2007

2007 in Columbia history:

• Anti-copyright advocacy group Free Culture at Columbia founded

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: Intensifying the CUSJ-Jester Feud, 700 stolen copies of Jester are distributed around campus with an attached note allegedly from Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal claiming responsibility as retribution against Jester for "promot[ing] scientific fallacies".
• Spec launches The Shaft, a housing blog, after being beaten at housing coverage by The Bwog in 2006
• 11: John Kluge gives $400 million for financial aid, the largest gift in Columbia history

May

• Answers to the Lit Hum final exam are leaked, prompting an optional second final exam

Preceded by 2006

History of Columbia University  2007

Succeeded by 2008