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== 1968 and earlier == | == 1968 and earlier == | ||
| − | * 1811: Students interrupt commencement | + | * [[1811]]: Students interrupt [[commencement]] |
| − | * 1968: The protest to end all protests. Not really. The [[1968 protests]] surrounded the construction of the [[Morningside Park Gymnasium]], Government funded science research, and CIA recruitment on campus. | + | * [[1968]]: The protest to end all protests. Not really. The [[1968 protests]] surrounded the construction of the [[Morningside Park Gymnasium]], Government funded science research, and CIA recruitment on campus. |
== Post-1968 == | == Post-1968 == | ||
| − | * 1970: Black students take over [[ROTC]] lounge. Administration agrees to make it the [[Malcolm X Lounge]] which still stands. | + | * [[1970]]: Black students take over [[ROTC]] lounge. Administration agrees to make it the [[Malcolm X Lounge]] which still stands. |
| − | * 1972: Latino students protest for Latino Studies. | + | * [[1972]]: Latino students protest for Latino Studies. |
| − | * 1960s-1985: Students protest for divestment from South Africa, culminating in a 1985 takeover of [[Hamilton]]. Administration agrees to divest, although they didn't do so fully until 1991. | + | * 1960s-[[1985]]: Students protest for divestment from South Africa, culminating in a 1985 takeover of [[Hamilton]]. Administration agrees to divest, although they didn't do so fully until [[1991]]. |
| − | * 1987: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor Marcellus Blount was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]]. | + | * [[1987]]: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor [[Marcellus Blount]] was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]]. |
| − | * 1992: Students take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the Audubon Ballroom, the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biotech research facility | + | * [[1992]]: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the Audubon Ballroom, the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biotech research facility |
| − | * 1996: Students go on hunger strike, and occupy Low and Hamilton for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies Department. Three years later they get a center with no hiring power. | + | * [[1996]]: Students go on hunger strike, and occupy [[Low]] and Hamilton for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies Department. Three years later they get a center with no hiring power. |
== Since 2000 == | == Since 2000 == | ||
| − | * 2003: [[Iraq War Protest and Counter-Protest]] | + | * [[2003]]: [[Iraq War Protest and Counter-Protest]] |
| − | * 2004: [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]] | + | * [[2004]]: [[Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest]] |
| − | * 2005: [[SHOCC Protest]] | + | * [[2005]]: [[SHOCC Protest]] |
| − | * 2006: [[Minuteman stage-rush]] | + | * [[2006]]: [[Minuteman stage-rush]] |
===Other Demonstrations=== | ===Other Demonstrations=== | ||
| − | * 2004, 2005: [[GSEU Strikes]] | + | * [[2004]], [[2005]]: [[GSEU Strikes]] |
== Ongoing == | == Ongoing == | ||
Revision as of 17:33, 3 April 2007
List of student protests.
1968 and earlier
- 1811: Students interrupt commencement
- 1968: The protest to end all protests. Not really. The 1968 protests surrounded the construction of the Morningside Park Gymnasium, Government funded science research, and CIA recruitment on campus.
Post-1968
- 1970: Black students take over ROTC lounge. Administration agrees to make it the Malcolm X Lounge which still stands.
- 1972: Latino students protest for Latino Studies.
- 1960s-1985: Students protest for divestment from South Africa, culminating in a 1985 takeover of Hamilton. Administration agrees to divest, although they didn't do so fully until 1991.
- 1987: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside Ferris Booth Hall. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor Marcellus Blount was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the Intercultural Resource Center.
- 1992: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the Audubon Ballroom, the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biotech research facility
- 1996: Students go on hunger strike, and occupy Low and Hamilton for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies Department. Three years later they get a center with no hiring power.
Since 2000
Other Demonstrations
Ongoing
- Since 1940s: Lots of tenant protests over Columbia evictions.
