It’s a Saturday, and at a lot of schools across the country, that means football. And this week, there’s a ton of free food up at 218th Street, where Columbia is about to take on Penn in about an hour.  But just as more important than free food is free beer! Especially when there’s lots […]

It’s Columbus Day, and what better way to celebrate the holiday that’s an I and an A off from our Alma Mater than getting free stuff? Head over to Low Plaza from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for a free dinosaur barbeque put on by CU College Republicans. Whatever your political stance is on Columbus […]

If you want high fashion with your free food, catwalk your way over to Satow Room on Lerner’s fifth floor from 4-6 pm today. CU Couture is putting on a make-over extravaganza starring 7 of your classmates, before and after photos, and lots of strutting of one’s stuff. The event, which features professional Fashion Week […]

Tired of constantly having to choose between Le Monde and Mill Korean for a viewbook-worthy ethnic meal? Columbia’s French Cultural Society and Korean Students Association have teamed up to solve all your problems with Parisian Seoul, a sit-down and/or take-away dinner with both French and Korean specialties. For drinkers of the world, the event will […]

Need some extra caffeine or sugar before you camp out at Butler all night? Be sure to head over to the Lerner Ramps tonight from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., where CCSC is hosting their weekly coffee night. Free coffee and sugary snacks on sloping platforms… what can go wrong?

Happy Birthday! There’s cake for you on the first floor of Broadway at 6:30, courtesy of “Brogan” ResLife staff. Image via CakeFail

Get some class(ical music) with your free food this afternoon, thanks to your talented classmates in Columbia Classical Performers. CCP is putting on its first concert this afternoon, starting at 3, in the “relaxed and intimate setting” that is Lerner C555. Bwog wonders what kind of food will accompany this dose of high culture- red […]

You’ll find a table on the steps right now under the inconspicuous balloon arch.  It’s Queer Awareness Month!  Go get your free candy. For an evening snack, hang out on Lehman Lawn for Latino Heritage Month tonight at 7:30.  They’ll be screening the film “Raising Victor Vargas.”

And enjoy the occasion for Godfather references. The formerly defunct La Societa Italiana is back in the game, and what says “new energy” like free make-your-own cannoli? Look out for the loud Italian music and red, green and white balloons today and tomorrow between 12 and 2pm on College Walk. 

UPDATE: Due to inclement weather, the festival has been moved to Roone Arledge Auditorium and will kick off at 2:30pm. The Columbia Armenian Club is holding their annual Armenian Festival on Low Plaza today at 1:00pm. Expect live music, dancing, and a whole lot of baklava. Let’s get worldly!  Full details here and here.   […]

Bwog hears rumor of free Dinosaur Barbecue outside of EC at noon today. No word yet on why, or who we have to thank for this fatty, saucy benevolence, but go! Leave your Butler carrels and grab some before it becomes, er… extinct. Update: Ever intrepid, Bwog braved gusty autumn winds in pajamas and flip-flops […]

Tonight  at 6pm the Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts its fall Open House event, scheduled to include food, music, and giveaways. Bwog won’t speculate as to what these multicultural giveaways might be, but there will certainly be food around starting at 6pm in the Intercultural Resource Center (located at 552 114th between Broadway and Amsterdam). […]

   Meet these nice people at the Baha’i Club!  Photo via CU Baha’i Club As mentioned below, CCSC is offering up goodies in exchange for your opinion this evening from 6-8 pm in Lerner.  Where in Lerner?  It’s oblique.  Let the smells of “coffee, candy, and other delicacies” guide you. In other free food news, […]

   Photo via DemocraticUnderground.com Bwogger Emily Ahn kept her eyes open through all of this past week’s CCSC meeting. The second meeting of the year started promptly with the introduction of Bathabile Mthombeni, the Associate Officer of the Ombuds Office.  A little known service, the Ombuds Office, located at 660 Schermerhorn, offers a “confidential, informal, […]

It’s not another M2M night; it’s a night of choice at Columbia. There are two dinner options this evening.  First, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, ResLife will be hosting a “Block Party” for first-years on the Van Am Quad (translation: in front of the LLC).  If you’re not a first-year, bring your rolling backpack […]