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Intercampus Shuttle

2013-04-25T00:45:47Z

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The '''Intercampus Shuttle''' is a free bus service that runs between the Morningside campus, the [[Columbia University Medical Center]], and the Harlem Hospital.

You need a valid [[CUID]] to board, but it isn't usually checked. The [http://transportation.columbia.edu/intercampus schedule and route map] are available online.

== Shuttle stops ==

* [[Columbia University Medical Center]]: in front of the Milstein Pavilion on Fort Washington Avenue
* [[Harlem Hospital Center]]: on Lenox Avenue and 136th Street
* [[Morningside Heights campus]]: at the main gates on Broadway and 116th Street

== External links ==

* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/transportation/docs/shuttles/intercampus.html]

[[Category:Buses]]

Frontiers of Science

2013-04-25T00:42:31Z

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'''Frontiers of Science''' (or more accurately, "Science Humanities") is a [[core curriculum]] requirement created by Professors [[Darcy Kelly]] and [[David Helfand]]. The course was introduced in [[2004]] and has been an official part of the core since [[2005]]. The class consists of a weekly lecture and a small weekly discussion section. The course is divided up into four units, with a different professor teaching each unit.

At the end of every semester, student input is requested in making the course better. You'll probably still complain about it four years from now. It is one of the most hated courses on campus.

==The Emlyn Hughes Incident==
In the Spring of [[2013]], the tedium of the course finally got to the head of Professor [[Emlyn Hughes]]. At the start of his lecture on Quantum Physics, he stripped to his boxers and changed into all black. Simultaneously, a video showing images from 9/11 and Nazi Germany played on the screen. A student videotaped the event and sent it to [[Bwog]].<ref>http://vimeo.com/59932634</ref> National media picked up the story and it became a minor scandal, requiring a terse statement from [[Robert Hornsby]].

== Syllabus ==
The syllabus is determined by which Columbia professors have nothing better to do in any given term than lecture a bunch of half-asleep freshmen. Past topics have included:

* Origins of the Universe/Earth
* The End of the Dinosaurs
* African Climate Change
* Human Evolution
* The Earth and Us: the Global Forecast
* Quantum Mechanics
* The Nanoworld
* Is it Alive Down There?
* Brownian Motion and Life
* Physics and biology
* Quantal neurotransmission
* How Brains Work
* How Brains Communicate
* The Evolution of Human Languages
* How the Brain Produces and Decodes Languages

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3559 Frontiers of Science music video], by [[Reni Laine]], on [[The Bwog]]

[[Category:Core Curriculum]]

High School Programs

2013-04-25T00:39:51Z

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Columbia runs a variety of '''High School Programs''' throughout the year. During the academic year, the [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/shp/ Science Honors Program] brings in students from various local high schools on the weekends to take courses in Columbia's various science departments. The University also runs a [[Summer High School Programs|summer program]] and runs the [[Double Discovery Center]] in [[Lerner Hall]].

[[Category:Special programs]]

John Jay Dining Hall

2013-04-25T00:38:30Z

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'''John Jay Dining Hall''' is located on the first floor of [[John Jay]], a freshman residence hall. It is open Sunday to Thursday, 10:00am-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 and vegetarian options as well as and edible kosher and halal options. Permanent food options include a salad bar, a pizza and pasta station, a desert station, and a sandwich station. Furthermore, there are also other dining options that change daily and for each meal: for example, cereal, waffles, and omelettes are available in the morning, but these are replaced by a grill and an action station (where a server prepares meals such as stir fry, burritos, or chili) for lunch and dinner.

John Jay is divided into three sections: the front dining hall, the kitchen in the middle, and the rear dining room (known as King's Table).

John Jay is Columbia's only full-service dining facility, in contrast to the many on-campus cafes. Despite its important role in (first-year) student life, the facility is unfortunately in very poor condition and long overdue for a renovation. The wood paneling in the main dining room has extensive damage and paint is flaking off the ceiling. The kitchen lacks an adequate ventilation system, resulting in suffocating heat in the summer.

== 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]]

Let's Get Ready!

