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<div>#Go to: https://printatcu.com/<br />
#In the first pull-down menu, select the building location where you would like to print. <br />
#In the second pull-down menu, select a specific printer in the above building. Printer numbers correspond to the building floor numbers (i.e. 303 is on the third floor). Note: Green squares next to the printer indicate that the printer is functioning normally, while you should avoid printing on a yellow or red printer that is experiencing a paper jam or is otherwise offline.<br />
#Press the "Choose Files" button and upload your chosen document(s). Note: You are not able to print .jpg files. <br />
#Select whether or not you would like your files to be collated, double-sided, and enter your desired number of copies.<br />
#Press print.<br />
#Note the pseudonym assigned to your job by Print@CU. Your pseudonym will be a fictional or historical name like Hilary Clinton or Johnny Appleseed. <br />
#Go to your chosen printer, and locate your job in the queue. It will be one of entries furthest down the list. <br />
#Select your entry, delete the pseudonym in the name space, and input your UNI and password. <br />
#Press print.<br />
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Protip: visit the [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/facilities/printers/ninja_status.html|CUIT Printer Status Page] to check whether your printer is out of service. Note that the color code on this page does not indicate whether a printer is ready! Also note that this page may not track printer jams.<br />
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[[Category:How to]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Improve_Columbia&diff=44508Improve Columbia2013-05-06T05:36:29Z<p>Whattimeisit: /* Gyms */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'' on April 30, [[2007]].<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref><br />
<br />
== Campus and buildings ==<br />
<br />
=== Campus and outdoor spaces ===<br />
* <del>Replace aging bricks on [[College Walk]]</del> - old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers<br />
* Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge<br />
* Keep one field on [[South Lawn]] open at all times for recreation<br />
* Improve campus wheelchair accessibility<br />
* Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications<br />
* <del>Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm</del> - as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm<br />
<br />
=== Buildings ===<br />
* Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms<br />
* Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic<br />
* Extend hours of classroom buildings with study space<br />
<br />
=== Bathrooms ===<br />
* Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms<br />
* Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms<br />
<br />
=== [[Lerner Hall]] ===<br />
* Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby<br />
* Extend Lerner's hours<br />
* Provide USPS services in Lerner<br />
* <del>Make Lerner 6 available for student use</del> - 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09.<br />
<br />
=== All libraries ===<br />
* Allow students to bring water into all libraries<br />
<br />
=== [[Butler Library]] ===<br />
* Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps<br />
* Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after [[Blue Java]] closes<br />
* Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7<br />
* Open Butler stacks 24/7<br />
* Put [[vending machines]] in Butler<br />
* <del>Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times</del> - Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found.<br />
<br />
== Technology ==<br />
<br />
=== General IT ===<br />
* Provide consistent wireless coverage across campus, especially in dorms<br />
* Include Barnard on the University-wide e-mail listserv<br />
<br />
=== Network storage space ===<br />
* Implement mappable SMB file shares so users can save and access their work anywhere on the network, instead of having to carry memory sticks, or obsessively emailing files to themselves<br />
<br />
=== Printing ===<br />
* Replace aging printers in computer labs around campus<br />
* Allow print quotas to roll over from week to week (like cell phone minutes)<br />
* Install color printers around campus<br />
* Regularly replace toner in printers<br />
<br />
=== CUIDs ===<br />
* Allow complete swipe access between [[Barnard]] and Columbia<br />
* <del>Remove Social Security Numbers from [[CUID]]s</del> - project completed in 2008.<br />
* Add a second card-swiper in [[EC]], especially on weekends<br />
<br />
=== ROLM phones ===<br />
* Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on [[ROLM]] phones<br />
<br />
== Academics ==<br />
<br />
=== Departments ===<br />
* Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs.<br />
* Revive the African Institute<br />
* Improve inter-departmental communication<br />
* Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.)<br />
<br />
=== Bookstore ===<br />
* Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered<br />
* Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks<br />
<br />
=== Course registration and technology ===<br />
* Combine the [[Course Bulletin]] and [[Directory of Classes]]<br />
* Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]]<br />
* Update online listings for [[Major Cultures]] and the science requirement based on available courses<br />
* Allow students to see professors' names when registering for [[Core Curriculum]] classes<br />
* Release course evaluation data<br />
* Create more sections of [[Art Humanities|Art]] and [[Music Humanities]] and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years<br />
* Make course [[syllabus|syllabi]] available online for all students<br />
<br />
=== Seminars ===<br />
* Standardize seminar registration processes across schools and implement online registration<br />
* Allot seminar times before registration<br />
<br />
=== Advising ===<br />
* Standardize departmental advising<br />
<br />
===Study abroad===<br />
* Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general<br />
<br />
== Housing and dining ==<br />
<br />
=== Housing ===<br />
* Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions<br />
<br />
=== Residence halls ===<br />
* Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines<br />
* Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15<br />
* Install thermostats in dorms<br />
* Renovate aging dorms<br />
* Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens<br />
<br />
=== [[Dining Dollars]] and [[Flex]] ===<br />
* Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year<br />
* Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad<br />
* <del>Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]]</del> - Completed in 2009.<br />
* Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries<br />
<br />
=== All dining locations ===<br />
* Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries<br />
* Extend [[Ferris Booth Commons|Ferris Booth]]'s breakfast options to later in the morning<br />
* <s>Keep [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hours</s> EDIT: [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7<br />
<br />
=== Dining halls ===<br />
* Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay<br />
* <del>Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay</del> - dispenser added in summer 2007<br />
* Extend the hours of John Jay and [[Hewitt]] dining halls<br />
* <del>Install a deli bar in John Jay</del> - added in summer 2007<br />
<br />
== Student life ==<br />
<br />
=== General student life ===<br />
* Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than [[PrezBo]]<br />
* Emulate the [[Barnard Babysitting]] program at Columbia<br />
<br />
=== Student government and clubs ===<br />
* <del>Allow students to vote online in [[CCSC]] elections</del> - Online voting began in 2008.<br />
* Increase funding for [[student clubs]]<br />
* Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees<br />
<br />
=== Events ===<br />
* Sell [[Miller Theater]] and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office<br />
* Devise better programming for campus events such as [[Bacchanal]]<br />
* Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events<br />
<br />
=== Student jobs ===<br />
* Provide more on-campus [[jobs]] for students who don't have work study<br />
<br />
== Student facilities ==<br />
<br />
=== CCE ===<br />
* Expand [[CCE]]'s alumni networking<br />
* Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance<br />
<br />
=== CPS ===<br />
* Move [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] to a more accessible location<br />
* Allow students to make CPS appointments online<br />
<br />
=== Gyms ===<br />
* Allow students to sign up for [[Dodge Gym]]'s aerobics machines online<br />
* Make Dodge gym a clean, pleasant place to be<br />
* Put satellite gyms in more dorms<br />
* Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[WTF Columbia]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Student life]]<br />
[[Category:Opinion pieces]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Improve_Columbia&diff=44507Improve Columbia2013-05-06T05:35:49Z<p>Whattimeisit: /* All dining locations */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'' on April 30, [[2007]].<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref><br />
<br />
== Campus and buildings ==<br />
<br />
=== Campus and outdoor spaces ===<br />
* <del>Replace aging bricks on [[College Walk]]</del> - old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers<br />
* Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge<br />
* Keep one field on [[South Lawn]] open at all times for recreation<br />
* Improve campus wheelchair accessibility<br />
* Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications<br />
* <del>Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm</del> - as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm<br />
<br />
=== Buildings ===<br />
* Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms<br />
* Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic<br />
* Extend hours of classroom buildings with study space<br />
<br />
=== Bathrooms ===<br />
* Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms<br />
* Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms<br />
<br />
=== [[Lerner Hall]] ===<br />
* Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby<br />
* Extend Lerner's hours<br />
* Provide USPS services in Lerner<br />
* <del>Make Lerner 6 available for student use</del> - 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09.<br />
<br />
=== All libraries ===<br />
* Allow students to bring water into all libraries<br />
<br />
=== [[Butler Library]] ===<br />
* Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps<br />
* Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after [[Blue Java]] closes<br />
* Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7<br />
* Open Butler stacks 24/7<br />
* Put [[vending machines]] in Butler<br />
* <del>Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times</del> - Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found.<br />
<br />
== Technology ==<br />
<br />
=== General IT ===<br />
* Provide consistent wireless coverage across campus, especially in dorms<br />
* Include Barnard on the University-wide e-mail listserv<br />
<br />
=== Network storage space ===<br />
* Implement mappable SMB file shares so users can save and access their work anywhere on the network, instead of having to carry memory sticks, or obsessively emailing files to themselves<br />
<br />
=== Printing ===<br />
* Replace aging printers in computer labs around campus<br />
* Allow print quotas to roll over from week to week (like cell phone minutes)<br />
* Install color printers around campus<br />
* Regularly replace toner in printers<br />
<br />
=== CUIDs ===<br />
* Allow complete swipe access between [[Barnard]] and Columbia<br />
* <del>Remove Social Security Numbers from [[CUID]]s</del> - project completed in 2008.<br />
* Add a second card-swiper in [[EC]], especially on weekends<br />
<br />
=== ROLM phones ===<br />
* Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on [[ROLM]] phones<br />
<br />
== Academics ==<br />
<br />
=== Departments ===<br />
* Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs.<br />
* Revive the African Institute<br />
* Improve inter-departmental communication<br />
* Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.)<br />
<br />
=== Bookstore ===<br />
* Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered<br />
* Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks<br />
<br />
=== Course registration and technology ===<br />
* Combine the [[Course Bulletin]] and [[Directory of Classes]]<br />
* Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]]<br />
* Update online listings for [[Major Cultures]] and the science requirement based on available courses<br />
* Allow students to see professors' names when registering for [[Core Curriculum]] classes<br />
* Release course evaluation data<br />
* Create more sections of [[Art Humanities|Art]] and [[Music Humanities]] and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years<br />
* Make course [[syllabus|syllabi]] available online for all students<br />
<br />
=== Seminars ===<br />
* Standardize seminar registration processes across schools and implement online registration<br />
* Allot seminar times before registration<br />
<br />
=== Advising ===<br />
* Standardize departmental advising<br />
<br />
===Study abroad===<br />
* Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general<br />
<br />
== Housing and dining ==<br />
<br />
=== Housing ===<br />
* Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions<br />
<br />
=== Residence halls ===<br />
* Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines<br />
* Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15<br />
* Install thermostats in dorms<br />
* Renovate aging dorms<br />
* Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens<br />
<br />
=== [[Dining Dollars]] and [[Flex]] ===<br />
* Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year<br />
* Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad<br />
* <del>Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]]</del> - Completed in 2009.<br />
* Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries<br />
<br />
=== All dining locations ===<br />
* Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries<br />
* Extend [[Ferris Booth Commons|Ferris Booth]]'s breakfast options to later in the morning<br />
* <s>Keep [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hours</s> EDIT: [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7<br />
<br />
=== Dining halls ===<br />
* Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay<br />
* <del>Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay</del> - dispenser added in summer 2007<br />
* Extend the hours of John Jay and [[Hewitt]] dining halls<br />
* <del>Install a deli bar in John Jay</del> - added in summer 2007<br />
<br />
== Student life ==<br />
<br />
=== General student life ===<br />
* Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than [[PrezBo]]<br />
* Emulate the [[Barnard Babysitting]] program at Columbia<br />
<br />
=== Student government and clubs ===<br />
* <del>Allow students to vote online in [[CCSC]] elections</del> - Online voting began in 2008.<br />
* Increase funding for [[student clubs]]<br />
* Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees<br />
<br />
=== Events ===<br />
* Sell [[Miller Theater]] and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office<br />
* Devise better programming for campus events such as [[Bacchanal]]<br />
* Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events<br />
<br />
=== Student jobs ===<br />
* Provide more on-campus [[jobs]] for students who don't have work study<br />
<br />
== Student facilities ==<br />
<br />
=== CCE ===<br />
* Expand [[CCE]]'s alumni networking<br />
* Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance<br />
<br />
=== CPS ===<br />
