18 CommentsTipster 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!
Loading …
18 Comments
@over the top seriously…come on. I feel like i’m in colonial williamsburg or something
@undergrad 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
@honestly 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.
@Alum (but not #7) 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.
@hmmm I’m fairly sure that this was an event to which they invited special people (students of import, people who donate money).
@well 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.
http://columbiaspectator.com/node/26419
@Anonymous Is it a celebration for the building itself or just the ancient elevators?
@Aaron 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.
@Alum 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?
@smoke detector oh #5, welcome to columbia. you’ll hear about 99% of events after they take place.
@umm was there any notification of this? email? letter? who’s sponsoring this event? why is it on a weekend when no one’s around?
@mmu 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
@Friend of Alumni 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.
@It was 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.
@hmm colonial costume to celebrate a building from the beginning of the 20th century?
@hmm my ass no, colonial costume because it’s alexander hamilton, a one time colonial, who the building is named after
@correction rather, for whom the building is named, since i’m sure someone will want to point that out
@Alex And not just any pastries, pastries in mine image!