[UA] The Byte - March 14th, 2016 Pi Day!
Sophia Liu
sophliu at mit.edu
Mon Mar 14 12:20:04 EDT 2016
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Hello Undergraduates,
I hope you're excited about welcoming the class of 2020 today, and that
you're hanging in there--we're almost at spring break! You've done so much
to get to this point, and you should be proud of it!
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*Interesting piece of history of the week *from our UA History Chair, Alexander
Sludds (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):
*"This week we are going to concern ourselves with something that a lot of
old civil engineers might remember, camp technology. For the sake of
brevity I will let this following video explain to you the need and culture
behind camp technology:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtOGgQHZkY
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtOGgQHZkY>Camp Technology was an idea
that original came from MIT professor George F. Swain. Swain was passionate
about MIT and in 1900 wrote a 9174 word essay in Popular Science Monthly
praising the infrastructure and vision of the institute. It would come as a
surprise to everyone when Swain left the institute in 1909 to join the
newly formed Harvard Graduate School of Applied Science. Even more
interesting is that Swain wrote to President Maclaurin in 1914 telling him
that his recent attempts at a merger with Harvard were of great benefit to
the institute."*
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*UA Sustainability: The Climate Conversation: Featuring MIT’s VP of
Research, Maria Zuber *
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*MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team: Arcturus Homecoming *
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*MIT Shakespeare Ensemble: Much Ado About Nothing *
- *SaveTFP: St. Patty's Day Cookies*
Best,
Sophia Liu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Class of 2017
Vice President of the Undergraduate Association
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*Monday, 3/14*
*UA Sustainability ua-sustainability-exec at mit.edu
<ua-sustainability-exec at mit.edu>* 5:00:00 PM - 6:00:00 PM
The Climate Conversation: Featuring MIT’s VP of Research, Maria Zuber
(4-270)
Ask all your questions about MIT's Climate Action Plan or other campus
related topics at our informational panel with Vice President of Research
Maria Zuber. Food will be served.
Free?:Yes.
Food?:Yes.
*Thursday, 3/17*
*MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team gosolar at mit.edu <gosolar at mit.edu>* 3:00:00
PM - 7:00:00 PM
Arcturus Homecoming (Lobby 10)
Come see the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team and see Arctutus, our 2015
World Solar Challenge vehicle. We recently returned from racing the car
through the Australian outback, and we would like to thank the MIT
community for helping us get there.
Free?:Yes.
Food?:Yes.
*MIT Shakespeare Ensemble *ensemble-request at mit.edu 8:00:00 PM - 10:00:00
PM
Much Ado About Nothing (W20-202, La Sala de Puerto Rico)
Come see the Shakespeare Ensemble's spring show, Much Ado About
Nothing! Reserve tickets to our performances at
ensemble.mit.edu/tickets.
Free?:No. $5 for MIT, Harvard, Wellesley students; $9 for MIT community;
$12 for general public
Food?:No.
*Friday, 3/18*
*MIT Shakespeare Ensemble *ensemble-request at mit.edu 8:00:00 PM - 10:00:00
PM
Much Ado About Nothing (W20-202, La Sala de Puerto Rico)
Come see the Shakespeare Ensemble's spring show, Much Ado About
Nothing! Reserve tickets to our performances at ensemble.mit.edu/tickets
.
Free?:No. $5 for MIT, Harvard, Wellesley students; $9 for MIT community;
$12 for general public
Food?:No.
*SaveTFP **savetfp at mit.edu <savetfp at mit.edu>* 9:00:00 PM - 11:00:00 PM
St. Patty's Day Cookies (Coffeehouse (W20 3rd floor))
Cookies. Icing. More sugar. Come fight those
everyone-went-to-Cancun-for-Spring-Break-but-me blues with some green (in
the form of icing and sprinkles)
Free?:Yes.
Food?:Yes.
*Saturday, 3/19*
*MIT Shakespeare Ensemble *ensemble-request at mit.edu 8:00:00 PM - 10:00:00
PM
Much Ado About Nothing (W20-202, La Sala de Puerto Rico)
Come see the Shakespeare Ensemble's spring show, Much Ado About
Nothing! Reserve tickets to our performances at
ensemble.mit.edu/tickets.
Free?:No. $5 for MIT, Harvard, Wellesley students; $9 for MIT community;
$12 for general public
Food?:No.
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