WikiCU - User contributions [en]

Talk:South Lawn

2007-04-05T13:34:44Z

Moph:

Are the terms "South Lawn" and "South Field" interchangeable, or was "South Field" only used before Baker became the athletics center? [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 14:53, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
:South Lawn appears to be the official term: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lernerhall/graphics/outdoorspace.swf South Field may have been related to when the field was in one piece. We should probably add articles for the rest of those spaces? Maybe even incorporate this map somehow. It's a nifty piece of flash. anyway to embed it in an article? [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 15:42, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
::Not sure how, but that's a great resource. The open space outside [[EC]] is "Ancel Plaza"? Who knew? Anyway there's a list waiting to be populated under [[Lawn]]. [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 15:48, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
:::Well, there's also this [[Outdoor spaces map]]. I don't know if it's fair to call it a "plaza". Ancel is more like a "barren wasteland."
::::Ach, it would be nice if those Google maps had at least a hint of where our campus is (lets alone building outlines). Anyway, Ancel is good for cricketeers, at least. [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 16:05, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
:I don't think there's any way to incorporate that Flash animation. However, I think I might rework the outdoor spaces map along the lines of this map: [[Map of campuses]]. [[User:Reaganaut|Reaganaut]] 16:13, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
:Be careful linking to material from the Lerner site; we're redoing that whole site now. [[User:Moph|Moph]] 09:34, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

Columbia 250

2007-04-05T13:31:40Z

Moph:

[[Image:C250crest.gif|thumb|Columbia 250 Logo. This thing was EVERYWHERE.]]

'''Columbia 250''', or '''C250''', or just '''CU250'''. If you haven't guessed, this was the 250th anniversairy of Columbia, or, more accurately, of the foundation of [[King's College]]. It took place in [[2004]]. (Amusingly, Columbia had just celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1989.)

Extra funding from C250 enabled many student events, most noticeably the [[Varsity Show]] to greatly expand their programming. A series of symposia and lectures brought alumni back to campus.

*Concert with Wyclef still high on IV drugs
*[[Low]] and [[Butler]] lit up in trippy, bold colors
*A giant [[Low Library]]-shaped cake that no one got to eat
*Foam [[Alma Mater]] wreath headgear
*[[Homecoming]] in retro football uniforms
*The 110th [[Varsity Show]] (CU 251 has just begun!)
*Gratuitous C250 branding of EVERYTHING, even graduation robes

==External links==

[http://c250.columbia.edu/ Columbia 250 Homepage]

[[Category:History]]

Talk:Columbia 250

2007-04-05T13:31:22Z

Moph: New page: Unless anyone objects, I'm going to remove the link to Spectacular Failure (which appears to be an old Fed/Jester article on grading papers?) as it doesn't quite relate. ~~~~

Unless anyone objects, I'm going to remove the link to [[Spectacular Failure]] (which appears to be an old Fed/Jester article on grading papers?) as it doesn't quite relate. [[User:Moph|Moph]] 09:31, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

Columbia 250

2007-04-05T13:29:24Z

Moph:

[[Image:C250crest.gif|thumb|Columbia 250 Logo. This thing was EVERYWHERE.]]

'''Columbia 250''', or '''C250''', or just '''CU250'''. If you haven't guessed, this was the 250th anniversairy of Columbia, or, more accurately, of the foundation of [[King's College]]. It took place in [[2004]]. (Amusingly, Columbia had just celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1989.)

Extra funding from C250 enabled many student events, most noticeably the [[Varsity Show]] to greatly expand their programming. A series of symposia and lectures brought alumni back to campus.

