]] ====
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=6d4fdcf7-61d6-48de-9b73-d7ab68528877 January 25 - Twinkies & Oreos & Coconuts-Oh My!]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/08/Opinion/Everyones.A.Lil.Bit.Gay-2705082.shtml February 8 - Everyone's a Lil' Bit Gay]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/Master.Of.His.Domain-2735438.shtml February 22 - Master of His Domain]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/Opinion/A.Token.For.Your.Thoughts-2811196.shtml March 29 - A Token For Your Thoughts]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/12/Opinion/Family.Matters-2836541.shtml April 12 - Family Matters]

=== Responses to Jung's column ===
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/23/Opinion/Searching.For.An.Alternative-2873481.shtml Response by Dov Friedman]

[[Category:Columbia College students|Jung]]

E. Alex Jung

2007-04-27T02:24:46Z

Megalotaria: /* Views on race */

[[Image:AlexJung.jpg|thumb|200px|Alex Jung]]

{{dir-also|eaj2102}}

'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung'''), [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, is an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He served as editor of the [[Ad-Hoc]] magazine, worked as a student advisor on the [[Student Governing Board]], and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.

Jung writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical". Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.

In a Spectator column on April 26th, 2007, after suggesting that all too often "the responsibility [for facilitating dialogue] falls on marginalized people for not 'reaching out" or being too 'confrontational'", Jung rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".

== Views on race ==

Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He believes that some white people, including some of his closest friends, are anti-racist lovers of justice. However, he believes that whites as a group are racist haters of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref> Ironically, these views could in fact be considered as legitimately racist.
He believes that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their supposed privilege<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "It's a generalization, of course, but not a superfluous one to state that white people at Columbia (not only of course) never think about the conditions of their privilege."]</ref> and resistant to discussing race issues<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Race is not an issue for most white people quite simply because they don't feel its weight. When a critique of white privilege alights on their shoulders, white people quickly cry reverse racism."]</ref>.

Furthermore, Jung believes that the [[Core Curriculum]] focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Du Bois writes about the deluded Western belief that 'every great thought the world ever knew was a white man's thought.' What better subtitle for the Core Curriculum?"]</ref>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

=== Jung's Spectator column ===

==== [[2006]] ====

* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/Opinion/Sheeny.Shiny.Illusions-2260768-page2.shtml September 6 - Sheeny, Shiny Illusions]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/21/Opinion/Civility.And.Its.Discontents-2289082-page2.shtml September 21 - Civility and its Discontents]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/05/Opinion/Keep-Your.Head.Up-2332840.shtml October 5 - Keep Your Head Up]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/02/Opinion/Thats.Hot.Youre.Not-2433936.shtml November 2 - That's Hot. You're Not.]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/16/Opinion/Clear.As.Mud-2462703.shtml November 16 - Clear as Mud]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/30/Opinion/Why-Do.The.White.Kids.Sit.Together-2513751.shtml November 30 - Why Do the White Kids Sit Together?]

==== [[2007]] ====
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=6d4fdcf7-61d6-48de-9b73-d7ab68528877 January 25 - Twinkies & Oreos & Coconuts-Oh My!]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/08/Opinion/Everyones.A.Lil.Bit.Gay-2705082.shtml February 8 - Everyone's a Lil' Bit Gay]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/Master.Of.His.Domain-2735438.shtml February 22 - Master of His Domain]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/Opinion/A.Token.For.Your.Thoughts-2811196.shtml March 29 - A Token For Your Thoughts]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/12/Opinion/Family.Matters-2836541.shtml April 12 - Family Matters]

=== Responses to Jung's column ===
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/23/Opinion/Searching.For.An.Alternative-2873481.shtml Response by Dov Friedman]

[[Category:Columbia College students|Jung]]

E. Alex Jung

2007-04-27T02:21:43Z

Megalotaria: /* Views on race */

[[Image:AlexJung.jpg|thumb|200px|Alex Jung]]

{{dir-also|eaj2102}}

'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung'''), [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, is an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He served as editor of the [[Ad-Hoc]] magazine, worked as a student advisor on the [[Student Governing Board]], and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.

Jung writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical". Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.

In a Spectator column on April 26th, 2007, after suggesting that all too often "the responsibility [for facilitating dialogue] falls on marginalized people for not 'reaching out" or being too 'confrontational'", Jung rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".

== Views on race ==

Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He believes that some white people, including some of his closest friends, are anti-racist lovers of justice. However, he believes that whites as a group are racist haters of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref> These views could in fact be considered as racist in and of themselves.
He believes that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their supposed privilege<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "It's a generalization, of course, but not a superfluous one to state that white people at Columbia (not only of course) never think about the conditions of their privilege."]</ref> and resistant to discussing race issues<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Race is not an issue for most white people quite simply because they don't feel its weight. When a critique of white privilege alights on their shoulders, white people quickly cry reverse racism."]</ref>.

