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October 27th 2006

My Fellow Students,



There's a lot of fun stuff this week, so I'll jump right to the meaty parts:



Important "Crap-I-Don't-Want-To-Forget" Announcements:



Fun Stuff:

Quick, before I bore you too much, have a webcomic from xkcd ...



Public Service Announcement: [from Jon Cass, abridged]

I suggest that you all increase your happiness levels. This can be done in multiple ways but I find that some of the most effective ways involve students who live in my suite. Here are some tips:



Just Sighted:

Hans was spotted being dragged from campus late Thursday night by two Public Safety officers. When questioned, they muttered: "New Olin policy ... No guns on campus," pointing to his biceps.



Also ...



CORe Business:



Olin Tracker New High-Priority Items:

  1. Alternative Grading Systems Should be Reviewed
  2. Lack of machine shop accessibility
  3. There is too much bureaucracy
  4. Decrease Tracker Activation Energy
  5. Getting off campus is difficult


Other Quick Notes:



::takes a deep breath:: Short intro, huh? Now, let's get into this week's events:

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:



So yeah. If you think this Digest rocked, if you think this Digest sucked, or anything in between (??), be sure to drop me a line!

Sincerely,

Christopher Dellin

Your Vice President of Communication

Revise Olin's Curriculum!
If you've ever said "couldn't we," "why don't we," or "can we try..." now is the time to catalyze the changes you want to see in the curriculum.
 
Once every several years, Olin's curriculum expires and we get to revise it. This means it's open season on anything and everything academic-policy related. The first round of feedback (braindump) ends Nov. 1; later rounds will be for idea refinement, so fill out cards in the dining hall or email cast@lists.olin.edu to officially log your ideas.
 
 
Curriculum Advisory Student Team (CAST), ARB's student feedback crew (Mel Chua '07, Alison Lee '07, Ellen Chisa '10, Amanda Pratt '10)
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Contact: Curriculum Advisory Student Team (CAST)
Impact Mixer with Students from Babson, Wellesley, and MIT
Connect for Awesome!
Next Wednesday at 8pm in the first floor lounge of West Hall, OSA will be hosting a mixer for students interested in making a positive impact on the world.  Students from MIT, Wellesley, and Babson will be invited. 
 
Take this chance to get involved with clubs at other schools, learn about projects here on campus, and meet students from nearby colleges.  There will be snacks.
 
Take action for Awesome!
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Contact: Jef Gluckstein
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Lunch with the All Star Admissions Team!
Get to know the Administration, one group at a time!
The Delta CORe committee will be inviting various staff members to have lunch with students this semester. We will be beginning with our Admissions staff on Thursday, November 1st at noon in our fabulous Dining Hall.
Remember to stop by!
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Contact: Meenakshi Vembusubramanian
Friday Service Opportunities and SERV Auction!
Soup kitchen, a park cleanup
Community Servings: TODAY, October 27th, 4:30-8:45PM
 
Community Servings is an organization that provides free home-delivered meals to people homebound with HIV/AIDS and other acute life-threatening illnesses and cannot shop or cook for themselves. Their goal is to help their clients maintain their health and dignity, provide nutritionally and culturally appropriate meals, preserve the integrity of their family, and send the message that someone cares. You would be helping to make these meals - preparing and packaging the 1300 meals a day that Community Servings serves. Volunteer there TODAY from 4:30-8:30. E-mail SERV if you'd like to go and visit http://www.servings.org/index.htm for more information.
 
Claxton Field Clean-up: Friday, November 3rd, 3-5PM
 
Claxton Field is a Needham park less than a mile away - it should be familiar to many of you because Open has its Labor Day brunch there every year. Come give back and enjoy the outdoors by cleaning up the park. Gloves, bags, etc. will be provided. E-mail SERV if you'd like to go!
 
SERV Auction!
The SERV auction is coming soon (details forthcoming)!! Start thinking about what you want to donate/what you want to bid on! [For the class of '10, the SERV auction is an awesome yearly event where Olin community members donate goods/services, such as food, rides, and babysitting, for the rest of the community to bid on. All proceeds go to support SERV or a worthwhile charity!]
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Contact: Christie
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Save the Date: November 1 for the Presidential Lecture Series Kick-off Event with Ray Stata, Chairman, Analog Devices
Join us on November 1st at 11:00 a.m. in the Olin Center Auditorium to meet Ray Stata, a successful entrepreneur, CEO, philanthropist and spokesman for education reform. He is also a leading advocate for corporate practices that emphasize the human factors in business success. As the speaker at the inaugural Presidential Lecture Series on Leadership and Philanthropy, Mr. Stata, Chairman and CEO of Analog Devices, will present an interactive session on leadership, philanthropy and motivation.
 
