JS error using JQuery Columnizer Plugin

Question

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with this plugin for JQuery, but Columnizer (http://welcome.totheinter.net/columnizer-jquery-plugin/) is a plugin that allows you to create multi column text from one div. I know that can now be done CSS3, but this script works in IE, which is very important.
Problem is getting it to work in Edge. I've tried a number of different methods to make it work and I'm enclosing a simple example .zip file on Dropbox I'll share in just a moment.
Basically, I have a text field on stage with the name 'copy'. So I call columnizer by the following in my compositionReady:
sym.$('copy').columnize({columns:2});
Simple, right? Only I get a JS error (Javascript error in event handler! Event Type = element) in console and while the text renders, I don't get my two columns laid out.
I've tried it on the stage, from a click event, using different ways in my code to access the field, all to no avail. Is there a conflict between Columnizer and Animate? Should be able to accept it.
Here's my files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1h0s6hf5djkyvus/columizer.zip
Any help would greatly be appreciated. 

Answer 1

Loaded yepnope at little differently:
yepnope(
    nope:[
         'js/jquery.columnizer.js',
    complete: init
function init() {
     sym.$('copy').html('<p>This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  This  test  case  is  for  double  spaces.  hopefully  this  will  not  cause  an  infinite  loop.  </p>')
        sym.$('copy').columnize();
     sym.$('copy').columnize({ width: 200 });
     sym.$('copy').columnize({ columns: 2 });