A Bwog tipster notes that Barnard's Midnight Breakfast starts at midnight (11:30 for Barnard students) in LeFrak Gymnasium. Barnard administrators will be serving waffles, bacon, bagels, and that most breakfast-y of foods, ice cream!

It may be free, but it's hard-earned by the honest sweat of a SEAS student's brow. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is giving out homemade ice cream today at 3:00 in the 13th floor lounge of Mudd.

"Homemade?" you repeat dreamily, as your mind's eye conjures your mother in a frilly apron and a beehive, brandishing a rolling pin in one hand and a Madison Avenue frying pan in the other.

Yup. Homemade with liquid nitrogen. Freaky, smoky liquid nitrogen. The cryogenically frozen Dippin' Dots didn't make it to the new Yankee Stadium, but we got your scientific sweet treats right here. So go chill with the new IEEE board. (Did you get that? Did you?)

Bwog Expert on all things cold and creamy Jon Hill discovered that a Mr. Softee truck has broken down right outside the Broadway gates on 116th. Unconfirmed reports are that the engine seized after absorbing the collective sad nostalgia of studying students who had flashbacks to childhood upon hearing the jingle. Let's all pray the freezer breaks, forcing the driver to give away all his ice cream...

Tipster Aki Terasaki, CC '12, says: "There are 30 gallons of ice cream left in John Jay lounge from the Midnight Milkshake event. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy!"

Though, Bwog notes, there's still technically another hour until the former event is officially over.

There's a "Welcome Back SEAS"-themed ice cream social/study break happening now in Lerner's ramp lounge. There are various flavors of ice cream, plus the sprinkles and chocolate sauce you were hoping for.

And then outside this thing there is a table with Starbucks coffee, in addition to milk and sugar. It's not free -- the coffee-providing group is asking for donations for a health clinic in Haiti -- but it's for a good cause!

Oh hooray, it's time for a Homemade Ice Cream Sandwich Study Break, courtesy of Students For Substance Free Space.

It's happening now until 8 PM in the first floor suite of McBain. There will also be free t-shirts, in case you stain the one you were wearing with a delicious homemade ice cream sandwich.

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Things are looking up! The treachery of finals week is drawing to a closeâ€"despite some Butler settlements indicating the contrary. Plus, tipster Keith Leung just emailed to let us know that Haagen Dasz is giving away free scoops of their new ice-cream flavor (Vanilla Honey Bee) from now until 8 PM. Leung has also assuaged any worries of hellishly long waits, explaining that "the line was around 10 people, but they're basically just scooping ice-cream for people without asking any questions, so the wait was like 2 minutes."

Bwog contributor Alex Weinberg just frantically passed along the following tip:

"There is a huge amount of ice cream in the Wallach Lounge and they are begging people to come eat it or steal it. I walked away with a box of ice cream sandwiches.

TIME IS TICKING"

And for those of you who foolishly doubt that ice cream can constitute dinner, Cliff Massey wants you to know that CCSC will be offering free Havana Central food from 9 PM - 10:30 PM in room C555 in Lerner. Alternately, Bwog suggests freezing your findings from Wallach and saving them for after dinner.

A tipster alumnus/ice cream enthusiast brings the following to Bwog's attention: In honor of the ice cream chain's 30th birthday, today is free cone day at Ben & Jerry's.

Luckily, Columbia is only ten or so blocks away for one of four Ben & Jerry's Manhattan locations.

A reminder to ice cream-enthusiasts that today (until 2:30 PM) CU Snacks is holding a free Ben & Jerry's tasting on the first floor of Lerner. "We are *literally* handing out 42 pints of Ben & Jerry's, hoping only that you'll help finish it before it melts," the email reads. Emphasis theirs, excitement everyone's.

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As far as CCSC meetings go, some are pretty unremarkable. But others, like last night's, stand out as veritable gems, with VP of Campus Life Lindsey Lazopoulos as the star of the show, proffering bon mots left, right and center.

To wit: Student council is putting a "Cherry on Top" with a study break this coming weekend featuring discounted JJ's ice cream. Lazopoulos delved into the heart of the matter: "Will they have chocolate?"

Likewise, to Lazopoulos's relief, John Jay's new chef will be serving up new sustainable sea food (read: salmon) once a month. "No more swordfish!" she opined.

Put a pen in your shirt pocket, strap on a laptop case, and head over to the B-School lobby where the new E-board is doling out the B&J -- there's something like 8 flavors to choose from! This agonized Bwog editor broke Passover for the Oatmeal Cookie Crunch.

Also, free hot dogs on Low Steps, courtesy of CCSC--it's a College Days thing, so they're also selling nifty blue shirts featuring PrezBo's benevolent visage, accented by a pink tie.

Hurry!

LOTS of free ice cream in front of Barnard's library right now. Cookies 'n creme, toppings, whipped cream, root beer - the works!