Furthermore, Jung believes that the [[Core Curriculum]] focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Du Bois writes about the deluded Western belief that 'every great thought the world ever knew was a white man's thought.' What better subtitle for the Core Curriculum?"]</ref>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

=== Jung's Spectator column ===

==== [[2006]] ====

* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/Opinion/Sheeny.Shiny.Illusions-2260768-page2.shtml September 6 - Sheeny, Shiny Illusions]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/21/Opinion/Civility.And.Its.Discontents-2289082-page2.shtml September 21 - Civility and its Discontents]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/05/Opinion/Keep-Your.Head.Up-2332840.shtml October 5 - Keep Your Head Up]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/02/Opinion/Thats.Hot.Youre.Not-2433936.shtml November 2 - That's Hot. You're Not.]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/16/Opinion/Clear.As.Mud-2462703.shtml November 16 - Clear as Mud]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/30/Opinion/Why-Do.The.White.Kids.Sit.Together-2513751.shtml November 30 - Why Do the White Kids Sit Together?]

==== [[2007]] ====
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=6d4fdcf7-61d6-48de-9b73-d7ab68528877 January 25 - Twinkies & Oreos & Coconuts-Oh My!]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/08/Opinion/Everyones.A.Lil.Bit.Gay-2705082.shtml February 8 - Everyone's a Lil' Bit Gay]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/Master.Of.His.Domain-2735438.shtml February 22 - Master of His Domain]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/Opinion/A.Token.For.Your.Thoughts-2811196.shtml March 29 - A Token For Your Thoughts]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/12/Opinion/Family.Matters-2836541.shtml April 12 - Family Matters]

=== Responses to Jung's column ===
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/23/Opinion/Searching.For.An.Alternative-2873481.shtml Response by Dov Friedman]

[[Category:Columbia College students|Jung]]

E. Alex Jung

2007-04-27T02:20:35Z

Megalotaria: /* Views on race */

[[Image:AlexJung.jpg|thumb|200px|Alex Jung]]

{{dir-also|eaj2102}}

'''Eugene Alex Jung''' (usually known as '''E. Alex Jung'''), [[Columbia College|CC]] '07, is an active and well-known student at Columbia, majoring in [[anthropology]]. He served as editor of the [[Ad-Hoc]] magazine, worked as a student advisor on the [[Student Governing Board]], and was a leader in the 2006 [[SHOCC]] demonstrations. Jung has also developed a close personal relationship with [[Jewelnel Davis]], University Chaplain, while working as a Chaplain's Associate.

Jung writes columns for the [[Spec]]. He is known for expressing viewpoints perceived by many as "radical". Some consider his columns to be similar to those by Nell Geiser, a former Spec columnist.

In a Spectator column on April 26th, 2007, after suggesting that all too often "the responsibility [for facilitating dialogue] falls on marginalized people for not 'reaching out" or being too 'confrontational'", Jung rhetorically offered to "dance for [readers of the Columbia Daily Spectator] kabuki-like with chopsticks in [his] hair".

== Views on race ==

Jung believes we live in a "system of whiteness". He believes that some white people, including some of his closest friends, are anti-racist lovers of justice. However, he believes that whites as a group are racist haters of justice.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "To turn an oft-heard phrase around, some of my closest friends are white. They are anti-racist lovers of justice, wholly non-representative of their group."]</ref>. These views could in fact be considered as racist in and of themselves.
He believes that white people, as a generalization, are unaware of their supposed privilege<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "It's a generalization, of course, but not a superfluous one to state that white people at Columbia (not only of course) never think about the conditions of their privilege."]</ref> and resistant to discussing race issues<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Race is not an issue for most white people quite simply because they don't feel its weight. When a critique of white privilege alights on their shoulders, white people quickly cry reverse racism."]</ref>.

Furthermore, Jung believes that the [[Core Curriculum]] focuses excessively on the ideas and works of white men.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/26/Opinion/I.See.White.People-2881501.shtml "Du Bois writes about the deluded Western belief that 'every great thought the world ever knew was a white man's thought.' What better subtitle for the Core Curriculum?"]</ref>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==

=== Jung's Spectator column ===

==== [[2006]] ====

* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/07/Opinion/Sheeny.Shiny.Illusions-2260768-page2.shtml September 6 - Sheeny, Shiny Illusions]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/21/Opinion/Civility.And.Its.Discontents-2289082-page2.shtml September 21 - Civility and its Discontents]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/05/Opinion/Keep-Your.Head.Up-2332840.shtml October 5 - Keep Your Head Up]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/02/Opinion/Thats.Hot.Youre.Not-2433936.shtml November 2 - That's Hot. You're Not.]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/16/Opinion/Clear.As.Mud-2462703.shtml November 16 - Clear as Mud]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/30/Opinion/Why-Do.The.White.Kids.Sit.Together-2513751.shtml November 30 - Why Do the White Kids Sit Together?]

