Homecoming 2000

 

  
  

 
   
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CAMPUS BULLETINS

SOCIAL SCIENCE LEADERS: The presidents of three major social science associations all are Columbia faculty members. Eric Foner '63 is president of the American Historical Association, Ken Jackson is president of the Organization of American Historians and Robert Jervis is president of the American Political Science Association.

LIONS IN CYBERSPACE: Columbia's 35-31 loss to Cornell on November 11 was the first Ivy League football game to be broadcast live (audio and video) on the Internet and only the second college football cybercast overall, following the September 2 contest between Nebraska and San Jose State. Columbia joined with Enertech Industries, a Texas-based company, to give fans unable to attend the game at Baker Field the opportunity to catch the game by logging onto a Web site, www.collegesportcast.com. The video was provided by a three-man camera crew, similar to a television broadcast, while the WKCR radiocast was used for the audio.

FIELD HOCKEY CHAMPS: Columbia won its first postseason field hockey title ever when tournament MVP Florencia Battilana '01, an All-Ivy First Team selection, scored at 28:46 of the second half to give Columbia a 1-0 triumph over host Dartmouth in the championship game of the ECAC Tournament on November 12. Molly Starsia-Lasagna '03 made eight saves to record her second shutout in as many days, following a 1-0 victory over Georgetown a day earlier. The field hockey team finished with a record of 13-6, nearly doubling the program's previous high of seven wins in a season.

GOING THE DISTANCE: Led by Steve Sundell '04, Caitlin Hickin '04 and Lauren Harrison '03, Columbia's men's and women's cross country teams both finished third in the Heptagonal Championships, then the men placed fourth and the women fifth in the NCAA Northeast Regionals. Both meets were held at Van Cortlandt Park. Sundell, whose five-mile time of 25:11.7 in the Heps was the fastest ever by a Columbia first-year, earned All-Ivy First Team and All-East honors. Hickin and Harrison both received All-Ivy Second Team and All-East honors.

TEAM OF THE CENTURY: Star quarterbacks Sid Luckman '39 and Cliff Montgomery '34 were among 24 individuals voted to Columbia Football's Team of the Century by a panel that included sports historians and journalists. The team was honored at Homecoming weekend, with a reception on Friday, October 20 and a halftime ceremony during the win over Dartmouth the next day. They were joined by fellow quarterbacks Paul Governali '43, Gene Rossides '49, Claude Benham '57, Archie Roberts '65, Marty Domres '69 and John Witkowski '84, running backs William Morley '02, Harold Weekes '03, Walter Koppisch '25, Lou Kusserow '49, Russ Warren '62 and Doug Jackson '76, end Bill Swiacki '48, wide receivers Don Lewis '84 and Bill Reggio '84, tight end George Starke '71, defensive end/running back Marcellus Wiley '97, linebackers Paul Kaliades '73 and Rory Wilfork '97, linebacker/running back Des Werthman '93 and defensive backs Ted Gregory '74 and Ed Backus '77.

 

Members of the Columbia Football Team of the Century and their families gather at halftime of the Lions' Homecoming victory over Dartmouth.
PHOTO: BEN ASEN

For more on the Team of the Century, including highlights on the careers of its members, log onto: www.columbia.edu/cu/athletics/comm/century/.

CAMPUS POLITICS: A pre-election Spectator poll of 246 randomly selected undergraduates showed 71 percent favored Al Gore for President, 16 percent were for Ralph Nader and 7 percent were for George W. Bush, with 2 percent "other" and 4 percent undecided. Also from Spec's Election Supplement, out of 301 respondents, only four percent could name both Columbia-area representatives in the House, Jerry Nadler '69 and Charles Rangel; 92 percent couldn't name either one.

STUDENT MOURNED: The University mourns the passing of Per Malloch '01, who was found dead on November 1, 2000 in his room on West 114th Street. A visual arts student, Malloch had returned to the College in September 2000 after spending a year in Seattle. Although as of press time the cause of death had not been determined, University officials report that there is no reason to suspect foul play.

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