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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Due to the facts that: a) the Institute is officially closed today and we cannot get AV support; b) the T will close today at 3:30; and c) all the potato chips have been cleared off the shelves of all the stores in the area by hysterical shoppers, we will regretfully cancel Helen Lee's talk in 6-120 tonight.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Helen is around until Wednesday, so in the event that the snow has been cleared and we can get a suitable room on Monday or Tuesday, we may choose to reschedule the talk for one of those nights. I will keep you posted.</span></font></p>
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dear friends of the MIT Glass Lab,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">This week Oakland-based artist, MIT and RISD alum, and our esteemed webmaster <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">Helen</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">Lee</span> will be an artist-in-residence in the Glass Lab. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">Helen</span>'s work is highly experimental in nature, and often explores the intersection of sculptural form and written language. On Friday, February 8, <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">Lee</span> will give a slide <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">talk</span> about her work in room 6-120, starting around 6:45PM. You are invited.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">Before the <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">talk</span> commences, we will be conducting a blind taste test to rank currently available brands of BBQ potato chips. This has been a hotly contested issue on pumpkin crews for some time now, and we will be attempting to resolve it at this gathering. If you have a favorite brand of BBQ potato chip, feel free to bring it to the contest.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt">See you on Friday.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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