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'''2005''' in Columbia history:
 
'''2005''' in Columbia history:
  
 
==Spring==
 
==Spring==
*Grad students strike during finals for the second year in a row
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*[[February 3]]: The first [[Glass House Rocks]] is held in [[Lerner Hall]]
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*[[April 8]]: Creation of the [[National Undergraduate Film Festival]] by [[Calvin Sun]] and [[Brian Foo]]
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*[[Michelle Oh]] elected President of the [[CCSC]]
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*The [[Sachems]] prank [[Lerner Hall]] with saffron sheets in the style of Christo's "The Gates"
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*[[GSEU Strikes|Grad students strike]] during finals for the second year in a row; this time joined by sympathizers from [[Yale]]. A giant inflatable rat is positioned outside the [[116th Street]] gates.
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*[[Robert Kraft]] is the keynote speaker at [[Columbia College]] [[Class Day]]
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*The [[Lacrosse (women's)|Lacrosse]] wins a conference game for the first time in team history - after losing its first 55 conference games. The team has yet to win another conference game.
  
 
==Fall==
 
==Fall==
*December: [[Subway]] strike fucks up [[New York City]], but everyone still required to be at Columbia, every day, on time
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*[[Bakergate]] breaks out as the adminisration limits drinking at [[football]] games
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* Around 150 students from [[Tulane University]] and other gulf coast schools displaced by [[w:Hurricane Katrina|Hurricane Katrina]] enroll as visiting students for the semester through Columbia's [[School of Continuing Education]]
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===October===
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*October: Creation of the [[Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School]] announced
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*[[October 15|15]]: [[Roar-ee]] the [[Columbia Lion]] adopted as Columbia's athletic mascot
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===December===
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*[[December 2|2]]: [[Ruggles vandalization incident]]
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*[[December 14|14]]: the [[Committee on Global Thought]] is created
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*[[December 15|15]]: [[Norries Wilson]] named new head [[football]] coach
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*[[Subway]] strike fucks up [[New York City]], but everyone still required to be at Columbia, every day, on time, which is already hard enough on a normal day.
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*''[[The Current]]'' is first printed
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==Undated==
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*Creation of the [[National Undergraduate Film Festival]]
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*[[LionLink]] launched
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*''[[Spec]]'' launches ''La Pagina'', a weekly Spanish-language insert regarding neighborhood news
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*Foundation of hip-hop dance group [[Onyx]]
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*The [[Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award]] is established
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*Columbia ceases operations at the [[Arden Conference Center]]
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==See also==
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*[[List of 2005 graduates]]
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{{succession|preceded=[[2004]]|succeeded=[[2006]]|office=History of Columbia University|years=2005}}
  
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[[Category:21st century]]

Latest revision as of 19:29, 30 May 2013

Second GSEU strike

2005 in Columbia history:

Spring

Fall

October

December

Undated

See also

Preceded by
2004
History of Columbia University 
2005
Succeeded by
2006