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Nishant Dixit

2008-09-02T14:03:48Z

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Seth Flaxman

2008-09-02T13:53:26Z

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[[Image: Rally.jpg|thumb|Seth Flaxman]]

'''Seth Flaxman''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[2007|07]] was president of the [[Columbia College Student Council]] during the 2006-07 academic year. Before that, he was president of the [[College Democrats]]. Outside of college, Flaxman served as an auxiliary police officer. He is currently working as a research assistant for the Council on Foreign Relations.

He is not to be confused with his namesake, [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2046 Seth Flaxman], Harvard '08.

==CCSC Presidential Election 2006==

Flaxman, an outsider, went up against veteran CCSC insider [[Nishant Dixit]] after Class of 2007 president [[David Chait]] announced he would continue to serve as class president and not seek higher office. Flaxman's party won on the promise of substantially bolstering financial aid.

==CCSC Presidency==

While President of CCSC, Columbia underwent several reforms that Flaxman helped bring about:

* Undergraduate financial aid was reformed for students with families making under 50K, with all their loans being replaced with grants. This was the issue upon which Flaxman ran for President.
* Undergraduate advising was reformed.
* The 6th floor of Lerner may finally be developed as part of the plan to reform advising.
* Revolutionized the student council president email. Students had varying responses to Flaxman's emails. Some say they are quite [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=2403 inspired].

== External links ==

* [http://columbia.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2200520312 Flaxman Fan Club on Facebook]

{{succession|preceded=[[Michelle Oh]]|succeeded=[[Michelle Diamond]]|office=President of the [[CCSC]]|years=2006-2007}}

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Advice for prefrosh

2008-08-23T08:24:41Z

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'''Advice for prefrosh''':

* Show up to lots of [[:Category:Student groups|club]] meetings. They're a great way to meet people and get a sense of what's available on campus and you're not obligated to join if you don't like it.
* Since Facebook was launched, every class has formed groups saying "The class of 20xx is going to show Columbia how to party!!" and friended roughly 1,000 people before setting foot on campus. You, too, have the right to do this, but you'll feel stupid come second semester.
* Ask questions. We'll be happy to answer them. Making bold statements about things you don't know that well in your first month at school (e.g. the [[Core Curriculum|Core]], or [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|Barnard]], or [[CC-SEAS relationship|SEAS]]) will only make you look silly.
* Everything you enjoy has come from the blood, sweat, and tears of your predecessors. When they bitch you out for being [[prefrosh]], it's because they've earned the right. It's part of the acceptance hazing process at Columbia. We'll learn to love you. Eventually.
* Jokes between [[CC]]/[[SEAS]] students playfully mocking the others' schools are generally taken in good fun. [[Barnard jokes|Jokes about Barnard]] are generally not, but awesome nonetheless.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal

2008-08-22T08:10:04Z

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'''Maggie Gyllenhaal''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1998|98]] is an actress. Her brother, [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], attended the College from 1998 to [[2000]], when he dropped out. Her mother, [[Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal]], is an alumna of both [[Barnard]] and Columbia and is the ex-wife of [[History Department|History]] professor [[Eric Foner]].

While at the College, Maggie majored in [[English Department|English]] and Eastern religions.

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Arts Initiative

2008-08-21T09:12:37Z

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[[Image:AILogo.gif|thumb]]The '''Arts Initiative at Columbia University''' was created in [[2004]] by President [[Lee Bollinger]] to promote "the role of the arts in the university, and the university's role in the arts". Part of the [[Office of the President]], the initiative's Director is [[Gregory Mosher]]. The initiative's website of campus-wide and city-wide cultural resources is [[CUArts]].

== Mission ==
The Arts Initiative at Columbia University was created in 2004 by President Bollinger to re-invent the role of the arts in the university, and the university’s role in the arts. This effort now spans the campus, unconstrained by venue, department, field, or program, and reaches out into a diverse international culture. Among its aims are to make the arts part of the experience of every Columbia student's education and to promote a life-long involvement in the arts.

This enterprise rests on three pillars. The Initiative nurtures the vast artistic energy – nearly 150 groups, departments, and programs - on Columbia’s campus. It creates and strengthens links between Columbia and the wider culture. It connects the arts with other ways of understanding and acting in the world.

