[Editors] Commencement story ideas

[Alice Waugh]

Hi all,

The News Office is getting ready for Commencement, and one of the 
things we do is gather stories of unusual and interesting graduates 
and alumni returning for reunion. I'm writing to ask if any of you 
know someone who would make a good subject for a short feature. If we 
can find a number of interesting people, we won't need to write a 
long story about each, but perhaps more of a vignette.

We're most interested in those who are unusual even for MIT. For 
example, this could be someone who plays in a rock band, is a star 
athlete (even a tiddly-winks champion), is from a remote part of the 
world (see the third story below), etc. Here are some of the stories 
we've done in recent years:

Graduating students:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/jun12/commence-baby.html
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2002/jun12/ghana.html
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2001/jun13/commkenya.html

Alumni:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/jun04/comm-edison.html
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/1998/jun03/rower.html

If you know of anyone, please let me know as soon as possible so we 
can schedule a photograph if necessary. If you would care to 
interview and write about the person, even better, but this isn't 
required. Fee free to pass this on to others at MIT who might know of 
interesting people to interview. Thanks!

Alice Waugh
Editor, MIT Tech Talk
News Office
258-5401