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
• April: Unveiling of the Scholar's Lion on Dean's Day
• First King's Ball held during Columbia College Days
• Graduate students strike

Fall

• The Columbia Spectator becomes a broadsheet and includes color photos
• Airing of the controversial documentary Columbia Unbecoming, prompting the outbreak of the MEALAC scandal.
• Richard Axel awarded the Nobel Prize