Difference between revisions of "Analogies"
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* [[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]] = Contiguous United States |
* [[Manhattanville]] = Detroit | * [[Manhattanville]] = Detroit | ||
* [[Columbia University Medical Center]] = Alaska | * [[Columbia University Medical Center]] = Alaska | ||
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* [[Ivy League]] = [[Oxbridge]] | * [[Ivy League]] = [[Oxbridge]] | ||
* [[SEAS]] = [[MIT]] | * [[SEAS]] = [[MIT]] | ||
| + | * [[Columbia College]] = Thirteen Colonies | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 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 = Contiguous 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
- Columbia College = Thirteen Colonies