*Concert with Wyclef still high on IV drugs
*[[Low]] and [[Butler]] lit up in trippy, bold colors
*A giant [[Low Library]]-shaped cake that no one got to eat
*Foam [[Alma Mater]] wreath headgear
*[[Homecoming]] in retro football uniforms
*The 110th [[Varsity Show]] (CU 251 has just begun!)
*Gratuitous C250 branding of EVERYTHING, even graduation robes

==See also==

*[[Spectacular failure]]

==External links==

[http://c250.columbia.edu/ Columbia 250 Homepage]

[[Category:History]]

West Side Market

2007-04-05T13:26:38Z

Moph:

'''West Side Market''' was a supermarket located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref>

Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in Morningside Heights. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/10/08/News/110th.Building.Enters.Final.Phase-2033435.shtml Spec article: Building enters final phase]</ref> West Side Market will return to the new building, while CoBag has opted not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref>

West Side Market has now been closed for almost 3 years. When it finally reopens for 3 months, it will be a completely different place, physically and in the collective student consciousness.

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Supermarkets in Morningside Heights]]

West Side Market

2007-04-05T13:26:14Z

Moph:

'''West Side Market''' was a supermarket located on the ground floor of the terracotta building then located on the northeast corner of 110th and Broadway. It was next to [[Columbia Hot Bagels]]. When the building owner decided to build a condiminium at the site, West Side Market and CoBag had to close. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2003/10/28/News/Columbia.Hot.Bagels.May.Not.Return-2041095.shtml Spec article: CoBag may not return]</ref>

Legal wrangling over zoning law caused several months of construction delays, ending in the destruction of what was then the oldest existing commercial structure in Morningside Heights. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/10/08/News/110th.Building.Enters.Final.Phase-2033435.shtml Spec article: Building enters final phase]</ref>

West Side Market will return to the new building, while CoBag has opted not to. <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/11/28/News/West-Side.Market.To.Return-2509921.shtml Spec article: West Side Market to return]</ref>

West Side Market has now been closed for almost 3 years. When it finally reopens for 3 months, it will be a completely different place, physically and in the collective student consciousness.

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Supermarkets in Morningside Heights]]

Concert on the Steps

2007-04-05T13:15:43Z

Moph:

Annual Spring Concert. Occurs as part of [[Bacchanal]]. Past performers have included Outkast, They Might Be Giants, Ben Folds Five, Kanye West, George Clinton, Fuel, Destiny's Child, and more. Artists are chosen each year by [[Columbia Concerts]]; the organization has been consistently ahead of their time for the last decade (maybe more?!), often inviting groups on the cusp of hitting it big. (Unfortunately, this means that current students frequently complain about never getting performers who have already hit it big.)

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:outdoor1.jpg
Image:outdoor2.jpg
Image:wyclef.jpg|Wyclef Jean, Fall 2003
Image:kanyelegend.jpg|Kanye West and John Legend
Image:delasoul.jpg|De La Soul
Image:xyz.jpg|Battle of the Bands- The XYZ Affair
Image:folk.jpg|Battle of the Bands- The Folk
Image:ghostface.jpg|Ghostface Killah
</gallery>

[[Category:Annual events]]

Concert on the Steps

2007-04-02T15:26:53Z

Moph:

Annual Spring Concert. Occurs as part of [[Bacchanal]]. Past performers have included Outkast, They Might Be Giants, Ben Folds Five, Kanye West, George Clinton, Fuel, Destiny's Child, and more. Artists are chosen each year by [[Columbia Concerts]]; the organization has been consistently ahead of their time for the last decade (maybe more?!), often inviting groups on the cusp of hitting it big. (Unfortunately, this means that current students frequently complain about not ever getting performers who have already hit it big.)

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:outdoor1.jpg
Image:outdoor2.jpg
Image:wyclef.jpg|Wyclef Jean, Fall 2003
Image:kanyelegend.jpg|Kanye West and John Legend
Image:delasoul.jpg|De La Soul
Image:xyz.jpg|Battle of the Bands- The XYZ Affair
Image:folk.jpg|Battle of the Bands- The Folk
Image:ghostface.jpg|Ghostface Killah
</gallery>

[[Category:Annual events]]

John Jay Dining Hall

2007-04-02T15:24:37Z

Moph:

'''John Jay Dining Hall''' is located in [[John Jay]] residence hall. It is open every day, from Monday to Sunday, 10:30am-1:30pm for brunch and 5pm-8pm for dinner. All first year students must have a meal plan, which they can use at John Jay.

