2006
First Bwog logo
2006 in Columbia history:
- ACIS and AIS merge to form CUIT
- Foundation of the CU Artist Society
Contents
Spring
- February: End of CampusNetwork
- February: Launch of The Bwog and the first SpecBlogs
- SHOCC protests
- March: Seth Flaxman elected president of the CCSC
- March: Norman Finkelstein Speech controversy
- 10th anniversairy of Austin Quigley's deanship of Columbia College honored during Columbia College Days
- The Bwog rises to prominence by beating Spec's housing coverage
- May: The first Spring Pillow Fight is organized
- May 7: SEAS student Richard Ng goes missing, is later discovered to have killed himself by jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge
- John McCain speaks at Columbia College Class Day; students protest with orange "Not in My Name" buttons and umbrellas
Fall
September
- Launch of The Eye as the latest of many attempts at a Spectator magazine insert
- Administration begins providing free beer at football games, in response to Bakergate
- "Stop Being a Pussy" fliers advertising men's club hockey team lead to the team's suspension
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad invited to speak during the World Leaders Forum by SIPA dean Lisa Anderson, but is de-invited following (officially) security concerns and (unofficially) because she may not have told President Bollinger beforehand, and some vocal students were outraged
October
- Minuteman stage-rush incident
- Debate between Chris Kulawik and Avi Zvi Zenilman on The O'Reilly Factor
- Awarding of the Nobel Prize to Edmund Phelps and Orhan Pamuk
- Boosting financial aid, Columbia replaces loans with grants for all students whose families earn under $50,000 a year
November
- Ex-Czech President and playwright Václav Havel begins his two months at Columbia as artist-in residence; Lit Hum syllabus temporarily altered to include one of his works
- November: Journalism School students cheat on an ethics exam
- November: Vandals decapitate the statue of George Washington on the facade of St. John the Divine
- Columbia Political Review editor Paul Sonne wins Columbia's first Marshall Scholarship in a long time
- The women's soccer team wins the Ivy League championship against Harvard
| Preceded by 2005 |
History of Columbia University 2006 |
Succeeded by 2007 |
