Gothamist: Columbia Gets Biggest Present EVER

dhex

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:51:37 -0500

"At least there will be union jobs building luxury condos for the additional scientists Columbia is going to hire." take, oh, 30 seconds to think about all of the jobs which have opened up in just the last ten years due to advances in science and technology, not including periphral benefits.

Mike

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:45:28 -0500

That's your idea of the "full story." Wow. Anyway, NYU, not to be outdone says they will announce a similarly-sized gift today: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/education/21gift.html

daniella

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:44:32 -0500

Look for the full story in tomorrow's Columbia Spectator.

anon

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:17:59 -0500

some people here are seriously bitter.. my premed friends at CU are pretty interested in it, and to me it's great to have more research facilities to compliment CU's lackluster science/engineering programs... let's hope it actually goes to the building and not into presbo's pockets....

majorcynic

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:57:20 -0500

Hooray for New York City! This will surely help income inequality in the city. Who needs manufacturing jobs? Those new buildings should add nicely to the tax rolls. Oh wait. At least there will be union jobs building luxury condos for the additional scientists Columbia is going to hire. And the Wall Street bankers and venture capitalists will need livery cabs to take them uptown.

cqa

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:05:21 -0500

In other Columbia news, the 2nd homophobic incident since December occurs over spring break as the president of the Queer People of Color organization finds anti-gay graffiti scrawled on the whiteboard in his dorm.

Noah

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:38:00 -0500

And I thought that email from Bollinger was meaningless: To the Columbia Community, I am writing to inform you of a transformative development for the sciences -- indeed, for all areas of learning -- at Columbia... Maybe I would have continued reading after that

phsst

Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:19:34 -0500

that is the cheesiest diagram ever.