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AROUND THE QUADS
Before this year’s Homecoming festivities take place at
Baker Field on Saturday, October 5, a special celebration will be
held on campus. With events beginning on Wednesday, October 2, and
running through Thursday night, October 3, Columbia will celebrate
the inauguration of its 19th president, Lee C. Bollinger. While a dinner on Wednesday evening, October 2, will be a
private affair with friends and family, all activities on Thursday,
October 3 are open to anyone who registers in advance. Thursday’s festivities will begin with a morning 5K
run/walk. A devoted runner, Bollinger will lead off the
participants at 7:30 a.m. on a route that will begin at
Grant’s Tomb, Riverside Park and 122nd Street. The runners
and walkers will wind their way through the neighborhood and finish
on College Walk. The formal inauguration ceremony will take place on campus at 10
a.m., starting with a processional from Butler Library to a stage
on Low Plaza (similar to Commencement). Students, faculty, staff
and VIPs are expected to speak at the ceremony. The program had not
been set at press time, but a list of speakers will be posted
online.
Immediately following the program, there will be three separate
luncheons on South Field and Low Plaza for alumni, faculty and
staff. Thursday afternoon will feature academic symposia similar to
those held on the College’s popular Dean’s Day. Two
interdisciplinary talks will be held at 2 p.m., and there will be a
second set at 3:45 p.m. Speakers had not been determined at press
time. More students are expected to join in the celebration on
Thursday evening, when a carnival will be held on College Walk
beginning at 6 p.m. All events on Thursday are free and open to alumni but require
pre-registration. For more information on the inauguration events
or to register, please visit www.columbia.edu/cu/ceremonies/inauguration,
or call the Developmental and Presidential Affairs Office at (212)
870-2527. The scene shifts to Baker Field for Homecoming 2002 on Saturday,
October 5, when Columbia takes on Princeton in football and soccer.
The men’s soccer game will take place at 11 a.m., followed by
the football game at 1:30 p.m. and the women’s soccer game at
2:30 p.m.
Homecoming festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. with an alumni
picnic in The Lion’s Den, the big tent between the football
and soccer fields. Alumni, students, parents, faculty,
administrators and others in the extended Columbia family will be
able to enjoy a barbecue lunch. An alumni football toss, scheduled
for noon outside the tent, will put Lions supporters in a football
mindset and also give them a chance to win half-price or free
tickets to the Homecoming game (only $2 for three throws). The
first 2,500 fans at the football game will receive a special
giveaway. The Homecoming game will be the football team’s first Ivy
League challenge in the post-Johnathan Reese ’02 era, after
the Lions open their season against non-league foes Fordham and
Colgate. Young players will be relied upon in a more wide-open
offense, which, combined with an experienced defense, will try to
avenge last year’s loss to Princeton on the road as well as
the Homecoming loss to Penn at Baker Field. Fans who still thirst for soccer after an exciting World Cup
tournament this summer can enjoy two Ivy League match-ups when
Columbia and Princeton square off in men’s and women’s
soccer. For further information about Homecoming, please contact Sharen
Ovalles in the Alumni Office at (212) 870-2742 or
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