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rt will have new hours over IAP (1/7-1/30), and will be open Monday-Wednesday from 3-9pm. As always, you can share feedback about MIT&#39;s new at-cost grocery store. If you&#39;d like to join the effort in making TechMart sustainable, please email <a href="mailto:ua-feedback@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">ua-feedback@mit.edu</a>!</span><br><br>Good luck with the last few weeks of the semester, and happy holidays!</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:17.5px"><span style="font-family:roboto,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif">~ Mahi<br>UA Secretary</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><img height="30" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/8510f4c2-4537-4dd0-b475-ef934e85c7ce.png" width="30" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="border: 0px; outline: none; height: auto;"> <span style="font-family:roboto,&quot;helvetica neue&quot;,helvetica,arial,sans-serif">Undergraduate Association Events</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Donate your extra meal swipes through SwipeShare</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Lunch/Dinner Discussions to Improve FYE</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Input on new VP for IS&amp;T</li><li style="margin-left:15px">New TechMart Hours During IAP</li><li style="margin-left:15px">UA Council Meeting</li><li style="margin-left:15px">UA Cabinet &amp; Operations Meeting</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><img height="30" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/5229ed99-5c20-47d3-80e1-d524dfccd3ca.png" width="30" class="gmail-CToWUd" sty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r>DFY: Fun-Sized (2.s974/2.s790) is a 3-unit subject building on the original Designing the First-Year Experience at MIT class offered in Spring 2018.<br><br>We welcome students who were involved with the prior class as well as first-year students and others who were not able to participate last year.<br><br>The class will focus on exploring ideas for radical changes to the first-year experience that could be piloted with a small group of students, for example in a First-Year Learning Community (FLC), as well as less dramatic changes that could be tested with the entire Class of 2023.<br><br><img height="365" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/2342967b-ab08-4697-9ab5-403135935bbf.png" width="650" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 365px; width: 650px; margin: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px solid rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h3 class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:22px;line-height:33px"><font face="roboto, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">SOCIAL</font></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-7393757535326793310mcnTextContent" style="font-family:Helvetica;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-size:16px;line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><strong>MIT Language Conversation Exchange Lunch</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Tues. 12/11 at 12pm<br><strong>Where:</strong> E23-009 (please enter the basement from the E25 atrium)<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:lce@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">lce@mit.edu</a><br><br>Meet Eat Speak! Meet other language enthusiasts, students taking learning languages, and native speakers of languages you&#39;d like to practice. All MIT community members welcome! Lunch will be served. Brought to you by the Alumni Association, International Student Office, Office of Graduation Education, and the LCE.<br><br><img height="207" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0cb9f68f0bc51d0385e5d8872/images/5bed6b11-6496-4b28-9cb2-f22eb51b55c8.png" width="325" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none; border: 0px; height: 207px; width: 325px; margin: 0px;"><br><br><strong>All-Natural Logs: A (Cage-) Free Conc</strong><br><strong>When:</strong> Fri. 12/14 at 8:00pm (doors at 7:45pm)<br><strong>Where:</strong> Kresge Auditorium<br><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:logs@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,173,216)">logs@mit.edu</a><br><br>Tired from a long day of working the farm? Lettuce introduce you to the fall Logs concert! Come join us as we celebrate a great harvest! The Logs will be serving up some sick beets, and getting this bread. Tired of the corny puns? All you need to know is *doors open right on thyme at 7:45pm!*<br><br>Can&#39;t wheat to see you there!<br><br><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lor="#999999">Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2020<br>Secretary of the Undergraduate Association<br>Department of EECS and Department of BCS</font><br></div></div></div></div>