== Current Programs ==

===Ticket and Information Center (TIC)===
[[Image:tic3.gif|thumb]]The [[Ticket and Information Center|Ticket and Information Center]] (TIC) opened in January 2008 and has since dispensed over 40,000 free and discounted tickets to the Columbia community. Operating both in the [[Lerner]] lobby and online, the TIC features campus events of all sorts, NYC cultural events, and discount movies vouchers. By special arrangement with Telecharge and select Broadway producers, the TIC has at last created an alternative to student rush by selling student-priced tickets in advance. The Ticket and Information Center staff fields questions ranging from Carnegie Hall's address to when the [[Columbia Orchestra]] holds auditions. TIC operates in partnership with the [[Provost]]'s office, with additional support from Columbia College and [[Student Services]].

===Passport to New York===
[[Passport to New York|Passport to New York]] is a program that grants student [[CUID]] holders free admission to 28 New York City museums and institutions, including the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[MoMA]], the [[Guggenheim]], the [[Whitney]], and more. Students only need their CUID with a valid sticker for that school term (i.e. Fall 2008) for admission. Passport to New York is one of the Arts Initiative's most popular programs.

===CUArts===
[[Image:CuartsLogo_2008.gif|thumb|{88}x{88}px]][[CUArts]], the University's web compendium of campus and NYC arts information and resources, is now accessible directly from the Columbia University homepage. Sixty thousand visitors a month visit the site to link to Columbia's major arts schools, programs, organizations and venues, the Ticket and Information Center, and the Columbia Alumni Arts League, as well as listings of jobs/internships, arts libraries, campus rehearsal and performance venues, and much more. Through CUArts, site visitors can sign up for the Arts Initiative's weekly newsletter, which goes out every Friday and provides a short list of on-campus and city-wide events for the upcoming week, normally for $20 or less.

===The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Fund===
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation fund, made possible by the generosity of [[Lord David Sainsbury|Lord David]] (MBA '71) and Lady Susie Sainsbury, continues its extraordinary support for student arts projects. Grantees span Columbia's schools, with projects ranging from [[Project Bluelight]], Columbia's first undergraduate film production company, to Follies, an original musical composed and performed by graduate students in the [[SIPA|School of International and Public Affairs]]. Gatsby funds also support the CUArts website and subsidize student tickets. The Gatsby application form is now online at CUArts.

===The Columbia Alumni Arts League===
[[Image:CAALlogo.gif|thumb]]The [[Columbia Alumni Arts League]] was established in late [[2006]] to make it possible for Columbians from all schools to stay involved in the arts – and with each other - after graduation. The Columbia Alumni Arts League provides member discounts and perks at fifty-five leading NYC cultural organizations, while CAAL Nights bring alumni together several times a month at a dazzling variety of arts events. Last year President Bollinger and Jean Magnano Bollinger began a tradition of presenting the graduating class with complimentary one-year memberships; the 2007 graduates joined nearly one thousand members from previous classes. CAAL also maintains a web listing of local arts events featuring alumni and sends a weekly newsletter featuring exclusive and affordable cultural opportunities to over 10,000 members.

===Columbia Arts Experience===
With Center for Career Education, the Arts Initiative now co-sponsors a new paid internship program, the Columbia Arts Experience, which recently placed 14 students with arts organizations including Carnegie Hall, Harlem Stage, New York City Ballet and the Sundance Channel.

===Networking and the Lunch With The Arts Initiative Series===
[[Image:Lunch2.jpg|thumb|Students participate in a Lunch With The Arts Initiative Event]]Lunch With The Arts Initiative is a networking lunch series that provides graduate and undergraduate Columbians with opportunities to collaborate and discover more about the Arts Initiative and the arts throughout Columbia.

Need funding for your own arts-related project? Interested in joining a campus performance group or working in an arts admin internship in Manhattan? Want to learn how to buy cheap tickets to on campus events, as well as to Broadway, Off Broadway, Lincoln Center and more? Sell tickets to your own campus event? Market your events in fresh ways that are also environmentally friendly? Lunch With The Arts Initiative provides students a forum to discuss and discover answers to these questions and more.

