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| − | This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the [[Columbia Spectator]] on April 30, 2007.<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref> | + | This page is a comprehensive plan to '''improve Columbia''' for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'' on April 30, [[2007]].<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/04/30/Opinion/Staff.Editorial.The.Little.Things-2887893.shtml Columbia Daily Spectator: Editorial: The Little Things]</ref> |
== Campus and buildings == | == Campus and buildings == | ||
=== Campus and outdoor spaces === | === Campus and outdoor spaces === | ||
| − | * Replace aging bricks on College Walk | + | * <del>Replace aging bricks on [[College Walk]]</del> - old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers |
| − | * Keep one field on | + | * Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge |
| + | * Keep one field on [[South Lawn]] open at all times for recreation | ||
* Improve campus wheelchair accessibility | * Improve campus wheelchair accessibility | ||
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* Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications | * Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications | ||
| + | * <del>Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm</del> - as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm | ||
| − | == Buildings == | + | === Buildings === |
* Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms | * Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms | ||
* Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic | * Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic | ||
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=== Bathrooms === | === Bathrooms === | ||
* Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms | * Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms | ||
| − | * | + | * Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms |
| − | === Lerner Hall === | + | === [[Lerner Hall]] === |
* Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby | * Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby | ||
* Extend Lerner's hours | * Extend Lerner's hours | ||
* Provide USPS services in Lerner | * Provide USPS services in Lerner | ||
| − | * | + | * <del>Make Lerner 6 available for student use</del> - 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09. |
=== All libraries === | === All libraries === | ||
* Allow students to bring water into all libraries | * Allow students to bring water into all libraries | ||
| − | === Butler Library === | + | === [[Butler Library]] === |
* Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps | * Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps | ||
| − | * Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after Blue Java closes | + | * Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after [[Blue Java]] closes |
| − | * Open the sixth floor of Butler 24/7 | + | * Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7 |
* Open Butler stacks 24/7 | * Open Butler stacks 24/7 | ||
| − | * Put vending machines in Butler | + | * Put [[vending machines]] in Butler |
| − | * Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times | + | * <del>Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times</del> - Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found. |
== Technology == | == Technology == | ||
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=== CUIDs === | === CUIDs === | ||
| − | * Allow complete swipe access between Barnard and Columbia | + | * Allow complete swipe access between [[Barnard College]] and Columbia |
| − | * Remove Social Security Numbers from | + | * <del>Remove Social Security Numbers from [[CUID]]s</del> - project completed in 2008. |
| − | * Add a second card-swiper in EC, especially on weekends | + | * Add a second card-swiper in [[EC]], especially on weekends |
=== ROLM phones === | === ROLM phones === | ||
| − | * Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on ROLM phones | + | * Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on [[ROLM]] phones |
== Academics == | == Academics == | ||
=== Departments === | === Departments === | ||
| − | * Expand the human rights and ethnic studies | + | * Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs. |
* Revive the African Institute | * Revive the African Institute | ||
* Improve inter-departmental communication | * Improve inter-departmental communication | ||
| + | * Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.) | ||
=== Bookstore === | === Bookstore === | ||
* Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered | * Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered | ||
| + | * Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks | ||
=== Course registration and technology === | === Course registration and technology === | ||
| − | * Combine the | + | * Combine the [[Course Bulletin]] and [[Directory of Classes]] |
* Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]] | * Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as [[w:Drupal|Drupal]] | ||
| − | * Update online listings for Major Cultures and the science requirement based on available courses | + | * Update online listings for [[Major Cultures]] and the science requirement based on available courses |
| − | * Allow students to see professors' names when registering for Core classes | + | * Allow students to see professors' names when registering for [[Core Curriculum]] classes |
* Release course evaluation data | * Release course evaluation data | ||
| − | * Create more sections of Art and Music Humanities and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years | + | * Create more sections of [[Art Humanities|Art]] and [[Music Humanities]] and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years |
| − | * Make course syllabi available online for all students | + | * Make course [[syllabus|syllabi]] available online for all students |
=== Seminars === | === Seminars === | ||
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=== Advising === | === Advising === | ||
* Standardize departmental advising | * Standardize departmental advising | ||
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| + | ===Study abroad=== | ||
| + | * Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general | ||
== Housing and dining == | == Housing and dining == | ||
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=== Housing === | === Housing === | ||
* Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions | * Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions | ||
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=== Residence halls === | === Residence halls === | ||
* Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines | * Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines | ||
| − | * Provide | + | * Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15 |
* Install thermostats in dorms | * Install thermostats in dorms | ||
* Renovate aging dorms | * Renovate aging dorms | ||
* Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens | * Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens | ||
| − | === Dining Dollars and Flex === | + | === [[Dining Dollars]] and [[Flex]] === |
* Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year | * Allow all first-year [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] meals to roll over into sophomore year | ||
* Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad | * Do not require [[meal plan]] for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad | ||
| − | * Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]] | + | * <del>Implement off-campus Flex, especially at [[Labyrinth]] and [[Village Copier]]</del> - Completed in 2009. |
* Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries | * Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries | ||
=== All dining locations === | === All dining locations === | ||
* Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries | * Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries | ||
| − | + | * Extend [[Ferris Booth Commons|Ferris Booth]]'s breakfast options to later in the morning | |
| − | + | * <s>Keep [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hours</s> EDIT: [[JJ's Place|JJ's]] is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7 | |
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| − | * Extend Ferris Booth's breakfast options to later in the morning | ||
| − | * Keep JJ's open 24/7 | ||
=== Dining halls === | === Dining halls === | ||
* Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay | * Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay | ||
| − | * Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay | + | * <del>Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay</del> - dispenser added in summer 2007 |
| − | * Extend the hours of John Jay and [[Hewitt]] dining halls | + | * Extend the hours of [[John Jay Dining Hall|John Jay]] and [[Hewitt Dining Hall|Hewitt]] dining halls |
| − | * Install a deli bar in John Jay | + | * <del>Install a deli bar in John Jay</del> - added in summer 2007 |
== Student life == | == Student life == | ||
=== General student life === | === General student life === | ||
| − | * Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than PrezBo | + | * Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than [[PrezBo]] |
| − | * Emulate the Barnard Babysitting program at Columbia | + | * Emulate the [[Barnard Babysitting]] program at Columbia |
| − | === Student government === | + | === Student government and clubs === |
| − | * Allow students to vote online in CCSC elections | + | * <del>Allow students to vote online in [[CCSC]] elections</del> - Online voting began in 2008. |
| + | * Increase funding for [[student clubs]] | ||
| + | * Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees | ||
=== Events === | === Events === | ||
| − | * Sell Miller | + | * Sell [[Miller Theater]] and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office |
| − | * Devise better programming for campus events such as Bacchanal | + | * Devise better programming for campus events such as [[Bacchanal]] |
* Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events | * Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events | ||
=== Student jobs === | === Student jobs === | ||
| − | * Provide more on-campus jobs for students who don't have work study | + | * Provide more on-campus [[jobs]] for students who don't have work study |
== Student facilities == | == Student facilities == | ||
=== CCE === | === CCE === | ||
| − | * Expand CCE's alumni networking | + | * Expand [[Center for Career Education|CCE]]'s alumni networking |
| − | * Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings | + | * Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance |
=== CPS === | === CPS === | ||
| − | * Move Counseling and Psychological Services to a more accessible location | + | * Move [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] to a more accessible location |
* Allow students to make CPS appointments online | * Allow students to make CPS appointments online | ||
=== Gyms === | === Gyms === | ||
| − | * Allow students to sign up for Dodge Gym's aerobics machines online | + | * Allow students to sign up for [[Dodge Gym]]'s aerobics machines online |
| + | * Make Dodge gym a clean, pleasant place to be | ||
* Put satellite gyms in more dorms | * Put satellite gyms in more dorms | ||
* Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge | * Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[WTF Columbia]] | ||
[[Category:Student life]] | [[Category:Student life]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:25, 25 April 2022
This page is a comprehensive plan to improve Columbia for its students. It is currently based on an article published in the Columbia Spectator on April 30, 2007.[1]
Contents
Campus and buildings
Campus and outdoor spaces
Replace aging bricks on College Walk- old bricks have been replaced by asphalt pavers- Improve the drainage on campus, especially the East Campus landbridge
- Keep one field on South Lawn open at all times for recreation
- Improve campus wheelchair accessibility
- Provide dedicated distribution racks for all campus publications
Keep 117th Street gates (at Broadway and Amsterdam) open until 9 pm- as of May 2013, the gates will be open until 10pm
Buildings
- Provide more electrical outlets in all libraries and classrooms
- Design future buildings without grossly violating the campus aesthetic
- Extend hours of classroom buildings with study space
Bathrooms
- Install motion-sensitive sinks in all public bathrooms
- Install paper-towel dispensers in all campus bathrooms
Lerner Hall
- Bring the comfortable chairs and computers back to Lerner's lobby
- Extend Lerner's hours
- Provide USPS services in Lerner
Make Lerner 6 available for student use- 2009 renovations created office space for Judicial Services, Dean's Office, and Financial Aid. Discussions about use of now vacant 4th floor spaces underway as of fall 09.
