Bwog’s Official Consolation Prizes Correspondent Juli Weiner reports from the Barnard Mail Center. Apparently, a suitable solution to the lack of ATMs on campus are these ATM decals printed to walls. The posters even display how to swipe–with two arrows– an imaginary credit card.

Buy the Miracle on the Hudson, sort of. (City Room) Bye, Conan! (Daily Intel) Rejoice: the Z train will be spared by the M.T.A. (NY Times) 4.8 million people watched the Jersey Shore finale. O hai, season 2! (The Vulture)

Living in Wien is hard enough: the isolation, the rust, the stigma! Now, the CU Secret Police are threatening to storm the Dorm that Time Forgot–that is, enter every Wien room–to determine where some missing lounge furniture has ended up. Bwog has heard whispers of the drama, and has just intercepted an email sent from […]

@ Roone Arledge Auditorium Enjoy the annual tradition of Casino Night on the second weekend of the new semester! Roone Arledge Auditorium will be transformed into a gigantic casino, filled with gamers’ favorites like Blackjack, Poker, Craps, and Roulette. Winnings can be used towards fabulous prizes like the Barnes & Noble “Nook,” an Asus “Netbook,” […]

@ CTV studio (5th floor Lerner)

The Blue and White is in the market for a new publisher, who would begin in February and hold the position until January 2011. Applicants should ideally have some experience in production, sales, advertising (both Internet and print), or PR (whether via an internship or working with campus publication/creative production/student group), but we’ll be considering […]

Adept subway-taker Noah Brennan-Sawyer reported back from last night’s free Vampire Weekend show the Union Square Barnes & Noble with the following tidbits: Tween girl to tween friend: “I started listening to Vampire Weekend after I read Twilight and got big into vampires.” In a Q+A session, frontman Ezra Koenig said that VW’s songs are […]

New York’s unemployment rate is higher than the nation’s. (City Room) Some is actually buying Madoff’s penthouse. (NY Post) It is hard to pay for college! (New York Times) Revenge, billboard style. (Daily Intel) A Postcrypt update. (Spec)

Finding yourself overwhelmed by the possibilities of what to do your first weekend back in New York City? Bwog lends a helping hand. Friday Bauhaus at MoMA: The museum’s first survey of this school of avant-garde art since 1938 includes industrial design, furniture, architecture, graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics, theater design, painting, and sculpture. The show […]

Also, we’ve just gotten word that Hewitt is offering a cupcake decorating bar tonight with toppings galore. Sort of free if you don’t count the money your parents pay!

@ Milbank Chapel (Zankel Building Room 125), Teachers College A night of standup comedy headlined by Hari Kondabolu as seen on Comedy Central. Kondabolu has appeared on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham” and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Recently he appeared on John Oliver’s New York Standup Show. Also featuring many talented acts from College Humor, SNL, […]

@  C555 Lerner After a successful QUEER SUSHI, the Columbia Queer Alliance is BACK with more free food and more fun. Join us for our annual Queer Curry this Thursday to celebrate the new year (and not the returning of classes) and welcome new Spring students. If you attended QUEER SUSHI you know the food […]

@ Earl Hall Auditorium Looking to volunteer this semester? Come to Community Impact’s Open House to learn about our 25 community service programs! Community Impact consists of 900 student volunteers participating in more than 25 community service programs that serve over 8,000 people each year in Morningside Heights, Washington Heights, Harlem and Manhattanville. Come meet […]

@ Hamilton 302 Project HEALTH, a service organization dedicated to breaking the link between poverty and poor health, is looking for new volunteers to staff its Help Desks in Harlem and Washington Heights. At our information sessions, student leaders will explain the volunteer work in more detail, share their experiences, and answer questions. E-mail: projecthealth@gmail.com […]

This event is an introduction to our first-ever Wine Apreciation Course, which will start in February. We’ll be teaching the fundamentals of tasting and pouring FREE wine. @ Math 312 RSVP at: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=248292528130&ref=mf or find out more about the course at: columbiabartending.com