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[[Image:C250crest.gif|thumb|Columbia 250 Logo. This thing was EVERYWHERE.]]
 
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'''Columbia 250''', or '''C250''', or just '''CU250'''. If you haven't guessed, this was the 250th anniversairy of Columbia, or, more accurately, of the foundation of [[King's College]]. It took place in [[2004]]. (Amusingly, Columbia had just celebrated its 200th anniversary in [[1989]].)
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[[Image:Cct2003.jpg|thumb|The September [[2003]] ''[[CCT]]'' was rebranded ''[[King's College]] Today'' in anticipation of the event]]
  
Extra funding from C250 enabled many student events, most noticeably the [[Varsity Show]] to greatly expand their programming. A series of symposia and lectures brought alumni back to campus.  
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'''Columbia 250''', or '''C250''', or just '''CU250'''. If you haven't guessed, this was the 250th anniversary of Columbia, or, more accurately, of the foundation of [[King's College]]. It took place in [[2004]]. (Amusingly, Columbia had just celebrated its 200th anniversary in [[1989]].)
  
*Concert with Wyclef still high on IV drugs
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Extra funding from C250 enabled many student events to greatly expand their programming. In addition, a series of symposia and lectures brought alumni back to campus.
*[[Low]] and [[Butler]] lit up in trippy, bold colors
 
*A giant [[Low Library]]-shaped cake that no one got to eat
 
*Foam [[Alma Mater]] wreath headgear
 
*[[Homecoming]] in retro football uniforms
 
*The 110th [[Varsity Show]] (CU 251 has just begun!)
 
*Gratuitous C250 branding of EVERYTHING, even graduation robes
 
  
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=== Highlights ===
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*A fall concert with Wyclef Jean still high on IV drugs. Erikah Badu decided not to show up though.<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/nov03/corner.php Thoughts on Turning 250 - Columbia college Today November 2003]</ref>
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*[[Low Library]] and [[Butler Library]] lit up in trippy, bold colors[http://www.columbia.edu/help/slideshow/archive/101363.html?subject=0]
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*A giant [[Low Library]]-shaped cake that no one got to eat<ref>[http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_events/look_back/cake.html Columbia Celebrates with 13 Foot Cake by "Cake Man Raven" - The Record]</ref>
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*Foam [[Alma Mater]] wreath headgear[http://www.columbia.edu/help/slideshow/archive/101370.html?subject=0]
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*[[Homecoming]] in retro football uniforms[http://www.columbia.edu/help/slideshow/archive/103093.html?subject=0]
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*The 110th [[Varsity Show]] (with a CU250 related theme)<ref>[http://www.thevarsityshow.com/pastshowpages/2004-off-broadway-v110 110th Varsity Show - Off Broadway]</ref>
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*The publication of a list of "[[Columbians Ahead of Their Time]]"
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*The publication of the [[Spectator]]'s [[250 Greatest Columbia Alumni]] over the course of the year
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*A very well funded [[Bacchanal]] week capped off with [[Ben Stein]] hosting the [[Last School Standing]] trivia competition
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*Gratuitous C250 branding of EVERYTHING, even [[graduation robes]] and [[CUID]]s
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
 
[http://c250.columbia.edu/ Columbia 250 Homepage]
 
[http://c250.columbia.edu/ Columbia 250 Homepage]
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
 
[[Category:History]]
 
[[Category:History]]
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[[Category:One-off events]]

Latest revision as of 22:01, 1 December 2013

Columbia 250 Logo. This thing was EVERYWHERE.
The September 2003 CCT was rebranded King's College Today in anticipation of the event

Columbia 250, or C250, or just CU250. If you haven't guessed, this was the 250th anniversary of Columbia, or, more accurately, of the foundation of King's College. It took place in 2004. (Amusingly, Columbia had just celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1989.)

Extra funding from C250 enabled many student events to greatly expand their programming. In addition, a series of symposia and lectures brought alumni back to campus.

Highlights

External links

Columbia 250 Homepage

References