* Move [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] to a more accessible location<br />
* Allow students to make CPS appointments online<br />
<br />
=== Gyms ===<br />
* Allow students to sign up for [[Dodge Gym]]'s aerobics machines online<br />
* Put satellite gyms in more dorms<br />
* Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[WTF Columbia]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Student life]]<br />
[[Category:Opinion pieces]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Improve_Columbia&diff=44506Improve Columbia2013-05-06T05:35:21Z<p>Whattimeisit: /* All dining locations */</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'' on April 30, [[2007]].<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref><br />
<br />
== Campus and buildings ==<br />
<br />
=== Campus and outdoor spaces ===<br />
* <del>Replace aging bricks on [[College Walk]]</del> - old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers<br />
* Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge<br />
* Keep one field on [[South Lawn]] open at all times for recreation<br />
* Improve campus wheelchair accessibility<br />
* Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications<br />
* <del>Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm</del> - as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm<br />
<br />
=== Buildings ===<br />
* Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms<br />
* Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic<br />
* Extend hours of classroom buildings with study space<br />
<br />
=== Bathrooms ===<br />
* Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms<br />
* Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms<br />
<br />
=== [[Lerner Hall]] ===<br />
* Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby<br />
* Extend Lerner's hours<br />
* Provide USPS services in Lerner<br />
* <del>Make Lerner 6 available for student use</del> - 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09.<br />
<br />
=== All libraries ===<br />
* Allow students to bring water into all libraries<br />
<br />
=== [[Butler Library]] ===<br />
* Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps<br />
* Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after [[Blue Java]] closes<br />
* Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7<br />
* Open Butler stacks 24/7<br />
* Put [[vending machines]] in Butler<br />
* <del>Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times</del> - Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found.<br />
<br />
== Technology ==<br />
<br />
=== General IT ===<br />
* Provide consistent wireless coverage across campus, especially in dorms<br />
* Include Barnard on the University-wide e-mail listserv<br />
<br />
=== Network storage space ===<br />
* Implement mappable SMB file shares so users can save and access their work anywhere on the network, instead of having to carry memory sticks, or obsessively emailing files to themselves<br />
<br />
=== Printing ===<br />
* Replace aging printers in computer labs around campus<br />
* Allow print quotas to roll over from week to week (like cell phone minutes)<br />
* Install color printers around campus<br />
* Regularly replace toner in printers<br />
<br />
=== CUIDs ===<br />
* Allow complete swipe access between [[Barnard]] and Columbia<br />
* <del>Remove Social Security Numbers from [[CUID]]s</del> - project completed in 2008.<br />
* Add a second card-swiper in [[EC]], especially on weekends<br />
<br />
=== ROLM phones ===<br />
* Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on [[ROLM]] phones<br />
<br />
== Academics ==<br />
<br />
=== Departments ===<br />
* Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs.<br />
* Revive the African Institute<br />
* Improve inter-departmental communication<br />
* Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.)<br />
<br />
=== Bookstore ===<br />
* Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered<br />
* Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks<br />
<br />
=== Course registration and technology ===<br />
* Combine the [[Course Bulletin]] and [[Directory of Classes]]<br />
* Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]]<br />
* Update online listings for [[Major Cultures]] and the science requirement based on available courses<br />
* Allow students to see professors' names when registering for [[Core Curriculum]] classes<br />
* Release course evaluation data<br />
* Create more sections of [[Art Humanities|Art]] and [[Music Humanities]] and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years<br />
* Make course [[syllabus|syllabi]] available online for all students<br />
<br />
=== Seminars ===<br />
* Standardize seminar registration processes across schools and implement online registration<br />
* Allot seminar times before registration<br />
<br />
=== Advising ===<br />
* Standardize departmental advising<br />
<br />
===Study abroad===<br />
* Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general<br />
<br />
== Housing and dining ==<br />
<br />
=== Housing ===<br />
* Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions<br />
<br />
=== Residence halls ===<br />
* Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines<br />
* Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15<br />
* Install thermostats in dorms<br />
* Renovate aging dorms<br />
* Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens<br />
<br />
=== [[Dining Dollars]] and [[Flex]] ===<br />
* Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year<br />
* Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad<br />
* <del>Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]]</del> - Completed in 2009.<br />
* Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries<br />
<br />
=== All dining locations ===<br />
* Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries<br />
* Provide a spinach option at the [[Cafe 212|212]] salad bar<br />
* Extend [[Ferris Booth Commons|Ferris Booth]]'s breakfast options to later in the morning<br />
* <s>Keep [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hours</s> EDIT: [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7<br />
<br />
=== Dining halls ===<br />
* Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay<br />
* <del>Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay</del> - dispenser added in summer 2007<br />
* Extend the hours of John Jay and [[Hewitt]] dining halls<br />
* <del>Install a deli bar in John Jay</del> - added in summer 2007<br />
<br />
== Student life ==<br />
<br />
=== General student life ===<br />
* Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than [[PrezBo]]<br />
* Emulate the [[Barnard Babysitting]] program at Columbia<br />
<br />
=== Student government and clubs ===<br />
* <del>Allow students to vote online in [[CCSC]] elections</del> - Online voting began in 2008.<br />
* Increase funding for [[student clubs]]<br />
* Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees<br />
<br />
=== Events ===<br />
* Sell [[Miller Theater]] and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office<br />
* Devise better programming for campus events such as [[Bacchanal]]<br />
* Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events<br />
<br />
=== Student jobs ===<br />
* Provide more on-campus [[jobs]] for students who don't have work study<br />
<br />
== Student facilities ==<br />
<br />
=== CCE ===<br />
* Expand [[CCE]]'s alumni networking<br />
* Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance<br />
<br />
=== CPS ===<br />
* Move [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] to a more accessible location<br />
* Allow students to make CPS appointments online<br />
<br />
=== Gyms ===<br />
* Allow students to sign up for [[Dodge Gym]]'s aerobics machines online<br />
* Put satellite gyms in more dorms<br />
* Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[WTF Columbia]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Student life]]<br />
[[Category:Opinion pieces]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Improve_Columbia&diff=44505Improve Columbia2013-05-06T05:33:13Z<p>Whattimeisit: /* Campus and outdoor spaces */</p>
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<div>This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'' on April 30, [[2007]].<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref><br />
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== Campus and buildings ==<br />
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=== Campus and outdoor spaces ===<br />
* <del>Replace aging bricks on [[College Walk]]</del> - old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers<br />
* Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge<br />
* Keep one field on [[South Lawn]] open at all times for recreation<br />
* Improve campus wheelchair accessibility<br />
* Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications<br />
* <del>Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm</del> - as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm<br />
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=== Buildings ===<br />
* Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms<br />
* Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic<br />
* Extend hours of classroom buildings with study space<br />
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=== Bathrooms ===<br />
* Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms<br />
* Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms<br />
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=== [[Lerner Hall]] ===<br />
* Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby<br />
* Extend Lerner's hours<br />
* Provide USPS services in Lerner<br />
* <del>Make Lerner 6 available for student use</del> - 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09.<br />
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=== All libraries ===<br />
* Allow students to bring water into all libraries<br />
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=== [[Butler Library]] ===<br />
* Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps<br />
* Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after [[Blue Java]] closes<br />
* Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7<br />
* Open Butler stacks 24/7<br />
* Put [[vending machines]] in Butler<br />
* <del>Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times</del> - Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found.<br />
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== Technology ==<br />
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=== General IT ===<br />
* Provide consistent wireless coverage across campus, especially in dorms<br />
* Include Barnard on the University-wide e-mail listserv<br />
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=== Network storage space ===<br />
* Implement mappable SMB file shares so users can save and access their work anywhere on the network, instead of having to carry memory sticks, or obsessively emailing files to themselves<br />
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=== Printing ===<br />
* Replace aging printers in computer labs around campus<br />
* Allow print quotas to roll over from week to week (like cell phone minutes)<br />
* Install color printers around campus<br />
* Regularly replace toner in printers<br />
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=== CUIDs ===<br />
* Allow complete swipe access between [[Barnard]] and Columbia<br />
* <del>Remove Social Security Numbers from [[CUID]]s</del> - project completed in 2008.<br />
* Add a second card-swiper in [[EC]], especially on weekends<br />
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=== ROLM phones ===<br />
* Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on [[ROLM]] phones<br />
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== Academics ==<br />
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=== Departments ===<br />
* Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs.<br />
* Revive the African Institute<br />
* Improve inter-departmental communication<br />
* Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.)<br />
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=== Bookstore ===<br />
* Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered<br />
* Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks<br />
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=== Course registration and technology ===<br />
* Combine the [[Course Bulletin]] and [[Directory of Classes]]<br />
* Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]]<br />
* Update online listings for [[Major Cultures]] and the science requirement based on available courses<br />
* Allow students to see professors' names when registering for [[Core Curriculum]] classes<br />
* Release course evaluation data<br />
* Create more sections of [[Art Humanities|Art]] and [[Music Humanities]] and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years<br />
* Make course [[syllabus|syllabi]] available online for all students<br />
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=== Seminars ===<br />
* Standardize seminar registration processes across schools and implement online registration<br />
* Allot seminar times before registration<br />
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=== Advising ===<br />
* Standardize departmental advising<br />
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===Study abroad===<br />
* Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general<br />
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== Housing and dining ==<br />
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=== Housing ===<br />
* Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions<br />
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=== Residence halls ===<br />
* Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines<br />
* Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15<br />
* Install thermostats in dorms<br />
* Renovate aging dorms<br />
* Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens<br />
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=== [[Dining Dollars]] and [[Flex]] ===<br />
* Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year<br />
* Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad<br />
* <del>Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]]</del> - Completed in 2009.<br />
* Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries<br />
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=== All dining locations ===<br />
* Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries<br />
* Provide a spinach option at the [[Cafe 212|212]] salad bar<br />
* Extend [[Ferris Booth Commons|Ferris Booth]]'s breakfast options to later in the morning<br />
* <s>Keep [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hours</s> EDIT: [[Jj's Place|JJ's]] is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7<br />
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=== Dining halls ===<br />
* Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay<br />
* <del>Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay</del> - dispenser added in summer 2007<br />
* Extend the hours of John Jay and [[Hewitt]] dining halls<br />
* <del>Install a deli bar in John Jay</del> - added in summer 2007<br />
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== Student life ==<br />
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=== General student life ===<br />
* Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than [[PrezBo]]<br />
* Emulate the [[Barnard Babysitting]] program at Columbia<br />
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=== Student government and clubs ===<br />
* <del>Allow students to vote online in [[CCSC]] elections</del> - Online voting began in 2008.<br />
* Increase funding for [[student clubs]]<br />
* Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees<br />
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=== Events ===<br />
* Sell [[Miller Theater]] and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office<br />
* Devise better programming for campus events such as [[Bacchanal]]<br />
* Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events<br />
