2005
2005 in Columbia history:
- Creation of the National Undergraduate Film Festival
- LionLink launched
- Spec launches La Pagina, a weekly Spanish-language insert regarding neighborhood news
Contents
Spring
- The first Glass House Rocks is held in Lerner Hall
- 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
Fall
October
- October: Creation of the Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School announced
- October 15: Roar-ee the Columbia Lion adopted as Columbia's athletic mascot
December
- 2: Ruggles vandalization incident
- 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.
| Preceded by 2004 |
History of Columbia University 2005 |
Succeeded by 2006 |
