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Hartley Hall

2007-05-04T20:31:36Z

Ted:

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{{Infobox reshall
|Name=Hartley
|Image=Hartley.jpg
|Built=[[1904]]
|Renovated=
|Population=230}}
'''Hartley''' is one of the two residence halls that make up the [[Living Learning Center]]. It was built in [[1904]] and is the oldest residence hall on campus. It is noted for having the narrowest double on campus, 2C5, where a tall man can touch two walls at any point in the room.

[[Jack Kerouac]] lived here once, and enjoyed it.

==History==
Hartley Hall, Columbia's first dormitory, celebrated its centennial in [[2004]], although it did not open to students until [[1905]]. The building was the gift of Helen Hartley Jenkins and her nephew [[Marcellus Hartley Dodge]], two names which would grace the Columbia lexicon repeatedly throughout the twentieth century. Many students bemoan the shocking variance of room size wherein an occupant of a cramped 94-square foot single may find him or herself ten feet away from a 110-square foot single, but there is method to this madness. In [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]'s day, room size and location depending on the rate one was willing to pay, not a lottery process backed by a flat fee. Yet, President Butler intended for his dormitories to be "in the interest of true democracy," by liberally interspersing larger rooms with smaller ones (and by implication, richer students with poorer ones).

It should also be noted that Hartley, and its twin, [[Wallach]], were dedicated exclusively to undergraduate housing, a rather odd move in the days when Columbia was still considering shutting down the College outright ([[SEAS]], or rather the School of Mines, was still a graduate-and-professional faculty, and a fairly profitable one at that, and thus was spared the budgeter's wrath). In [[2000]], the [[Living and Learning Center]] program began at Hartley and Wallach Halls in what supporters enthusiastically called a genuine attempt to build community and foster student body cohesion, and what detractors cynically label a failed attempt to imitate [[Yale]]'s residential college model.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:HAsingle5A6view1.jpg|Single 5A6, view 1
Image:HAsingle5A6view2.jpg|Single 5A6, view 2
Image:HAsingle5A8view1.jpg|Single 5A8, view 1
Image:HAdouble1view1.jpg|Double, view 1
Image:HAdouble1view2.jpg|Double, view 2
Image:HAdouble1view3.jpg|Double, view 3
Image:HAbath1.jpg|Bathroom, view 1
Image:HAbath2.jpg|Bathroom, view 2
Image:HAsuitelounge1view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1
Image:HAsuitelounge1view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2
Image:HAstaircase.jpg|Staircase (Hartley suites are on 2 levels)
Image:HAupperlounge.jpg|The second lounge in the suite
</gallery>

== Floor plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Hartley2.gif|Floor 2
Image:Hartley3.gif|Floor 3
Image:Hartley4.gif|Floor 4
Image:Hartley5.gif|Floor 5
Image:Hartley6.gif|Floor 6
Image:Hartley7.gif|Floor 7
Image:Hartley8.gif|Floor 8
Image:Hartley9.gif|Floor 9
Image:Hartley10.gif|Floor 10
</gallery>

== Map ==
<googlemap lat="40.806466" lon="-73.961785" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small">
40.806466, -73.961785, Hartley residence hall
</googlemap>

==Significant contributors==
* [[Tao Tan]]
[[Category:Residence halls]]

Alex Weinberg

2007-05-04T20:16:37Z

Ted:

Responsible for 95% of the [[CUSJ-Jester Feud]], often posts inflammatory comments against both [[Jester]] and the [[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]. Also likes
[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3614 puzzles], apparently.

Alex Weinberg

2007-05-04T20:16:11Z

Ted:

Responsible for 95% of the [[CUSJ-Jester Feud]], often posts inflammatory comments against both [[Jester]] and the [[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]. Also
[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3614]likes [] puzzles, apparently.

Alex Weinberg

2007-05-04T20:15:40Z

Ted:

Responsible for 95% of the [[CUSJ-Jester Feud]], often posts inflammatory comments against both [[Jester]] and the [[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]. Also likes puzzles, apparently.

[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3614]

Talk:Jester of Columbia

2007-05-04T20:02:33Z

Ted:

the link to the story doesn't refer to the latest incarnation so i axed it - ted

Talk:Jester of Columbia

2007-05-04T20:02:19Z

Ted: New page: the link to the story doesn't refer to the latest incarnation so i axed it

the link to the story doesn't refer to the latest incarnation so i axed it

Jester of Columbia

2007-05-04T20:01:51Z

Ted:

The '''''Jester of Columbia''''', or simply the '''''Jester''''', is a campus humor magazine. Legendarily founded on April Fool's Day, [[1901]], it is one of the oldest such publications in the US. Revived in [[2001]] after a 12-year lapse in publication and again in [[2004]] after a shorter one, ''Jester'' has once again begun to produce magazines as well as sponsor comedy events on Columbia's campus. It is widely acclaimed as "somewhat funny every now and then," a major achievement for any college humor publication.

