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==Spring== | ==Spring== | ||
| − | + | *The [[Men's Basketball]] team wins the [[Ivy League]] title | |
*Construction of the [[Morningside Park]] gym commences | *Construction of the [[Morningside Park]] gym commences | ||
*April: [[1968 protests]] erupt in response to the gym and other factors; buildings are occupied and classes disrupted for a week until students are beaten and arrested by the [[NYPD]] | *April: [[1968 protests]] erupt in response to the gym and other factors; buildings are occupied and classes disrupted for a week until students are beaten and arrested by the [[NYPD]] | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 5 April 2007
1968 in Columbia history:
Spring
- The Men's Basketball team wins the Ivy League title
- Construction of the Morningside Park gym commences
- April: 1968 protests erupt in response to the gym and other factors; buildings are occupied and classes disrupted for a week until students are beaten and arrested by the NYPD
- The Grateful Dead play a concert outside Ferris Booth Hall
- Commencement is held at St. John the Divine, and historian Richard Hofstadter addresses students rather than University President Grayson Kirk. Students nevertheless stage a walk-out and hold a counter-commencement in Morningside Park