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=== Student jobs ===<br />
* Provide more on-campus [[jobs]] for students who don't have work study<br />
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== Student facilities ==<br />
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=== CCE ===<br />
* Expand [[CCE]]'s alumni networking<br />
* Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance<br />
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=== CPS ===<br />
* Move [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] to a more accessible location<br />
* Allow students to make CPS appointments online<br />
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=== Gyms ===<br />
* Allow students to sign up for [[Dodge Gym]]'s aerobics machines online<br />
* Put satellite gyms in more dorms<br />
* Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[WTF Columbia]]<br />
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[[Category:Opinion pieces]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_Columbia_Psychological_Services_appointment&diff=43962How to make a Columbia Psychological Services appointment2013-04-30T04:18:15Z<p>Whattimeisit: /* Steps */</p>
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<div>'''Columbia Psychological Services (CPS)''' supports the Columbia University community by providing counseling, consultation, and crisis interventions. The CPS Main Office is located on the 8th floor of Lerner. A similar service is [[How to Use Nightline|Nightline]], which can be contacted from 10pm-3am at 212-854-7777 in order to speak to a trained, non-judgmental peer listener who is capable of providing referrals.<br />
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==Steps==<br />
#Regularly scheduled appointments can be made during the Main Office Clinical Hours, which are as follows:<br />
##Monday through Thursday: 8:00am - 6:30pm <br />
##Friday, 8:00am - 4:30 p.m.<br />
#In order to make a regularly scheduled appointment, call (212) 854-2878. You will be provided with a phone appointment with a counselor. Purportedly, these are scheduled within 1 business day of your initial call, but there is anecdotal evidence that the phone appointment may be scheduled up to 3 business days after your call. This phone appointment may lead to an in-person appointment, according to the urgency of your need.<br />
#You should arrive 10 minutes early to your appointment to fill out necessary forms.<br />
#You may also meet with a counselor during walk-in hours out of a variety of offices located in Residence Halls. Call (212) 854-2878 day-of to confirm that walk-in hours are open for locations following their normal schedule:<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/carman.html 100 Carman Hall]<br>Tuesday: 7:30pm - 9:00pm<br>Thursday: 6:00pm - 9:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/east_campus.html 210 East Campus]<br>Wednesday: 5:30pm - 8:30pm<br>Thursday: 7:00pm - 9:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/hartley.html 115 Hartley Hall]<br>Monday: 7:00pm - 9:00pm<br>Tuesday: 7:00pm - 9:00pm<br>Wednesday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm<br />
##600 W. 113th St, Room 2BB<br>Monday: 6:00pm - 9:00pm<br>Tuesday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm<br>Thursday: 5:30pm - 9:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/broadway_residence.html 102 Broadway Residence Hall]<br>Tuesday, 5:30pm - 9:00pm<br>Thursday, 6:30pm - 10:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/greene.html Jerome Greene Hall, Room 649] (Law students only)<br>Monday, 5:30pm - 8:30pm<br>Wednesday, 4:00pm - 8:00pm<br>Friday, 1:30pm - 3:30pm<br />
#If you have a psychiatric emergency outside of these available hours, you can either contact a clinician on call at (212) 854-9797, or visit your nearest emergency room. The nearest ER for students at the Morningside Campus is St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room (212 523-4000).<br />
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==External Links==<br />
[http://health.columbia.edu/services/cps Counseling and Psychological Services]<br />
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[[Category:Health Services]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_Columbia_Psychological_Services_appointment&diff=43961How to make a Columbia Psychological Services appointment2013-04-30T04:04:59Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>'''Columbia Psychological Services (CPS)''' supports the Columbia University community by providing counseling, consultation, and crisis interventions. The CPS Main Office is located on the 8th floor of Lerner. A similar service is [[How to Use Nightline|Nightline]], which can be contacted from 10pm-3am at 212-854-7777 in order to speak to a trained, non-judgmental peer listener who is capable of providing referrals.<br />
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==Steps==<br />
#Regularly scheduled appointments can be made during the Main Office Clinical Hours, which are as follows:<br />
##Monday through Thursday: 8:00am - 6:30pm <br />
##Friday, 8:00am - 4:30 p.m.<br />
#In order to make a regularly scheduled appointment, call (212) 854-2878. You will be provided with a phone appointment with a counselor, scheduled within 1 business day of your initial call. This phone appointment may lead to an in-person appointment, according to the urgency of your need. <br />
#You should arrive 10 minutes early to your appointment to fill out necessary forms.<br />
#You may also meet with a counselor during walk-in hours out of a variety of offices located in Residence Halls. Call (212) 854-2878 day-of to confirm that walk-in hours are open for locations following their normal schedule:<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/carman.html 100 Carman Hall]<br>Tuesday: 7:30pm - 9:00pm<br>Thursday: 6:00pm - 9:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/east_campus.html 210 East Campus]<br>Wednesday: 5:30pm - 8:30pm<br>Thursday: 7:00pm - 9:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/hartley.html 115 Hartley Hall]<br>Monday: 7:00pm - 9:00pm<br>Tuesday: 7:00pm - 9:00pm<br>Wednesday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm<br />
##600 W. 113th St, Room 2BB<br>Monday: 6:00pm - 9:00pm<br>Tuesday: 5:30pm - 10:00pm<br>Thursday: 5:30pm - 9:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/broadway_residence.html 102 Broadway Residence Hall]<br>Tuesday, 5:30pm - 9:00pm<br>Thursday, 6:30pm - 10:00pm<br />
##[http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/greene.html Jerome Greene Hall, Room 649] (Law students only)<br>Monday, 5:30pm - 8:30pm<br>Wednesday, 4:00pm - 8:00pm<br>Friday, 1:30pm - 3:30pm<br />
#If you have a psychiatric emergency outside of these available hours, you can either contact a clinician on call at (212) 854-9797, or visit your nearest emergency room. The nearest ER for students at the Morningside Campus is St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center Psychiatric Emergency Room (212 523-4000).<br />
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==External Links==<br />
[http://health.columbia.edu/services/cps Counseling and Psychological Services]<br />
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[[Category:Health Services]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Frat_Row&diff=42938Frat Row2013-04-25T03:51:01Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>[[Image:04 05 38.JPEG|thumb|right|Frat Row as seen from the fourth floor of [[Butler Library]]]]<br />
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'''Frat Row''' is the stretch of 114th St between Broadway and Amsterdam where a lot of [[fraternities]] and [[sororities]] are located. Some also extend the definition to 113th St, where a number of other fraternity houses are located.<br />
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Since [[Operation Ivy League]] cleared out [[Pi Kappa Alpha]], [[Psi Upsilon]], and [[Alpha Epsilon Pi]]—and the [[Brownstone Review Committee]] replaced them with [[Q House]], [[Lambda Phi Epsilon]], and [[Alpha Chi Omega]]—the 113th definition is gaining weight.<br />
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Other buildings on the north of Frat Row are [[Carman Hall|Carman]], [[Butler Library|Butler]], and [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]]. Other buildings on the south are [[Ruggles Hall|Ruggles]] and the entrance to [[Broadway Residence Hall|Broadway]] and [[Hogan Hall|Hogan]]. If you live in one of these buildings and face Frat Row (or are even studying in Butler late on a weekend night), the noise from the frats can be pretty intolerable.<br />
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==Houses on 114th==<br />
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*[[Beta Theta Pi]]<br />
*[[Kappa Delta Rho]]<br />
*[[Sigma Delta Tau]]<br />
*[[Kappa Alpha Theta]]<br />
*[[Alpha Delta Phi]]<br />
*[[Lambda Phi Epsilon]] (starting in AY 2013-14)<br />
*[[Alpha Chi Omega]] (starting in AY 2013-14)<br />
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==Houses on 113th==<br />
*[[Sigma Chi]]<br />
*[[Zeta Psi]]<br />
*[[Sigma Nu]]<br />
*[[Delta Gamma]]<br />
*[[Sigma Phi Epsilon]]<br />
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== Map ==<br />
<googlemap lat="40.806371" lon="-73.963137" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"><br />
#758bc5<br />
40.806623, -73.96466, West end of Frat Row<br />
40.805543, -73.962096, East end of Frat Row<br />
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[[Category:Greek life]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Room_Selection&diff=42932Room Selection2013-04-25T03:41:12Z<p>Whattimeisit: /* Senior regroup */</p>
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<div>'''Room Selection''' is the process by which students select a room for the next academic year. There are six phases, each of which has a section in this article.<br />
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The order in which students select their room is determined by two numbers. First, students are subdivided according to their <u>point value</u>. Rising seniors get 30 points. Rising juniors get 20 points. Rising sophomores get 10 points. A student's status is determined based on the year he entered Columbia, not on the year he expects to graduate. If students form a group for a double or suite, the group point value is the average of its [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] members (but not [[Barnard]] members), unless they invoke the [[East Campus]] Exclusion Rule (see below). <br />
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Second, students are subdivided according to their randomly-assigned <u>lottery number</u>, which can range from 1 to 3000. Thus, a student with 30pts & #1 gets to choose his room before a student with 30pts & #3000, who in turn gets to choose his room before a student with 20pts & #1, and so on.<br />
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= Registration =<br />
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Strategize! Refer to this list of [[Housing strategies|housing strategies]].<br />
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=== Important rules ===<br />
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* Men and women may form groups together for Group Suite Selection and General Selection. However, doubles can only be assigned to students of the same gender.<br />
* Groups in Group Suite Selection can only choose suites that are the exact size of their group. That is, a group of 6 ''cannot'' split up into 3 groups of 2 in suite selection - they can only choose 6-person suites (if available). If there are no remaining suites matching the size of the group, the group must drop to General Selection, where they can split up as they desire.<br />
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=== For a double or a suite ===<br />
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Sign up for Group Suite Selection with your friends. Group sizes can range from 2 to 8. You'll only be able to pick a suite that exactly matches your group size. E.g., 2 people can only pick a double, or 5 people can only pick a 5-person suite. Groups of two can only have Columbia students. Groups of 3 or more must be at least 50% composed of Columbia students.<br />
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As of 2011, you may no longer invoke the [[East Campus exclusion suite#East Campus exclusion rule|EC exclusion rule]]. [[East Campus exclusion suite|EC exclusion suite]]s are treated as any other suite would be.<br />
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=== For a single in a corridor-style residence hall ===<br />
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Sign up for General Selection as an individual.<br />
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=== For a single in a corridor-style residence hall near your friends ===<br />
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Sign up for General Selection as a group with your friends. Group sizes can range from 2 to 10.<br />
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= Lottery =<br />
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Once the registration period is over, each individual or group is assigned a random, computer-generated lottery number. (Groups share a single lottery number.)<br />
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According to the individual or group's point value and lottery number, the individual or group is assigned an appointment date and time to pick their room or suite. The exact priority is described in above in the article introduction.<br />
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Students then try to determine exactly what they'll be able to get, especially by referring to the [[Cutoff history]], though keep in mind that the cutoff history varies greatly from year to year, and cannot accurately predict what will happen.<br />
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= Group Suite Selection =<br />
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* Group Suite Selection takes place in [[John Jay]] Lounge.<br />
* All group members or their proxies will need to come together with their [[CUID]]s. The group can come at their appointment time or any time afterwards.<br />
* If a group does not want to pick a double or suite, or it is unable to, the group will automatically drop to General Selection. This applies even if only one member doesn't go along with the group. Group members will keep the same lottery number, and receive a new appointment time accordingly.<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/room-selection/group-suite.html#N10037 Available doubles], minus the unavailable spaces detailed below<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/room-selection/group-suite.html#N10028 Available suites], minus the unavailable spaces detailed below<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/rules-exceptions/space-held.html Unavailable spaces]<br />
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=== Barnard cap ===<br />
The number of Barnard students allowed to live in Columbia housing is capped. The cap is:<br />
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* the number of Columbia students who have chosen to participate in Barnard selection<br />
* + the number of Barnard students in Columbia sororities<br />
* + the number of Barnard students in Columbia Special Interest Communities<br />
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Once this cap is reached, all groups with one or more Barnard members that have not yet selected a room will decrease by the number of Barnard students in it, while the Barnard members will drop to Barnard room selection. That is, if you have 8 people including one Barnard student in the group, and the cap is filled, your group becomes a group of 7.<br />
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=== Senior regroup ===<br />
After the last 30-point group has selected, senior-only groups who were previously unable to select housing they wanted are eligible to participate in senior regroup.<br />