John Jay has good vegan options and edible kosher options.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:JJdininghallentrance.jpg|Entrance area, from a couple of years ago
Image:JJdininghallseating.jpg|Seating
</gallery>

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.806005" lon="-73.962313" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.806005, -73.962313, John Jay Dining Hall
</googlemap>

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/dining/docs/menus/index.html John Jay Dining Hall Menu]

[[Category:On-campus dining locations]]

Columbia Housing

2007-04-02T15:21:07Z

Moph:

{{Infobox administration
|Name=Housing Services
|Location=125 [[Wallach Hall]]
|Phone=212-854-2779 (H-APPY)
|Hours=M-F 9-5
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/
|}}

'''Housing Services''', formerly University Residence Halls (URH), administers undergraduate housing for [[Columbia College|CC]]/[[SEAS]]. It is based at 125 [[Wallach Hall]]. Headed up by Herman Matte, Executive Director, who reports to Scott Wright.

== Residence halls ==

=== Overview ===

Columbia has 17 undergraduate residence halls in an area bounded by Riverside Drive, Morningside Drive, 113th St, and 119th St. The residence halls accommodate 5,200 beds. First-year students usually live in one of the residence halls situated around [[South Lawn]]: [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]], [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]], [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]], [[Furnald Hall|Furnald]], or [[Carman Hall|Carman]]. Upperclass students may also live in [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]], which are collectively part of the [[Living and Learning Center]] (LLC), through a highly selective application process. Other upperclassmen participate in a housing lottery. Rising sophomores may also live in [[Furnald Hall|Furnald]] if their lottery numbers are good enough. The other upperclassmen students can choose, in order of class seniority and a random lottery number, among [[Broadway]], [[East Campus]], [[47 Claremont]], [[Hogan]], [[McBain]], [[River]], [[Ruggles]], [[Schapiro]], [[600 W 113th St]], [[Watt]], [[Wien]], and [[Woodbridge]]. The best housing options, usually only available to seniors, are considered to be a townhouse in East Campus or a suite in Hogan. Seniors with the very best lottery numbers can get their own studio apartment in Watt.

In addition to the 17 dormitories, Housing also oversees the Columbia-owned [[Brownstones]] on 114th and 113th street ("[[Frat Row]]") which are occupied by [[Fraternities]], [[Sororities]], and [[Special Interest Communities]]. The only Frat Row brownstone not owned by Columbia is the [[Beta Theta Pi]] house.

=== List of residence halls ===

[[Residence hall map]]

[[600 West 113th Street]], [[Broadway Residence Hall|Broadway]], [[Carman Hall|Carman]], [[East Campus]], [[47 Claremont]], [[Furnald]], [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]], [[Hogan]], [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]], [[McBain]], [[River]], [[Ruggles]], [[Schapiro Hall|Schapiro]], [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]], [[Watt]], [[Wien]], [[Woodbridge]]

== Room Selection ==

[[Rising]] sophomores, rising juniors, and rising seniors select their rooms in the annual [[Room Selection]] process, also known as the Housing Lottery. In deciding where to live, you should consider [[housing factors]], and also [[housing strategies]] that may help you in the room selection process.

== See also ==
* [[History of student housing]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/guide-to-living/index.html Guide to Living]
* [https://www.urh.columbia.edu/bldgboard/datesort.asp?bldg=Housing+Lottery Room selection bulletin board]

=== [[Columbia Spectator]] articles ===
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/thefed/v3/volume17/1/freshmanhousing.shtml The Fed: Fun With Freshman Housing]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/03/26/HousingGuide/Brothels.And.Pubs.The.Lurid.History.Of.Cu.Dorms-2034493.shtml Columbia Spectator: Brothels and Pubs, The Lurid History of CU Dorms]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2004/03/26/HousingGuide/Ec.Eight.Living.Kosher-2034498.shtml Columbia Spectator: EC Eight, Living Kosher]
* [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/sep05/cover.php Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia - Columbia College Today September 2005]

[[Category:Housing]]
[[Category:Student Services]]

Talk:School colors

2007-04-02T14:56:46Z

Moph:

Really, absentminded?

