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Here are some tasks you can do: Update: Reference #1 needs to be found and updated, the endowment should also be checked, because of this. <http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/22781> that link can be used to update the Endowment. <http://giving.columbia.edu/faqs/endowment.html#endowment_more> also that stats it at 5.9 billion instead of 5.94. I would add but couldn't figure it out. sorry. MikelZap 08:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

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Contents 1 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2 Infobox is Gone 3 Sure we'd invite Hitler to speak, says Columbia dean 4 "No gays" remark recieved strong applause 5 Ahmadinejad's title 6 Student population 7 NYC Meetup at Columbia 8 Street Location 9 March NYC Meetup at Columbia

[edit] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Is somebody here going to add a section about the Iranian President's controversial upcoming visit? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.198.66.182 (talk) 22:43, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

It might be too soon to determine whether such an addition would be noteworthy; it could turn out to be a bout of Recentism. Yavoh 23:07, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

I chopped out a bunch of POV text to the previously added section. --NeilN 23:23, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Dito, I think that something needs to be added; you will need another page (perhaps several) to add the whole thing apart from Media hype (perhaps even a section on that too). Using statements like the "nineteenth President of Columbia University on June 1, 2002" to define the in-grained culture of 2007 which smacks of an Eductional dictatorship of 5 years to benfit ones own kin, or that with simmilar ideals. The Uni which now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees for wonders like the "School of Journalism" to 'Educate' people and burn all others; and for the benfit of other media controlers in my country. Reading the Bio and introduction at CU gives a better ideal of what this 'debait' was about but compaired with what I just saw in the old TV Media is "BS", a discrace to all, and that is being nice about this fact! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.54.191.222 (talk) 13:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Again removing POV text. Anyone objects, please let me know. --NeilN 04:25, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox is Gone

I had to go back a couple revisions to see the article with the infobox intact. Looks like it got messed up. Anyone know how to fix it? tharsaile 16:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sure we'd invite Hitler to speak, says Columbia dean

See [1] and [2]. Should this be mentioned in this article? Revolutionaryluddite 02:05, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

This page is already absurdly overburdened with info. This should be added to the page on the dean in question, John H. Coatsworth. Cjs2111 03:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Revolutionaryluddite 17:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "No gays" remark recieved strong applause

Should the fact that the President of Iran's hotly condemned "Iran has no gays" comment recieved strong applause and shouts of support by the Columbia University student audience [3] be included? One person (possibly two or more, I'm not sure) booed. Revolutionaryluddite 17:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Your personal interpretation of the background noise in a YouTube video notwithstanding, almost all news sources (many of which had personal representatives at the event) reported that the reaction was one of laughter and boos. If there was applause, I can imagine it was limited and meant in irony. Moreover, the treatment of the Ahmadinejad visit already takes up far too much space on a page that already unduly burdened with excessive accounts of other very recent controversies. Cjs2111 21:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm a student at the university, and I can affirm that they were, in fact, a mixture of laughter and boos. Not that primary sources have any place on Wikipedia...Yavoh 22:37, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

It was the crowd jeering the remarks. Absentminded 19:14, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmadinejad's title

Is is appropriate to use "His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" rather than just his name? Several times now an IP address has added "His Excellency", but I feel that it violates NPOV. Yavoh 04:55, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

He's generally referred to as "President" with a captial P in the media. Revolutionaryluddite 05:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Student population

I've updated the student figures. The total population is higher than the sum of under and post graduates because it includes 2258 non-degree students.Absentminded 19:17, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NYC Meetup at Columbia

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday January 13th, Columbia University area Last: 11/3/2007 This box: view • talk • edit

This will be the second of the meetups with a session dedicated to discussing meta:Wikimedia New York City issues. We will also have activities scheduled after the session, with dinner at a local restaurant and (weather permitting) some late-night astronomy thrown in.

We are also in discussion on other possible activities like a special guided tour of the American Museum of Natural History or the Columbia University libraries. --Pharos (talk) 15:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Street Location

I came here looking for the streets that Columbia is on. I know it is bounded by many streets but it would be useful for people like me from outside NYC to have early on in the article something like "bounded by 110th and Morningside" or somesuch. Tim O'Leary (talk) 00:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't know much about Wikipedia editing etiquette, but FYI a general idea of Columbia's location is usually given as 116th and Broadway. That's where the main gates are, Columbia's subway stop is also at that location, and College Walk is 116th between Broadway and Amsterdam. I dunno if anyone wants to add the location of "116th and Broadway" onto the article or if that's even important, so I won't touch it. --Rab2148 (talk) 23:29, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] March NYC Meetup at Columbia

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday March 16th, Columbia University area Last: 1/13/2008 This box: view • talk • edit

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, and have salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the last meeting's minutes).

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and (weather permitting) hold a late-night astronomy event at Columbia's telescopes.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list..--Pharos (talk) 23:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)