It is currently embroiled in a bizarre [[CUSJ-Jester Feud|feud]] with the ''[[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]''.

==''Jester'' alumni==

*[[Allen Ginsberg]], poet of the [[Beat Generation]]
*[[Gerald Green (author)|Gerald Green]], writer
*[[Robert Lax]], poet
*[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], screenwriter
*[[Thomas Merton]], author and monk
*[[Ted Rall]], political cartoonist
*[[Ed Rice]], journalist
*[[Ralph de Toledano]], journalist, co-founded the ''National Review'' and edited ''Newsweek''
*[[Lynd Ward]], artist
*[[Herman Wouk]], writer

==External links==

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/ ''Jester'' website]
*[http://www.jesterlackssoundscience.com "A thorough debunking of Jester's lies"]

[[Category:Publications]]

Jester of Columbia

2007-05-04T20:01:15Z

Ted:

The '''''Jester of Columbia''''', or simply the '''''Jester''''', is a campus humor magazine. Legendarily founded on April Fool's Day, [[1901]], it is one of the oldest such publications in the US. Revived in [[2001]] after a 12-year lapse in publication and again in [[2004]] after a shorter one, ''Jester'' has once again begun to produce magazines as well as sponsor comedy events on Columbia's campus. It is widely acclaimed as "somewhat funny every now and then," a major achievement for any college humor publication.

It is currently embroiled in a bizarre [[CUSJ-Jester Feud|feud]] with the ''[[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]''.

==''Jester'' alumni==

*[[Allen Ginsberg]], poet of the [[Beat Generation]]
*[[Gerald Green (author)|Gerald Green]], writer
*[[Robert Lax]], poet
*[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], screenwriter
*[[Thomas Merton]], author and monk
*[[Ted Rall]], political cartoonist
*[[Ed Rice]], journalist
*[[Ralph de Toledano]], journalist, co-founded the ''National Review'' and edited ''Newsweek''
*[[Lynd Ward]], artist
*[[Herman Wouk]], writer

==External links==

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/ ''Jester'' website]
*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan02/jan02_quads4.html "Jester Holds Court Again"], an article in the January, 2002 edition of ''[[Columbia College Today]]''
*[http://www.jesterlackssoundscience.com "A thorough debunking of Jester's lies"]

[[Category:Publications]]

Jester of Columbia

2007-05-04T20:00:54Z

Ted:

The '''''Jester of Columbia''''', or simply the '''''Jester''''', is a campus humor magazine. Legendarily founded on April Fool's Day, [[1901]], it is one of the oldest such publications in the US. Revived in [[2001]] after a 12-year lapse in publication and again in [[2004]] after a shorter one, ''Jester'' has once again begun to produce magazines as well as sponsor comedy events on Columbia's campus. It is widely acclaimed as "somewhat funny," a major achievement for any college humor publication.

It is currently embroiled in a bizarre [[CUSJ-Jester Feud|feud]] with the ''[[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]]''.

==''Jester'' alumni==

*[[Allen Ginsberg]], poet of the [[Beat Generation]]
*[[Gerald Green (author)|Gerald Green]], writer
*[[Robert Lax]], poet
*[[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]], screenwriter
*[[Thomas Merton]], author and monk
*[[Ted Rall]], political cartoonist
*[[Ed Rice]], journalist
*[[Ralph de Toledano]], journalist, co-founded the ''National Review'' and edited ''Newsweek''
*[[Lynd Ward]], artist
*[[Herman Wouk]], writer

==External links==

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/jester/ ''Jester'' website]
*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan02/jan02_quads4.html "Jester Holds Court Again"], an article in the January, 2002 edition of ''[[Columbia College Today]]''
*[http://www.jesterlackssoundscience.com "A thorough debunking of Jester's lies"]

[[Category:Publications]]

Sam West

2007-05-04T19:58:41Z

Ted: New page: Dictator-for-life of the Jester.

Dictator-for-life of the Jester.

Barnard jokes

2007-05-04T19:57:18Z

Ted:

'''Barnard Jokes''' are an institution at Columbia. The [[CUMB]] is often a source for these jokes, usually the most vulgar and risque of them. This despite reasonably high Barnard representation in the band. It's just part of Columbia life. Jokes are also kept alive by freshmen who feel the need to revel in feelings of superiority over someone. They usually just need to get over themselves.