The school's acknowledgement of this is how we know. Give us admin some credit.
:Where? Rob Taylor was amazed to learn of the fact when I told him last thursday. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 12:25, 1 April 2007 (EDT) (And I've been wondering when you'd show up.)
:I'm looking for it--I remember checking this on a University website when I first found out. -moph
:Found it! "A History of Columbia University: 1754-1904", published by CU Press for the 150th anniversary has it on page 93. And yes, I have a 100-year-old history of the school on my bookshelf. -moph
::*Well done. E. A. Cardozo's history of Philolexian, which mentions that the administration hasn't officially acknowledged it was published two years prior in 1902.
:::*So you're using 105-year-old rant to complain about us? Sheesh.
::::*You used a 103 year old book to cover your butt. Sheesh. And as it is... I refuted your point "The school's acknowledgement of this is how we know."
:::::*Touche. Should have been "how I know." I don't have the Cardozo book. Edit: [[User:Moph|Moph]] 10:56, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
So props to the historian for catching that. Perhaps admins would do well to read those musty tomes and catch up on columbia lore? [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 20:05, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:::*I am an administrator and did read that particular musty tome. So there. Why on earth would you want any administrator who's actually important taking their time to read 103-year-old books? On second thought, don't answer that. [[User:Moph|Moph]] 23:51, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
::::*I'll just dodge the point- you're clearly not the common administrator. "Matt Harrison (C '05) and Michael "Novi" Novielli (C '03), both former CCSC Presidents work for Student Services, lending credence to the rumor that the administration maintains a strict policy of assimilating any students who actually figure out how the bureaucracy functions rather than let that knowledge circulate in the general population." Now stop being so defensive, and go edit the SS related pages. Shoo. Move along now. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 00:03, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
:Also, I resent that you call Robert Taylor an administrator.
::*hhahahaha [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 20:05, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:* Also, you can read it on Google eBooks [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0f9ChN0yzhCAvBADU4H2Uds&id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=A+History+of+Columbia+University:+1754-1904#PPA93,M1 here]. [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 12:33, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:* This can't be right. It says it's Peithologian Blue and Philolexian White... [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 12:35, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
::*Typical administration.... [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 20:05, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:::*Or typically Philo. 23:51, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
::::*Nope. We definitely got the blue correct. Of course it's not like the administration has anything like this: http://www.unc.edu/about/traditions.html It just has a musty century old tome that most of the officers probably havent read. Of course, we've already discussed the requirements of getting anything changed on the Columbia website. Apparently it required convening a university-wide panel of administrators.
:::::*I'd bet that making substantive changes to the homepage of any major University requires convening a university-wide panel of administrators. Edit: [[User:Moph|Moph]] 10:56, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
::::::*Matthew Harrison, please sign your posts with a quadruple tilde. [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 10:47, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
:::::::*I'm learning, Tao. Slowly but surely. [[User:Moph|Moph]] 10:56, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Student Services

2007-04-02T14:55:16Z

Moph:

'''Student Services''' is a University level administrative office, running a number of important services for all university students, not just undergraduates.

* [[Alfred Lerner Hall]] Student Center
* [[Dining Services]]
* [[Health Services]]
* [[Housing Services]]
* [[ID Center]], which issues your [[CUID]]
* [[Mail Services]]
* [[Print Services]]
* [[University Registrar]]
* [[Student Financial Services]]

Most concerns related to Student Services can be addressed in one of three places:
The Student Service Center in 205 Kent Hall (for billing, registration, transcript and related issues)
The Hospitality Desk in Hartley Hall Lobby (for housing and dining issues)
Health Services, in John Jay

Students may also have occasion to visit the University Event Management offices on the 7th floor of Lerner.

Student Services also operates [[Student Services Online]] (SSOL), the website used to register for classes, check bills, add money to dining and flex, check grades, check financial aid, and check degree progress, among other services.