Students can join the Arts Initiative for the semester-long series to network with other students who are also passionate about the arts. Students can come to an individual session, or join the Arts Initiative for all four. The Arts Initiative has your questions--and lunch--covered. Listed below are the times and themes for the Fall 2008 Series for students interested in visiting.

9/26/08, Arts Smarts: How To Get Connected On Campus
12p-2p, Room 569 in Lerner Hall

10/17/08, Marketing Your On-Campus Event: Life After Flyering
12p-2p, Room 477 in Lerner Hall

11/14/08, The Gatsby Charitable Foundation: A Novel Way To Fund Your Arts-Related Projects
12p-2p, Satow Room in Lerner Hall

12/5/08, Arts Smarts: Spring Into The Arts By Networking and Sharing Resources
12p-2p, Satow Room in Lerner Hall

For more information or to RSVP, students can email Chad Miller, Events and Outreach Coordinator, at cam2015@columbia.edu

==Past Programs==

===Metropolitan Museum Orientation Party===
[[Image:MET_CUArts_NSOP_32.jpg|thumb|{50}x{75}|Columbia students at the Met]]At the first annual Metropolitan Museum Orientation Party in 2007, nearly 1600 incoming students from [[Columbia College]], [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]] , [[Barnard]], and the [[School of General Studies]] were welcomed to Columbia with exclusive access to the Egyptian, African, and Greek and Roman galleries for a reception and viewing. The Arts Initiative, Provost's office and New Student Orientation Program hosted. The event will take place again in 2008 and will hopefully remain an annual event.

===Preview Screening of Li Yang's ''Blind Mountain''===
The Arts Initiative at Columbia University, the School of International and Public Affairs, and the Center for the Study of Human Rights presented a preview screening of ''Blind Mountain'', a film by Visiting Columbia Artist Li Yang. The film, which drew standing ovations at Cannes and around the globe, explores China's problem of human trafficking due to the One Child Policy. Following the screening the filmmaker took part in a conversation with the audience which was led by Professor Carole Vance, Director of the Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, Health, and Human Rights, and Professor [[Andrew Nathan]], Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and former Chair of the Department. This event was part of the Arts Initiative's wider China project which seeks to enrich mutual understanding by linking China's vibrant contemporary arts and culture to a wide range of academic disciplines and professions within the Columbia community.

===Václav Havel at Columbia===
[[Image:Havel14.jpg|thumb|Václav Havel, President Bollinger, and Bill Clinton]]At the invitation of President Bollinger, [[Václav Havel]] arrived at Columbia University on [[October 26]], 2006, for a seven-week residency featuring lectures, interviews, conversations, classes, performances, and panels centered on his life and ideas. The visit was organized by the Arts Initiative at Columbia University.

Václav Havel's visit to Columbia focused on an exploration of the connection between art and citizenship. In addition to the events with President Havel, the Arts Initiative organized a series of symposia on specific art forms (theatre, msuic, architecture, art, film, literature) and citizenship. Each of these were moderated by Columbians; several were presented in partnership with some of New York's leading cultural institutions.

===New Yorker nights===
A series of events at [[Miller Theater]] in 2005-2006 featuring speakers like Joan Didion, [[Oliver Sacks]], Malcolm Gladwell, [[Simon Schama]], and others.

===Peter Brook's production of ''Tierno Bokar''===
Renowned director [[Peter Brook]] and his company, the International Center of Theatre Creation (CICT), spent a month in residence at Columbia University in the spring of [[2005]]. During their residence they mounted the U.S. premiere of ''Tierno Bokar'', a theatrical exploration of the power of tolerance.

With this residence, Brook for the first time integrated his work into the life and culture of a large urban university. The company worked with the resources of Columbia University, Barnard College and the Harlem community and encouraged students, faculty, and the public to participate in an ongoing dialogue about the social, political, religious, and historical questions raised by performances of ''Tierno Bokar''. Events included symposia, lectures, workshops, and class work. All programs were sponsored by the Arts Initiative in partnership with the Harlem Arts Alliance and Barnard College.