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Once the last senior-only group's appointment time has passed, all seniors who registered for Suite Selection but did not yet pick can come back to John Jay Lounge, where each group will be able to add/remove members as they see fit. Once groups have re-formed, they are given a new temporary random lottery number and allowed to pick in that order.<br />
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If a group does not pick in senior regroup, the group drops to general selection with its original lottery number and point value.<br />
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Barnard students are not eligible for senior regroup, and will default to BC Selection in the event that CC/SEAS students from their group participate in senior regroup.<br />
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=== Junior Regroup ===<br />
For 20-point groups, junior regroup takes place if there are no more suites that match the group's size or if the group doesn't want any of the remaining suites. New groups form, receive temporary random lottery numbers, and pick suites in that order.<br />
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If a group does not pick in junior regroup, the group drops to general selection with its original lottery number and point value.<br />
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Barnard students are not eligible for junior regroup, and will default to BC Selection in the event that CC/SEAS students from their group participate in junior regroup.<br />
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=== Sophomore Pair-Up === <br />
Sophomores just can't win when it comes to housing selection. If there are no suites left at the group's appointment time (which is likely enough, but can be worth risking), the group has to drop to general selection. But you can survive! It's recommended that sophomores form even-numbered groups, so that their worst-case scenario just means that they split into groups of two and select doubles during general selection.<br />
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= General Selection =<br />
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* General Selection takes place online in April.<br />
* You can log in and select a room any time from your assigned appointment time until the end of General Selection. It is obviously better to select a room as soon as possible after your assigned appointment time.<br />
* The available rooms include all single rooms, and any doubles and suites remaining from Group Suite Selection.<br />
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= Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment=<br />
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* Once Group Suite Selection and General Selection are over, some space becomes available because students fail to sign their contracts, decide to study abroad, take time off, or transfer to a different school. These spaces are made available through the Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment process.<br />
* Students apply for Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment online after General Selection has ended.<br />
* The order in which summer transfer requests are fulfilled is determined by two numbers, as in the regular lottery. First, students are subdivided according to their point value. Second, however, students are subdivided according to their <u>reverse</u> lottery number from the regular lottery.<br />
* Thus, a request from a student with 30/2999 is fulfilled before a request from a student with 30/1, while is in turn fulfilled before a request from a student with 20/2999, and so on.<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
[[Off-Campus Housing Assistance]]<br />
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[[Category:Housing]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Room_Selection&diff=42930Room Selection2013-04-25T03:40:41Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>'''Room Selection''' is the process by which students select a room for the next academic year. There are six phases, each of which has a section in this article.<br />
<br />
The order in which students select their room is determined by two numbers. First, students are subdivided according to their <u>point value</u>. Rising seniors get 30 points. Rising juniors get 20 points. Rising sophomores get 10 points. A student's status is determined based on the year he entered Columbia, not on the year he expects to graduate. If students form a group for a double or suite, the group point value is the average of its [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] members (but not [[Barnard]] members), unless they invoke the [[East Campus]] Exclusion Rule (see below). <br />
<br />
Second, students are subdivided according to their randomly-assigned <u>lottery number</u>, which can range from 1 to 3000. Thus, a student with 30pts & #1 gets to choose his room before a student with 30pts & #3000, who in turn gets to choose his room before a student with 20pts & #1, and so on.<br />
<br />
= Registration =<br />
<br />
Strategize! Refer to this list of [[Housing strategies|housing strategies]].<br />
<br />
=== Important rules ===<br />
<br />
* Men and women may form groups together for Group Suite Selection and General Selection. However, doubles can only be assigned to students of the same gender.<br />
* Groups in Group Suite Selection can only choose suites that are the exact size of their group. That is, a group of 6 ''cannot'' split up into 3 groups of 2 in suite selection - they can only choose 6-person suites (if available). If there are no remaining suites matching the size of the group, the group must drop to General Selection, where they can split up as they desire.<br />
<br />
=== For a double or a suite ===<br />
<br />
Sign up for Group Suite Selection with your friends. Group sizes can range from 2 to 8. You'll only be able to pick a suite that exactly matches your group size. E.g., 2 people can only pick a double, or 5 people can only pick a 5-person suite. Groups of two can only have Columbia students. Groups of 3 or more must be at least 50% composed of Columbia students.<br />
<br />
As of 2011, you may no longer invoke the [[East Campus exclusion suite#East Campus exclusion rule|EC exclusion rule]]. [[East Campus exclusion suite|EC exclusion suite]]s are treated as any other suite would be.<br />
<br />
=== For a single in a corridor-style residence hall ===<br />
<br />
Sign up for General Selection as an individual.<br />
<br />
=== For a single in a corridor-style residence hall near your friends ===<br />
<br />
Sign up for General Selection as a group with your friends. Group sizes can range from 2 to 10.<br />
<br />
= Lottery =<br />
<br />
Once the registration period is over, each individual or group is assigned a random, computer-generated lottery number. (Groups share a single lottery number.)<br />
<br />
According to the individual or group's point value and lottery number, the individual or group is assigned an appointment date and time to pick their room or suite. The exact priority is described in above in the article introduction.<br />
<br />
Students then try to determine exactly what they'll be able to get, especially by referring to the [[Cutoff history]], though keep in mind that the cutoff history varies greatly from year to year, and cannot accurately predict what will happen.<br />
<br />
= Group Suite Selection =<br />
<br />
* Group Suite Selection takes place in [[John Jay]] Lounge.<br />
* All group members or their proxies will need to come together with their [[CUID]]s. The group can come at their appointment time or any time afterwards.<br />
* If a group does not want to pick a double or suite, or it is unable to, the group will automatically drop to General Selection. This applies even if only one member doesn't go along with the group. Group members will keep the same lottery number, and receive a new appointment time accordingly.<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/room-selection/group-suite.html#N10037 Available doubles], minus the unavailable spaces detailed below<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/room-selection/group-suite.html#N10028 Available suites], minus the unavailable spaces detailed below<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/rules-exceptions/space-held.html Unavailable spaces]<br />
<br />
=== Barnard cap ===<br />
The number of Barnard students allowed to live in Columbia housing is capped. The cap is:<br />
<br />
* the number of Columbia students who have chosen to participate in Barnard selection<br />
* + the number of Barnard students in Columbia sororities<br />
* + the number of Barnard students in Columbia Special Interest Communities<br />
<br />
Once this cap is reached, all groups with one or more Barnard members that have not yet selected a room will decrease by the number of Barnard students in it, while the Barnard members will drop to Barnard room selection. That is, if you have 8 people including one Barnard student in the group, and the cap is filled, your group becomes a group of 7.<br />
<br />
=== Senior regroup ===<br />
After the last 30-point group has selected, senior-only groups who were previously unable to select housing they wanted are eligible to participate in senior regroup.<br />
<br />
Once the last senior-only group's appointment time has passed, all seniors who registered for Suite Selection but did not yet pick can come back to John Jay Lounge, where each group will be able to add/remove members as they see fit. Once groups have re-formed, they are given a new temporary random lottery number and allowed to pick in that order.<br />
<br />
If a group does not pick in senior regroup, the group drops to general selection with its original lottery number and point value.<br />
<br />
Barnard students are not eligible for junior regroup, and will default to BC Selection in the event that CC/SEAS students from their group participate in junior regroup.<br />
<br />
=== Junior Regroup ===<br />
For 20-point groups, junior regroup takes place if there are no more suites that match the group's size or if the group doesn't want any of the remaining suites. New groups form, receive temporary random lottery numbers, and pick suites in that order.<br />
<br />
If a group does not pick in junior regroup, the group drops to general selection with its original lottery number and point value.<br />
<br />
Barnard students are not eligible for junior regroup, and will default to BC Selection in the event that CC/SEAS students from their group participate in junior regroup.<br />
<br />
=== Sophomore Pair-Up === <br />
Sophomores just can't win when it comes to housing selection. If there are no suites left at the group's appointment time (which is likely enough, but can be worth risking), the group has to drop to general selection. But you can survive! It's recommended that sophomores form even-numbered groups, so that their worst-case scenario just means that they split into groups of two and select doubles during general selection.<br />
<br />
= General Selection =<br />
<br />
* General Selection takes place online in April.<br />
* You can log in and select a room any time from your assigned appointment time until the end of General Selection. It is obviously better to select a room as soon as possible after your assigned appointment time.<br />
* The available rooms include all single rooms, and any doubles and suites remaining from Group Suite Selection.<br />
<br />
= Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment=<br />
<br />
* Once Group Suite Selection and General Selection are over, some space becomes available because students fail to sign their contracts, decide to study abroad, take time off, or transfer to a different school. These spaces are made available through the Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment process.<br />
* Students apply for Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment online after General Selection has ended.<br />
* The order in which summer transfer requests are fulfilled is determined by two numbers, as in the regular lottery. First, students are subdivided according to their point value. Second, however, students are subdivided according to their <u>reverse</u> lottery number from the regular lottery.<br />
* Thus, a request from a student with 30/2999 is fulfilled before a request from a student with 30/1, while is in turn fulfilled before a request from a student with 20/2999, and so on.<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
[[Off-Campus Housing Assistance]]<br />
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<div>'''Room Selection''' is the process by which students select a room for the next academic year. There are six phases, each of which has a section in this article.<br />
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The order in which students select their room is determined by two numbers. First, students are subdivided according to their <u>point value</u>. Rising seniors get 30 points. Rising juniors get 20 points. Rising sophomores get 10 points. A student's status is determined based on the year he entered Columbia, not on the year he expects to graduate. If students form a group for a double or suite, the group point value is the average of its [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] members (but not [[Barnard]] members), unless they invoke the [[East Campus]] Exclusion Rule (see below). <br />
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Second, students are subdivided according to their randomly-assigned <u>lottery number</u>, which can range from 1 to 3000. Thus, a student with 30pts & #1 gets to choose his room before a student with 30pts & #3000, who in turn gets to choose his room before a student with 20pts & #1, and so on.<br />
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= Registration =<br />
<br />
Strategize! Refer to this list of [[Housing strategies|housing strategies]].<br />
<br />
=== Important rules ===<br />
<br />
* Men and women may form groups together for Group Suite Selection and General Selection. However, doubles can only be assigned to students of the same gender.<br />
* Groups in Group Suite Selection can only choose suites that are the exact size of their group. That is, a group of 6 ''cannot'' split up into 3 groups of 2 in suite selection - they can only choose 6-person suites (if available). If there are no remaining suites matching the size of the group, the group must drop to General Selection, where they can split up as they desire.<br />
<br />
=== For a double or a suite ===<br />
<br />
Sign up for Group Suite Selection with your friends. Group sizes can range from 2 to 8. You'll only be able to pick a suite that exactly matches your group size. E.g., 2 people can only pick a double, or 5 people can only pick a 5-person suite. Groups of two can only have Columbia students. Groups of 3 or more must be at least 50% composed of Columbia students.<br />
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As of 2011, you may no longer invoke the [[East Campus exclusion suite#East Campus exclusion rule|EC exclusion rule]]. [[East Campus exclusion suite|EC exclusion suite]]s are treated as any other suite would be.<br />
<br />
=== For a single in a corridor-style residence hall ===<br />
<br />
Sign up for General Selection as an individual.<br />
<br />
=== For a single in a corridor-style residence hall near your friends ===<br />
<br />
Sign up for General Selection as a group with your friends. Group sizes can range from 2 to 10.<br />
<br />
= Lottery =<br />
<br />
Once the registration period is over, each individual or group is assigned a random, computer-generated lottery number. (Groups share a single lottery number.)<br />
<br />
According to the individual or group's point value and lottery number, the individual or group is assigned an appointment date and time to pick their room or suite. The exact priority is described in above in the article introduction.<br />
<br />
Students then try to determine exactly what they'll be able to get, especially by referring to the [[Cutoff history]], though keep in mind that the cutoff history varies greatly from year to year, and cannot accurately predict what will happen.<br />
<br />
= Group Suite Selection =<br />
<br />