==== [[2007]] ====
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&uStory_id=6d4fdcf7-61d6-48de-9b73-d7ab68528877 January 25 - Twinkies & Oreos & Coconuts-Oh My!]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/08/Opinion/Everyones.A.Lil.Bit.Gay-2705082.shtml February 8 - Everyone's a Lil' Bit Gay]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/Master.Of.His.Domain-2735438.shtml February 22 - Master of His Domain]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/29/Opinion/A.Token.For.Your.Thoughts-2811196.shtml March 29 - A Token For Your Thoughts]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/12/Opinion/Family.Matters-2836541.shtml April 12 - Family Matters]

=== Responses to Jung's column ===
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/23/Opinion/Searching.For.An.Alternative-2873481.shtml Response by Dov Friedman]

[[Category:Columbia College students|Jung]]

Affirmative Action Bake Sale

2007-04-18T18:34:47Z

Megalotaria:

The '''Affirmative Action Bake Sale''' was an event organized by the [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] on February 5, [[2004]], mirroring [[:w:affirmative action bake sale|earlier affirmative action bake sales]] by Republican organizations at other campuses. (The first affirmative action bake sale occurred on the [[:w:UCLA|UCLA]] campus on February 3, [[2003]], according to [[Wikipedia]], and has since been repeated at many campuses.<ref>http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/6708.html</ref>)

It was a 'cute' stunt,<ref>Left-wing stunts on campus are generally less cute and more on the scary side.</ref> characteristic of chronic right-wing provocation on campus, which initiated a wave of [[:w:moral panic|moral panic]] in everyone else. The club set up a stall selling baked goods at different prices to men and women of different races. The highest prices were charged for Asian men(?) and the lowest to black women (?). This was intended to highlight different treatment of different students by the [[Office of Undergraduate Admissions]] under the university's [[affirmative action]] policy.

The event resulted in a confrontation between students during which a student unaffiliated with C4 reportedly shouted "You don't deserve to be here!"<ref>References needed.</ref>

The incident was one of number which were cited as the cause for the [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest|Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]] of Spring 2004.

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Scandals]]

Affirmative Action Bake Sale

2007-04-18T18:33:12Z

Megalotaria:

The '''Affirmative Action Bake Sale''' was an event organized by the [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] on February 5, [[2004]], mirroring [[:w:affirmative action bake sale|earlier affirmative action bake sales]] by Republican organizations at other campuses. (The first affirmative action bake sale occurred on the [[:w:UCLA|UCLA]] campus on February 3, [[2003]], according to [[Wikipedia]], and has since been repeated at many campuses.<ref>http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/6708.html</ref>)

It was a 'cute' stunt,<ref>Left-wing stunts on campus are generally less cute and more on the scary side.</ref> characteristic of chronic right-wing provocation on campus, which initiated a wave of self-righteous [[:w:moral panic|moral panic]] in everyone else. The club set up a stall selling baked goods at different prices to men and women of different races. The highest prices were charged for Asian men(?) and the lowest to black women (?). This was intended to highlight different treatment of different students by the [[Office of Undergraduate Admissions]] under the university's [[affirmative action]] policy.

The event resulted in a confrontation between students during which a student unaffiliated with C4 reportedly shouted "You don't deserve to be here!"<ref>References needed.</ref>

The incident was one of number which were cited as the cause for the [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest|Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]] of Spring 2004.

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Scandals]]

David Judd

2007-04-13T05:21:51Z

Megalotaria:

'''David Judd''' [[SEAS]] 08, is a Communist and campus political activist.

A leadership figure in the [[ISO]], he was implicated in the [[Minuteman stage-rush]] incident and received a [[disciplinary warning]] for his troubles.

[[Category:Students]]

Columbia College Conservative Club

2007-04-13T05:17:35Z

Megalotaria:

'''Columbia College Conservative Club''' (C4) is a controversial right-wing [[clubs|club]] recognized and funded by the SGB. It serves as a sort of umbrella group for rightists who don't fit into "traditional" political categories, such as Buchananites and other unorthodox types.

C4 was responsible for the [[Affirmative Action Bake Sale]] of February [[2004]].

== Partial list of presidents ==
*Mark Xue (Spring 2004 - Fall [[2004]])
*[[Michael Woodley]] (Fall 2004 - Spring [[2005]])
*[[Chris Kulawik]] (Spring 2005 - Spring [[2006]])
*Victor Cochia (Spring 2006 - present)

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative/ C4 website]

[[Category:Political clubs]]

Columbia College Conservative Club

2007-04-13T05:16:21Z

Megalotaria:

'''Columbia College Conservative Club''' (C4) is a controversial right-wing [[clubs|club]] recognized and funded by the SGB. It serves as a sort of umbrella group for rightists who don't fit into "traditional" political categories, such as Buchananites.

C4 was responsible for the [[Affirmative Action Bake Sale]] of February [[2004]].

== Partial list of presidents ==
*Mark Xue (Spring 2004 - Fall [[2004]])
*[[Michael Woodley]] (Fall 2004 - Spring [[2005]])
*[[Chris Kulawik]] (Spring 2005 - Spring [[2006]])
*Victor Cochia (Spring [[2006]] - present)

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative/ C4 website]

[[Category:Political clubs]]

Columbia College Conservative Club

2007-04-13T05:15:13Z

Megalotaria:

'''Columbia College Conservative Club''' (C4) is a controversial right-wing [[clubs|club]] recognized and funded by the SGB. It serves as a sort of umbrella group for rightists who don't fit into "traditional" political categories, such as Buchananites.