All libraries
- Allow students to bring water into all libraries
Butler Library
- Move ashtrays away from the Butler doors to the Butler steps
- Allow outside food and drinks in Butler, especially after Blue Java closes
- Open the sixth floor of Butler, and the third floor reference and card catalog rooms 24/7
- Open Butler stacks 24/7
- Put vending machines in Butler
Remove unattended belongings in Butler at specified times- Scheduled cleaning of 24/7 rooms moves unattended belongings to Butler's Lost and Found.
Technology
General IT
- Provide consistent wireless coverage across campus, especially in dorms
- Include Barnard on the University-wide e-mail listserv
Printing
- Replace aging printers in computer labs around campus
- Allow print quotas to roll over from week to week (like cell phone minutes)
- Install color printers around campus
- Regularly replace toner in printers
CUIDs
- Allow complete swipe access between Barnard College and Columbia
Remove Social Security Numbers from CUIDs- project completed in 2008.- Add a second card-swiper in EC, especially on weekends
ROLM phones
- Provide free local calls and inter-school calls on ROLM phones
Academics
Departments
- Expand the human rights, sustainable development, and ethnic studies programs.
- Revive the African Institute
- Improve inter-departmental communication
- Create a home economics course, or a variety of home economics courses (like cooking, family management - how to not be a part of the divorced population, household management, crafts, sewing, etc.)
Bookstore
- Stock course books in the bookstore according to the number of students registered
- Sell or provide electronic copies of textbooks
Course registration and technology
- Combine the Course Bulletin and Directory of Classes
- Update all department and campus Web sites regularly and implement a common content management system, such as Drupal
- Update online listings for Major Cultures and the science requirement based on available courses
- Allow students to see professors' names when registering for Core Curriculum classes
- Release course evaluation data
- Create more sections of Art and Music Humanities and set some aside specifically for sophomores and first-years
- Make course syllabi available online for all students
Seminars
- Standardize seminar registration processes across schools and implement online registration
- Allot seminar times before registration
Advising
- Standardize departmental advising
Study abroad
- Better facilitate the transfer of credits from institutions abroad to Columbia majors and transcript in general
Housing and dining
Housing
- Provide cheaper interim housing between the spring and summer sessions
Residence halls
- Regularly clean laundry rooms and install change machines
- Provide air conditioning in all dorms, and turn it on before May 15
- Install thermostats in dorms
- Renovate aging dorms
- Install bigger kitchen sinks and more counter space in all dorm kitchens
Dining Dollars and Flex
- Allow all first-year John Jay meals to roll over into sophomore year
- Do not require meal plan for non first-year Barnard students living on the quad
Implement off-campus Flex, especially at Labyrinth and Village Copier- Completed in 2009.- Accept Flex dollars at all campus eateries
All dining locations
- Provide more vegetarian and vegan options at all campus eateries
- Extend Ferris Booth's breakfast options to later in the morning
Keep JJ's open on weekends 24/7 and extend weekday hoursEDIT: JJ's is now open on the weekends, though not 24/7
Dining halls
- Provide more-varied and better-quality fruit in John Jay
Install a soy milk dispenser in John Jay- dispenser added in summer 2007- Extend the hours of John Jay and Hewitt dining halls
Install a deli bar in John Jay- added in summer 2007
Student life
General student life
- Hold monthly fireside chats with administrators other than PrezBo
- Emulate the Barnard Babysitting program at Columbia
Student government and clubs
Allow students to vote online in CCSC elections- Online voting began in 2008.- Increase funding for student clubs
- Allow students to determine, at least in part, which groups get the funds from their student activity fees
Events
- Sell Miller Theater and discounted New York theater tickets at Lerner's box office
- Devise better programming for campus events such as Bacchanal
- Allow students to drink more than one beer per hour at campus events
Student jobs
- Provide more on-campus jobs for students who don't have work study
Student facilities
CCE
- Expand CCE's alumni networking
- Increase CCE's resources and improve its offerings, particularly outside finance
CPS
- Move Counseling and Psychological Services to a more accessible location
- Allow students to make CPS appointments online
Gyms
- Allow students to sign up for Dodge Gym's aerobics machines online
- Make Dodge gym a clean, pleasant place to be
- Put satellite gyms in more dorms
- Reinstate equipment rentals in Dodge