* Group Suite Selection takes place in [[John Jay]] Lounge.<br />
* All group members or their proxies will need to come together with their [[CUID]]s. The group can come at their appointment time or any time afterwards.<br />
* If a group does not want to pick a double or suite, or it is unable to, the group will automatically drop to General Selection. This applies even if only one member doesn't go along with the group. Group members will keep the same lottery number, and receive a new appointment time accordingly.<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/room-selection/group-suite.html#N10037 Available doubles], minus the unavailable spaces detailed below<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/room-selection/group-suite.html#N10028 Available suites], minus the unavailable spaces detailed below<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/housing/docs/returning_students/rules-exceptions/space-held.html Unavailable spaces]<br />
<br />
=== Barnard cap ===<br />
The number of Barnard students allowed to live in Columbia housing is capped. The cap is:<br />
<br />
* the number of Columbia students who have chosen to participate in Barnard selection<br />
* + the number of Barnard students in Columbia sororities<br />
* + the number of Barnard students in Columbia Special Interest Communities<br />
<br />
Once this cap is reached, all groups with one or more Barnard members that have not yet selected a room will decrease by the number of Barnard students in it, while the Barnard members will drop to Barnard room selection. That is, if you have 8 people including one Barnard student in the group, and the cap is filled, your group becomes a group of 7.<br />
<br />
= Senior regroup =<br />
After the last 30-point group has selected, senior-only groups who were previously unable to select housing they wanted are eligible to participate in senior regroup.<br />
<br />
Once the last senior-only group's appointment time has passed, all seniors who registered for Suite Selection but did not yet pick can come back to John Jay Lounge, where each group will be able to add/remove members as they see fit. Once groups have re-formed, they are given a new temporary random lottery number and allowed to pick in that order.<br />
<br />
If a group does not pick in senior regroup, the group drops to general selection with its original lottery number and point value.<br />
<br />
Barnard students are not eligible for junior regroup, and will default to BC Selection in the event that CC/SEAS students from their group participate in junior regroup.<br />
<br />
= Junior Regroup =<br />
For 20-point groups, junior regroup takes place if there are no more suites that match the group's size or if the group doesn't want any of the remaining suites. New groups form, receive temporary random lottery numbers, and pick suites in that order.<br />
<br />
If a group does not pick in junior regroup, the group drops to general selection with its original lottery number and point value.<br />
<br />
Barnard students are not eligible for junior regroup, and will default to BC Selection in the event that CC/SEAS students from their group participate in junior regroup.<br />
<br />
= Sophomore Pair-Up = <br />
Sophomores just can't win when it comes to housing selection. If there are no suites left at the group's appointment time (which is likely enough, but can be worth risking), the group has to drop to general selection. But you can survive! It's recommended that sophomores form even-numbered groups, so that their worst-case scenario just means that they split into groups of two and select doubles during general selection.<br />
<br />
= General Selection =<br />
<br />
* General Selection takes place online in April.<br />
* You can log in and select a room any time from your assigned appointment time until the end of General Selection. It is obviously better to select a room as soon as possible after your assigned appointment time.<br />
* The available rooms include all single rooms, and any doubles and suites remaining from Group Suite Selection.<br />
<br />
= Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment=<br />
<br />
* Once Group Suite Selection and General Selection are over, some space becomes available because students fail to sign their contracts, decide to study abroad, take time off, or transfer to a different school. These spaces are made available through the Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment process.<br />
* Students apply for Summer Transfer of Fall Assignment online after General Selection has ended.<br />
* The order in which summer transfer requests are fulfilled is determined by two numbers, as in the regular lottery. First, students are subdivided according to their point value. Second, however, students are subdivided according to their <u>reverse</u> lottery number from the regular lottery.<br />
* Thus, a request from a student with 30/2999 is fulfilled before a request from a student with 30/1, while is in turn fulfilled before a request from a student with 20/2999, and so on.<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
[[Off-Campus Housing Assistance]]<br />
<br />
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<div>'''Welcome Columbia Class of 2017!''' You've clearly stumbled across our nascent Columbia Wiki, which is a work in progress. Numerous editors and contributors are working hard to populate this wiki with a number of useful, insightful, informative, and generally helpful articles.<br />
<br />
For now please post questions on the [[Talk:Prefrosh|talk page]] if you don't find what you're looking for. An editor or contributor will do his or her best to answer your query with our collective knowledge as soon as we find time. See you at [[NSOP]]! (Or [[CUE]] if you're really smart)<br />
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To get started, you might want to read some [[advice for prefrosh]].<br />
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== Things to Learn ==<br />
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* [[School songs]]<br />
* [[:Category:Traditions|Traditions]]<br />
* [[:Category:Symbols|Symbols]]<br />
<br />
Columbia has 3 undergraduate schools of its own and 1 affiliated college:<br />
* [[Columbia College]] (CC), a coeducational liberal arts college of arts and sciences.<br />
* [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] (SEAS), the engineering and applied sciences school, which is strongly integrated with CC<br />
* [[School of General Studies]] (GS), the school for "nontraditional" students whose education has been interrupted and other students with unusual backgrounds, including students of [[JTS]] and [[UTS]]. GS students are generally older than those in CC and SEAS, have life experiences to match, and live in off-campus housing. <br />
* [[Barnard College]] (BC), the women's college across the street from Columbia. It has an ambiguous [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|relationship]] with Columbia and the three undergraduate schools. Barnard is an independent school in partnership with Columbia, and it has its own administration, faculty, student body, and campus. Columbia and Barnard students may take classes on both campuses, eat in each others' dining halls, and be part of each others' clubs and sports teams.<br />
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The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:<br />
* the [[CC-SEAS Relationship]]<br />
* the [[School of General Studies#Relationship to Columbia College|CC-GS Relationship]]<br />
* the [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|overall Columbia University-Barnard relationship]]<br />
<br />
== Student life ==<br />
* [[Student life]], an overview<br />
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]<br />
* [[:Category:Student groups|Student Clubs]] | [[List of clubs that need articles]]<br />
* [[Community Impact]]<br />
* [[Club sports]]<br />
* [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|On-campus dining locations]]<br />
* [[Restaurants]]<br />
* [[CUID]]<br />
* [[New York City]]<br />
* [[:Category:Annual events|Annual Events]]<br />
* [[The Bwog]] and [[Spectator]], the two most read student publications<br />
* [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University<br />
* [[CUMB]] : The Columbia University Marching Band<br />
* [[:Category:How to|Misc tips]]<br />
<br />
== Pre-arrival and arrival ==<br />
<br />
* [[Acceptance contract]]<br />
* Activate UNI/email address<br />
* Certify meningitis vaccination online<br />
* Email MMR form and immunization record as PDF file to hs-enrollment@columbia.edu. No immunization record is needed if the form is signed by a doctor.<br />
* Fax withhold directory information form (if desired) to John Carter's attention 212-854-8747 (send a free fax w/ no cover page at gotfreefax.com)<br />
* Online application for [[first year housing]] and a [[meal plan]]<br />
* Apply for [[COOP]]<br />
* Sign housing contract<br />
* [[Days on Campus]]<br />
* [[What to bring]]<br />
* [[Getting to Columbia]]<br />
* [[COOP]]<br />
* [[Move-in]]<br />
* [[Convocation]]<br />
* [[NSOP]]<br />
* Classes start!<br />
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== Academics ==<br />
<br />
* [[Advising]]<br />
* [[Textbooks]]<br />
* [[Course Selection]]<br />
* [[Core Curriculum]]<br />
* [[Literature Humanities]], [[University Writing]], [[Frontiers of Science]]<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
* [http://communityimpactatcu.org/ Community Impact: A community service umbrella organization]<br />
* [http://columbialithum.blogspot.com Lit Hum Books]<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/index.html NSOP website]<br />
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu Arts Initiative]<br />
* [http://www.lionlaundry.com Lion Laundry: Columbia's Door to Drawer Service]<br />
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<div>{{prefrosh}}<br />
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A '''meal plan''' is a contract with [[Dining Services]] for a particular number of meals each week at [[John Jay Dining Hall]], the [[Ferris Booth Commons]], and [[JJ's Place]]. Due to a bilateral agreement, meals can also be redeemed at [[Hewitt Dining Hall]].<br />
<br />
Unused John Jay meals expire each Saturday night.<br />
<br />
== First-year meal plan ==<br />
<br />
All first-years are required to take out a meal plan. There are three first-year [http://dining.columbia.edu/dining-plan-comparison meal plan options] of varying price with different balances of dining hall meals and [[Dining Dollars]] that can be redeemed at other [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|on-campus dining locations]].<br />
<br />
Most first-years are advised to choose the option with the least meals and the most Dining Dollars. Those who select the option with more meals rarely end up using all of these. As one's weekly meal swipes expire at the end of each Saturday, one would have to eat at every meal offered by dining to make the nineteen-meal-per-week plan worthwhile. The mediocrity of breakfast at Ferris makes this proposition unwieldy. However, some students, often athletes, find the bigger plan worthwhile.<br />
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== Upperclassmen meal plan ==<br />
<br />
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors can sign up for meal plans that include meal swipes and [[Dining Dollars]].<br />
<br />
Most upperclassmen do not sign up for meal plans, since it's significantly cheaper and tastier to eat out - or, even better, cook. However, upperclassmen meal plans remain popular among student athletes.<br />
<br />
== Kosher meal plan ==<br />
<br />
A separate and slightly more expensive option.<br />
<br />
== Halal meal plan ==<br />
<br />
All you have to do is register and get a sticker on your CUID in 118 [[Hartley Hall]].<br />
<br />
[[Category:Food and drink]]<br />
[[Category:Prefrosh]]<br />
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<div>{{prefrosh}}<br />
<br />
A '''meal plan''' is a contract with [[Dining Services]] for a particular number of meals each week at [[John Jay Dining Hall]], the [[Ferris Booth Commons]], and [[JJ's Place]]. Due to a bilateral agreement, meals can also be redeemed at [[Hewitt Dining Hall]].<br />
<br />
Unused John Jay meals expire each Saturday night.<br />
<br />
== First-year meal plan ==<br />
<br />
All first-years are required to take out a meal plan. There are three first-year [http://dining.columbia.edu/dining-plan-comparison meal plan options] of varying price with different balances of dining hall meals and [[Dining Dollars]] that can be redeemed at other [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|on-campus dining locations]].<br />
<br />
Most first-years are advised to choose the option with the least meals and the most Dining Dollars. Those who select the option with more meals rarely end up using all of these. As one's weekly meal swipes expire at the end of each Saturday, one would have to eat at every meal offered by dining to make the nineteen-meal-per-week plan worthwhile. The mediocrity of breakfast at Ferris makes this proposition unwieldy. However, some students, often athletes, find the bigger plan worthwhile.<br />
<br />
== Upperclassmen meal plan ==<br />
<br />
Sophs, juniors and seniors are also offered meal plans, but these usually only include JJ meals. (Some come with [[Dining Dollars]] if you sign up early.)<br />
<br />
Most upperclassmen do not sign up for meals at John Jay, since it's significantly cheaper and tastier to eat out, or even better, cook. However, upperclassmen meal plans are popular among student athletes.<br />
<br />
== Kosher meal plan ==<br />
<br />
A separate and slightly more expensive option.<br />
<br />
== Halal meal plan ==<br />
<br />
All you have to do is register and get a sticker on your CUID in 118 [[Hartley Hall]].<br />
<br />
[[Category:Food and drink]]<br />
[[Category:Prefrosh]]<br />
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{{Infobox reshall<br />
|Name=Furnald<br />
|Image=Furnald.jpg<br />
|Built=[[1913]]<br />
|Renovated=[[1996]]<br />
|Population=235}}<br />
'''Furnald''' is a popular and relatively well appointed residence hall located on [[South Lawn]] with other first-year-only dormitories.<br />
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Once upon a time Furnald was the territory of undergraduate seniors. It was very popular, not least because it allegedly had its own bar in the basement, which reached legendary status.<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/sep05/cover.php Home on the Heights: 100 Years of Housing at Columbia]</ref><br />
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Today, Furnald is a majority first-year residence hall that is also home to some sophomores. Therefore, first years who aren't housed in [[Carman Hall|Carman]], [[John Jay Hall|John Jay]] or the [[Living Learning Center]], still get to live in the quad and are largely insulated from upperclassmen. The remaining space is open to rising sophomores in General Selection. Until 2009, typically, only sophomores with lottery numbers between 1 and 500 (about 100 or so lucky souls) are able to get rooms in Furnald. After the opening of [[Harmony Hall|Harmony]], 25 beds were converted to freshman rooms. Now, only 50 or so rising sophomores able to pick Furnald during General Selection.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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Furnald Hall was funded by a bequest from Francis Furnald in memory of his son, Royal Blackler Furnald ([[Columbia College|CC]] 1901). It was designed by [[McKim, Mead, and White]], and opened in [[1913]]. <br />
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During [[World War I]], Furnald was a residence for female graduate students. Spanish poet [[Federico Garcia Lorca]] lived there in [[1929]] and raved about the views, both of [[South Field]] and [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]]. During [[World War II]], it housed "ninety-day wonder" commissioned naval officers, who were sent off to war after only three months of officer training. The protagonist of alumnus [[Herman Wouk]]'s famous novel, ''The Caine Mutiny'', was said to live in the building during this period.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss2/Furnald_Reopens.html Furnald Repoens After Renovations], ''[[The Record]]'', 1990s</ref> After the war, it became a [[law school]] dormitory, before once again becoming an undergraduate residence hall in [[1960]].<br />
