User talk:Pacman

Chat

It would be great to have an (anonymous) chat with you here. I'll be online this evening. I'll leave you another message on this page when I'm on. Thanks, Admin 14:21, 8 March 2007 (PST)

I left a message for you at User talk:Admin#Chat with Pacman. Admin 00:11, 18 March 2007 (PDT)

Logo voting

Hi. It would be great to decide on a logo. Could you please head over to Logo to place your vote or upload a new design. Admin 18:26, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Brown

Believe it or not, kids used to chant, "What's the color of horse shit? Brown! Brown!" at football games. Adolph Lewisohn 06:39, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

Thanks

Very helpful edits! Ttan 22:49, 1 April 2007 (EDT)

CC Admissions

• I removed the part about regular decision because 8.9% is the total admission rate for CC. The RD rate is even lower.
• I removed the comparisons to Harvard and Yale because they're dishonest at best, and factually wrong at worst.
• Harvard and Yale (as well Princeton, Dartmouth, and Brown) all include their engineering students in their reported statistics. Granted, this is because engineering is a division in the university, and not a separate school. You just declare an engineering major when the time comes. You're admitted to the "college" in general when you apply.
• However, Penn and Cornell are similar to Columbia in respect to having a school of engineering with separate admissions processes. Even then, both include those statistics in their overall admissions (as well as all of their other divisions...)
• Therefore to use just CC's rate in comparison with other schools' overall rate is not a fair comparison, and amounts to dishonest self-aggrandizement (in my opinion). I hope this justifies my edits.

• Yes, come to think of it, those are very fair points. Thanks for the clarification. Reaganaut 21:25, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

Columbia University Statistical Abstract

The greatest stat source ever: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/ Absentminded 11:05, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

Random Questions

Hey, I noticed that you when you categorize things, you'll do for example [[Category:SEAS students|Weinberg]] instead of just [[Category:SEAS students]]. What does that do? Should I do that? Nonsensical 15:47, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

Yes, you should (with people's names, at least). That way, they're arranged on the category page by alphabetized last name, rather than first. Pacman 16:16, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

Ooooh, interesting. Will do. Thanks for the tip! Nonsensical 16:17, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

weathermen article

where are you getting your information for the claim that the weathermen were trying to bomb alma mater? wikipedia says they were bombing Fort Dix. Foobar 08:09, 31 May 2007 (EDT)

Here's one source, for starters: http://www.columbiaspectator.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=ce2f5cee-0b46-465b-ad83-e0600bca4d92 Pacman 12:26, 31 May 2007 (EDT)

You're a machine! Nice work. --Nonsensical 03:34, 16 July 2007 (EDT)

de Bary

"de Bary", not "De Bary" (unless starting a sentence), and certainly not "deBary".

thanksgiving history edits

these historical edits (year-by-year) are great! where are you finding this stuff?

it does make me wonder though if more things could be cited w/references so people easily can find documentation/verification or followup info. do you know: is there some sort of best practices statement by wikipedia about when a reference is necessary? Foobar 07:08, 23 November 2007 (EST)

i found wikip's best practices page: here Foobar 07:29, 23 November 2007 (EST)

Not sure how to cite it, since I'm getting it all from one site: http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/stand_columbia/Timeline1970-03.html Pacman 10:14, 23 November 2007 (EST)