Difference between revisions of "Analogies"
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* [[Roar-ee]], the [[Columbia Lion]] = Bald Eagle | * [[Roar-ee]], the [[Columbia Lion]] = Bald Eagle | ||
* [[football]] team = U.S. soccer team | * [[football]] team = U.S. soccer team | ||
| − | * baseball team = U.S. cricket team | + | * [[baseball]] team = U.S. cricket team |
| − | * soccer team = U.S. rugby team | + | * [[soccer]] team = U.S. rugby team |
* [[Morningside Heights campus]] = United States | * [[Morningside Heights campus]] = United States | ||
* [[Manhattanville]] = Detroit | * [[Manhattanville]] = Detroit | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 21 November 2012
Many analogies can be drawn between things at Columbia and things in the real world:
- Columbia Daily Spectator = New York Times
- Blue and White = New Yorker
- The Bwog = Gawker
- Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal = Science
- 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
- 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
- Morningside Heights campus = United States
- Manhattanville = Detroit
- Columbia University Medical Center = Alaska
- Barnard campus = Mexico
- Barnard students = illegal immigrants (j/k)
- NYU = Canada
- Wien Hall = housing projects
- Chris Kulawik = George W. Bush
- Ivy League = Oxbridge
- SEAS = MIT
