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Revision as of 13:21, 21 October 2007
2007 in Columbia history:
- Anti-copyright advocacy group Free Culture at Columbia founded
Spring
- Reactivation of Students for a Democratic Society
February
- Matt Sanchez exposed as a former porn star
March
- 5th: Investigation launched regarding threat left on door of CC Class of 2010 president Mark Modesitt
- 5th: "Speakergate": Matthew Fox announced as the keynote speaker for Columbia College's Class Day; furor ensues
- Michelle Diamond of the One Columbia party wins the Presidency of the CCSC
- Regular decision admissions to Columbia College are the second most selective in Ivy League history
- Elton John rents St. John the Divine for his 60th birthday party
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is named a University Professor
- Both the men's and women's fencing teams are Ivy League champions
- First issue of Eclectica Esoterica published
April
- Financial Aid officer David Charlow accused of accepting kickbacks from a student loan company, suspended
- 40s on 40 institutionalized as lame, tame "40 Days" by the administration; seniors furious again
- 9: Intensifying the CUSJ-Jester Feud, 700 stolen copies of Jester are distributed around campus with an attached note allegedly from Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal claiming responsibility as retribution against Jester for "promot[ing] scientific fallacies".
- Spec launches The Shaft, a housing blog, after being beaten at housing coverage by The Bwog in 2006
- 11: John Kluge gives $400 million for financial aid, the largest gift in Columbia history
May
- 4: First year students take their Lit Hum final exam using an unauthorized study guide leaked by a section leader, prompting an optional second final exam
Summer
- May - August: The Journal of Politics & Society, published by Helvidius, becomes the nation's first commercially distributed undergraduate periodical in over 350 Barnes & Noble bookstores Columbia News Feature
Fall
September
- 24 - After a cancelled engagement in 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a controversial appearance as part of the World Leaders Forum
| Preceded by 2006 |
History of Columbia University 2007 |
Succeeded by 2008 |
