Good morning Columbia! Welcome to the first Wake-up Call of the new school year! Normally we do this on mornings when we have a paper, but this week we’ll be doing it throughout NSOP, providing just a short list of the day’s more interesting/useful-seeming NSOP events each morning, as well as a list of each day’s placement exams.

But also, we distributed the Orientation issue of the paper on Monday — hopefully you found it under/next to/somewhere in the vicinity of your door. Here are some highlights from the issue.

Read this: At some point you are going to have to learn how to use the subway. Here’s our guide to the 1 train.

Know this: To catch you up on some of the more contentious stories you’ve missed, we have a series called “Columbia Controversies.” This article is about the problems resulting from President Obama’s visit to Barnard last spring.

Here’s more: And to fill you in on stories that are continuing to develop, we’ve got another series of articles called “Stories to Watch.” This one is about Columbia’s Global Centers.

Interesting/Useful NSOP Events Today:

• Pre-Health Curriculum meeting at 9:00 a.m. in Roone Arledge Auditorium (Lerner)
• Library Meet and Greet at 10:00 a.m. in Butler 301
• Academic Resources Fair at 11:00 a.m. in Roone Arledge Auditorium (Lerner)
• OL Sibling Dinner at 6:30 p.m. — talk to your OL for the location
• Community Forum at 8:00 p.m. on Low Steps

Placement Exams Today:

• Hebrew – 1:00-4:00 p.m. in C01 Knox Hall
• Physics – 2:00-3:20 p.m. in 301 Pupin Hall
• Latin – 5:00-7:00 p.m. in 603 Hamilton Hall
• Persian – 2:00-4:00 p.m. in 101 Knox Hall
• There’s also a math information session from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Lerner Hall Cinema.

Have a great day of NSOPing!