<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_15110adfccdaaec1" alt="Inline image 1" width="112" height="112" class="" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Hello Undergraduates, </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Good luck to those of you who have exams this week, and remember to take care of yourselves and take breaks!</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The UA Committee on Community and the UA Marketing Committee have been hard at work to launch a new series, and have created<a href="https://vimeo.com/156214335#t=0s" target="_blank"> this promotional video.</a> The idea behind the Person of The Week is to bring students closer together and highlight undergraduates across campus! Definitely check it out and keep your eyes peeled for an invitation to nominate someone you know!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://vimeo.com/156214335#t=0s" target="_blank"><img src="cid:ii_ikxhp3re1_153074275448270b" width="202" height="127" alt="" class="" style="margin-right: 0px;"></a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Furthermore, this Wednesday we will be holding the first Undergraduate Forum of the semester. It will be a collaborative setting where students can come together and discuss solutions to the big problems facing MIT campus. Please continue to submit your <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12A4xwgygr9DnJx9AscwZlYtImTm9GEJs-Ge6Nyk5cSk/edit?usp=forms_home&ths=true" target="_blank">ideas for topics here.</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">----</div><div><br></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Interesting piece of history of the week </b><span style="font-size:12.8px">from our UA </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">History</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Chair, Allan Sadun (</span><a href="mailto:ua-history@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">ua-history@mit.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">; add yourself to the </span><a href="mailto:ua-history-interest@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">ua-history-interest@mit.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> mailing list </span><a href="https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/ua-history-interest" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">here</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> if you'd like to receive more):</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><blockquote style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><i><span style="font-size:12.8px">"Charles Vest, who died two years ago and had the ground floor of Stata named after him, was the MIT President from 1990 to 2004, the longest-serving since Compton in the 30's and 40's. Upon his departure, </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/timeline/index.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">this website</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> was created, with a timeline of his presidency and a collection of six essays he wrote about the things he was proud of accomplishing. (The ones I found most interesting were the one on </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/timeline/essay5.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">Stata and Simmons</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">, one on</span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/timeline/essay4.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">OpenCourseWare</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">, and a somewhat nebulous one on </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/timeline/essay2.html" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">student life</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">.) In addition, you can view all the speeches and reports he issued as President </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/president/communications/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">here</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">."</span></i><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></blockquote><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">----</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><span style="font-size:12.8px">If you're planning an event, you should submit it </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zVbtXskaeNY51cfNeJp0cCdbjlrkSq07OWTTqv-2X3s/viewform" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> for it to be featured in The </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Byte</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">! </span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px">This is a</span><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=04g3puac6u0p6t7nrsari3h5j8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px"> link</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> to<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold">subscribe</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold"> to the </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold">Google</span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:bold">Calendar with all the events on The Byte.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Around campus, here's a list of the events going on, with more details attached!</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Active Minds @ MIT: Art with Impact</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Friends of Israel: Friends of Israel Kickoff Event!</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Baker Foundation: Get Free Money to Improve MIT, or How to Apply to the Baker Foundation"</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Colombian Association of MIT: Colombian Movie Night: The Embrace of the Serpent</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">SaveTFP: Crepe Night</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">APO Service Fraternity: APO Charity Talent Show</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">LSC: LSC: Spotlight</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">UA Sustain: Dorm Electricity Competition Kickoff</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Future of Libraries: Student Forum on the Future of Libraries</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Asian Career Fair Club: MIT Asian Career Fair</span><br></font></b></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font color="#0b5394">Kaplan Test Prep: Free MCAT Practice Test</font></b></span><br></li></ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p></div></div><div>Best,<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Sophia Liu </div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#999999">Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Class of 2017</font></div><div><font color="#999999">Vice President of the Undergraduate Association</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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