2007
2007 in Columbia history:
- Anti-copyright advocacy group Free Culture at Columbia founded
Contents
Spring
- Reactivation of Students for a Democratic Society
February
- "Speakergate": Matthew Fox announced as the keynote speaker for Columbia College's Class Day; furor ensues
- Matt Sanchez exposed as a former porn star
March
- 5th: Investigation launched regarding threat left on door of CC Class of 2010 president Mark Modesitt
- Michelle Diamond of the One Columbia party wins the Presidency of the CCSC
- Regular decision admissions to Columbia College are the second most selective in Ivy League history
- Elton John rents St. John the Divine for his 60th birthday party
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is named a University Professor
- Both the men's and women's fencing teams are Ivy League champions
- First issue of Eclectica Esoterica published
April
- Financial Aid officer David Charlow accused of accepting kickbacks from a student loan company, suspended
- 40s on 40 institutionalized as lame, tame "40 Days" by the administration; seniors furious again
- 9: Members of the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal steal 700 copies of Jester, return them with manifestoes attached alleging that Jester "promotes scientific fallacies"
| Preceded by 2006 |
History of Columbia University 2007 |
Succeeded by 2008 |