C4 was responsible for the [[Affirmative Action Bake Sale]] of February [[2004]].

== Partial list of presidents ==
*Mark Xue (? - Fall [[2004]])
*[[Michael Woodley]] (Fall [[2004]] - Spring [[2005]])
*[[Chris Kulawik]] (Spring [[2005]] - Spring [[2006]])
*Victor Cochia (Spring [[2006]] - present)

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative/ C4 website]

[[Category:Political clubs]]

Affirmative Action Bake Sale

2007-04-12T18:38:08Z

Megalotaria:

The '''Affirmative Action Bake Sale''' was an event organized by the [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] on February 5, [[2004]].

It was a 'cute' stunt,<ref>left-wing stunts on campus are generally less cute and more on the scary side</ref> characteristic of chronic right-wing provocation on campus, which initiated a wave of self-righteous moral panic in everyone else. The club set up a stall selling baked goods at different prices to men and women of different races. The highest prices were charged for Asian men(?) and the lowest to black women (?). This was intended to highlight different treatment of different students by the [[Office of Undergraduate Admissions]] under the university's [[affirmative action]] policy.

The event resulted in a confrontation between students during which a student unaffiliated with C4 reportedly shouted "You don't deserve to be here!" (Citation? Verification?)

The incident was one of number which were cited as the cause for the [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest|Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]] of Spring 2004.

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Scandals]]

Columbia College Conservative Club

2007-04-12T18:34:46Z

Megalotaria:

'''Columbia College Conservative Club''' (C4) is a controversial right-wing [[clubs|club]] recognized and funded by the SGB. It serves as a sort of umbrella group for rightists who don't fit into "traditional" political categories, such as hyper-libertarians or Buchananites.

C4 was responsible for the [[Affirmative Action Bake Sale]] of February [[2004]].

==Notable presidents==
*[[Michael Woodley]] (Fall [[2004]] - Spring [[2005]])
*[[Chris Kulawik]] (Spring [[2005]] - ?)

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative/ C4 website]

[[Category:Political clubs]]

Friends of the Spartacus Youth Club

2007-04-12T18:31:18Z

Megalotaria:

A hard core (meaning real) Marxist-Leninist-Trotskyist organization whose only two members are known for:
* accusing the [[International Socialist Organization]] of being right wing extremists
* advocating the freeing of Mumia
* verbally assaulting passers by
* not wearing deodorant

They are perhaps most famous for their rallying cry of "Defend the deformed workers state of North Korea from imperialist, capitalist America!".

[[Category:Political clubs]]

David Judd

2007-04-12T18:28:32Z

Megalotaria:

David Judd

2007-04-12T18:26:47Z

Megalotaria:

'''David Judd''' [[SEAS]] 08, is a Communist and campus political activist.

A leadership figure in the [[ISO]], he was implicated in the [[Minuteman stage-rush]] incident.

[[Category:Students]]

Columbia College Conservative Club

2007-04-12T18:21:15Z

Megalotaria:

'''Columbia College Conservative Club''' (C4) is a controversial right-wing [[clubs|club]]. It serves as a sort of umbrella group for rightists who don't fit into "traditional" political categories, such as hyper-libertarians or Buchananites.

C4 was responsible for the [[Affirmative Action Bake Sale]] of February [[2004]].

C4 is also a type of plastic explosive. It has been found in various places, including Essam's truck and the Flame hatch.

Coincidence?

==Presidents==
*[[Michael Woodley]] (Fall [[2004]] - Spring [[2005]])
*[[Chris Kulawik]] (Spring [[2005]] - ?)

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative/ C4 website]

[[Category:Political clubs]]

Columbia College Conservative Club

2007-04-12T18:20:19Z

Megalotaria:

'''Columbia College Conservative Club''' (C4) is a controversial right-wing [[clubs|club]]. It serves as a sort of umbrella group for rightists who don't fit into "traditional" political categories, such as hyper-libertarians or Buchananites.

C4 was responsible for the [[Affirmative Action Bake Sale]] of February [[2004]].

C4 is also a type of plastic explosive. It has been found in various places, including Essam's truck and the Flame hatch.

Coincidence?

==Presidents==
*[[Michael Woodley]] (Fall [[2004]] - Spring [[2005]])
*[[Chris Kulawik]] (sometime thereafter)

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/conservative/ C4 website]

[[Category:Political clubs]]

School of General Studies

2007-03-23T16:59:29Z

Megalotaria: /* Financial Aid */

{{Infobox school
|Name=General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=1947
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Post-Bac Certificate in Pre-Med
|Enrollment=1,164 Undergraduate, 433 Post-Bac students (2005)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}The '''School of General Studies''', or '''GS''' is a degree-granting college of Columbia University. It confers Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees in over forty different majors. In addition to its undergraduate program, GS also offers a joint program with List College of the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]] as well as a postbaccalaureate premedical program. The median age of GS students is 29.<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/viewbook/students.htm GS Viewbook]</ref>

== Admissions ==
Although the School of General Studies is notoriously tight-lipped about its admission criteria and the statistics on admitted students, some information is available. For example, GPA is a factor in admissions; for transfer students, a minimum college GPA of 3.00 is quoted.<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/FAQ_transferstudents.htm Source: GS admissions FAQ for transfer students]</ref> GS also requires standardized test scores for entry. The school will use scores from the SAT, ACT, or the school's own General Studies Admissions Exam. <ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/FAQ_transferstudents.htm Source: ibid]</ref>

The School tends to admit approximately forty to fifty per cent of applicants. The profile of the applicant pool or the admitted pool is unknown.

