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Tipster Nishant Batsha Reports:

"There's a bunch of tents set up in front of Hamilton to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the building. I asked some guy dressed up in colonial-era clothing and he said it was open to "students, alumni, and donors." Free pastries!"

Sounds good.

Photos by a person with a Buffalo area code, sent via cell phone. Thanks, Buffalo Bill/Betsy!

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September 8, 2007 @ 2:42 PM | Comments 18 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by Alex: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 3:01 PM )
And not just any pastries, pastries in mine image!
Posted by hmm: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 3:39 PM )
colonial costume to celebrate a building from the beginning of the 20th century?
Posted by hmm my ass: [#3] [reply] [track] (in reply to #2)
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:05 PM )
no, colonial costume because it's alexander hamilton, a one time colonial, who the building is named after

Posted by correction: [#4] [reply] [track] (in reply to #3)
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:05 PM )
rather, for whom the building is named, since i'm sure someone will want to point that out
Posted by umm: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:08 PM )
was there any notification of this? email? letter? who's sponsoring this event? why is it on a weekend when no one's around?
Posted by smoke detector: [#6] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:10 PM )
oh #5, welcome to columbia. you'll hear about 99% of events after they take place.
Posted by Alum: [#7] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:24 PM )
I'm a loyal alum who lives outside the metropolitan area but often visits NYC. I would have loved to have known about this event. Why no notice...not even an email blast?
Posted by mmu: [#8] [reply] [track] (in reply to #5)
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:42 PM )
Courtesy of that panopticon of information, Lerner EMS-

Event Name:100th Anniversary of Hamilton Hall

Date:Saturday, September 08, 2007

Time:6:00 AM to 12:00 AM

Building:Outdoor Space

Room:Hamilton Lawn

Customer:UDAR, Alumni Relations

Event Type:(none)

Thanks for the heads up Columbia Alumni Affairs!

-Alumnus
Posted by Aaron: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 4:46 PM )
for real, the high-level security didn't exactly say "Welcome Students."

how is this a good way to spend my tuition?

additionally, some asshole(s) released those fucking 20 million balloons into the atmosphere. um, i think that's called littering. nice job.
Posted by Kane: [#10] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 5:45 PM )
Is it a celebration for the building itself or just the ancient elevators?
Posted by well: [#11] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 6:01 PM )
I got an e-mail from Colombo. It's apparently the kick-off for the "The Columbia Campaign For Undergraduate Education" i.e., the ugrad portion of the $4 Billion Campaign for Columbia.

Spec mentioned that the campaign was kicking off today but never mentioned that there'd by a celebration with Ron Chernow (author of the recent Hamilton biography) speaking.

[ external link to columbiaspectator.com ]
Posted by hmmm: [#12] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 6:04 PM )
I'm fairly sure that this was an event to which they invited special people (students of import, people who donate money).
Posted by Friend of Alumni: [#13] [reply] [track] (in reply to #8)
( posted September 8, 2007 at 6:15 PM )
Is your contact information with the Alumni Office accurate? Every alumnus/a I know heard about this event. Seriously, I know easily 10-20 people who received an email blast; it sounds like you need to update your contact details or there was a typo somewhere.
Posted by Alum (but not #7): [#14] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 8:15 PM )
I'm pretty active in alumni affairs and I don't recall getting notice of this event. Then again, I live far from NYC and am not a major donor.
Posted by honestly: [#15] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 8:17 PM )
it was kind of cheesy. there wasn't any security. i walked into the tent and grabbed a couple chocolate covered strawberries. no one even gave me a second look. they had hamilton's portrait imprinted on the cookies too.
Posted by undergrad: [#16] [reply] [track]
( posted September 8, 2007 at 11:15 PM )
after going through my email, i realized i got this on august 21

On behalf of Columbia College

I, the Honorable Alexander Hamilton,

cordially invite you to the

Launch

of

The Columbia Campaign For Undergraduate Education

and

Centennial Celebration

of

Hamilton Hall

(named for me)

Guest speaker: Ron Chernow, author of Alexander Hamilton

Saturday, September 8, 2007

1:30 p.m.

Hamilton Hall

Columbia College

Please register online by September 1, 2007

Business Casual Attire

or

Period Costumes
Posted by over the top: [#17] [reply] [track]
( posted September 9, 2007 at 11:29 AM )
seriously...come on. I feel like i'm in colonial williamsburg or something
Posted by It was: [#18] [reply] [track] (in reply to #5)
( posted September 9, 2007 at 12:16 PM )
invitation-only -- only some administrators, a lot of alumni, and one or two dozen students were there. You had to be on a guest list to get into the luncheon (held earlier in Low) and you had to be at the luncheon to hear about the lawn party outside of Hamilton. They were pretty much letting anyone into the lawn party, but they didn't advertise it.
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