== Jokes ==
* By and large, Barnard girls are Bi and Large.
* Why did the Columbia student cross the street?
:To get a blow job.
* Why did the Barnard student cross the street?
:To get an education.
* Barnard to Bed, Columbia to Wed
* Why is Barnard on the West side of Broadway?
:So if the Hudson floods, all of the dykes will protect Columbia.
* A Barnard girl goes down quicker than the vodka it took to make her look pretty.
* Barnard girls are lesbians that steal Columbia girls' boyfriends.
[[Category:Barnard College]]
[[Category:Humor]]

Barnard jokes

2007-05-04T19:56:50Z

Ted:

Barnard jokes

2007-05-04T19:55:25Z

Ted:

'''Barnard Jokes''' are an institution at Columbia. The [[CUMB]] is often a source for these jokes, usually the most vulgar and risque of them. This despite reasonably high Barnard representation in the band. It's just part of Columbia life. Jokes are also kept alive by frshmen who feel the need to revel in feelings of superiority over someone. They usually just need to get over themselves.

== Jokes ==
* By and large, Barnard girls are Bi and Large.
* Why did the Columbia student cross the street?
:To get a blow job.
* Why did the Barnard student cross the street?
:To get an education.
* Barnard to Bed, Columbia to Wed
* Why is Barnard on the West side of Broadway?
:So if the Hudson floods, all of the dykes will protect Columbia.

[[Category:Barnard College]]
[[Category:Humor]]

User:Ted

2007-05-04T19:53:39Z

Ted: New page: My name isn't really Ted.

My name isn't really Ted.

Boredatcolumbia

2007-05-04T19:51:22Z

Ted: /* Demographic analysis */

[[Image:Bored.png|thumb|200px|B@B logo]]

'''Boredatbutler.com''', or '''B@B''', is a hangout for bored people. It is "the last resort, when there's no one on aim, no one on fb, nothing new on the net." Most common word is "sex."

The website was set up by Johnathan Pappas, a [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] brother from West Virginia. He says that B@B "illustrates what many college students would say if they weren’t culturally pressured to be socially acceptable. That was the idea to it. Take a college student, strip them of their identity and see what they have to say."

== Demographic analysis ==

Anyone accessing the site from a Columbia I.P. address can post comments anonymously.

* Many B@B visitors happen to be fucking idiots. And some aren't fucking idiots. They're just idiots themselves. Just good old, plain jane idiots. Damn straight.

* The larger majority of B@B visitors are Columbia gay men, looking to hook up with each other in [[the stacks]] or equally sketchy areas. It has been suggested that, while straight couples nearly never hook up, more than a few gay students have found temporary love thanks to the anonymous message board.

* B@B access requires a valid columbia email, or being located somewhere on the Columbia network in order to be able to post

* Like all chat rooms, most women are secretly men.

== Frequent discussions ==

* Words like "fuck," "dick," "pussy," and oddly enough "shaving"

=== Life at Columbia ===
* [[Barnard]] jokes
* [[GS]] students (they're old, they smell, and they're annoying)
* Midterms (midterms are a bitch; I don't want to study for midterms; I'm going to fail all of my midterms)
* What's the average GPA?
* Is my GPA high or low? (answer: low, ha ha)
* Manhattanville (Should Columbia buy all of Harlem and build a huge student center + park + new dorms there?)
* I don't want [[Matthew Fox]], I want George Bush
* Barnard girls are ugly/fat/lesbians vs. Columbia girls are ugly/fat/lesbians

=== "Self help" ===
* I have no life! / You have no life!
* I'm fucked! / You're fucked!
* I hate my life! (there's a good chance I'll jump under a moving car next week)
* What's the best way to kill yourself?

=== Sex and relationships ===
* Sex with ugly people vs. no sex at all
* Should I ask the girl opposite from me out?
* Talking to girls (has anyone tried yet?)
* Who wants to have sex in the stacks (answer: nobody, ever)
* Relationship advice (why do you guys always go for the boobs first?)
* Should I shave? How?
:* Should I trim? Oh shit I accidentally cut off my balls!

== External links ==
* [http://www.boredatbutler.com/ Bored@Butler]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2007/03/05/070305ta_talk_widdicombe The New Yorker, "The New Bathroom Wall"]
* [http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2007030501040 The Dartmouth, "Bored at Baker lets students opine on anything, anon."]
* [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/tools/papertrail/061208/tired_of_writing_stupid_papers.htm U.S.News, "Tired of Writing Stupid Papers? Post Something Stupid to a Website..."]
* [http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/blogs/index.php?page=post&section=2&id=619 Daily Pennsylvanian, How BoredatVanPelt Are You?]
* [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=516236 Harvard Crimson, "He Was Pretty Bored, Too"]
* [http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/12/04/News/Sex-In.The.Stacks.Message.Site.Attracts.The.Distracted-2519989.shtml?norewrite200612071510&sourcedomain=www.dailypennsylvanian.com Daily Pennsylvanian, "Sex in the stacks? Message site attracts the distracted"]
* [http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/12/04/news/16832.shtml Daily Princetonian, "Students alleviate boredom on blog"]
* [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=515684 Harvard Crimson, "Bored at Lamont"]
* [http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=5003 Yale Herald, "Around the Ivies"]
* [http://www.cornellsun.com/node/19733 Cornell Daily Sun, "Blog Fights Library Boredom"]
* [http://www.ivygateblog.com/blog/2006/10/students_united_by_internet_soul-crippling_boredom.html IvyGateBlog.com, "Students United by Internet, Soul-Crippling Boredom"]
* [http://www.observer.com/20060306/20060306___thecity_newyorkworld-3.asp The New York Observer, "Ivy League Logs"]
[[Category:Websites]]

