East Campus - Revision history

Zackbot at 02:51, 19 September 2020

2020-09-19T02:51:21Z

Zackbot: added information about a certain legendary night

2020-09-19T02:36:15Z

added information about a certain legendary night

Gutenwod: /* Disadvantages */

2020-09-19T02:24:26Z

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Karlymarx: Image refresh

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Pbailinson: /* Advantages */

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Andrewm1: /* Reconstruction */ edited for flow.

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Absentminded: /* Opening and response */

2013-05-15T07:07:49Z

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Whattimeisit: /* Disadvantages */

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	In February of 2017, a 29-year-old student at the [[School of General Studies]] was drunkenly partying in EC when at some point in the night, he made his way up to the roof and promptly got stuck in the EC air shaft, plummeting seven stories and getting stuck on the 16th floor. When he was discovered early the next morning, firefighters had to destroy the wall to rescue him. During the course of their drilling, they hit a water pipe, causing flooding. According to Bwog, "One of the firemen was overheard saying, 'You guys are supposed to be the top 1% or something, right?'" <ref>https://bwog.com/2017/02/student-stuck-in-ec-pillar-rescued-by-fire-department/</ref>		In February of 2017, a 29-year-old student at the [[School of General Studies]] was drunkenly partying in EC when at some point in the night, he made his way up to the roof and promptly got stuck in the EC air shaft, plummeting seven stories and getting stuck on the 16th floor. When he was discovered early the next morning, firefighters had to destroy the wall to rescue him. During the course of their drilling, they hit a water pipe, causing flooding. According to Bwog, "One of the firemen was overheard saying, 'You guys are supposed to be the top 1% or something, right?'" <ref>https://bwog.com/2017/02/student-stuck-in-ec-pillar-rescued-by-fire-department/</ref>
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		+	===EC HELL===
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		+	Before the 2018-2019 school year, Housing informed the incoming EC residents that due to maintenance, the stoves in EC would not be usable, but Housing supplied hot plates instead. This pissed off many EC residents, who were looking forward to finally having the best housing on campus during their Senior year. During the Fall semester, the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] reported over 20 false fire alarms during the course of two weeks <ref>https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2019/02/12/ec-laundry-service-suspended-for-at-least-two-weeks/</ref>. Later, a mold infestation took hold. Bwog dubbed this sequence of events [https://bwog.com/2019/02/ec-hell/ "EC HELL."]

	==Famous residents==		==Famous residents==

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	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.		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.
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		+	===Air Shaft Incident===
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		+	In February of 2017, a 29-year-old student at the [[School of General Studies]] was drunkenly partying in EC when at some point in the night, he made his way up to the roof and promptly got stuck in the EC air shaft, plummeting seven stories and getting stuck on the 16th floor. When he was discovered early the next morning, firefighters had to destroy the wall to rescue him. During the course of their drilling, they hit a water pipe, causing flooding. According to Bwog, "One of the firemen was overheard saying, 'You guys are supposed to be the top 1% or something, right?'" <ref>https://bwog.com/2017/02/student-stuck-in-ec-pillar-rescued-by-fire-department/</ref>

	==Famous residents==		==Famous residents==

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 * Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.
 * Glacial temperatures from the A/C during the summer... even if it's off!
-* The heaters get hot enough to shatter, or at least severly crack, a window.
+* The heaters get hot enough to shatter, or at least severely crack, a window.
 * Freshman and their lack of ability to hold their liquor.

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 {{Infobox reshall
 |Name=East Campus
-|Image=[[File:Eastcampus.jpeg]]
+|Image=[[File:Eastcampus.jpeg|thumb]]
 |Built=[[1981]]
 |Renovated=[[1991]]<br />Townhouses in [[2003]]<br />Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]

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 {{Infobox reshall
 |Name=East Campus
-|Image=Eastcampus.jpeg
+|Image=[[File:Eastcampus.jpeg]]
 |Built=[[1981]]
 |Renovated=[[1991]]<br />Townhouses in [[2003]]<br />Floors 18-20 in [[2004]]

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 * Dishwashers in 5- and 6-person suites.
 * You can host huge parties without getting into [actual] trouble.
 == Disadvantages ==

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 ===Reconstruction===
-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>
+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]]. This prompted 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>
 ===Later history===

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	<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>		<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>
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		+	Within 3 years of students moving in, the building was still a mess, leading the Spectator to run a major piece subtitled "Dream Dorm in Decay" investigating the buildings chronic problems, with the architect blaming the contractor for shoddy work, and the contractor blaming students for vandalizing the building.<ref>http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19831115-01.2.2</ref>

	===Early Violence===		===Early Violence===

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 * Frequently malfunctioning highrise elevators (this is not a problem if you live in one of the townhouses).
 * Ever walk barefoot on the stairs inside a highrise suite? Concrete stairs suck.
 == Images ==