Analogies

Many analogies can be drawn between things at Columbia and things in the real world:

Publications

• Columbia Daily Spectator = The New York Times
• The Blue and White = The New Yorker
• The Bwog = Gawker
• Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal = Science

Administration

• University President = President of the United States
• Office of the President = White House
• Samuel Johnson = George Washington
• university administration = U.S. Postal Service
• Student Financial Services = IRS

Sport

• Roar-ee, the Columbia Lion = Bald Eagle
• football team = U.S. soccer team
• baseball team = U.S. cricket team
• soccer team = U.S. rugby team

Places

• Morningside Heights campus = Contiguous United States
• Manhattanville = Detroit
• Columbia University Medical Center = Alaska
• Barnard campus = Mexico
• Wien Hall = housing projects

Universities

• NYU = Canada
• Ivy League = Oxbridge
• SEAS = MIT
• Columbia College = Thirteen Colonies

Student Groups

• Engineering Student Council = Texas Republicans
• Columbia College Student Council = U.S. Democrats
• Activities Board at Columbia = Federal Reserve

External links

• http://gawker.com/365839/everything-i-learned-about-new-york-media-i-learned-at-columbia