Although there is little information to support the claim, the consensus seems to favor the notion that GS is a 'back-door' to Columbia. The general impression is that GS students come to Columbia with lower SAT scores, lower GPA, and fewer 'accomplishments.'

== Undergraduate Academics ==
Undergraduates are require a total of 124 credits to graduate. Part of this includes completing the core requirements and a major. GS students may attend full-time or part-time, while CC students are expected to attend full-time (part-time study is accepted under special circumstances.)

=== Core Requirements ===
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC:

{|- border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
|
!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>Though [[University Writing]], is required of both GS and CC undergraduates, the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature
|2 Literature Courses OR [[Literature Humanities]]
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]] or Asian Humanities (Music) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Humanities/Social Science
|2 courses each in Humanities and Social Science (optionally [[Contemporary Civilization]] satisfies the Social Science requirement.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|Exemption by exam:600 on Math section of SAT OR any mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science course, OR [[Frontiers of Science]], which satisfies both a Science and the Quantitative requirements
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|-
!Science
|3 science courses: [[Frontiers of Science]] AND two additional science courses
|3 science courses: [[Frontiers of Science]] AND two additional science courses
|-
!Cultural Diversity
|1 course in a non-western culture
|2 courses from the Major Cultures [http://www.college.columbia.edu/DocRep/academics/core/major_cult.pdf Approved Courses List]
|}

=== Major Requirements ===
Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are generally the same for both GS and CC.

== Financial Aid ==

GS offers scholarships for both newly accepted and continuing students. These scholarships are merit rather than need based and the amounts given range from $2,000 to $15,000, although awards of over $10,000 tend to be only rarely ever given.
The scholarship system at GS is independent of the financial aid system for CC/SEAS.

A common complaint made by GS students is that the financial aid amounts and options offered by GS are thoroughly inadequate when compared to those offered to CC/SEAS students. In the absence of need based aid, many GS students rely on a combination of loans, external grants and personal funds to finance their Columbia educations, typically GS only contributes a small fraction of what is needed. 2006 saw financial aid reforms for CC and SEAS students, GS increased their scholarship offerings by a small amount in an attempt to keep pace with the reforms and deflect criticism.

== History ==
The School of General Studies was spun off from the University Extension Program in 1947. It became Columbia's third official undergraduate school. It is sometimes claimed that [[Barnard College]] is Columbia's third undergraduate school, and GS is its fourth, however Barnard is officially only affiliated with Columbia University, whereas GS, its deans and students are formally integrated into the university proper, along with [[Columbia College]] and the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]].

It initially served to educate GIs returning from World War II. GS originally maintained its own faculty, classes, and programs. In 1967 the University first decided (over the objection of the Columbia College Faculty) to allow GS to grant the A.B. degree in addition to the B.S. In the 1980s it was separated from the [[School of Continuing Education|Division of Continuing Education]]. In 1990, its faculty merged into the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Since then, the classes available to GS students are generally the same as those available to Columbia College students.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== Myths ==
* GS is night school
:GS students subscribe to the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night and they are available to all students.
* GS is an extension program
:GS is degree-granting college. Students are expected to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. GS is very serious about keeping its undergraduates on track to earn a degree, and aimless class takers are put on academic probation. The separate [[School of Continuing Education]] offers individual courses on non-degree basis.
* GS is a back door to CC. Arguable:
:* While the criteria for admission is different between GS and CC, GS admission criteria is not divulged, so it is impossible to say for sure.
:* GS students and CC students have access to and take the same classes, GS is a back door to those classes.
:* The statement itself is logically unsound, since they are entirely different programs, how can one be a back door to the other?

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
The School of General Studies is loosely defined as a school for 'non-traditional students.' Non-traditional in GS terms seems to refer to anybody who has had a gap of one year or more in their undergraduate studies. By inference, Columbia College is for 'traditional students' who matriculate directly from high school and have not had a gap in their undergraduate studies. On this basis, students interested are applying to study at Columbia University are tracked to an 'appropriate' school. These admissions criteria favor tracking older students into the School of General Studies and is de facto if not de jure age discrimination.

Part of the tension between Columbia College and General Studies stems from the University's 1967 decision (over the objection of the Columbia College Faculty) to allow GS to grant the A.B. degree in addition to the B.S., creating a redundancy within the University. While this eliminated the College's exclusive prerogative to grant the A.B. degree, the University most likely viewed it as yet another revenue stream. It should be noted that for a large part of it's history, the University administration has paid scant attention to the College. Then-dean of the College David Truman reportedly broke into tears when he learned of the Trustees' decision.

