2005

2005 in Columbia history:

• Creation of the National Undergraduate Film Festival
• LionLink launched
• Spec launches La Pagina, a weekly Spanish-language insert regarding neighborhood news

Spring

• The first Glass House Rocks is held in Lerner Hall
• Michelle Oh elected President of the CCSC
• The Sachems prank Lerner Hall with saffron sheets in the style of Christo's "The Gates"
• Grad students strike during finals for the second year in a row; this time joined by sympathizers from Yale. A giant inflatable rat is positioned outside the 116th Street gates.
• Robert Kraft is the keynote speaker at Columbia College Class Day

Fall

• Bakergate breaks out as the adminisration limits drinking at football games

October

• October: Creation of the Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School announced
• October 15: Roar-ee the Columbia Lion adopted as Columbia's athletic mascot

=December

2: Ruggles vandalization incident 15: Norries Wilson named new head football coach

• Subway strike fucks up New York City, but everyone still required to be at Columbia, every day, on time, which is already hard enough on a normal day.

Preceded by 2004

History of Columbia University  2005

Succeeded by 2006