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The '''Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal''' or '''CUSJ''' is a journal of science for undergraduates at Columbia.
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The '''Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal''' or '''CUSJ''' is a journal of science for undergraduates at Columbia. The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal (CUSJ) is Columbia's premier undergraduate science research publication and organization. The organization publishes two annual journals: the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal and the Columbia Junior Science Journal. In addition, CUSJ serves as a hub for the student-scientist community on campus and beyond, conducting local outreach, holding public events, and maintaining the virtual community through the Facebook group Student Scientists @ Columbia. CUSJ consists of an editorial board that meets once weekly. Archives can be accessed at cusj.columbia.edu.
  
==Jester-CUSJ war==
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In [[2007]], it was embroiled in a bizarre [[CUSJ-Jester Feud|feud]] with the ''[[Jester]]'', a campus humor magazine.
  
In [[2007]], a bizarre conflict developed between the ''Jester'' and the ''CUSJ'' and the humor magazine ''[[Jester]]''. In April of that year, members of ''CUSJ'' stole 700+ copies of ''Jester'', returning them days later with a manifesto alleging that ''Jester'' "promotes scientific fallacies".
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''CUSJ'' charges Jester with a "lackluster understanding of particle physics, frequent misrepresentations of string theory, and fervent hatred toward America." After all, they assert, "who wants a lusterful understanding of particle physics?"
 
 
 
''Jester'' writers contend they have a "brilliant understanding of particle physics," make frequently correct representations of string theory, and mount a "fervent defense of America against the ''Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal''." ''Jester'' also likes to mock ''CUSJ'' for taking a [[1906]] piece in the ''Jester'' about the non-existence of the ether seriously.
 
  
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* [http://cusj.columbia.edu/ CUSJ website]
 
* [http://cusj.columbia.edu/ CUSJ website]
  
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 15 September 2020

The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal or CUSJ is a journal of science for undergraduates at Columbia. The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal (CUSJ) is Columbia's premier undergraduate science research publication and organization. The organization publishes two annual journals: the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal and the Columbia Junior Science Journal. In addition, CUSJ serves as a hub for the student-scientist community on campus and beyond, conducting local outreach, holding public events, and maintaining the virtual community through the Facebook group Student Scientists @ Columbia. CUSJ consists of an editorial board that meets once weekly. Archives can be accessed at cusj.columbia.edu.

In 2007, it was embroiled in a bizarre feud with the Jester, a campus humor magazine.

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