2005

2005 in Columbia history:

Spring

February 3: The first Glass House Rocks is held in Lerner Hall
April 8: Creation of the National Undergraduate Film Festival by Calvin Sun and Brian Foo
Michelle Oh elected President of the CCSC
The Sachems prank Lerner Hall with saffron sheets in the style of Christo's "The Gates"
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.
Robert Kraft is the keynote speaker at Columbia College Class Day
The 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.

Bakergate breaks out as the adminisration limits drinking at football games
Around 150 students from Tulane University and other gulf coast schools displaced by Hurricane Katrina enroll as visiting students for the semester through Columbia's School of Continuing Education

October: Creation of the Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School announced
15: Roar-ee the Columbia Lion adopted as Columbia's athletic mascot

2: Ruggles vandalization incident
14: the Committee on Global Thought is created
15: Norries Wilson named new head football coach
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.
The Current is first printed

Creation of the National Undergraduate Film Festival
LionLink launched
Spec launches La Pagina, a weekly Spanish-language insert regarding neighborhood news
Foundation of hip-hop dance group Onyx
The Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award is established
Columbia ceases operations at the Arden Conference Center