<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_15110adfccdaaec1" alt="Inline image 1" width="112" height="112" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello Undergraduates, </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Welcome back from your weekends!</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The UA Public Affairs Committee is holding an event with Representative Livingstone, Sunday, April 24 from 1</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">2pm-1pm in </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">PDR 3 (W20-303). Come have lunch with your local state representative and learn about how politics really works from someone who lives it! Free pizza and lunch will be provided. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to </span><a href="mailto:ua-pac-chair@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">ua-pac-chair@mit.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> if you'd like to come. A PDF is attached!</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">----</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></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, Alexander Sludds (</span><a href="mailto:ua-history@mit.edu" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">ua-history@mit.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">; add yourself to the </span><a href="mailto:ua-history-interest@mit.edu" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">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" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> if you'd like to receive more):</span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i><br></i></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i>"This week we are going to talk about something that isn't directly related to MIT, but does help give context to events that were going during the First World War. The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 is an urban legend in Boston with many people claiming it did not occur. This event took the lives of 21 people and injured 150. A large quantity of the Molasses was used to create ethanol which was a key ingredient in munitions. Since the demographics of that area around the ~2 million gallon tank was shifting to be mostly Italian-American there was concern that someone might damage the tank in protest of US involvement in the war. </i></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><i>Later reports on the structure of the tank by former MIT professor George F Swain (who was talked about before) indicate that the tank was damaged by an external source."</i></div></blockquote><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br>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" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"> 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><ul><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Buddhist Students Club: Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Student Activities Office: Alumni Social Hour - How to Adult Series<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">UA Alumni Affairs Committee: Unconventional Career Paths: Fireside Chat with John Maeda<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Live Music Connection: LMC Info Session<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Harvard Organ Society: WINGS: Silent Film with Peter Krasinski<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">SaveTFP: Sundaes and Sex Fair<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Live Music Connection: LMC Jam Session<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">MIT Association of Taiwanese Students: Strait to Taiwan<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Tech Catholic Community: Sport and Spirituality<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Student Activities Office: Dress Like a Boss<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Class Councils (2019-2016): MIT, I Messed Up<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Patience; or, This Really Obscure Play, You Probably Never Heard Of It<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">Syncopasian: The Bright Side<br></font></b></li><li><b><font color="#0b5394">MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Patience; or, This Really Obscure Play, You Probably Never Heard Of It</font></b><br></li></ul><div><p style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Best,</span><br clear="all" style="font-size:12.8px"></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><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 style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000">--</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Want to work on a project to help undergraduates? Join the UA </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nZuFyXmhQ6Gxe_t61wUtrq8AVHTobnH8luVRu5p2aCc/viewform?c=0&w=1" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">!</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Have feedback for the UA? Let us know </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fRB2Grg4ryaI3gQ7r2RiSXw0YfE1aMBd4zGOCjd-drU/viewform" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">!</span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:12.8px">
<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Thursday, 4/21</span></b></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Buddhist Students Club <a href="mailto:buddhist-officers@mit.edu">buddhist-officers@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 7:00:00 PM - 8:30:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart (MIT Simmons Hall, W79-MPR)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> A Talk by James Doty, M.D., a professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford and the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), where he researches the neuroscience of compassion and altruism.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:No. <br></span></p>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Student Activities Office <a href="mailto:erthomps@mit.edu">erthomps@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 7:00:00 PM - 8:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Alumni Social Hour - How to Adult Series (W20-201)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Alumni Social Hour with alumni working as entrepreneurs. Food will be provided, plus tips on effective networking! Great opportunity to build skills before summer internships and jobs post-graduation. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">UA Alumni Affairs Committee ua-alumni-affairs</span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 7:00:00 PM - 8:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Unconventional Career Paths: Fireside Chat with John Maeda (10-250)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> John Maeda is Design Partner at KPCB venture capital firm. Prior to that, he served as the President of RISD and a Professor at the Media Lab. Maeda will be discussing his career and the choices and opportunities he had along the way.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Live Music Connection <a href="mailto:lmc-exec@mit.edu">lmc-exec@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 7:00:00 PM - 8:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">LMC Info Session (PDR 3 (Student Center))<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Looking for free food on Thursday night? Want to find out about free guitar lessons next semester? Come learn about the MIT Live Music Connection!