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Revision as of 21:22, 15 September 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