2013-04-25T00:32:01Z

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{{Infobox club
|Name=Let's Get Ready!
|Image=Lgr-logo.jpg
|Founded=1998
|Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
|Membership=~40
|Executive-Board=
|Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]
|Website=http://www.letsgetready.org/
|Contact=lgr.columbia@gmail.com
}}

'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.

== Services ==
LGR's goal is to provide low income students with the same information and preparation that wealthier students enjoy when applying to colleges, including:
* SAT tutoring
* College search tips
* Scholarship application tips
* College essay editing
* Mentoring

== Coaching ==
Each Columbia or Barnard student coach picks an SAT subject to tutor, either Math or Verbal (Writing and Critical Reading) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions. They will teach one roughly two hour class per week in their subject.

New coaches attend mandatory training at the start of the semester where teaching technique and college mentoring are covered. The training usually consists of a single session a few hours long. Coaches are also supplied with a manual that contains a syllabus with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, even though coaches are technically not required to follow these lesson plans.

=== Students ===
Each coach has about 4-8 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
* [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)
* [http://barnard.edu/headlines/audrey-massmann-14-and-jordana-moser-14-talk-about-their-volunteer-work-lets-get-ready/ Interview with two Barnard site volunteers]

[[Category:Community service clubs]]

Let's Get Ready!

2013-04-25T00:31:39Z

Wikicu e2016:

{{Infobox club
|Name=Let's Get Ready!
|Image=Lgr-logo.jpg
|Founded=1998
|Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
|Membership=~40
|Executive Board=
|Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]
|Website=http://www.letsgetready.org/
|Contact=lgr.columbia@gmail.com
}}

'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.

== Services ==
LGR's goal is to provide low income students with the same information and preparation that wealthier students enjoy when applying to colleges, including:
* SAT tutoring
* College search tips
* Scholarship application tips
* College essay editing
* Mentoring

== Coaching ==
Each Columbia or Barnard student coach picks an SAT subject to tutor, either Math or Verbal (Writing and Critical Reading) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions. They will teach one roughly two hour class per week in their subject.

New coaches attend mandatory training at the start of the semester where teaching technique and college mentoring are covered. The training usually consists of a single session a few hours long. Coaches are also supplied with a manual that contains a syllabus with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, even though coaches are technically not required to follow these lesson plans.

=== Students ===
Each coach has about 4-8 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
* [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)
* [http://barnard.edu/headlines/audrey-massmann-14-and-jordana-moser-14-talk-about-their-volunteer-work-lets-get-ready/ Interview with two Barnard site volunteers]

[[Category:Community service clubs]]

Let's Get Ready!

2013-04-25T00:26:29Z

Wikicu e2016:

{{Infobox club
|Name=Let's Get Ready!
|Image=Lgr-logo.jpg
|Founded=1998
|Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
|Membership=~40
|Executive Board=n/a
|Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]}}
|Website=http://www.letsgetready.org/
|Contact=lgr.columbia@gmail.com

'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.

== Services ==
LGR's goal is to provide low income students with the same information and preparation that wealthier students enjoy when applying to colleges, including:
* SAT tutoring
* College search tips
* Scholarship application tips
* College essay editing
* Mentoring

== Coaching ==
Each Columbia or Barnard student coach picks an SAT subject to tutor, either Math or Verbal (Writing and Critical Reading) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions. They will teach one roughly two hour class per week in their subject.

New coaches attend mandatory training at the start of the semester where teaching technique and college mentoring are covered. The training usually consists of a single session a few hours long. Coaches are also supplied with a manual that contains a syllabus with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, even though coaches are technically not required to follow these lesson plans.

=== Students ===
Each coach has about 4-8 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
* [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)
* [http://barnard.edu/headlines/audrey-massmann-14-and-jordana-moser-14-talk-about-their-volunteer-work-lets-get-ready/ Interview with two Barnard site volunteers]

[[Category:Community service clubs]]

File:Lgr-logo.jpg

2013-04-25T00:25:11Z

Wikicu e2016: Logo for Let's Get Ready. The current one on WikiCU is very outdated.

Logo for Let's Get Ready. The current one on WikiCU is very outdated.

File:Lgr-logo.jpg

2013-04-25T00:25:11Z

Wikicu e2016: uploaded a new version of "File:Lgr-logo.jpg": Logo for Let's Get Ready. The current one on WikiCU is very outdated.

