Student life - Revision history

Admin at 00:58, 13 December 2013

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Admin at 22:14, 26 May 2013

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Admin at 22:06, 26 May 2013

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Admin at 21:56, 26 May 2013

2013-05-26T21:56:52Z

Gdcmcgown: /* Jobs and Internships */ updated link to new Arts Initiative website

2013-05-17T15:45:17Z

‎Jobs and Internships: updated link to new Arts Initiative website

Gdcmcgown: /* Culture */ updated information about the Arts Initiative

2013-05-17T15:44:31Z

‎Culture: updated information about the Arts Initiative

Reaganaut at 22:09, 4 May 2013

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Reaganaut at 18:17, 23 November 2012

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Absentminded: /* On Campus */

2010-06-27T16:45:19Z

‎On Campus

Lah: /* Culture */

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‎Culture

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 === Jobs and Internships ===
-Students can also find school-year jobs and internships around the city. While [[CCE]] can offer some help on this front, you'll probably be on your own. The Arts Initiative maintains a list of [http://artsinitiative.columbia.edu/jobs job and internship postings].
+Students can also find school-year jobs and internships around the city. While [[Center for Career Education|CCE]] can offer some help on this front, you'll probably be on your own. The Arts Initiative maintains a list of [http://artsinitiative.columbia.edu/jobs job and internship postings].
 === Social Scene ===

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 === Social Scene ===
-It might be said that a large proportion of students, like at any [[Ivy League]] university, have no life. For the rest of us, there's lots to do. The on campus social scene is somewhat decentralized. [[Fraternities]] host their fair share of parties, and while they once weren't a central pillar of social life at Columbia, ironically, they've been growing in size and prominence since the declaration of the [[War on Fun]]. The rest of the scene tends to revolve around individually hosted parties in upper class housing, especially in some of the suite-style buildings like [[Hogan]] and [[EC]], which have common areas. While [[First year housing|first year housing]] is officially "substance free", parties still occur with enough frequency, especially in [[Carman Hall|Carman]] where the large doubles and wide hallways lend themselves to large gatherings.
+It might be said that a large proportion of students, like at any [[Ivy League]] university, have no life. For the rest of us, there's lots to do. The on campus social scene is somewhat decentralized. [[Fraternities]] host their fair share of parties, and while they once weren't a central pillar of social life at Columbia, ironically, they've been growing in size and prominence since the declaration of the [[War on Fun]]. The rest of the scene tends to revolve around individually hosted parties in upper class housing, especially in some of the suite-style buildings like [[Hogan Hall|Hogan]] and [[East Campus]], which have common areas. While [[First year housing|first year housing]] is officially "substance free", parties still occur with enough frequency, especially in [[Carman Hall|Carman]] where the large doubles and wide hallways lend themselves to large gatherings.
 The campus social scene more or less blends in with the neighborhood scene, of which there isn't much. As you may have heard, [[Morningside Heights]] isn't [[Greenwich Village]]. Nevertheless there's a decent bar scene, although it's taken a few blows with the loss of both [[Amsterdam Cafe]] and [[The West End]] as traditional seedy college bars, each giving way to establishments with slightly more refined pretensions. However there are still a few options around, like [[The Heights]]. There are also many [[restaurants]] in the surrounding neighborhood. First years take particular joy in patronizing these restaurants because they're usually sick of their [[meal plans|meal plan]] at [[John Jay Dining Hall]] and the other [[Dining Services|on-campus dining locations]].

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 === Extracurriculars ===
-There are hundreds of student [[clubs]] at Columbia. First years typically sign up for at least a dozen [[clubs]] at the [[activities fair]] in September. However, within a few months, most settle upon two or three clubs, which they tend to pursue throughout their remaining time at Columbia. Commitment varies widely. [[Varsity Sports]], [[Club Sports]], and student [[publications]] can consume more time than schoolwork for some students- the joke goes that [[Spectator]] writers and editors "majored in spec" during college. Beyond clubs there's [[student government]], [[club sports]], and [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ci/ community service] among other on campus outlets for your energy.
+There are hundreds of student [[clubs]] at Columbia. First years typically sign up for at least a dozen [[clubs]] at the [[activities fair]] in September. However, within a few months, most settle upon two or three clubs, which they tend to pursue throughout their remaining time at Columbia. Commitment varies widely. [[Varsity Sports]], [[Club Sports]], and [[:Category:Student publications|student publications]] can consume more time than schoolwork for some students - the joke goes that [[Spectator]] writers and editors "majored in Spec" during college. Beyond clubs there's [[student government]], [[club sports]], and [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ci/ community service] among other on campus outlets for your energy.
 === Social Scene ===

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 Since the Class of 2008, classes have formed virtual friendships via [[Facebook]] before arriving at Columbia, which quickly fade from memory upon meeting real people, or result in even more extremely awkward run-ins.
-Most of your initial friends will be the people living on your [[residence hall]] floor, until you start joining clubs and forming cliques with people of similar mindsets, deriding your initial friends as lame while slowly becoming increasingly closed-minded. You will then awkwardly acknowledge your former friends while walking around campus with a tepid wave or (if necessary), superficial conversation about [[housing]], classes, or [[Spring Break]] plans.
+Most of your initial friends will be the people living on your [[residence hall]] floor, until you start joining clubs and forming cliques with people of similar mindsets, deriding your initial friends as lame while slowly becoming increasingly closed-minded. You will then awkwardly acknowledge your former friends while walking around campus with a tepid wave or (if necessary), superficial conversation about [[Columbia Housing|housing]], classes, or [[Spring Break]] plans.
 === Academic Life ===