Student Services also has a very useful FAQ website, [http://askus.columbia.edu/ Ask Us], with information on the topics of Billing & Payments, Tuition & Fees, Registration, Transcripts & Grades, ID Card, and Personal Information.

== External links ==
[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/studentservices/index.html Student Services Homepage]

[[Category:Student Services]]

Talk:Student Services

2007-04-02T14:49:43Z

Moph:

I'm removing the following text, as it's untrue (albeit mildly entertaining): "Matt Harrison (C '05) and Michael "Novi" Novielli (C '03), both former CCSC Presidents work for Student Services, lending credence to the rumor that the administration maintains a strict policy of assimilating any students who actually figure out how the bureaucracy functions rather than let that knowledge circulate in the general population."
To the best of my knowledge, there's no such rumor, and the idea of such a policy is absurd on the face of it. Wouldn't keeping Novi and I here /increase/ the number of students who know how the 'bureaucracy' works? [[User:Moph|Moph]] 10:49, 2 April 2007 (EDT)

Talk:Student Services

2007-04-02T14:49:14Z

Moph: New page: I'm removing the following text, as it's untrue (albeit mildly entertaining): "Matt Harrison (C '05) and Michael "Novi" Novielli (C '03), both former CCSC Presidents work for Student Servi...

Talk:School colors

2007-04-02T14:46:12Z

Moph:

Really, absentminded?

The school's acknowledgement of this is how we know. Give us admin some credit.
:Where? Rob Taylor was amazed to learn of the fact when I told him last thursday. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 12:25, 1 April 2007 (EDT) (And I've been wondering when you'd show up.)
:I'm looking for it--I remember checking this on a University website when I first found out. -moph
:Found it! "A History of Columbia University: 1754-1904", published by CU Press for the 150th anniversary has it on page 93. And yes, I have a 100-year-old history of the school on my bookshelf. -moph
::*Well done. E. A. Cardozo's history of Philolexian, which mentions that the administration hasn't officially acknowledged it was published two years prior in 1902.
:::*So you're using 105-year-old rant to complain about us? Sheesh.
::::*You used a 103 year old book to cover your butt. Sheesh. And as it is... I refuted your point "The school's acknowledgement of this is how we know."
:::::*Touche. Should have been "how I know." I don't have the Cardozo book.
So props to the historian for catching that. Perhaps admins would do well to read those musty tomes and catch up on columbia lore? [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 20:05, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:::*I am an administrator and did read that particular musty tome. So there. Why on earth would you want any administrator who's actually important taking their time to read 103-year-old books? On second thought, don't answer that. [[User:Moph|Moph]] 23:51, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
::::*I'll just dodge the point- you're clearly not the common administrator. "Matt Harrison (C '05) and Michael "Novi" Novielli (C '03), both former CCSC Presidents work for Student Services, lending credence to the rumor that the administration maintains a strict policy of assimilating any students who actually figure out how the bureaucracy functions rather than let that knowledge circulate in the general population." Now stop being so defensive, and go edit the SS related pages. Shoo. Move along now. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 00:03, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
:Also, I resent that you call Robert Taylor an administrator.
::*hhahahaha [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 20:05, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:* Also, you can read it on Google eBooks [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0f9ChN0yzhCAvBADU4H2Uds&id=ZvAKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=A+History+of+Columbia+University:+1754-1904#PPA93,M1 here]. [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 12:33, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:* This can't be right. It says it's Peithologian Blue and Philolexian White... [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 12:35, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
::*Typical administration.... [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 20:05, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:::*Or typically Philo. 23:51, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
::::*Nope. We definitely got the blue correct. Of course it's not like the administration has anything like this: http://www.unc.edu/about/traditions.html It just has a musty century old tome that most of the officers probably havent read. Of course, we've already discussed the requirements of getting anything changed on the Columbia website. Apparently it required convening a university-wide panel of administrators.
:::::*I'd bet that making substantive changes to the homepage of any major University requires convening a university-wide panel of administrators.

