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'''2003''' in Columbia history:
 
'''2003''' in Columbia history:
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*[[Alan Brinkley]] succeeds [[Jonathan Cole]] as [[Provost]]
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*Six Milks and Two Left Feet merge to form improv comedy group [[Fruit Paunch]]
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*Columbia gives up management of [[Biosphere 2]]
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*[[Philosophy Hall]] declared a National Historic Landmark
  
 
==Spring==
 
==Spring==
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*March: [[Iraq War Protest and Counter-Protest]]s erupt
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*[[March 26]]: Anthropology prof [[Nicholas De Genova]] states at a teach-in that he wishes "[[A Million Mogadishus|a million Mogadishus]]" upon U.S. troops
 
*[[Miklos Vasarhelyi]] elected President of [[CCSC]]
 
*[[Miklos Vasarhelyi]] elected President of [[CCSC]]
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*[[George Stephanopoulos]] speaks at [[Columbia College]] [[Class Day]]
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==Summer==
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*[[University President]] [[Bollinger]] announces plans for the [[Manhattanville expansion]]
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*SEASCommunity, the forerunner of CUCommunity, later [[CampusNetwork]], is launched
  
 
==Fall==
 
==Fall==
*[[Edward Said]] dies
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*[[September 25]]: [[Edward Said]] dies
 
*Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) and Hamid Karzai (President of Afghanistan) among the prominent figures gracing campus with their snipers during the first annual [[World Leaders Forum]]
 
*Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) and Hamid Karzai (President of Afghanistan) among the prominent figures gracing campus with their snipers during the first annual [[World Leaders Forum]]
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*First [[Midnight Mania]] held
 
*[[Orgo Night]] flyers and script controversial for being racist and offensive
 
*[[Orgo Night]] flyers and script controversial for being racist and offensive
  
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{{succession|preceded=[[2002]]|succeeded=[[2004]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=2003}}
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[[Category:21st century]]

Latest revision as of 19:31, 8 December 2013

Pro-Iraq War demonstration

2003 in Columbia history:

Spring

Summer

Fall

Preceded by
2002
History of Columbia University 
2003
Succeeded by
2004