At the time each of schools had a faculty independent of the other, with professors able to hold joint-appointments between multiple faculties. There was likely a certain sense of the College faculty's privilege to grant the A.B. being encroached on. The independent faculties of the schools have since been integrated into a single Faculty of Arts and Science.

The financial aspect of the decision to create GS is underscored by the lack of financial aid funding for GS students. Because GS operates separately from the [[Division of Student Affairs|joint administration]] of CC and SEAS, it was not covered in the plan to eliminate student loans for CC and SEAS students with family incomes below certain levels.

The somewhat arbitrary delineations between the College and GS have grown as a result of attempts to reconcile the overlap and provide each school with a mission. However, the wide range of constituents forming the GS student body, from professionals or drop outs returning to school for a degree, to students who took 2 years off before attending college, to 'traditional' age students enrolled in the [[Joint Degree Program]] with [[List College]] at [[JTS]], to post-bac pre-med students, makes it hard to say just what identity GS students have and what separates them from their fellow students in the College. This makes 'integrating' GS with the other schools difficult, as different parts of the GS student body have very different needs.

== Notes ==
<references />

==Further Reading==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/05/News/Implications.General.Studies-2757242.shtml IMPLICATIONS: General Studies (Article on the evolving and conflicting identities of GS)] - [[Columbia Spectator|The Spectator]] 3/5/07
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_School_of_General_Studies Wikipedia Entry]

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]

[[Category:Schools]]
* [http://gslounge.com/ GSLOUNGE] (Official Site of the [[GSSC]])

{{Schools}}

School of General Studies

2007-03-23T16:58:47Z

Megalotaria: /* Financial Aid */

{{Infobox school
|Name=General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=1947
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Post-Bac Certificate in Pre-Med
|Enrollment=1,164 Undergraduate, 433 Post-Bac students (2005)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}The '''School of General Studies''', or '''GS''' is a degree-granting college of Columbia University. It confers Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees in over forty different majors. In addition to its undergraduate program, GS also offers a joint program with List College of the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]] as well as a postbaccalaureate premedical program. The median age of GS students is 29.<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/viewbook/students.htm GS Viewbook]</ref>

== Admissions ==
Although the School of General Studies is notoriously tight-lipped about its admission criteria and the statistics on admitted students, some information is available. For example, GPA is a factor in admissions; for transfer students, a minimum college GPA of 3.00 is quoted.<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/FAQ_transferstudents.htm Source: GS admissions FAQ for transfer students]</ref> GS also requires standardized test scores for entry. The school will use scores from the SAT, ACT, or the school's own General Studies Admissions Exam. <ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/FAQ_transferstudents.htm Source: ibid]</ref>

The School tends to admit approximately forty to fifty per cent of applicants. The profile of the applicant pool or the admitted pool is unknown.

Although there is little information to support the claim, the consensus seems to favor the notion that GS is a 'back-door' to Columbia. The general impression is that GS students come to Columbia with lower SAT scores, lower GPA, and fewer 'accomplishments.'

== Undergraduate Academics ==
Undergraduates are require a total of 124 credits to graduate. Part of this includes completing the core requirements and a major. GS students may attend full-time or part-time, while CC students are expected to attend full-time (part-time study is accepted under special circumstances.)

=== Core Requirements ===
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC:

{|- border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
|
!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>Though [[University Writing]], is required of both GS and CC undergraduates, the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature
|2 Literature Courses OR [[Literature Humanities]]
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]] or Asian Humanities (Music) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Humanities/Social Science
|2 courses each in Humanities and Social Science (optionally [[Contemporary Civilization]] satisfies the Social Science requirement.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|Exemption by exam:600 on Math section of SAT OR any mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science course, OR [[Frontiers of Science]], which satisfies both a Science and the Quantitative requirements
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|-
!Science
|3 science courses: [[Frontiers of Science]] AND two additional science courses
|3 science courses: [[Frontiers of Science]] AND two additional science courses
|-
!Cultural Diversity
|1 course in a non-western culture
|2 courses from the Major Cultures [http://www.college.columbia.edu/DocRep/academics/core/major_cult.pdf Approved Courses List]
|}

=== Major Requirements ===
Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are generally the same for both GS and CC.

== Financial Aid ==

The scholarship system.

GS offers scholarships for both newly accepted and continuing students. These scholarships are merit rather than need based and the amounts given range from $2,000 to $15,000, although awards of over $10,000 tend to be only rarely ever given.
The scholarship system at GS is independent of the financial aid system for CC/SEAS.

Complaints.

A common complaint made by GS students is that the financial aid amounts and options offered by GS are thoroughly inadequate when compared to those offered to CC/SEAS students. In the absence of need based aid, many GS students rely on a combination of loans, external grants and personal funds to finance their Columbia educations, typically GS only contributes a small fraction of what is needed. 2006 saw financial aid reforms for CC and SEAS students, GS increased their scholarship offerings by a small amount in an attempt to keep pace with the reforms and deflect criticism.

== History ==
The School of General Studies was spun off from the University Extension Program in 1947. It became Columbia's third official undergraduate school. It is sometimes claimed that [[Barnard College]] is Columbia's third undergraduate school, and GS is its fourth, however Barnard is officially only affiliated with Columbia University, whereas GS, its deans and students are formally integrated into the university proper, along with [[Columbia College]] and the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]].