Talk:School colors

2007-04-02T03:51:50Z

Moph:

Talk:School colors

2007-04-02T03:51:04Z

Moph:

Talk:History of student housing

2007-04-02T03:44:42Z

Moph:

Where the hell did you dig this up? [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 06:03, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
:From the housing primer on The Student Guide to Columbia. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 13:04, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

:Wait a minute- Hartley hall can't have been the firs undertaking to house students at a university. McCaughey clearly states that Columbia's commuter status was a major difference between it and other colonial-era founded schools. The Harkness money in 1929 went towards completing the house and res college systems, not starting them. Correct? Similarly, Princeton is now completing its res college system with the construction of a new college. [[User:205.134.0.81|205.134.0.81]] 13:21, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
::Nope. The Harkness money in the 1920s went toward building the House and Residential College system at H/Y. They did not exist beforehand, AFAIK. Princeton's residential college system was only put in place in the 1960s and 1970s. [[User:Ttan|Ttan]] 15:20, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
:::But the college's were residential. Princeton's residence halls are far more than 40 years old. [[User:205.134.0.81|205.134.0.81]] 19:58, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
::FWIW, According to my discussions w/ Dean Lehecka back when I was interviewing folks for my thesis, Columbia was largely a commuter school in the 80's. It was really only with the construction of Schapiro that we caught fully up to the number of students.[[User:Moph|Moph]] 23:31, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:::Gray's Hall opened in Harvard Yard in 1863... Hollis Hall opened in 1763... Hollworth Hall opened in 1812. I don't think the claim is true, at least if Wikipedia can be trusted.[[User:Moph|Moph]] 23:44, 1 April 2007 (EDT)

Talk:History of student housing

2007-04-02T03:31:20Z

Moph:

User:Moph

2007-04-02T03:23:17Z

Moph: New page: This page intentionally left blank.

This page intentionally left blank.

User:Absentminded

2007-04-02T03:22:53Z

Moph:

[[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] is a cranky mofo.

You started it, sir. I just declare that a state of war exists. [[User:Moph|Moph]] 23:22, 1 April 2007 (EDT)

School colors

2007-04-02T03:10:55Z

Moph:

[[Image:CCFlag.jpg|thumb|200px|The Blue and White (Mark Holden C '09)]]

Columbia's official color's are "Columbia Blue" and white. Both colors were originally drawn from the two literary societies that were at the heart of student life in the 19th century: [[Philolexian Society|Philolexian]] Blue, and [[Peithologian]] White.

The current [[Philolexian Society]] (unrelated to the earlier group, save in name) maintains, in mock indignation, the position that the colors were in fact stolen. In 1986, one member of the society wrote a letter to the President of the University demanding $1 million in restitution.<ref> [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/content/archives/sovern.htm Letter to President Sovern].</ref>

== References ==

<references/>

[[Category:Symbols]]

Talk:School colors

2007-04-01T16:31:02Z

Moph:

Talk:School colors

2007-04-01T16:30:32Z

Moph:

Talk:School colors

2007-04-01T16:28:08Z

Moph:

Philolexian Society

2007-04-01T16:25:50Z

Moph:

The '''Philolexian Society''' is one of the oldest collegiate literary societies in the United States, and the oldest student group at Columbia. It was founded in [[1802]]. Unfortunately, it was run into the ground by Alan Ginsberg in the 1940's. The currently existing Philolexian Society has nothing in common with the earlier one. Besides, um, some things.

The society aims to "improve its members in Oratory, Composition and Forensic Discussion". The name Philolexian is Greek for "Lover of discourse," and the society's motto is the Latin word "Surgam", meaning "I shall rise".

It has many famous alumni, and administers the [[Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest]].

== Resolutions ==
* Student government is incredibly lame.

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/ Philolexian Society website]

[[Category:Societies]]

Philolexian Society

2007-04-01T16:25:26Z

Moph:

Talk:School colors

2007-04-01T16:24:05Z

Moph: New page: Really, absentminded? The school's acknowledgement of this is how we know. Give us admin some credit.

Really, absentminded?

The school's acknowledgement of this is how we know. Give us admin some credit.