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When South Lawn still served as Columbia's primary athletics facility, Furnald's basement housed lockers, showers, and dressing rooms. The space later served as the site of a Co-Op Grocery until 1989.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Tl5SnSGvhHoC&lpg=PA50&ots=y-Cb22tKCE&dq=%22furnald%20grocery%22&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q=%22furnald%20grocery%22&f=false "Columbia University and Morningside Heights" (Postcard History Series) by Michael V. Susi, pg. 50]</ref><ref>[http://www.eye.columbiaspectator.com/2002/02/27/our-pages In Our Pages: Furnald Grocery Faces Shutdown], Columbia Spectator, 27 February 2002</ref><ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/connection/connect/mycu/60.html My Columbia- Furnald Hall: The Jewel of Broadway]</ref> <br />
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By the mid-90s, Furnald had fallen into a state of disrepair. [[Hartley Hall|Hartley]] and [[Wallach Hall]] had benefited from major renovation and reconstruction in the 1960s and 1970s due to the generosity of [[Ira D. Wallach]] and [[Jerome L. Greene]], but Furnald did not. President [[George Rupp]] ordered a $12m complete gutting and rebuilding, which was completed in 1996.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss2/Furnald_Reopens.html Furnald Hall Reopens after Extensive Renovation], Columbia Record, Vol. 22 Iss. 2</ref> Furnald had traditionally been the domain of the senior class, and remained so until spring of [[2000]] when the administration informed students of plans to turn Furnald into an exclusively Freshman/Sophomore dormitory and launch the [[LLC]] in [[Hartley Hall|Hartely]] and [[Wallach Hall|Wallach]]. Naturally, the students, who hadn't been informed of the administration's intentions at any point, were furious, but to no avail.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2000/05/10/admins-students-clash-over-housing-changes Admins, Students Clash over Housing Changes], Columbia Spectator, 10 May 2000</ref> Vestiges of Furnald's former status as a senior dormitory can be seen in the [[CUMB]]'s tradition of ending [[Orgo Night]] performances on the steps of Furnald, where bandies sing the college alma mater, ''[[Sans Souci]]'', to members of the band who will be graduating.<br />
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Most recently, as the University has made changes to handle the ongoing expansion of enrollment at Columbia College, the share of Furnald allocated to first-year students has steadily increased, with the displaced sophomores being able to find beds in the recently converted [[Harmony Hall]] and other bottom-of-the-barrel housing options.<br />
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===Famous former residents===<br />
*[[Federico García Lorca]] (1929) - Room 617<ref>http://www.eye.columbiaspectator.com/2005/09/27/lorcas-new-york</ref><br />
*[[Ted Gold]] (1965-1967)<br />
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== Facilities ==<br />
* All rooms have carpets, air conditioning.<br />
* Each floor has a spacious lounge with a TV and fully-equipped kitchen.<br />
* Each floor has 2 large bathrooms (1 male, 1 female).<br />
* Single laundry room located in basement<br />
* Two elevators, one located at each end of the main corridor.<br />
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=== Rooms ===<br />
* For first years, 78 singles and 17 doubles.<br />
* For sophomores, 109 singles and 7 doubles.<br />
* Floors 1, 2 and 10 have especially large rooms.<br />
* 1002 is an architecturally interesting room.<br />
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== Advantages and disadvantages ==<br />
<br />
=== Advantages ===<br />
* 'Recently' renovated, so it almost feels like a new building.<br />
* Convenient location near [[Lerner]], and, well, everything. Perhaps the best location on campus.<br />
* Great campus and [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]] views.<br />
* Nice bathrooms. Especially shower stalls for disabled people which have removable shower heads.<br />
* Air conditioning.<br />
* Lots of closet space.<br />
* Basically the only place where you can get a single as a sophomore.<br />
* Ideal choice for independence-minded first years who want lots of privacy. (See below for why Furnald is a bad choice for most first years.)<br />
* Reliable elevators.<br />
* Floor lounges have kitchens, so you can actually cook.<br />
* Dubs.<br />
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=== Disadvantages ===<br />
* Until its more recent designation as a primarily first-year residence hall, Furnald had a reputation for being relatively quiet and antisocial. By [[2009]], that reputation was all talk, though to this day it does indeed remain.<br />
* Kitchens are less useful for first years, since they are required to be on a [[meal plan]].<br />
* Layout is not conducive to intra-floor socializing, since stairways and elevators are on the north and south ends of the hall, which somewhat isolates the north and south sides of the floor from one another.<br />
* Uncommon for people to leave their doors open (relative to other first year dorms).<br />
* Doubles are fairly small.<br />
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== Pictures ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Furnaldsingle1view1.jpg|Single, view 1<br />
Image:Furnaldsingle1view2.jpg|Single, view 2<br />
Image:Furnalddouble1view1.jpg|Double, view 1<br />
Image:Furnalddouble1view2.jpg|Double, view 2<br />
Image:Furnalddouble2view1.jpg|Double 2, view 1<br />
Image:Furnalddouble2view2.jpg|Double 2, view 2<br />
Image:Furnalddouble2view3.jpg|Double 2, view 3<br />
Image:Furnalddouble2view4.jpg|Double 2, view 4<br />
Image:Furnaldbathroom.jpg|Floor bathroom, view 1<br />
Image:Furnaldbathroomshower.jpg|Floor bathroom, view 2<br />
Image:Furnaldfloorlounge.jpg|Floor lounge<br />
Image:Furnaldkitchen.jpg|Floor kitchen<br />
Image:Furnaldmainlounge.jpg|Main lounge on ground floor<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Floor plans ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Furn 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image:Furn 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image:Furn 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image:Furn 4001.jpg|Floor 4<br />
Image:Furn 5001.jpg|Floor 5<br />
Image:Furn 6001.jpg|Floor 6<br />
Image:Furn 7001.jpg|Floor 7<br />
Image:Furn 8001.jpg|Floor 8<br />
Image:Furn 9001.jpg|Floor 9<br />
Image:Furn 10001.jpg|Floor 10<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Building address ==<br />
2960 Broadway<br><br />
New York, NY 10027<br />
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== Tunnel/roof connections ==<br />
<br />
===[[Journalism Hall]]===<br />
Go down to the basement by means of the north staircase. Do not use the south staircase, where a camera will see you. The first machine room on your left has a connecting to Journalism in it, but it is locked most of the time. Occasionally the door is left open by maintenance. Furnald's basement is relatively high-traffic, so go late. Tape open the lock or jam the door if you see it open, maintenance has been known to do this and they won't think twice about it.<br />
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===[[Butler tunnel system]]===<br />
Go down to the basement by means of the north staircase. Walk to the south end. Do not use the south staircase to come down to the basement as there is a camera. Turn left and the usually-locked door in front of you will take you into the tunnels. These tunnels are almost always locked, so you'll probably need to come out the way you came in. You will notice a prominent camera on the wall. The [[CUID|card-swiper]]'s monitor shows this camera only so he/she will have a good view of you. DO NOT turn around and look north. Go fast past it and usually they won't care. [[Carman Hall]] and [[Butler Library]] are at the end of this system but are almost always locked. There is a moderate security risk and lots of traffic near the entrance.<br />
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===Outside===<br />
This is the handicapped entrance to the basement. Interesting but not useful. The security danger of taking this tunnel outweighs visiting it. Go to the basement using the north staircase and walk to the south end where you will notice a camera and a way-overkill grate. Columbia really doesn't want people coming into the dorms without swiping. If you are lucky enough to happen upon this grate while it is unlocked, you will find it is nothing more than a short ramp up to the random camera-monitored door on the [[Broadway]] side of Furnald. Not that there is a very high security risk here. If you are lucky enough to find the grate unlocked and you enter, you ''will'' be noticed by the card-swiper. Campus security ''will'' come to find you, but they have no chance of discovering you if you hide. Cover your face so the camera doesn't catch it and don't take too long. Wait 20 mins after swiping in before coming here so you're forgotten by the swiper. Hide in one of Furnald's floor lounges for 20 mins before walking out the front door. <br />
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== References ==<br />
<references/><br />
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== Map ==<br />
<googlemap lat="40.807335" lon="-73.963826" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"><br />
40.807335, -73.963826, Furnald residence hall<br />
</googlemap><br />
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== External Links ==<br />
[http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/furnald Columbia Housing - Furnald]<br />
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{{Infobox greek<br />
|Name=Psi Upsilon<br />
|Letters=ΨΥ<br />
|Abbreviation=Psi U<br />
|Founded=[[1833]] at Union College<br />
|Chap Type=Lambda<br />
|Chap Founded=[[1842]]<br />
|Motto="Unto us has befallen a mighty friendship."<br />
|Symbol=Owl<br />
|House=None<br />
|Gov Board=[[Interfraternal Council|IFC]]<br />
|Contact=}}<br />
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'''Psi Upsilon''' is a fraternity that was once known as being primarily for engineers and computer science majors. Since [[2004]], the fraternity has been staging a comeback, and its most recent pledge classes have been primarily composed of [[Columbia College|CC]], rather than [[SEAS]], students. One of the most storied fraternities at Columbia, Psi U has produced several distinguished alumni, including several members of the Columbia [[Board of Trustees]].<br />
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Founded on [[June 25]], [[1842]], the Lambda Chapter of Psi Upsilon is the oldest continuous fraternity on Columbia's campus. Although [[Alpha Delta Phi]] was founded earlier (in [[1836]]), it has since become more of a literary society. <br />
<br />
The Lambda house, located at 542 W [[Frat Row|114th Street]], across from Columbia's [[Carman Hall|Carman]] dormitory, was home to the Fraternity from [[1952]] to [[2012]], when the fraternity was evicted by the University. Before 1952, Psi U was housed in 627 W. 115th Street. <br />
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Psi U is known for its annual 80s Party, an affection for/addiction to hookah, the excellent bartending abilities of its brothers, and the owl which once sat above its doorway. <br />
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==Notable members==<br />
*[[Nicholas Murray Butler]] - University President<br />
*[[Samuel Joseph Higginbottom]] - Onetime CEO of Rolls Royce and Eastern Air Lines<br />
*[[Marcellus Hartley Dodge]] - Member of Columbia Board of Trustees and namesake for Dodge Hall and Dodge Gymnasium<br />
*[[Patrick McGuire]] - OG, Varsity Show writer<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.psiulambda.com/ Psi U Lambda website]<br />
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{{Greek}}<br />
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{{Infobox reshall<br />
|Name=East Campus<br />
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg<br />
|Built=[[1981]]<br />
|Renovated=[[1991]]<br />Townhouses in [[2003]]<br />Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]<br />
|Population=723}}<br />
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''', but technically named Henry Hudson Hall) is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.<br />
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A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]]. <br />
<br />
Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].<br />
<br />
EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
===Early plans===<br />
<br />
[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]<br />
<br />
An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].<br />
<br />
===Opening and response===<br />
<br />
East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing. <br />
<br />
Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout. <br />
<br />
Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref><br />
<br />
East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome". <br />
<br />
Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
===Early Violence===<br />
<br />
Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref><br />
<br />
===Reconstruction===<br />
<br />
An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref><br />
<br />
===Later history===<br />
<br />
In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].<br />
<br />
The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.<br />
<br />
===Lobby Redesign===<br />
<br />
In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.<br />
<br />
==Famous residents==<br />
<br />
East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref><br />
<br />
== Facilities ==<br />
<br />
East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise 5-person suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.<br />
<br />
The 5-person suites were formally [[exclusion suites]] but are now available during the group (in-person) selection phase of Housing.<br />
<br />
Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.<br />
<br />
=== Suites ===<br />
<br />
* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles<br />
<br />
* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles<br />
<br />
* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double<br />
<br />
* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments<br />
<br />
* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.<br />
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.<br />
<br />
* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.<br />
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.<br />
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.<br />
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]<br />
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* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles<br />
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.<br />
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== Advantages ==<br />
* Large suite lounges.<br />
* Suite bathrooms.<br />
* Recently-built.<br />
* Air conditioning.<br />
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.<br />
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.<br />
* Upper floors were recently renovated and have new flooring.<br />
* Dishwashers in 5- and 6-person suites.<br />
* You can host huge parties without getting into [actual] trouble.<br />
<br />
== Disadvantages ==<br />
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).<br />
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.<br />
* Glacial temperatures from the A/C during the summer... even if it's off!<br />
<br />
== Images ==<br />
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1<br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2<br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge<br />
