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John Coatsworth

2010-04-30T14:31:21Z

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'''John Coatsworth''' is the Dean of [[SIPA]]. He has previously taught at [[University of Chicago|Chicago]] and [[Harvard]], and served as the acting dean of the school before he was officially appointed as the permanent dean.

Coatsworth is also apparently a genius in the Latin American field, with extensive knowledge of the 21 countries in the region.

== Controversy ==
He became controversial during the media circus surrounding the [[2007]] appearance of Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] when he claimed Columbia would have also invited Hitler to speak. Coatsworth's words were:

"If Hitler were in the United States and wanted a platform from which to speak, he would have plenty of platforms to speak in the United States. If he were willing to engage in a debate and a discussion, to be challenged by Columbia students and faculty, we would certainly invite him."

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxmEGsOkEVc YouTube video of Coatsworth's statement]
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/04/30/coatsworth-named-permanent-sipa-dean Spectator article on Coatsworth's permanent appointment]
*[http://www.bwog.net/articles/breaking_coatsworth_s_it_at_sipa Bwog article about Coatsworth's appointment as dean]

[[Category:Deans of SIPA|Coatsworth]]

Joy Resmovits

2010-04-30T04:58:17Z

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'''Joy Resmovits''' [[Barnard College|BC]] '[[2010|10]] served as News Editor and Training Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]]. During her time as a staff writer, she wrote hundreds of [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/contributors/joy-resmovits articles], [http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/node/586 many of which were] about President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] and other silver foxes of campus news fame. She has also worked for the [http://www.stlbeacon.org/ St. Louis Beacon], the [http://www.newyorker.com/ New Yorker], and the [http://www.nydailynews.com/ New York Daily News]. After graduating from Barnard with much Chaucer under her belt (so to speak), she will work for the new [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/wall-street-journals-new-_n_482936.html New York Section] of the [http://wsj.com of the Wall Street Journal].

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Lee C. Bollinger

2010-04-30T04:57:07Z

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[[Image:LeeBollinger.jpg|thumb|Lee C. Bollinger]]
'''Lee Caroll Bollinger''' [[Columbia Law School|Law]] '[[1971|71]] is the [[University President|president of the university]]. He is affectionately known as '''PrezBo''' (alt. spelling '''Prezbo'''), a term coined by the [[Varsity Show]].

Bollinger came to Columbia after serving as president of the [[University of Michigan]], where he did now unthinkable things like host house parties for students. Once, in his spare time, he did something important involving law and [[affirmative action]]. Now, he mostly teaches undergrads how to behave like law students.

He is rarely, if ever, seen walking to and from his official residence at [[116th Street|116th]] and [[Morningside Drive]]. Rumor (though confirmed by many who have actually seen it) has it he is driven the 1.5 blocks from his office in [[Low Library]].

He is recognizable for his wispy hair, trim physique, and vague, tepid statements about everything and everyone except perhaps [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].

PrezBo also promotes physical fitness, inaugurating the [[5K Fun Run]]. The event, which occurs in September every fall, features free t-shirts and is led by PrezBo himself.

He loves the word "global" and uses it about five times in each sentence.

His favorite TV shows are Mad Men, Saturday Night Live, the Wire, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He has gone hiking in an area densely populated with grizzly bears to test his endurance.

{{succession|preceded=[[George Rupp]]|succeeded=''Incumbent''|office=President of Columbia University|years=2002-}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/president/ Office of the President]
* [https://directory.columbia.edu/people/uni?code=lcb50 Lee Bollinger]
*[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/node/586 Finding Lee Bollinger (Profile in Spectator's The Eye magazine)]
* [http://www.cogmap.com/chart.php?id=2108 Organizational Chart (wiki) for Columbia University]

[[Category:University presidents|Bollinger, Lee C.]]
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Nicholas Dirks

2010-04-16T13:16:40Z

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[[Image:Dirks.jpg|thumb|Nick Dirks; photo from the front page of ''[[CCT]]'']]

'''Nicholas B. Dirks''' is the Vice President for [[Arts and Sciences]], the [[Franz Boas]] Professor of [[Anthropology]], and a Professor of [[History Department|History]].

Trained as an anthropologist and historian of South Asia, particularly concerned with southern India, Dirks came to Columbia in [[1997]], and radically altered the approach of the Anthropology Department toward [[Postcolonialism]]. In his role as VP for Arts and Sciences, he has gained credit for aggressively recruiting (and in some cases raiding) faculty to dramatically improve targeted departments, most notably [[Economics]]. Despite his administrative role, Dirks still publishes, though he rarely now teaches undergraduates.

