[UA] The Byte - January 19th, 2016

[Sophia Liu]

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Click below for the 6th episode of the Weekly Video
<https://vimeo.com/152107141#t=0s>Byte <https://vimeo.com/147259640> by the
UA Marketing Committee!
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Hello Undergraduates,

Hope your long weekend was restful! Friendly reminder that if you're
planning an event, you should submit it here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zVbtXskaeNY51cfNeJp0cCdbjlrkSq07OWTTqv-2X3s/viewform>
for
it to be featured in The Byte!

*Interesting piece of history of the week *from our UA History Chair,
Allan Sadun
 (ua-history at mit.edu; add yourself to the ua-history-interest at mit.edu mailing
list here <https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/ua-history-interest> if
you'd like to receive more):

Technique, like The Tech, has been around since nearly MIT's beginning, and
has a nice set of archives on their website. Among them is the 1928
Freshman Gray Book
<http://web.mit.edu/technique/www/scans/1928_Freshman_Gray_Book.pdf>, which
was given to freshmen to help acquaint them with each other and with the
Institute. Starting on page 52, you can see Technique's run-down of which
clubs, sports, etc. are important, and a description of the once-famous MIT
Field Day! (Field Day has and could be the subject of /many/ essays. It's
interesting to see that back in 1928, there were a clear set of "prominent"
clubs - Technique, The Tech, TCA, Voo Doo - that everyone mostly agreed
upon.


This is a link
<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=04g3puac6u0p6t7nrsari3h5j8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York>
 to subscribe to the Google Calendar with all the events on The Byte. Around
campus, here's a list of the events going on, with more details below!

   - *MIT | Discussion: Discussion Website Launch*
   - *Lecture Series Committee (LSC): 38th Annual Science Fiction Marathon*
- *MIT Energy Club: MIT Clean Energy Prize Skills & Ideas Mixer *
   - *Educational Studies Program (ESP): Splash for Us*
   - *Tau Beta Pi: xFair*

Warm wishes,
Sophia Liu
Vice President of the Undergraduate Association

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*Tuesday 1/19*

*MIT | Discussion *discussion-admin at mit.edu <anblank at mit.edu> 12:00:00 AM -
12:00:00 AM

Discussion Website Launch (Online)

MIT | Discussion (https://discussion.mit.edu/) is a new website, based on
Reddit, for "talking about the Institute". We built it in the hopes of
promoting better conversations and collaborations about how MIT can be
better. Give it a click!

Free?:Yes.

Food?:No.

*Saturday, 1/23*

*Lecture Series Committee (LSC) *lsc at mit.edu 7:00:00 PM - 7:00:00 AM

38th Annual Science Fiction Marathon (26-100)

7:00 pm - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
9:15 pm - The Martian
11:45 pm - pizza break
12:00 am - a special surprise!
1:00 am - Apollo 13
4:00 am - Street Fighter
(attendance at the whole marathon is NOT required)

Free?:Yes.

Food?:Yes. Food available for purchase.

*Monday, 1/25*

*MIT Energy Club *anblank at mit.edu 7:00:00 PM - 9:00:00 PM

MIT Clean Energy Prize Skills & Ideas Mixer (Greentown Labs: 28 Dane
Street, Somerville, MA 02143)

Join us at Greentown Labs, a unique clean energy prototyping and idea space
in Somerville, MA, for a chance to meet like-minded students, engage energy
entrepreneurs, and form teams to compete for the MIT Clean Energy Prize.

Free?:Yes.

Food?:Yes.

*Tuesday, 1/26*


*Educational Studies Program (ESP) *esp at mit.edu* or
*splash-for-us at mit.edu 7:00:00
PM - 11:59:00 PM

Splash for Us (Building 56, first floor)

Splash for Us: where MIT students teach and learn from MIT students on
anything they want! Free pizza and snacks provided. Sign up to teach at
esp.mit.edu/sfuteach by Wednesday, January 20. E-mail us at
splash-for-us at mit.edu if you have questions!

Free?:Yes.

Food?:Yes.

*Monday, 2/1*

*Tau Beta Pi *xfair-exec at mit.edu 10:00:00 AM - 4:00:00 PM

xFair (Rockwell Cage)

xFair is not your average career fair - it's a showcase of talent, ideas,
and passion in the form of MIT's largest career fair and tech expo. Submit
your resume now at drop.xfair.io!

Free?:Yes.

Food?:No.
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