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 === Jobs and Internships ===
-Students can also find school-year jobs and internships around the city. While [[CCE]] can offer some help on this front, you'll probably be on your own. The Arts Initiative maintains a list of [http://www.cuarts.com/jobs/ job and internship postings].
+Students can also find school-year jobs and internships around the city. While [[CCE]] can offer some help on this front, you'll probably be on your own. The Arts Initiative maintains a list of [http://artsinitiative.columbia.edu/jobs job and internship postings].
 === Social Scene ===

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 == Off Campus ==
 === Culture ===
-[[New York City]] affords students more opportunities than they know what to do with. Columbia offers a number of programs to help on this front, primarily the [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University. The Arts Initiative created the [[Passport to New York]] program, providing Columbia students with free admissions into 30 museums around New York, including the Met, MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and more. The Arts Initiative opened the [[Ticket and Information Center]] (TIC) in January 2008 and has since sold over 40,000 discounted or free tickets to cultural events on-campus and around the city, including Broadway shows. Other programs, like [[Urban New York]], also connect students with free tickets. In addition there are a number of [[New York City guides to the city]] available, mostly from third parties. The Arts Initiative has a guide to [http://cuarts.com/harlem_arts_map/index.html upper Manhattan arts organizations and institutions]. There are plenty of concerts throughout the city, and notably, lots of [[opera]] at the [[Lincoln Center]].
+[[New York City]] affords students more opportunities than they know what to do with. Columbia offers a number of programs to help on this front, primarily the [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University. The Arts Initiative created the [[Passport to Museums]] program, providing Columbia students with free admissions into 34 museums around New York, including the Met, MoMA, Cloisters, Studio Museum in Harlem, New-York Historical Society, Morgan, and more. The Arts Initiative opened the [[Ticket and Information Center]] (TIC) in January 2008 and has since sold over 500,000 discounted or free tickets to cultural events on-campus and around the city. Other programs, like [[Urban New York]], also connect students with free tickets. In addition there are a number of [[New York City guides to the city]] available, mostly from third parties. There are plenty of concerts throughout the city, and notably, lots of [[opera]] at the [[Lincoln Center]].
 === Jobs and Internships ===

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 '''Student life''' at Columbia has a number of dimensions. Students make the best of their four years at CU by finding a balance between life on campus, and off, and between academics and extracurriculars. Columbia affords it's students a wealth of opportunities on all fronts, though it's easy to miss many of them.
-<blockquote>"Freshman year...Columbia is like unprotected sex. You're glad you got in, but not so glad you came."</blockquote>
+<blockquote>"Freshman year... Columbia is like unprotected sex. You're glad you got in, but not so glad you came."</blockquote>
 == On Campus ==
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 === Social Scene ===
-It might be said that a large proportion of students, like at any [[Ivy League]] university, have no life. For the rest of us, there's lots to do. The on campus social scene is somewhat decentralized. [[Fraternities]] host their fair share of parties, and while they once weren't a central pillar of social life at Columbia, ironically, they've been growing in size and prominence since the declaration of the [[War on Fun]]. The rest of the scene tends to revolve around individually hosted parties in upper class housing, especially in some of the suite-style buildings like [[Hogan]] and [[EC]], which have common areas. While [[First year housing|first year housing]] is officially "substance free", parties still occur with enough frequency, especially in [[Carman]] where the large doubles and wide hallways lend themselves to large gatherings.
+It might be said that a large proportion of students, like at any [[Ivy League]] university, have no life. For the rest of us, there's lots to do. The on campus social scene is somewhat decentralized. [[Fraternities]] host their fair share of parties, and while they once weren't a central pillar of social life at Columbia, ironically, they've been growing in size and prominence since the declaration of the [[War on Fun]]. The rest of the scene tends to revolve around individually hosted parties in upper class housing, especially in some of the suite-style buildings like [[Hogan]] and [[EC]], which have common areas. While [[First year housing|first year housing]] is officially "substance free", parties still occur with enough frequency, especially in [[Carman Hall|Carman]] where the large doubles and wide hallways lend themselves to large gatherings.
 The campus social scene more or less blends in with the neighborhood scene, of which there isn't much. As you may have heard, [[Morningside Heights]] isn't [[Greenwich Village]]. Nevertheless there's a decent bar scene, although it's taken a few blows with the loss of both [[Amsterdam Cafe]] and [[The West End]] as traditional seedy college bars, each giving way to establishments with slightly more refined pretensions. However there are still a few options around, like [[The Heights]]. There are also many [[restaurants]] in the surrounding neighborhood. First years take particular joy in patronizing these restaurants because they're usually sick of their [[meal plans|meal plan]] at [[John Jay Dining Hall]] and the other [[Dining Services|on-campus dining locations]].

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 Once they get bored of the neighborhood, many students start [[subway|heading]] to downtown bars and restaurants, such as near [[NYU]]. Remember, the rest of [[New York City]] is always only a subway ride away.
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