It initially served to educate GIs returning from World War II. GS originally maintained its own faculty, classes, and programs. In 1967 the University first decided (over the objection of the Columbia College Faculty) to allow GS to grant the A.B. degree in addition to the B.S. In the 1980s it was separated from the [[School of Continuing Education|Division of Continuing Education]]. In 1990, its faculty merged into the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Since then, the classes available to GS students are generally the same as those available to Columbia College students.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== Myths ==
* GS is night school
:GS students subscribe to the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night and they are available to all students.
* GS is an extension program
:GS is degree-granting college. Students are expected to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. GS is very serious about keeping its undergraduates on track to earn a degree, and aimless class takers are put on academic probation. The separate [[School of Continuing Education]] offers individual courses on non-degree basis.
* GS is a back door to CC. Arguable:
:* While the criteria for admission is different between GS and CC, GS admission criteria is not divulged, so it is impossible to say for sure.
:* GS students and CC students have access to and take the same classes, GS is a back door to those classes.
:* The statement itself is logically unsound, since they are entirely different programs, how can one be a back door to the other?

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
The School of General Studies is loosely defined as a school for 'non-traditional students.' Non-traditional in GS terms seems to refer to anybody who has had a gap of one year or more in their undergraduate studies. By inference, Columbia College is for 'traditional students' who matriculate directly from high school and have not had a gap in their undergraduate studies. On this basis, students interested are applying to study at Columbia University are tracked to an 'appropriate' school. These admissions criteria favor tracking older students into the School of General Studies and is de facto if not de jure age discrimination.

Part of the tension between Columbia College and General Studies stems from the University's 1967 decision (over the objection of the Columbia College Faculty) to allow GS to grant the A.B. degree in addition to the B.S., creating a redundancy within the University. While this eliminated the College's exclusive prerogative to grant the A.B. degree, the University most likely viewed it as yet another revenue stream. It should be noted that for a large part of it's history, the University administration has paid scant attention to the College. Then-dean of the College David Truman reportedly broke into tears when he learned of the Trustees' decision.

At the time each of schools had a faculty independent of the other, with professors able to hold joint-appointments between multiple faculties. There was likely a certain sense of the College faculty's privilege to grant the A.B. being encroached on. The independent faculties of the schools have since been integrated into a single Faculty of Arts and Science.

The financial aspect of the decision to create GS is underscored by the lack of financial aid funding for GS students. Because GS operates separately from the [[Division of Student Affairs|joint administration]] of CC and SEAS, it was not covered in the plan to eliminate student loans for CC and SEAS students with family incomes below certain levels.

The somewhat arbitrary delineations between the College and GS have grown as a result of attempts to reconcile the overlap and provide each school with a mission. However, the wide range of constituents forming the GS student body, from professionals or drop outs returning to school for a degree, to students who took 2 years off before attending college, to 'traditional' age students enrolled in the [[Joint Degree Program]] with [[List College]] at [[JTS]], to post-bac pre-med students, makes it hard to say just what identity GS students have and what separates them from their fellow students in the College. This makes 'integrating' GS with the other schools difficult, as different parts of the GS student body have very different needs.

== Notes ==
<references />

==Further Reading==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/05/News/Implications.General.Studies-2757242.shtml IMPLICATIONS: General Studies (Article on the evolving and conflicting identities of GS)] - [[Columbia Spectator|The Spectator]] 3/5/07
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_School_of_General_Studies Wikipedia Entry]

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]

[[Category:Schools]]
* [http://gslounge.com/ GSLOUNGE] (Official Site of the [[GSSC]])

{{Schools}}

School of General Studies

2007-03-23T16:45:20Z

Megalotaria: /* Core Requirements */

{{Infobox school
|Name=General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=1947
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Post-Bac Certificate in Pre-Med
|Enrollment=1,164 Undergraduate, 433 Post-Bac students (2005)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}The '''School of General Studies''', or '''GS''' is a degree-granting college of Columbia University. It confers Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees in over forty different majors. In addition to its undergraduate program, GS also offers a joint program with List College of the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]] as well as a postbaccalaureate premedical program. The median age of GS students is 29.<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/viewbook/students.htm GS Viewbook]</ref>

== Admissions ==
Although the School of General Studies is notoriously tight-lipped about its admission criteria and the statistics on admitted students, some information is available. For example, GPA is a factor in admissions; for transfer students, a minimum college GPA of 3.00 is quoted.<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/FAQ_transferstudents.htm Source: GS admissions FAQ for transfer students]</ref> GS also requires standardized test scores for entry. The school will use scores from the SAT, ACT, or the school's own General Studies Admissions Exam. <ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/FAQ_transferstudents.htm Source: ibid]</ref>

The School tends to admit approximately forty to fifty per cent of applicants. The profile of the applicant pool or the admitted pool is unknown.

Although there is little information to support the claim, the consensus seems to favor the notion that GS is a 'back-door' to Columbia. The general impression is that GS students come to Columbia with lower SAT scores, lower GPA, and fewer 'accomplishments.'