Logo for Let's Get Ready. The current one on WikiCU is very outdated.

Let's Get Ready!

2013-04-25T00:22:02Z

Wikicu e2016:

{{Infobox club
|Name=Let's Get Ready!
|Image=LetsGetReady.gif
|Founded=1998
|Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
|Membership=~40
|Executive Board=n/a
|Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]}}
|Website=http://www.letsgetready.org/
|Contact=lgr.columbia@gmail.com

'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.

== Services ==
LGR's goal is to provide low income students with the same information and preparation that wealthier students enjoy when applying to colleges, including:
* SAT tutoring
* College search tips
* Scholarship application tips
* College essay editing
* Mentoring

== Coaching ==
Each Columbia or Barnard student coach picks an SAT subject to tutor, either Math or Verbal (Writing and Critical Reading) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions. They will teach one roughly two hour class per week in their subject.

New coaches attend mandatory training at the start of the semester where teaching technique and college mentoring are covered. The training usually consists of a single session a few hours long. Coaches are also supplied with a manual that contains a syllabus with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, even though coaches are technically not required to follow these lesson plans.

=== Students ===
Each coach has about 4-8 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
* [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)
* [http://barnard.edu/headlines/audrey-massmann-14-and-jordana-moser-14-talk-about-their-volunteer-work-lets-get-ready/ Interview with two Barnard site volunteers]

[[Category:Community service clubs]]

Let's Get Ready!

2013-04-25T00:18:47Z

Wikicu e2016:

{{Infobox club
|Name=Let's Get Ready!
|Image=LetsGetReady.gif
|Recognition=[[Community Impact]]
|Membership=~40
|Category=[[:Category:Community service clubs|Community Service]]}}

'''Let's Get Ready!''' (LGR) provides free bi-weekly SAT tutoring and college [[Admissions office|admissions]] classes to high school students in low income districts. The Columbia and Barnard chapters are part of a national organization that began at [[Harvard]] in [[1998]]. The Columbia chapter teaches at the Frederick Douglass Academy while the Barnard chapter teaches at the Goddard Riverside Center.

== Services ==
LGR's goal is to provide low income students with the same information and preparation that wealthier students enjoy when applying to colleges, including:
* SAT tutoring
* College search tips
* Scholarship application tips
* College essay editing
* Mentoring

== Coaching ==
Each Columbia or Barnard student coach picks an SAT subject to tutor, either Math or Verbal (Writing and Critical Reading) or volunteers for weekend office hours outside the normal tutoring sessions. They will teach one roughly two hour class per week in their subject.

New coaches attend mandatory training at the start of the semester where teaching technique and college mentoring are covered. The training usually consists of a single session a few hours long. Coaches are also supplied with a manual that contains a syllabus with full lesson plans and exercises to go over in class, even though coaches are technically not required to follow these lesson plans.

=== Students ===
Each coach has about 4-8 students. The students are generally pretty enthusiastic, since all LGR students are there voluntarily and tend to be the types that want to learn.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.letsgetready.org/ Let's Get Ready national website]
* [mailto:sk19@columbia.edu Sonia Reese], [[Community Impact]] Director (for more information or to volunteer)
* [http://barnard.edu/headlines/audrey-massmann-14-and-jordana-moser-14-talk-about-their-volunteer-work-lets-get-ready/ Interview with two Barnard site volunteers]

[[Category:Community service clubs]]

Double Discovery Center

2013-04-25T00:06:29Z

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Founded in 1965 by Columbia College undergraduates (most notably, the [[Sachems]]), the mission of the '''Double Discovery Center''' (DDC) is to provide model educational programs, shared experiences and lasting ties through “double discovery” between the Columbia University community and local low-income and first generation college youth and young adults to "ensure academic skills building and focus, high school graduation, college entrance and completion, and responsible adulthood." The DDC office is located on the 3rd floor of [[Lerner Hall]].

DDC offers a range of campus and school-based services designed to close gaps in education, information, and achievement. The organization enrolls both low-income and first-generation college students who live or attend school in Manhattan. DDC works with over 1,000 students in grades 7 through 12, in addition to young adults through age 27 who have not yet completed a college degree. Some of the programs provided include Saturday classes, tutoring, and an educational summer camp.

