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Find the bronze owl in her heavy gown, And you'll be wearing the valedictorian crown!
sonia A timeline highlights Columbia University's eleven-year ban on dangerous football games.
sonia Vibrant anime-style students stand together outside Columbia University's historic campus buildings.
sonia Decode hidden messages to discover the secret history between Barnard and Columbia University.
The hidden owl: Sculptor Daniel Chester French hid an owl in the Alma Mater statue's robes as a secret symbol of wisdom.
A nocturnal bird of prey with large eyes and a facial disc. Finding the hidden owl on Low Library's Alma Mater statue supposedly predicts the class valedictorian.
Which prestigious women's college was founded across the street in 1889 because Columbia did not admit women?
sonia Columbia University students celebrate the chaotic midnight tradition of Orgo Night
What was the name of the pioneering student group founded at Columbia in 1966, the oldest of its kind in the US?
In what year did Columbia College (the main undergraduate school) finally begin admitting female students?
During the traditional 'Orgo Night,' which campus group invades Butler Library at midnight to distract studying students?
Why did Columbia's president ban intercollegiate football on campus between 1905 and 1916?
Who sculpted the famous Alma Mater statue that sits on the steps of Columbia's Low Library?