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| − | [https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/history.php History of The Sundial] | + | *[https://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/history.php History of The Sundial] |
| − | [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/18/News/Where.Is.The.Sundial-2374116.shtml Where is the Sundial - The Spectator 10-18-06] | + | *[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/10/18/News/Where.Is.The.Sundial-2374116.shtml Where is the Sundial - The Spectator 10-18-06] |
| − | [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2002/05/07/ArtsEntertainment/116th.Was.Gnomons.Land-2038876.shtml 116th Was Gnomon's Land - The Spectator 5-7-02] | + | *[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2002/05/07/ArtsEntertainment/116th.Was.Gnomons.Land-2038876.shtml 116th Was Gnomon's Land - The Spectator 5-7-02] |
| − | [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2001/12/05/News/Student.On.Quest.For.Sundials.Lost.Ball-2041962.shtml Student on Quest for Sundial's Lost Ball - The Spectator 12-5-01] | + | *[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2001/12/05/News/Student.On.Quest.For.Sundials.Lost.Ball-2041962.shtml Student on Quest for Sundial's Lost Ball - The Spectator 12-5-01] |
| − | [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan02/jan02_letterseditor.html Restoring the Sundial - Columbia College Today January 2002 (Letters to the Editor)] | + | *[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan02/jan02_letterseditor.html Restoring the Sundial - Columbia College Today January 2002 (Letters to the Editor)] |
[[Category:Morningside Heights campus]] | [[Category:Morningside Heights campus]] | ||
[[Category:Campus landmarks]] | [[Category:Campus landmarks]] | ||
Revision as of 23:14, 19 March 2007
A fixture of campus geography, the Sundial is at the center of College Walk at the opposite end of Butler Plaza from the Butler Library. The sundial is a campus landmark and a popular site for readings, speeches, advocacy, and meeting up.
Though only the base remains today, originally a giant granite sphere sat on the base and indicated the date of the year by the shadow it cast on the base. The sphere developed a crack in 1946 and was removed. It eventually disappeared from storage and recently turned up in Michigan. Efforts to return it to campus have failed.