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3<br />
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double<br />
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom<br />
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge<br />
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge<br />
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse<br />
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1<br />
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2<br />
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Floor plans ==<br />
===Townhouses===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Lower Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Middle Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4 <br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Upper Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4 <br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
===EC High Rise===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6<br />
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8<br />
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10<br />
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12<br />
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14<br />
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16<br />
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18<br />
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Tunnel/roof connections ==<br />
<br />
===[[Wien]]===<br />
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.<br />
<br />
===Roof===<br />
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
== Map ==<br />
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"><br />
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall<br />
</googlemap><br />
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== Building address ==<br />
70 Morningside Dr.<br><br />
New York, NY 10027<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]<br />
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{{Infobox reshall<br />
|Name=East Campus<br />
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg<br />
|Built=[[1981]]<br />
|Renovated=[[1991]]<br />Townhouses in [[2003]]<br />Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]<br />
|Population=723}}<br />
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''', but technically named Henry Hudson Hall) is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.<br />
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A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]]. <br />
<br />
Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].<br />
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EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
<br />
===Early plans===<br />
<br />
[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]<br />
<br />
An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].<br />
<br />
===Opening and response===<br />
<br />
East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing. <br />
<br />
Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout. <br />
<br />
Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref><br />
<br />
East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome". <br />
<br />
Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
===Early Violence===<br />
<br />
Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref><br />
<br />
===Reconstruction===<br />
<br />
An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref><br />
<br />
===Later history===<br />
<br />
In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].<br />
<br />
The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.<br />
<br />
===Lobby Redesign===<br />
<br />
In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.<br />
<br />
==Famous residents==<br />
<br />
East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref><br />
<br />
== Facilities ==<br />
<br />
East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise 5-person suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.<br />
<br />
The 5-person suites were formally [[exclusion suites]] but are now available during the group (in-person) selection phase of Housing.<br />
<br />
Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.<br />
<br />
=== Suites ===<br />
<br />
* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles<br />
<br />
* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles<br />
<br />
* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double<br />
<br />
* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments<br />
<br />
* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.<br />
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.<br />
<br />
* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.<br />
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.<br />
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.<br />
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]<br />
<br />
* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles<br />
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.<br />
<br />
== Advantages ==<br />
* Large suite lounges.<br />
* Suite bathrooms.<br />
* Recently-built.<br />
* Air conditioning.<br />
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.<br />
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.<br />
* Upper floors were recently renovated and have new flooring.<br />
* Dishwashers in 5- and 6-person suites.<br />
* You can host huge parties without getting into [actual] trouble.<br />
<br />
== Disadvantages ==<br />
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).<br />
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.<br />
<br />
== Images ==<br />
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1<br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2<br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge<br />
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3<br />
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double<br />
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom<br />
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge<br />
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge<br />
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse<br />
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1<br />
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2<br />
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Floor plans ==<br />
===Townhouses===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Lower Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Middle Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4 <br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Upper Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4 <br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
===EC High Rise===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6<br />
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8<br />
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10<br />
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12<br />
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14<br />
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16<br />
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18<br />
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Tunnel/roof connections ==<br />
<br />
===[[Wien]]===<br />
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.<br />
<br />
===Roof===<br />
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
== Map ==<br />
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"><br />
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall<br />
</googlemap><br />
<br />
== Building address ==<br />
70 Morningside Dr.<br><br />
New York, NY 10027<br />
<br />
== External Links ==<br />
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]<br />
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[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]<br />
[[Category:Unnamed buildings]]<br />
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{{Infobox reshall<br />
|Name=East Campus<br />
|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg<br />
|Built=[[1981]]<br />
|Renovated=[[1991]]<br />Townhouses in [[2003]]<br />Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]<br />
|Population=723}}<br />
'''East Campus''' (in common parlance, '''EC''', but technically named Henry Hudson Hall) is a large complex abutting [[Morningside Drive]] between 118th Street and [[Faculty House]], although it only opens onto campus, facing the opposite direction. Much of the structure consists of Columbia's largest residence hall - and one of its most desirable. The rest is occupied by university offices and meeting spaces.<br />
<br />
A $28.7 million dollar facility, it was designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates architects and built from [[1979]] - [[1982]]. It was completely renovated in [[1991]], and has received additional renovations in [[1997]], [[2002]], and [[2004]]. <br />
<br />
Although consisting of a single structure, the building is technically made up of 10 "townhouses" (8 of which are individually named: Carleton House; Wien House; McGill House; Ritter House; Buttenwieser House; Moses House; Kresge House; and Watson House), and a high-rise, properly known as "Hudson Hall" after [[SEAS]] alumnus Percy K. Hudson, but nobody uses their proper names. It probably doesn't help that EC is the dorm the furthest from the [[Hudson River]].<br />
<br />
EC is a large structure with multiple facilities, some containing their own exterior entrances, others hidden within the residence hall's security screen. The security-controlled entrance to the dormitory building, the [[Heyman Center]], and the [[Faculty in Residence]] apartment is located on [[Ancel Plaza]]. Separate entrances to the [[Center for Career Education]] and the [[Facilities Management]] office are located in the bowels of the EC complex, next to [[Wien Hall]] and across from [[Faculty House]].<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
===Early plans===<br />
<br />
[[Image:Earlyec.jpg|thumb|right|Early, twin tower design for EC]]<br />
<br />
An earlier plan for East Campus (1965), by [[Max Abramovitz|Harrison and Abramovitz]] architects, included twin concrete slab towers.<ref>[http://www.morningside-heights.net/ecp2.htm Unbuilt: Original East Campus Proposal] at Morningside Heights neighborhood website</ref> Along with the rest of the ambitious expansion plans of University President [[Grayson L. Kirk]], it was scrapped in the wake of the [[1968 protests]] against, among other things, a university gym proposed for nearby Morningside Park. When expansion finally did reach East Campus, by the late 1970s, the university was seeking a more humanist design, one which would both harmonize better with the surrounding campus and reflect, to some degree, the residential college quads of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[Yale]].<br />
<br />
===Opening and response===<br />
<br />
East Campus received its first residents in January of [[1981]]. These were the former occupants of [[Hartley]] and [[Livingston Hall]]s, which had begun to be gutted for conversion from individual rooms to suite layouts a month earlier, at the close of the Fall Semester, [[1980]]. This compulsory relocation over the Winter vacation was marked by the widespread theft, vandalism and careless destruction of students' possessions by the "Seven Santini Brothers," the moving firm hired by Columbia to shovel everyone's belongings into the new building. When East Campus opened, students appreciated its expansive suite space, commanding views, and spacious townhouses, which were a refreshing contrast to the cramped conditions prevailing in much of the rest of the University's housing. <br />
<br />
Not all, however, was unalloyed bliss.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19810120-01.2.2 "Returning students greeted by dormitory crisis - 'Luxury' rooms lack heat, water and electricity"], Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume CV, 20 January 1981</ref> The building had fallen far behind schedule and was therefore still under construction, with many workmen showing up every morning at 7:30AM, cheerfully wielding hammers, drills, and, most entertainingly of all, nail guns, the concussive staccato of which provided a daily surefire wake-up call for several weeks. Further contributing to the festive ambiance was the lack of televisions in the TV lounges and washers and dryers in the Laundry Room, carpeting that had been apparently liberally marinated in Benzene, empty sockets in the bathrooms where the electrical outlets were intended to be, HVAC consoles that were unalterably tuned to Full Depths of Hell settings combined with windows that were blocked to open no further than 2 inches, and a fiendishly inventive sewer system that ensured that the flushing of any single toilet anywhere in the structure instantaneously supplied 211 degrees F water to every shower head in the building. And never to be overlooked were the rats who, having been routed from their erstwhile homes on the construction site, adamantly declined to be displaced by the new arrivals, instead making delightfully impromptu, random appearances throughout. <br />
<br />
Many of the outer townhouses were donated and built by famous Columbia University benefactors. The most notable of these is [[Thomas J. Watson, Jr.]] who donated the popular [[Watson House]]. Donor [[George Delacorte]], for whom the building's central courtyard is formally named, said of his former room at the university "we had two nails on the wall for a closet...now I've paid for a dormitory where boys loll around in marble bathtubs." The bathrooms are not, however, actually marble, but imitate that material.<ref>"Columbia Dedicates New Suites and Townhouses for Students" in the ''New York Times'', June 4, 1981</ref><br />
<br />
East Campus' original red and white tile cladding was praised as innovative by architectural critics. The American Institute of Architects' Guide to New York City called it "elegant and handsome". <br />
<br />
Despite such positive views, reception to the building was mixed overall. ''[[New York Times]]'' architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote of East Campus:<br />
<br />
<blockquote>"Consider a building that has to be vandal-proof, constructed of maintenance-free materials with every surface resistant to neglect and abuse, where violation of design and function must be an anticipated fact, along with defacement and petty thievery -- a place where surveillance is a necessity and population is transient. A description of a minimum security prison? Not at all. This is a dormitory for Columbia University... it is easy to see how an austerely simple aesthetic can be brought down to this dispiriting level..."<ref>(Architecture, Anyone? p.236)</ref></blockquote><br />
<br />
===Early Violence===<br />
<br />
Due to its proximity to [[Morningside Park]], EC had, early on, acquired a reputation for being within range of one of the city's most dangerous high crime areas. Legends told of bullets whizzing past residents' heads while they were in their rooms.<ref>http://nymag.com/news/features/64944/index1.html</ref> As it were, the threat turned out to be closer to home: on [[October 10]], [[1985]], a SEAS student, [[Sarah M. Thomas]], was stabbed in her East Campus suite by an intruder, a man who had been signed in as a guest by another resident. It was one of a number of violent crimes in the Columbia dormitories during the 1980s..<ref>"Intruder Stabs Student in Columbia Dormitory" by Keith Schneider in the ''New York Times'', October 11, 1985</ref><br />
<br />
===Reconstruction===<br />
<br />
An inspection in [[1987]] revealed that the tiled exterior which had earned the building accolades had begun to peel off its facade, and a large chunk collapsed into its courtyard in February [[1988]], prompting the university to order its recladding, a $15 million project handled by the architects Gruzon Sampton Steinglass, in the campus' traditional red brick and limestone. In the course of the scandal, Columbia sued both Gwathmey Siegel and the engineering firm that had worked on the project.<ref>"Columbia Dormitory, A New Facade," in the ''New York Times'', June 23, 1991</ref><br />
