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The Ath trip
Jan. 29th, 2004 09:44 amThis is a reminder, mostly, to post on the contents of the lecture I went to last night. I might wait until I get the email from the speaker that I'm expecting, though I'm not sure.
This message is also here to exhort all the 5C students to go to the Ath way more often. It is totally free! All you have to do is decide 3 whole days in advance that so and so's talk sounds interesting, and sign up. You give them your mealcard number, and in exchange get a really good meal. (Better than any of the campus dining halls.) I scanned through the list and think I've got about 1 talk a week I want to go to for the next few months. The other big benefit is meeting random off campus people. In fact, I recommend that even if 8 people I know end up all going together, they should split up to 2 or 3 tables. That way you still have someone you know, but get to do fun things like sit with 3 CMC leadership instuctor/profs.
The leadership people were fun and interesting, and told us amusing stories about CMC. There were some interesting reactions when they found out we all (Eli, Benj and I) went to Mudd. One of them had an engineering background and probably stereotyped the least. One of the others was doing her best to "relate" to us engineering types. She talked about how she was a big Star Trek fan, and talked about file sharing some. It was clear she was trying, and wasn't too bad or offensive or anything, just kind of funny. The former engineer rolled his eyes at her attempts a few times, teasing her about how far she was trying to reach. It was fun, and we had some good conversation over stuff. It was also just nice to interact with new people, and people not so Mudd related. They had somewhat different viewpoints, and so the conversation wound itself in different directions than it might have at say the standard dinner table.
Anyhow, it was fun, and I'll hopefully post on the actual talk soon, but I need to go get more sleep now. In short, it wasn't the most elequent speach ever, but it did make me think about the topic, and brought together some different things that I've been thinking on lately.
This message is also here to exhort all the 5C students to go to the Ath way more often. It is totally free! All you have to do is decide 3 whole days in advance that so and so's talk sounds interesting, and sign up. You give them your mealcard number, and in exchange get a really good meal. (Better than any of the campus dining halls.) I scanned through the list and think I've got about 1 talk a week I want to go to for the next few months. The other big benefit is meeting random off campus people. In fact, I recommend that even if 8 people I know end up all going together, they should split up to 2 or 3 tables. That way you still have someone you know, but get to do fun things like sit with 3 CMC leadership instuctor/profs.
The leadership people were fun and interesting, and told us amusing stories about CMC. There were some interesting reactions when they found out we all (Eli, Benj and I) went to Mudd. One of them had an engineering background and probably stereotyped the least. One of the others was doing her best to "relate" to us engineering types. She talked about how she was a big Star Trek fan, and talked about file sharing some. It was clear she was trying, and wasn't too bad or offensive or anything, just kind of funny. The former engineer rolled his eyes at her attempts a few times, teasing her about how far she was trying to reach. It was fun, and we had some good conversation over stuff. It was also just nice to interact with new people, and people not so Mudd related. They had somewhat different viewpoints, and so the conversation wound itself in different directions than it might have at say the standard dinner table.
Anyhow, it was fun, and I'll hopefully post on the actual talk soon, but I need to go get more sleep now. In short, it wasn't the most elequent speach ever, but it did make me think about the topic, and brought together some different things that I've been thinking on lately.
