The Bwog: Columbia College Website May Now Actually Be Functional

Columbia College Website May Now Actually Be Functional

While the Obama-McCain registration page appears to be broken at this time--most likely overwhelmed by all of you constantly refreshing the page--the unchanging black-and-blue interface of Columbia College has undergone a makeover. Here's hoping it's more navigable than the last.

See also: Columbia Homepage, Technology

Posted by annoyed : #1 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 11:35 AM (from campus)

is it really broken? does columbia just need more bandwidth?

Posted by ... : #2 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 11:38 AM (from campus)

You have been entered in the student ticket lottery for the "ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum".

If your name is chosen at random, you will be notified via email on Monday, September 8, 2008; this confirmation email will contain instructions for claiming your ticket, as well as admission requirements for the event.

Student status of all ticket lottery winners will be verified.

For more information, please call 212-854-7328.

Thank you.

I got through! The site's not broken, just overloaded. Be patient and keep trying.

Posted by lolz : #3 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 11:41 AM (from campus)

even the columbia college website is overwhelmed

Posted by ... : #4 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 11:44 AM (from campus)

ugh i have been patient. i got through to the form but it wouldn't actually go through! now i can't get back. i've been doing this for 45 minutes and i'm getting annoyed. i can't sit at my computer all day long.

Posted by Why is it... : #5 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 11:46 AM (from campus)

that I'm using Firefox at a CU Work Computer, and when I go over the URL for the lottery, it says "Blocked" and the URL multiple times?

Posted by pissed off : #6 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 11:59 AM (from campus)

It seems as if it is simply a bandwidth issue, but it also looks as if CUIT is doing nothing about it, saying it is simply all of the students' faults for logging on at the same time.

CUIT is a joke and they should be recognized as such.

Posted by ... : #7 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM (from campus)

wtf wtf wtf i've been trying for 2 hours

Posted by pissed off : #8 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:03 PM (from campus)

I've been trying since 9:15 this morning when I woke up and it hasn't worked. This is beyond ridiculous.

I think we all need to call in to CUIT and tell them to change the server to something of higher bandwidth because this is unfair to the student population as a whole. Everyone deserves a fair shot at going to the event, not just the lucky folks for whom the internet decided to grace.

Posted by CUIT : #9 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:07 PM (from campus)

isn't responsible for the Sundial calendar application...that'd be CCIT, the College's underfunded IT group.

Posted by CCIT : #10 (in reply to #9) · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:14 PM (from campus)

doesn't manage Columbia's bandwidth...

Posted by What is... : #11 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:15 PM (from campus)

wind.columbia.edu and why does it fail to log in to it repeatedly?

Posted by YES : #12 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:21 PM (from campus)

I got into the lottery

Posted by i've been : #13 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:23 PM (from campus)

trying to register for three hours... maybe the trick of the lottery is that only 600 people will ever get through.

Posted by jesus almighty : #14 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:29 PM (from campus)

this is the most upsetting thing in the history of mankind

Posted by let's call them : #15 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:32 PM (from campus)

Phone numbers to CCIT (who are responsible for that broken lottery application) can be found at [external link to ccit.college.columbia.edu] I've called them and I think they'll do something if they get more angry phone calls from students.

Posted by WOOOOOOOO : #16 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:35 PM (from campus)

I got in only after a few tries. Keep trucking, people.

Posted by #15 : #17 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:38 PM (from campus)

what did they say??

Posted by sooo confused : #18 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:43 PM (from campus)

So i got in before to the form and filled it out and pressed submit and i got a page loading problem. i haven't gotten in since until just now when i refreshed it said: valid event id needed.

does that mean i registered or not??

Posted by BWOG! : #19 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:47 PM (from campus)

Registration is extended until noon tomorrow, acc. to the columbia website!

Posted by still pissed off : #20 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:47 PM (from campus)

Is there anyway to call CUIT and see if our name has been put in the lottery? I keep getting different error messages and non-error messages and I have no idea what is going on.

Posted by CCIT : #21 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:49 PM (from campus)

said we should again try later. When I asked them if there is anyone working on it or they're just waiting for a miracle, the response was "I believe so". Not sure what they meant.

Posted by SGB : #22 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:54 PM (from campus)

Free food in the middle of College walk! Samosas, wings and cupcakes! No signup sheets; we just want to bring the crowd to check out our awesome groups.

Posted by #9. : #23 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 12:57 PM (from campus)

This isn't a bandwidth issue - it's a server issue. People are pounding a server that's serving a fairly heavy application (the calendar system) with lots of requests and it's not keeping up. This could have been foreseen, but it's probably CCIT didn't find out about McCain/Obama until everyone else did, which gave them limited time to try to cope.

Posted by ugh : #24 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 1:46 PM (from campus)

Anyone else getting this message? What does it mean?

Authentication failure.The authentication service responded with the following message: WIND returned a "no" response.

Posted by lottery extended... : #25 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 1:56 PM

[external link to www.columbia.edu]

lottery has been extended for registration til 12pm Saturday

Posted by meh : #26 (in reply to #24) · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM (from campus)

The WIND system is what checks your UNI and makes sure your password is right. So that means either a) somewhere along the way you entered your uni and password wrong, or b) the WIND server crapped out because it was getting too many requests.

Posted by fyi : #27 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM

Lottery opened till noon sat...

anyone else starting to see why obama pretends he never went here?

Posted by raaarrrrgh : #28 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:02 PM (from campus)

so i the registration form has come up a few times now. One of those times after submitting and waiting for it to load the form just reappeared and it said done. I'm assuming it didn't actually go through because I did not receive an email. Now when I click the link I just get through to a page that says event registration with one pink bar beneath it and a button to close the window... wtf

Posted by noone : #29 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:09 PM (from campus)

The same thing happened to me....and now I'm not sure if I'm entered into the lottery or not. I don't think people are getting emails that confirm they are in the lottery, are they?

Posted by barnard, GS : #30 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:14 PM (from campus)

its all the barnard and GS shits overwhelming columbia's servers

Posted by employee : #31 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:15 PM (from campus)

Don't blame CCIT, none of the computer folks found out about this til the very last second. Impossible to deal with these things without some sort of advanced notice.

Posted by ... : #32 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:17 PM

Ya, CCIT runs the application and CUIT runs the servers.

Relatedly, this new design is pimpin'. Give Tom a raise.

Posted by ATTENTION : #33 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:22 PM (from campus)

DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO TOMORROW AT NOON*. Stop attempting to sign in else the server crashes.

Thank you.

*source: CUIT

Posted by G$S : #34 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:23 PM

pressed "submit", took the cat the the park, came back and apparently it worked. Thanks, CUIT!

Posted by nik : #35 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:27 PM (from campus)

I got an email that the lottery has been extended until noon tomorrow (Saturday). Also, it doesn't matter when you register, just that you register at all. I'm going to try again in the middle of the night.

Posted by nik : #36 (in reply to #30) · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 2:35 PM (from campus)

GS is part of Columbia!!

Posted by .... : #37 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 3:48 PM

not a real part...

Posted by djc : #38 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 5:23 PM (from campus)

I see they're going for an elephant man-esque reimagining of Socrates

Posted by yellow : #39 · reply · track

September 5, 2008 at 8:30 PM

The old website had a much classier look, if you ask me.

Posted by ... : #40 · reply · track

September 6, 2008 at 12:34 AM (from campus)

columbia college? isn't that some school for girls in south carolina? i'm happy to hear they have a nice webpage.

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