<br />
===Later history===<br />
<br />
In [[2006]], a homophobic message written on a dry-erase board in East Campus was denounced as a hate crime, the sixth one alleged that year, and prompted the creation of the contrversial student group [[SHOCC]].<br />
<br />
The 6th floor of the building contains the East Campus Hotel, which is operated by Conference Housing, a subunit of [[Housing Services]]. While the entire floor used to be used only for guests (usually alumni or speakers coming to campus), almost all of the rooms have been converted into double-occupancy rooms with a private bath that are selectable in the annual [[Housing Lottery]]. As of 2010, the west side of the hall is now occupied by almost entirely returning students whereas the east is occupied by mostly transfers. Typically, sophomores pick into these spacious rooms, mostly because juniors and seniors find the lack of a suite and kitchen undesirable.<br />
<br />
===Lobby Redesign===<br />
<br />
In the summer of [[2012]], work began on renovations to EC's front lobby, and supposedly the eventual construction of entrance turnstiles to alleviate traffic concerns (read: get drunk people in and out faster). In typical Columbia fashion, work extended well into the Fall [[2012]] semester. The lobby, completed before December, resembles an ocean-side hotel. The turnstiles finally became active in early [[2013]], but in any given week at least one of them is broken at a time.<br />
<br />
==Famous residents==<br />
<br />
East Campus was home to US presidential adviser and television news personality [[George Stephanopoulos]], and actors [[Matthew Fox]], [[Julia Stiles]] and [[Rider Strong]], all of whom lived in the Watson House townhouse. Controversial political cartoonist [[Ted Rall]] also lived in East Campus, but was kicked out after targeting pedestrians below his window with water balloons.<ref>[http://www.tedrall.com/longarticle_002.htm Fatal Defenstration: Men Who Love Gravity Too Much] on Ted Rall's website</ref><br />
<br />
== Facilities ==<br />
<br />
East Campus has four types of suites: townhouses, high-rise 5-person suites, high-rise 6-person suites, and 2-person flats.<br />
<br />
The 5-person suites were formally [[exclusion suites]] but are now available during the group (in-person) selection phase of Housing.<br />
<br />
Every suite has a kitchen and bathroom.<br />
<br />
=== Suites ===<br />
<br />
* 7 high-rise 5-person suites with 5 singles<br />
<br />
* 7 high-rise 6-person suites with 6 singles<br />
<br />
* 56 high-rise 5-person 'exclusion' suites with 3 singles and 1 double<br />
<br />
* 35 high-rise 2-person apartments<br />
<br />
* 10 townhouse 4-person suites with 4 singles.<br />
: Last one was taken by 30/1004 in 2003, 30/1327 in 2004, 30/785 in 2005, 30/398 in 2006.<br />
<br />
* 12 townhouse 6-person suites with 4 singles and 1 double.<br />
: Last one was taken by 30/2703 in 2003, 30/2743 in 2004, 20/600 in 2005, 30/2753 in 2006.<br />
: H1003, H1004, H603 and H803 are Greek.<br />
: H104, H203, H304, H403, H504, H704, H903, H904 are in the [[room selection|lottery]]<br />
<br />
* 28 townhouse 6-person suites with 6 singles<br />
: Last one was taken by ? in 2003, 30/1830 in 2004, 30/2913 in 2005, 30/1836 in 2006.<br />
<br />
== Advantages ==<br />
* Large suite lounges.<br />
* Suite bathrooms.<br />
* Recently-built.<br />
*Air conditioning<br />
* Clean. Mostly. Sometimes.<br />
* Strong community, which even includes a faculty family in residence which will invite residents up for food.<br />
* Upper floors were recently renovated and have new flooring<br />
* Dishwashers!<br />
* You can host huge parties without getting into [actual] trouble<br />
<br />
== Disadvantages ==<br />
* Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).<br />
* Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.<br />
<br />
== Images ==<br />
The high-rise suite is 1410, and the townhouse is 1003.<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410view1.jpg|Suite lounge, view 1<br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410view2.jpg|Suite lounge, view 2<br />
Image:EChighriselounge1410window.jpg|View from suite lounge<br />
Image:EChighrisekitchen1410.jpg|Suite kitchen<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view1.jpg|High-rise single, view 1<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view2.jpg|High-rise single, view 2<br />
Image:EChighrisesingle1410view3.jpg|High-rise single, view 3<br />
Image:EChighrisedouble1410.jpg|High-rise double<br />
Image:EChighrisebathroom1410.jpg|Suite bathroom<br />
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8.jpg|Floor 8 lounge<br />
Image:EChighrisefloorlounge8window.jpg|View from floor 8 lounge<br />
Image:ECtownhouseloungeH1003A.jpg|Townhouse lounge<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview1.jpg|Townhouse single, view 1<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Aview2.jpg|Townhouse single, view 2<br />
Image:ECtownhousesingleH1003Awindow.jpg|View from townhouse<br />
Image:ECmainlounge2view1.jpg|Building lounge, view 1<br />
Image:ECmainlounge2view2.jpg|Building lounge, view 2<br />
Image:EastCampus.jpg|Building facade<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Floor plans ==<br />
===Townhouses===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:East l001.jpg|Townhouse Lobby<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Lower Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East lth001.jpg|Lower Townhouses<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Middle Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East mth 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image: East mth 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image: East mth 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image: East mth 4001.jpg|Floor 4 <br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
====Upper Townhouses====<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: East uth 1001.jpg|Floor 1<br />
Image: East uth 2001.jpg|Floor 2<br />
Image: East uth 3001.jpg|Floor 3<br />
Image: East uth 4001.jpg|Floor 4 <br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
===EC High Rise===<br />
<gallery><br />
Image: EC 6 2012001.jpg|Floor 6<br />
Image: EC 8 2012001.jpg|Floor 8<br />
Image: EC 10 2012001.jpg|Floor 10<br />
Image: EC 12 2012001.jpg|Floor 12<br />
Image: EC 14 2012001.jpg|Floor 14<br />
Image: EC 16 2012001.jpg|Floor 16<br />
Image: EC 18 2012001.jpg|Floor 18<br />
Image: EC 20 2012001.jpg|Floor 20<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== Tunnel/roof connections ==<br />
<br />
===[[Wien]]===<br />
Take elevator to B3, but access is by key only and you won't get the key. Then there's the issue of the camera which is monitored at the front desk.<br />
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===Roof===<br />
EC's roof is perhaps the best view on campus. Harlem? Check. Midtown? Check. Yankee Stadium? Check. Jersey? True connoisseurs know to climb the stairs and then the ladder to get to the very top of the utility room on the middle of the roof. Don't fall off. Take the elevator to 20. If you take the south staircase, look out for the camera (wear a hoodie?) and hope for the door to be propped open. If it's closed, just be aware that setting off a fire alarm is a crime, and FDNY will be mad at you, because they will come. If you take the north staircase, you'll find another fire door, with an interesting keypad contraption. Enter the appropriate code, and the door will open without setting off the fire alarm. It will, however, alert security that the door has been opened. Security's response time is unimpressive, but this method does not lend itself to a nice leisurely visit. If the door's propped, just cover your face on the way up and you should be fine. If it isn't, then be brief. Consider the security response time from Low Library to EC 20, and budget your time accordingly.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Map ==<br />
<googlemap lat="40.807049" lon="-73.959564" type="map" zoom="16" width="500" height="300" controls="small"><br />
40.807049, -73.959564, East Campus residence hall<br />
</googlemap><br />
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== Building address ==<br />
70 Morningside Dr.<br><br />
New York, NY 10027<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://housingservices.columbia.edu/content/east-campus Columbia Housing - East Campus]<br />
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[[Category:Columbia undergraduate residence halls]]<br />
[[Category:Unnamed buildings]]<br />
[[Category:Renamed buildings and facilities]]</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42432WTF Columbia2013-04-25T00:07:43Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>[http://www.wtfcolumbia.com/ '''WTF Columbia'''], or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priority of different issues on campus.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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In fall 2011, Virat Gupta (CC '12), then VP Communications on [[CCSC]], organized a series of tabling events to collect information from the student body about any concerns or points of improvement for the Columbia community, labeling it "WTF Columbia." <br />
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The following year, the online version of this crowdsourcing mechanism was launched in the spring semester of 2013 following development by Jared Odessky (CC '15) and Yanyi Luo (CC '13) using the [http://ideascale.com/ Ideascale] platform.<br />
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== Process ==<br />
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To make a post, a student fills out the "Submit an Issue" form, including a description, category, and any sorting tags. These are subject to moderation by members of student council.<br />
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===Voting===<br />
Once a post is submitted, it is immediately visible on the "Recent" page of WTF Columbia. Users are free to upvote, downvote, and comment on the post. Posts are ranked by their net score.<br />
===Evaluation===<br />
Site moderators flag posts as "In Review" when an idea has been discussed for a plan of action. When it is determined that the plan will move forward, the post is moved to "In Progress". Upon completion of the plan, a post will be moved to "Completed or Answered".</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42405WTF Columbia2013-04-25T00:00:45Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>[http://www.wtfcolumbia.com/ '''WTF Columbia'''], or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priority of different issues on campus.<br />
<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
In fall 2011, Virat Gupta (CC '12), then VP Communications on [[CCSC]], organized a series of tabling events to collect information from the student body about any concerns or points of improvement for the Columbia community. <br />
<br />
The following year, The site was launched in the spring semester of 2013 following development by Jared Odessky (CC '14) and Yanyi Luo (CC '13) using the [http://ideascale.com/ Ideascale] platform.<br />
<br />
== Process ==<br />
<br />
To make a post, a student fills out the "Submit an Issue" form, including a description, category, and any sorting tags. These are subject to moderation by members of student council.<br />
<br />
===Voting===<br />
Once a post is submitted, it is immediately visible on the "Recent" page of WTF Columbia. Users are free to upvote, downvote, and comment on the post. Posts are ranked by their net score.<br />
===Evaluation===<br />
Site moderators flag posts as "In Review" when an idea has been discussed for a plan of action. Once "In Progress". <br />
===Completed or Answered===</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42373WTF Columbia2013-04-24T23:55:21Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>IN PROGRESS 4/24<br />
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[http://www.wtfcolumbia.com/ '''WTF Columbia'''], or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priority of different issues on campus.<br />
<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The site was launched in the spring semester of 2013 following development by Jared Odessky (CC '14) and Yanyi Luo (CC '13) using the [http://ideascale.com/ Ideascale] platform.<br />
<br />
== Process ==<br />
<br />
To make a post, a student fills out the "Submit an Issue" form, including a description, category, and any sorting tags. These are subject to moderation by members of student council.<br />
<br />
===Voting===<br />
Once a post is submitted, it is immediately visible on the "Recent" page of WTF Columbia. Users are free to upvote, downvote, and comment on the post. Posts are ranked by their net score.<br />
===Evaluation===<br />
Site moderators flag posts as "In Review" when an idea has been discussed for a plan of action. Once "In Progress". <br />
===Completed or Answered===</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42345WTF Columbia2013-04-24T23:47:25Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>IN PROGRESS 4/24<br />
<br />
WTF Columbia, or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priority of different issues on campus.<br />
<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The site was launched in the spring semester of 2013 following development by Jared Odessky (CC '14) and Yanyi Luo (CC '13) using the [http://ideascale.com/ Ideascale] platform.<br />
<br />
== Process ==<br />
<br />
To make a post, a student fills out the "Submit an Issue" form, including a description, category, and any sorting tags. These are subject to moderation by members of student council.<br />
<br />
===Voting===<br />
Once a post is submitted, it is immediately visible on the "Recent" page of WTF Columbia. Users are free to upvote, downvote, and comment on the post. Posts are ranked by their net score.<br />
===Evaluation===<br />
Site moderators can flag posts as "In Review" or "In Progress". <br />
===Completed or Answered===</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42309WTF Columbia2013-04-24T23:32:28Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>IN PROGRESS 4/24<br />
<br />
WTF Columbia, or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priority of different issues on campus.<br />
<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
The site was launched in the spring semester of 2013 following development by Jared Odessky (CC '14) and Yanyi Luo (CC '13) using the [http://ideascale.com/ Ideascale] platform.</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42308WTF Columbia2013-04-24T23:31:44Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>IN PROGRESS 4/24<br />
<br />
WTF Columbia, or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priority of different issues on campus.<br />
<br />
The site was launched in the spring semester of 2013 following development by Jared Odessky (CC '14) and Yanyi Luo (CC '13) using the [http://ideascale.com/ Ideascale] platform.</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42306WTF Columbia2013-04-24T23:27:36Z<p>Whattimeisit: </p>
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<div>IN PROGRESS 4/24<br />
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WTF Columbia, or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priorities of the <br />
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The site was launched in the spring semester of 2013</div>Whattimeisithttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=WTF_Columbia&diff=42304WTF Columbia2013-04-24T23:27:12Z<p>Whattimeisit: Created page with "WTF Columbia, or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providi..."</p>
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<div>WTF Columbia, or What To Fix Columbia, is a site for Columbia and Barnard students to post ideas for the improvement of their undergraduate experience. In addition to providing a platform for the student community to make their ideas heard, WTF Columbia functions as a system for the student councils to assess the priorities of the <br />
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