2003

2003 in Columbia history:

• Alan Brinkley succeeds Jonathan Cole as Provost
• Six Milks and Two Left Feet merge to form improv comedy group Fruit Paunch

Spring

• March: Iraq War Protest and Counter-Protests erupt, in the course of which anthro prof Nicholas De Genova wishes "a million Mogadishus" upon U.S. troops
• Miklos Vasarhelyi elected President of CCSC
• George Stephanopoulos speaks at Columbia College Class Day

Summer

• University President Bollinger announces plans for the Manhattanville expansion
• SEASCommunity, the forerunner of CUCommunity, later CampusNetwork, is launched

Fall

• Edward Said dies
• Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) and Hamid Karzai (President of Afghanistan) among the prominent figures gracing campus with their snipers during the first annual World Leaders Forum
• First Midnight Mania held
• Orgo Night flyers and script controversial for being racist and offensive

Preceded by 2002

History of Columbia University  2003

Succeeded by 2004