Living-Learning Center

2007-05-04T19:48:19Z

Ted:

The '''Living-Learning Center''' (LLC) comprises [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]] residence halls. It houses a portion of first year students, as well as sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students living in the LLC agree to attend suite or floor study breaks every week, and larger building-wide events every month. It is also noted as the only dry dorm housing upperclassmen. Few student actually comply with these requirements, as the [[RA]]s don't really want to do it either, let alone force others to participate. LLC administration has attempted to crack down on this by making the LLC application ridiculously long to discourage students who just want the room. As a result, applications have plunged in the last two years. Some say that the residents are actually more dedicated now, but many residents say otherwise. Tends to be short on freshman who want to live there, and is sometimes the university is forced to place freshman there who would rather live somewhere else.
== External links ==
* [http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/resprograms/llc/ Living Learning Center website]

[[Category:Residence halls]]

Living-Learning Center

2007-05-04T19:47:31Z

Ted:

The '''Living-Learning Center''' (LLC) comprises [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]] residence halls. It houses a portion of first year students, as well as sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students living in the LLC agree to attend suite or floor study breaks every week, and larger building-wide events every month. It is also noted as the only dry dorm housing upperclassmen. Few student actually comply with these requirements, as the [[RA]]s don't really want to do it either, let alone force others to participate. LLC administration has attempted to crack down on this by making the LLC application ridiculously long to discourage students who just want the room. As a result, applications have plunged in the last two years. Some say that the residents are actually more dedicated now, but many residents say otherwise. Most freshman here picked it as their last choice.

== External links ==
* [http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/resprograms/llc/ Living Learning Center website]

[[Category:Residence halls]]

Living-Learning Center

2007-05-04T19:46:41Z

Ted:

The '''Living-Learning Center''' (LLC) comprises [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]] residence halls. It houses a portion of first year students, as well as sophomores, juniors and seniors. Students living in the LLC agree to attend suite or floor study breaks every week, and larger building-wide events every month. It is also noted as the only dry dorm housing upperclassmen. Few student actually comply with these requirements, as the [[RA]]s don't really want to do it either, let alone force others to participate. LLC administration has attempted to crack down on this by making the LLC application ridiculously long to discourage students who just want the room. As a result, applications have plunged in the last two years. Some say that the residents are actually more dedicated now, but many residents say otherwise.

== External links ==
* [http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/resprograms/llc/ Living Learning Center website]

[[Category:Residence halls]]

First year housing

2007-05-04T19:44:10Z

Ted:

{{prefrosh}}

'''First year housing''' at Columbia is assigned to incoming [[Columbia College|CC]] and [[SEAS]] undergraduates on the basis of indicated preferences. You need to register these preferences online [https://www.urh.columbia.edu/fyapps/application.html here]. 75% of students get their first choice and 90% get their second choice. There are 7 options in 4 buildings:

* [[Carman Hall]], doubles
* [[John Jay Hall]], singles and doubles
* [[Living and Learning Center|LLC]]: [[Hartley Hall]]/[[Wallach Hall]], singles and doubles - tends to be the only dorm with students who did not choose it
* [[Furnald Hall]], singles and doubles

If you are assigned a double, you will be assigned a roommate based on a rudimentary habit survey (are you noisy? messy? do you stay up late?) and any special requests.

Each [[:Category:Residence halls|residence hall]] is located directly on the main [[Morningside Heights campus]] around the [[South Lawn]] 'quadrangle' and has a distinct atmosphere with its own advantages and disadvantages. While each dorm has an overriding stereotype, they aren't necessarily entirely accurate.

First year housing is considered to be among some of the best housing available to Columbia students. Most sophomores live in mediocre doubles, and most juniors live in small but decent singles. Only by the time you become a senior will you be more or less guaranteed to get better housing than first years. However, if you are unfortunate in the housing lotteries for soph, junior and senior housing, you may never end up in as nice housing as your first year.

[[Category:Housing]]
[[Category:Prefrosh]]

Alex Weinberg

2007-05-04T19:42:14Z

Ted: New page: Responsible for 95% of the CUSJ-Jester Feud, often posts inflammatory comments against both Jester and the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal.

Responsible for 95% of the [[CUSJ-Jester Feud]], often posts inflammatory comments against both [[Jester]] and the [[Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal]].