DDC is affiliated with a Columbia student organization, DDSO, the Double Discovery Student Organization. Together, the two organizations recruit, train, and place nearly 200 Columbia affiliate volunteers interested in education, teaching, nonprofit organizations, community development and more. DDC hires teachers and tutors through the academic year in addition to summer positions as residential TAs, teachers and non-residential TAs. As such, work and volunteer opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students include tutoring, teaching, and administrative positions.

Double Discovery is a department of Columbia College reporting to the Dean of the College.

== External Links ==
* [http://ddc.college.columbia.edu/ Double Discovery Center]
* [http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/article/2010/02/24/poised-gate ''The Eye'' article on the DDC]

[[Category:Centers]]

Double Discovery Center

2013-04-24T23:52:58Z

Wikicu e2016: edited for grammar, completion, and recent changes. I am a student who works at DDC.

Founded in 1965 by Columbia College undergraduates (most notably, the [[Sachems]]), the mission of the '''Double Discovery Center''' (DDC) is to provide model educational programs, shared experiences and lasting ties through “double discovery” between the Columbia University community and local low-income and first generation college youth and young adults to ensure academic skills building and focus, high school graduation, college entrance and completion, and responsible adulthood. The DDC office is located on the 3rd floor of [[Lerner Hall]].

DDC offers a range of campus and school-based services designed to close gaps in education, information, and achievement. The organization enrolls students who are both low-income and first-generation college students, and live or attend school in Manhattan. DDC works with over 1,000 students in grades 7 through 12, in addition to young adults through age 27 who have not yet completed a college degree. Some of the programs provided include Saturday classes, tutoring, and an educational summer camp.

DDC is affiliated with a Columbia student organization, DDSO, the Double Discovery Student Organization. Together, the two organizations recruit, train, and place nearly 200 Columbia affiliate volunteers interested in education, teaching, nonprofit organizations, community development and more. DDC hires teachers and tutors through the academic year in addition to summer positions as residential TAs, teachers and non-residential TAs. As such, work and volunteer opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students include tutoring, teaching, and administrative positions.

Double Discovery is a department of Columbia College reporting to the Dean of the College.

== External Links ==
* [http://ddc.college.columbia.edu/ Double Discovery Center]
* [http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/article/2010/02/24/poised-gate ''The Eye'' article on the DDC]

[[Category:Centers]]

Vikram Pandit

2013-04-24T23:42:04Z

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'''Vikram Pandit''' ([[1957]]- ) [[SEAS]] '[[1976|76]], [[MS]] (Engineering) '[[1977|77]], [[MPhil]] (Business) '[[1980|80]], [[PhD]] '[[1986|86]] is the current CEO of Citi and one of Columbia's [[Trustees]]. His SEAS degrees are in Electrical Engineering. In [[2011]], Pandit received the [[Johnson Medal]] from the [[Columbia Engineering Alumni Association]].

== Career ==
Prior to joining Citi, he was a co-founder of hedge fund Old Lane Partners, which he sold to Citi for $800 million, a sum criticized given Old Lane's lack of history (it was founded in 2005) and lackluster performance. Prior to his tenure at Old Lane, he ran the capital markets group at [[Morgan Stanley]], which he left during the leadership battle surrounding ousted former Chairman and CEO Phil Purcell.

== CEO of Citi ==
Pandit faces a tall order restoring performance and profitability to Citi. The [[financial conglomerate]]'s stock is down 40% for the year in [[2007]], and cannot be said to have performed well at all since it was formed out of a [[1998]]/[[1999|99]] merger between Citibank and Travelers Group. In addition, he faces calls from many activist investors who want to spin off or sell off businesses, or break the bank up entirely.

It looks like Pandit's first move will be to lay off 10% of the bank's workforce, in a move that may not be popular with Columbia seniors who have accepted offers from Citi.<ref>http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/node/11339</ref>

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
* http://www.citigroup.com/citigroup/profiles/pandit/index.htm

[[Category:SEAS alumni|Pandit]]
[[Category:Class of 1976|Pandit]]
[[Category:Business school alumni|Pandit]]
[[Category:Trustees|Pandit]]
[[Category:Johnson Medal recipients]]