==Upcoming Projects==

===Discount tickets===
Now available through the TIC!

===ArtsLink===
For the past year, the Arts Initiative has been working with Columbia colleagues and leading New York City cultural institutions to create a program that will make NYC arts and cultural events available as an extension of the classroom, as accessible as textbooks or other teaching tools. In brief, here is how the program will work:

*Each semester, the Arts Initiative will provide all interested faculty with a list of events or exhibits, including detailed information, chosen from the NYC cultural season.
*The professor can assign an event simply by sharing the event's link from the TIC website, either in [[Courseworks]] or via email.
[[Image:yang.jpg|thumb|Director Li Yang speaks at the Columbia screening of his film ''Blind Mountain'']]
*Students will click to buy a discounted ticket online, and pick up the tickets at the venue or at the Ticket and Information Center (TIC) in Lerner.

Thus, professors will not have to negotiate with venues or buying and disbursing tickets.

The Arts Initiative will be testing this program in the Spring 2009 semester and launching in the Fall 2009.

===Global Initiative===
In the spring of 2007, the Arts Initiative established a cultural venture to support President Bollinger's effort to create "global literacy" at Columbia University. The Arts Initiative's program has begun with China, working with arts institutions, school, and individual artists in film, theatre, dance, music, fine arts, and architecture. This venture will link Chinese artists, students, and faculty with their Columbia counterparts to provoke an international dialogue through the arts. In the coming years, the Arts Initiative seeks to greatly expand this campaign.

==Contact Information==
By telephone: (212) 851-1872

By email: cuarts@columbia.edu

By fax: (212) 851-1876

By mail: 206 Prentis Hall
:: 632 W. 125 St., Mail Code 5011
:: New York, NY 10027

==External links==
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu CUArts]
* [http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=20250159408&ref=ts Arts Initiative Facebook group]
* [http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/New-York-NY/Ticket-and-Information-Center-at-Columbia-University/33969221872?ref=ts TIC fan page]
* [http://www.cuarts.com/signup Arts Initiative weekly newsletter sign-up]

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CUArts

2008-08-21T09:12:22Z

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'''CUArts''' is the website of the [[Arts Initiative]].

== External links ==
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu/ CUArts website]

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Category:Arts Initiative

2008-08-21T09:12:09Z

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Arts Initiative

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Ticket and Information Center

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[[Image:tic3.gif|thumb]]The Ticket and Information Center (TIC) is a project of the Office of the Provost and the [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University. The TIC is a full-service online and live box office and information center located in the lobby of Lerner Hall. Since opening in January 2008, the TIC has sold over 40,000 discounted tickets to Columbia students.

==Services==
[[Image:Tic.jpg|thumb|The TIC at Lerner Hall]]Through the TIC, Columbia students, faculty, and staff can:

* Buy tickets and/or RSVP to free on-campus events, performances, lectures and symposia.

* Sell tickets to an organization's on-campus event, performance, lecture or symposia either through the live ticket center in Lerner, the online system, or both.

* Buy discounted tickets to performances, films, and events in and around New York City.

* Get information about all the resources that the Arts Initiative, the TIC, CUArts, and Columbia University at large has to offer regarding getting involved with the arts on and off campus.

The TIC website also has a calendar feature with cultural events listings in an easily searchable format.

===Broadway Shows===
[[Image:broadway.gif|thumb]]By special arrangement with Telecharge and select Broadway producers, the TIC has at last created an alternative to student rush by selling student-priced tickets in advance. In the past, the TIC has provided discount tickets to Broadway and off-Broadway shows including ''A Chorus Line'', ''August: Osage County,'' ''Avenue Q,'' ''Boeing Boeing,'' ''Chicago,'' ''Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy,'' ''Cry Baby,'' ''Curtains'', ''Gypsy,'' ''Hairspray'', ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', ''Mamma Mia!,'' ''My First Time,'' ''Passing Strange,'' ''The Phantom of the Opera,'' ''Rent,'' ''Spamalot,'' ''Spring Awakening,'' and ''Sunday in the Park with George.'' Discount student tickets normally fall between $20 and $30. Students can log in to a secure site through the TIC website to check the availability of shows and dates with tickets for purchase. Tickets purchased through Telecharge may be picked up at the theater's box office only by showing one valid CUID for each ticket purchased.