== Undergraduate Academics ==
Undergraduates are require a total of 124 credits to graduate. Part of this includes completing the core requirements and a major. GS students may attend full-time or part-time, while CC students are expected to attend full-time (part-time study is accepted under special circumstances.)

=== Core Requirements ===
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC:

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|-
|
!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>Though [[University Writing]], is required of both GS and CC undergraduates, the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature
|2 Literature Courses OR [[Literature Humanities]]
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]] or Asian Humanities (Music) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Humanities/Social Science
|2 courses each in Humanities and Social Science (optionally [[Contemporary Civilization]] satisfies the Social Science requirement.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|Exemption by exam:600 on Math section of SAT OR any mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science course, OR [[Frontiers of Science]], which satisfies both a Science and the Quantitative requirements
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|-
!Science
|3 science courses: [[Frontiers of Science]] AND two additional science courses
|3 science courses: [[Frontiers of Science]] AND two additional science courses
|-
!Cultural Diversity
|1 course in a non-western culture
|2 courses from the Major Cultures [http://www.college.columbia.edu/DocRep/academics/core/major_cult.pdf Approved Courses List]
|}

=== Major Requirements ===
Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are generally the same for both GS and CC.

== Financial Aid ==
''forthcoming''

== History ==
The School of General Studies was spun off from the University Extension Program in 1947. It became Columbia's third official undergraduate school. It is sometimes claimed that [[Barnard College]] is Columbia's third undergraduate school, and GS is its fourth, however Barnard is officially only affiliated with Columbia University, whereas GS, its deans and students are formally integrated into the university proper, along with [[Columbia College]] and the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]].

It initially served to educate GIs returning from World War II. GS originally maintained its own faculty, classes, and programs. In 1967 the University first decided (over the objection of the Columbia College Faculty) to allow GS to grant the A.B. degree in addition to the B.S. In the 1980s it was separated from the [[School of Continuing Education|Division of Continuing Education]]. In 1990, its faculty merged into the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. Since then, the classes available to GS students are generally the same as those available to Columbia College students.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== Myths ==
* GS is night school
:GS students subscribe to the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night and they are available to all students.
* GS is an extension program
:GS is degree-granting college. Students are expected to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. GS is very serious about keeping its undergraduates on track to earn a degree, and aimless class takers are put on academic probation. The separate [[School of Continuing Education]] offers individual courses on non-degree basis.
* GS is a back door to CC. Arguable:
:* While the criteria for admission is different between GS and CC, GS admission criteria is not divulged, so it is impossible to say for sure.
:* GS students and CC students have access to and take the same classes, GS is a back door to those classes.
:* The statement itself is logically unsound, since they are entirely different programs, how can one be a back door to the other?

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
The School of General Studies is loosely defined as a school for 'non-traditional students.' Non-traditional in GS terms seems to refer to anybody who has had a gap of one year or more in their undergraduate studies. By inference, Columbia College is for 'traditional students' who matriculate directly from high school and have not had a gap in their undergraduate studies. On this basis, students interested are applying to study at Columbia University are tracked to an 'appropriate' school. These admissions criteria favor tracking older students into the School of General Studies and is de facto if not de jure age discrimination.

Part of the tension between Columbia College and General Studies stems from the University's 1967 decision (over the objection of the Columbia College Faculty) to allow GS to grant the A.B. degree in addition to the B.S., creating a redundancy within the University. While this eliminated the College's exclusive prerogative to grant the A.B. degree, the University most likely viewed it as yet another revenue stream. It should be noted that for a large part of it's history, the University administration has paid scant attention to the College. Then-dean of the College David Truman reportedly broke into tears when he learned of the Trustees' decision.

At the time each of schools had a faculty independent of the other, with professors able to hold joint-appointments between multiple faculties. There was likely a certain sense of the College faculty's privilege to grant the A.B. being encroached on. The independent faculties of the schools have since been integrated into a single Faculty of Arts and Science.

The financial aspect of the decision to create GS is underscored by the lack of financial aid funding for GS students. Because GS operates separately from the [[Division of Student Affairs|joint administration]] of CC and SEAS, it was not covered in the plan to eliminate student loans for CC and SEAS students with family incomes below certain levels.

The somewhat arbitrary delineations between the College and GS have grown as a result of attempts to reconcile the overlap and provide each school with a mission. However, the wide range of constituents forming the GS student body, from professionals or drop outs returning to school for a degree, to students who took 2 years off before attending college, to 'traditional' age students enrolled in the [[Joint Degree Program]] with [[List College]] at [[JTS]], to post-bac pre-med students, makes it hard to say just what identity GS students have and what separates them from their fellow students in the College. This makes 'integrating' GS with the other schools difficult, as different parts of the GS student body have very different needs.

== Notes ==
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==Further Reading==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/05/News/Implications.General.Studies-2757242.shtml IMPLICATIONS: General Studies (Article on the evolving and conflicting identities of GS)] - [[Columbia Spectator|The Spectator]] 3/5/07
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_School_of_General_Studies Wikipedia Entry]

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]

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* [http://gslounge.com/ GSLOUNGE] (Official Site of the [[GSSC]])

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