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Revision as of 18:39, 20 April 2008
Bizarre Columbia graduation requirement.
Schedule
The swim test is held 3 times per week:
- Friday 12pm-3pm
- Sunday 3pm-4pm
- Monday 8:30pm-9:30pm
If you are unable to take the swim test, contact Ken Torrey.
Theories for the Requirement
- Manhattan is an island.
- Justification for maintenance of a pool.
- Engineers can build boats.
- Some rich donor's child drowned. (False)[1]
Trivia
- Mortimer Adler refused to take the swim test, and look what happened to him: he earned a Columbia doctorate, became a noted philosopher, and was even given an honorary BA by Columbia - six decades later
