2004

2004 in Columbia history:

• 2004 was the 250th anniversairy of the foundation of King's College, prompting a year of celebratory events.

Spring

• February: Affirmative Action Bake Sale
• Publication of the Blacky Fun Whitey cartoon
• Columbia University Concerned Students of Color Protest
• Graduate students strike

Fall

• Airing of the controversial documentary Columbia Unbecoming, prompting the outbreak of the MEALAC scandal