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Great addition, I included it below, thanks!<br><br>
Mmmmm<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>To: John Dvorak
<dvorak@MIT.EDU><br>
From: Marilyn Wilson <mcwilson@mit.edu><br>
Subject: Re: [Editors] Compendium, sites to see around MIT<br><br>
At 01:14 PM 7/9/2004, John Dvorak wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi Marilyn,<br>
It may be too late for suggestions, but every tree on the MIT campus has
a tag on the name of the tree.<br>
This is very helpful if you are walking around and wondering "what
type of tree is that?" <br>
Thanks and have a good weekend!<br>
jd<br><br>
At 01:08 PM 7/9/2004 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi Editors,<br><br>
Thank you to everyone who sent around info about sites to see at
MIT. I have put your answers together below - in only roughly
organized form. Let me know if I left your comments out, and feel
free to add to the list if you have more suggestions. Enjoy!
<br><br>
Marilyn
<ul>
<li>the bubble machine, Lobby of Building 6
<li>the new rock garden by the Stata Center
<li>Strobe alley (doc edgerton)
<li>the hallway in Building 16(?) that has a history of hacks and that
large screen visual display
<li>the game room in the Student Center, depending on the age of the
visitors.
<li>every tree on the MIT campus has a tag on the name of the tree
<li>The Admissions Office put out a small brochure in the spring that had
a lot of fun places around MIT - maybe they still have a few? Some
items from that brocure:
<ul>
<li>Acoustic Benches, Eastman Court
<li>Decode the Corridor, Buildings 16 and 56, cryptogram tiles on the
floor
<li>Newton Apple Tree descendent, President's Court (yard), bounded by
buildings 3, 10, 13, 11
<li>Architectural Letters : Media Lab Archway
</ul>
<li>For those with an interest in architecture
<ul>
<li>the Stata Center
<li>the MIT Chapel (by Saarinen), where visitors can attend free
noon-time concerts during the school year
<li>Baker House (one of only 2 buildings in North America by Aalto).
<li>there must be a list of these spots as well ...
</ul>
<li>the Nautical Gallery in Building 5
<li>the gallery over by the Alumni Association office
<li>"Smart City Cars in the 21st Century," an exhibition on the
MIT Concept Car with GM and Frank Gehry, at the Wolk Gallery, Bldg 7, Rm
338.
<li>For a more complete list of galleries, see
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/arts/visual/galleries.html">http://web.mit.edu/arts/visual/galleries.html</a>.
<li>mit press bookstore/coop (for shopping)
<li>Mass ave. bridge (smoots, nice view of city)
<li>The MIT Hotel (up toward Central Square) and its many funky features
<li>List visual arts center and media wall; The List Visual Arts Center
will close after July 11, but during the rest of the year, they're one of
New England's pre-eminent exhibitors of contemporary art. See
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/general/index.html">http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/general/index.html</a>
<li>Sculptures around campus:
<li>The List also has a (downloadable) map of all the sculptures and
major public artwork that's sited around the campus. See
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/collections/map.html">http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/collections/map.html</a>
to plan your walking tour. -- or pick up the map at the Info Office
<li>the MIT Museum (largest collection of holography, Edgerton, those wacky machines/sculptures) On line [<a href="http://web.mit.edu/musuem" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/musuem</a>] and 2-3 blocks from Bldg 7 , along with "Doc," holograms, and wacky machines, your visitors can encounter robots, "Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers," 100 years of flight in MA, and anti-Vietnam War posters at MIT from the early 70s.; The MIT Museum has tons of really cool exhibits including the amazing kinetic sculptures of Arthur Ganson that everyone loves (see <a href="http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/index.html)">http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/index.html)</a>.
<li>if your visitors are *really* lucky, they'll be here on a day when a hack has occurred :)
</ul><br>
<br><br>
<br>
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MIT Careers Office<br>
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<font size=2>Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD<br>
Senior Career Development Counselor<br>
MIT Careers Office<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 12-170<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
(617) 258-9149 or<br>
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