He is married to professor of Indian history [[Janaki Bakhle]]. They like to weekend in the southern Berkshires.

== External links ==
* http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/04/08/nicholasDirks.html
* http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/fac-bios/dirks/faculty.html
*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/may_jun06/cover.php Columbia College Today - Nicholas Dirks, Master Multitasker]
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/05/01/dirks-reminisces-about-india-long-haired-days Dirks reminisces about long-haired kinda-hippy days]

{{succession|office=Vice President for the Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty|years=[[2004]]-Present|preceded=[[Ira Katznelson]]|succeeded=Incumbent}}

[[Category:Administrators|Dirks, Nicholas]]
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Betsy Morais

2010-04-15T21:47:59Z

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Betsy Morais, CC '11, was City News Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]]. She primarily covered the negotiations leading up to the [[Manhattanville expansion]]. She has also worked for [http://citylimits.org City Limits], [http://whorunsgov.com WhoRunsGov], [http://uwire.com UWire], and [http://ivygateblog.com IvyGate]. She is majoring in philosophy and anthropology.

Betsy Morais

2010-04-15T21:47:34Z

Wikiwoo: New page: Betsy Morais, CC '11, was City News Editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator. She primarily covered the negotiations leading up to the Manhattanville expansion. She has also work...

Betsy Morais, [[CC '11]], was City News Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator.]] She primarily covered the negotiations leading up to the [[Manhattanville expansion]]. She has also worked for [http://citylimits.org City Limits], [http://whorunsgov.com WhoRunsGov], [http://uwire.com UWire], and [http://ivygateblog.com IvyGate]. She is majoring in philosophy and anthropology.

Josh Hirschland

2010-04-14T03:14:38Z

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'''Josh Hirschland''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '08 served as the campus news editor of ''[[Spec]]''. He ran a blog about his job entitled "The Stories Behind Spec News".

==External links==

*[http://editorjosh.blogspot.com/ The Stories Behind Spec News]

[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Hirschland]]
[[Category:Class of 2008|Hirschland]]

King's Crown (group)

2010-04-14T03:12:17Z

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[[Image:KingsCrownLogo.png|thumb|240px|Huger Elliott's logo for King's Crown]]
'''King's Crown''' (sometimes '''Kings Crown''' or '''the Crown''') was a student organization founded in the fall of [[1898]]. They held their initial meeting on December 1 of that year. At the end of [[1913]] the organization was reformed as the official umbrella management group for non-athletic activities. It was then abolished at the end of spring [[1934]] and reformed as '''King's Crown Activities''', the precursor to [[SDA]]/[[ABC]].

The organization began as a literary society but quickly morphed into a general social club for students, becoming a forerunner of the [[Campus Life Committee]], planning social and school spirit events, and even the [[Varsity Show]] for a period of time. The group eventually became the governing body of all non-athletic activities on campus.

== Non-Athletic Insignias ==
In February of 1903 the organization began considering a scheme to recognize student participation in non-athletic activities. <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E5DD1130E733A2575AC0A9649C946297D6CF]</ref><ref>University Quarterly, March 1903</ref> The plan finally came to fruition in September 1904 when a group of students were awarded miniature gold crowns in the fashion of watch-fobs.<ref>University Quarterly September 1904 for the previous year</ref>. Awards were made in May for the 1904-1905 year. Eventually the council began making Gold/Silver/Bronze awards. The tradition has continued to this day and is now overseen by SDA.

==The Crown==
[[Image:1912crown.png|thumb|120px|In later years Huger Elliott's rendition of the crown began appearing by itself in place of the full logo that Elliott designed.]]
[[Image:KingsCrownBookPlate.jpg|thumb|120px|A book plate designed by Elliott for Kings Crown]]
No later than [[1900]], Huger Elliott (School of Architecture 1899) executed a logo design for the Crown that prominently featured the eponymous crown. While not a completely faithful reproduction of the actual [[King's Crown]] of [[College Hall]], the design is arguably the forefather of all Crown's being used as symbols of the school. In [[1906]] the class of [[1881]] donated a flagstaff for a flag bearing the crown logo of the King's Crown organization. What would become what we now know as the [[Columbia College]] Crown debuted in [[1910]] on the cover of ''[[Columbia Alumni News]]'', beginning as a sketch during the spring of 1910, and becoming the familiar graphic design by the fall.

Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching

2010-04-14T03:10:14Z

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The '''Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching''' has been awarded annually to five members of the Columbia faculty and three graduate students in any department since [[1996]]. Unlike many other teaching awards at Columbia, the Presidential awards are not limited to any school and can be awarded to a faculty member in any department at any school in the [[Columbia Corporation]] (i.e. the university proper, not its affiliates).

Each fall the president of the university writes to the faculty and students of the university seeking nominations. Nominations can be submitted at any time at the award's [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpaa/teach/ website].

Recipients are recognized at [[University Commencement]] as "Teaching Award Recipients".

==External links==
[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpaa/teach/ Presidential Teaching Awards Website]

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Joy Resmovits

2010-04-14T02:04:53Z

Wikiwoo:

[[Joy Resmovits]], in [[Barnard College]]'s [[Class of 2010]], served as News Editor and Training Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]][http://www.columbiaspectator.com/]. During her time as a staff writer, she wrote hundreds of [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/contributors/joy-resmovits articles], many of which were about President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] and other silver foxes of campus news fame. She has also worked for the [http://www.stlbeacon.org/ St. Louis Beacon], the [http://www.newyorker.com/ New Yorker], and the [http://www.nydailynews.com/ New York Daily News]. After graduating from Barnard with much Chaucer under her belt (so to speak), she will work for the new [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/wall-street-journals-new-_n_482936.html New York Section] of the [http://wsj.com of the Wall Street Journal].

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Joy Resmovits

2010-04-14T02:04:01Z

Wikiwoo:

[[Joy Resmovits]], in [[Barnard College]]'s [[Class of 2010]], served as News Editor and Training Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]][http://www.columbiaspectator.com/]. During her time as a staff writer, she wrote hundreds of [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/contributors/joy-resmovits articles], many of which were about President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] and other silver foxes of campus news fame. She has also worked for the [http://www.stlbeacon.org/ St. Louis Beacon], the [http://www.newyorker.com/ New Yorker], and the [http://www.nydailynews.com/ New York Daily News]. After graduating from Barnard with much Chaucer under her belt (so to speak), she will work for the new New York section of the Wall Street Journal[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/wall-street-journals-new-_n_482936.html].

[[Category:Barnard College students|Resmovits]]
[[Category:Class of 2010|Resmovits]]
[[Category:English majors|Resmovits]]

Joy Resmovits

2010-04-14T02:03:01Z

Wikiwoo:

[[Joy Resmovits]], in [[Barnard College]]'s [[Class of 2010]], served as News Editor and Training Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]][http://www.columbiaspectator.com/]. During her time as a staff writer, she wrote hundreds of [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/contributors/joy-resmovits articles]], many of which were about President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] and other silver foxes of campus news fame. She has also worked for the St. Louis Beacon[http://www.stlbeacon.org/], the New Yorker[http://www.newyorker.com/], and the New York Daily News[http://www.nydailynews.com/]. After graduating from Barnard with much Chaucer under her belt (so to speak), she will work for the new New York section of the Wall Street Journal[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/wall-street-journals-new-_n_482936.html].

[[Category:Barnard College students|Resmovits]]
[[Category:Class of 2010|Resmovits]]
[[Category:English majors|Resmovits]]

Joy Resmovits

2010-04-14T01:59:24Z

Wikiwoo:

[[Joy Resmovits]], in [[Barnard College]]'s [[Class of 2010]], served as News Editor and Training Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]][http://www.columbiaspectator.com/]. During her time as a staff writer, she wrote hundreds of articles, many of which were about President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] and other silver foxes of campus news fame. She has also worked for the St. Louis Beacon[http://www.stlbeacon.org/], the New Yorker[http://www.newyorker.com/], and the New York Daily News[http://www.nydailynews.com/]. After graduating from Barnard with much Chaucer under her belt (so to speak), she will work for the new New York section of the Wall Street Journal[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/wall-street-journals-new-_n_482936.html].

Joy Resmovits

2010-04-14T01:59:09Z

Wikiwoo:

[[Joy Resmovits]], in [[Barnard Colelge]]'s [[Class of 2010]], served as News Editor and Training Editor of the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]][http://www.columbiaspectator.com/]. During her time as a staff writer, she wrote hundreds of articles, many of which were about President [[Lee C. Bollinger]] and other silver foxes of campus news fame. She has also worked for the St. Louis Beacon[http://www.stlbeacon.org/], the New Yorker[http://www.newyorker.com/], and the New York Daily News[http://www.nydailynews.com/]. After graduating from Barnard with much Chaucer under her belt (so to speak), she will work for the new New York section of the Wall Street Journal[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/wall-street-journals-new-_n_482936.html].