===Movie Vouchers===
The TIC offers discount movie vouchers for various theaters throughout the city. Voucher prices range from $5.50 to $8.50, compared to a normal ticket price of $12. Theaters offering vouchers or student tickets include AMC Loews Theaters, City Cinemas/Angelika Film Center, Clearview Cinemas/Angelika, the Film Society at Lincoln Center, Regal Cinemas, and Sunshine/Landmark Cinemas.

===Registering Events with the TIC===
Recognized students groups, organizations, and departments can all register on-campus and sanctioned off-campus events through the TIC through a request form found on the TIC website. The TIC will help groups sell tickets or keep track of event attendees through a RSVP list. The TIC requests that groups give notification of an event at least two weeks prior to its start date.

===Group Tickets===
Individuals, student organizations, classes, departments, and other groups wishing to purchase group tickets may do so through the TIC. Interested groups can select an event from a TIC calendar listing or another resource and submit a Group Ticket Request form, available on the TIC website. TIC staff will then try to find a price and date suited to the group's needs.

==Past Events==
Some of the events made available to students in collaboration with the TIC include:
[[Image:iliad.jpg|thumb|Staged reading of the ''Iliad'' by Aquila Theatre Company]]
*On-campus
** The 114th Annual Varsity Show
** Bacchanal Concert 2008 featuring The National with special guest Grizzly Bear
** Concerts by the CU Orchestra and the CU Wind Ensemble
** Mainstream film series by Columbia's Ferris Reel Film Society, including ''There Will Be Blood,'' ''3:10 to Yuma,'' ''No Country for Old Men,'' and ''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' in the spring 2008 term
** Theater productions by on-campus groups like CUPlayers, NOMADS, the Black Theatre Ensemble, the Columbia Theatre Musical Society, LateNite Theatre, and more
** Lectures by Columbia University Artist Oliver Sacks
** The Columbia University National Undergraduate Film Festival (CUNUFF) for student filmmakers across the country, and the Columbia University Film Festival for student thesis work from the Columbia University Graduate Film Division in the School of the Arts
**Staged reading of Books One and Two of the ''Iliad'' by Aquila Theatre Company
** A variety of events from on-campus cultural, student life, political, dance, music, and Greek organizations

[[Image:fuerzabruta.jpg|thumb|Performers at Columbia Night at Fuerzabruta]]
*Off-campus
**Tickets to a number of Off-Broadway plays during Columbia's Off-Broadway week
**Performances at the Metropolitan Opera, including productions of ''Peter Grimes,'' ''Ernani,'' ''La Fille du Regiment,'' and ''Satyagraha,'' and at the New York City Opera, including productions of ''Tosca,'' ''Madame Butterfly,'' and ''Candide''
**Columbia nights at ''Fuerzabruta'', Lincoln Center, and the New York City Ballet
**New York Philharmonic performances
**Film screenings, including ''Young @ Heart'', ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', ''Fool's Gold'', ''Man on Wire'', and ''Dog Day Afternoon''
**Free tickets to a speaker series event at Radio City Music Hall featuring Tucker Carlson, Ariana Huffington, and James Carville, moderated by Anderson Cooper

==Hours, Location, and Contact Information==

===Hours===
Starting August 25, the TIC will be open Monday through Saturday from 12 pm - 9 pm.

===Location===
The TIC is located in the main lobby of Alfred Lerner Hall to the right of Café 212. Our mailing address is:

:Ticket and Information Center
:Prentis Hall
:632 W. 125 St., Suite 206
:New York, NY 10027

===Contact Information===
For more information, the TIC can be reached by phone at (212) 851-1872 or by email at ticketinfo@columbia.edu.

==External Links==
* [http://www.tic.columbia.edu TIC website]
* [http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/New-York-NY/Ticket-and-Information-Center-at-Columbia-University/33969221872?ref=ts TIC fan page]
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu CUArts website]

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C.V. Starr East Asian Library

2008-08-21T09:09:41Z

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Kent Library

2008-08-21T09:09:23Z

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