<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. </span><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman';font-size:12.8px"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Friday, 4/22</span></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman';font-size:12.8px"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Harvard Organ Society <a href="mailto:kade@mit.edu">kade@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 7:00:00 PM - 9:30:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">WINGS: Silent Film with Peter Krasinski (Harvard Memorial Church)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> HOS will be screening the Academy Award-winning silent film “Wings” featuring live improvised soundtrack by organist Peter Krasinski, "one of the world’s finest—if not the leading—silent film live improvisational accompanists." More at <a href="http://bit.ly/1SQqFaP">bit.ly/1SQqFaP</a><br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:No. <br>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">SaveTFP <a href="mailto:savetfp@mit.edu">savetfp@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 9:00:00 PM - 11:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Sundaes and Sex Fair (Coffeehouse)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Join SaveTFP and PLEASURE for ice cream sundaes and an interactive exhibition of sexual health, wellness, and pleasure. Ice Cream from Toscanini's.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Sunday, 4/24</span></b></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Live Music Connection <a href="mailto:lmc-exec@mit.edu">lmc-exec@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 2:00:00 PM - 4:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">LMC Jam Session (PDRs 1 & 2 (Student Center))<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Meet others who share your passion for music. There will be guitars, a drum set, and other instruments. No musical experience? That's okay! Come and listen, and join in as you can.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:No. </span><br></p>
<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Monday, 4/25</span></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman';font-size:12.8px"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">MIT Association of Taiwanese Students <a href="mailto:ats-exec@mit.edu">ats-exec@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 11:00:00 AM - 3:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Strait to Taiwan (Stata 1st Floor)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Come swing by our Taiwanese daymarket and enjoy the lively atmosphere! We have fun activities and cheap, delicious food brought to you by the friendly members of ATS!<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:No. $1 or $2 for each dish!<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Tech Catholic Community <a href="mailto:tcc-chair@mit.edu">tcc-chair@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 8:00:00 PM - 9:30:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Sport and Spirituality (Mezzanine Lounge)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Timothy Ritchie, a professional distance runner with a degree in theology, explores the relationship between sport and spirituality<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Tuesday, 4/26</span></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman';font-size:12.8px"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Student Activities Office <a href="mailto:erthomps@mit.edu">erthomps@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 7:00:00 PM - 9:30:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Dress Like a Boss (4th floor Stata)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Get tips for professional dress and how to be ready for the workplace post-MIT. Another excellent opportunity to practice skills before heading into summer internships or new jobs after graduation! This is a collaboration with SWE.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Thursday, 4/28</span></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman';font-size:12.8px"> </span></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Class Councils (2019-2016) <a href="mailto:mimu2016@mit.edu">mimu2016@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 6:30:00 PM - 8:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">MIT, I Messed Up (Kresge Oval)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> MIMU is a night when students come together to celebrate our failures, mistakes, and misfortunes. There will be speeches by students and Chancellor Barnhart, food, prizes, and performances by Resonance, Mocha Moves, and Roadkill Buffet.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. </span><br></p>
<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Friday, 4/29</span></b></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players <a href="mailto:gsp-ec@mit.edu">gsp-ec@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 8:00:00 PM - 10:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Patience; or, This Really Obscure Play, You Probably Never Heard Of It (La Sala de Puerto Rico W20-202)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> In a hipster coffee shop, women swoon over the poet Bunthorne. He’s only interested in Patience, who’s oblivious to his hipster charms. Enjoy a new twist on Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic musical comedy Patience. <a href="http://Gsp.mit.edu">Gsp.mit.edu</a> has ticket reservations.<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. FREE to current MIT/Wellesley Students (with ID); $10 for Other Students, Seniors, and MIT/Wellesley Community; $15 for General Public<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:No. <br>
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<p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Saturday, 4/30</span></b></p>
<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Syncopasian <a href="mailto:syncopasian-exec@mit.edu">syncopasian-exec@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 5:00:00 PM - 6:30:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">The Bright Side (10-250)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> Join MIT Syncopasian at our spring concert as we bid farewell to our seniors! As always, there will be free boba afterwards ^_^<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:Yes. <br>
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<p class=""><b><u><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Players <a href="mailto:gsp-ec@mit.edu">gsp-ec@mit.edu</a></span></u></b><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> 8:00:00 PM - 10:00:00 PM<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Patience; or, This Really Obscure Play, You Probably Never Heard Of It (La Sala de Puerto Rico W20-202)<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'"> In a hipster coffee shop, women swoon over the poet Bunthorne. He’s only interested in Patience, who’s oblivious to his hipster charms. Enjoy a new twist on Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic musical comedy Patience. <a href="http://Gsp.mit.edu">Gsp.mit.edu</a> has ticket reservations.<br>
</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Free?:Yes. FREE to current MIT/Wellesley Students (with ID); $10 for Other Students, Seniors, and MIT/Wellesley Community; $15 for General Public<br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-family:'CMU Serif Roman'">Food?:No. <br>
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