Mr. Stata's accomplishments and career highlights include:
  • A graduate of MIT in electrical engineering;
  • Co-founder, in 1965, of Analog Devices, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of analog, mixed, and digital signal processing equipment. He has been chairman and chief executive officer since 1973;
  • Instituted the use of the “balanced scorecard” at Analog Devices, a multidimensional approach to measuring corporate performance that incorporates both financial and non-financial factors;
  • Helped establish the Center for Quality of Management (CQM) in 1989, a non-profit consortium of companies and universities exploring better ways to bring value to business operations through sharing information and pooling resources;
  • With wife Maria, provided major funding for the landmark Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT;
  • A founder and first President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council and currently a member of MHTC's Board of Directors;
  • Since 1987 he has served on the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness, a body that addresses cutting-edge issues that drive our nation's ability to compete successfully in the global marketplace;
  • Prominent force in pushing technology into emerging nations like India, Africa, and in the Middle East with the goal of helping to bring the benefits of technology to the lives of the poorest people in developing countries.
 
Plan to come early, get a good seat and ask lots of questions during this one-of-a-kind opportunity for conversation with Ray Stata.  Contact Joanne Kossuth with any questions.
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Contact: Joanne Kossuth
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Guest Speaker from Schlumberger: The Life Cycle of an Oil Well
Monday, Oct. 30, 12pm, AC113
The Life Cycle of an Oil Well
 
In the last few years, the price of crude oil jumped from $20 to $60 a barrel. Many experts have written books and gotten on the speaking circuit with conflicting forecasts about the future of our fossil fuel-based economy. Another debate rages about whether the oil companies (and, to a lesser extent, companies that provide them with services, like Schlumberger) are making a legitimate or unfair amount of profits while prices rise.
 
In order to understand what is happening or might happen to our energy supply, it helps to go back to basics, and understand how oil and gas are formed, stored in the ground, discovered, and produced. This presentation will illustrate, using abundant graphics and animations, the "life cycle" of an oil well from the perspective of the premier oilfield services company. The range and complexity of technology challenges that must be solved to produce hydrocarbons should become
apparent from the talk. We will conclude by hearing briefly about the prospects for oil and gas production in light of current economic and political events.
 
The Speaker
 
Claude Baudoin is the Information Technology Advisor in the research division of Schlumberger, the world's leading oilfield services company. He has worked for the company for 23 years, including various IT and software management roles in Paris, California, Texas, and now Boston. He has an Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford.
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Contact: Matthew Brouillard
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Leadership Lecture Series - October 31 "Crisis Management: Lessons I Learned; What I Wish I Had Known
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
4:30 p.m. - Olin Auditorium
Mr. Lawrence J. Lasser, former President and CEO, Putnam Investments to present "Crisis Management: Lessons I Learned; What I Wish I Had Known" based on his experience seeing Putman through the 2003 SEC investigation and subsequent legal action.
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Contact: Alyson Goodrow
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OSL Diversity Series: "Islam and the Contemporary Crisis"
How are radical interpretations of Islam related to current events
Watch a lecture by Hillel Fradkin, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC, and director of its Islamic Studies and Jewish Studies programs. Occasioned by the events of September 11, 2001, his lecture examines radical Islam in the modern world.
 
Come Monday at 7:00pm in the WH 1st floor lounge to watch his lecture and join a discussion with OSL and Patty Blanchette.
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Contact: David Soo
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Build a Business in 28 Minutes
OEG presents "Build a Business in 28 Minutes" -- A fast paced exercise in idea generation and entrepreneurial development.
Thursday, November 2nd: 9:00-10:30 PM in AC 213
We will be breaking into small groups, using ideation methods to generate ideas, and investigate how you would go about turning them into reality.  Come if you like design, entrepreneurship, or fun.
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Contact: Joe Roskowski
Phone banking with PPR!
Republicans in Congress? Now *that’s* scary.
People for Progressive Reform will be phone banking for MoveOn or your favorite local candidates on Saturday at 3pm. We'll meet in the AC 3F lounge, enjoy some snacks, and fan out from there. It'll be awesome.
Please bring your cell phone! You will not need a laptop.
 
Q: What exactly are you doing / what is "phone banking"?
A: We will be calling individual voters in competitive districts to urge them to head out to the polls on Election Day. We'll be using MoveOn's list of voters who are likely to support progressive candidates, so it's primarily a get-out-the-vote campaign.
 
Q: Isn't that scary? Won't I have to talk to people?
Surprisingly, it's totally not that bad! All you have to do is read from a prepared script with a smile on your face, and this personal contact will make it more likely that the recipients will vote, which could change the results of the election in highly contested districts. It's so easy that there's no excuse for not coming out and calling if you'd like to see change in Congress.
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Contact: Tim Smith
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Science Network Meeting for Students
For more than 50 years the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has worked collaboratively with academia, business and government to expand educational opportunities and services for the region’s residents. Since 1990, NEBHE’s Excellence Through Diversity program has implemented strategies to enhance the educational and career success of groups that are underrepresented in STEM fields—particularly African American, Hispanic, Southeast Asian and Native American students.  To date, more than 4,500 students and 350 advisors from academia and industry, representing 250 academic institutions and 80 corporations, have participated in the program.

 

Past participants have achieved countless success in STEM fields. Now, they’re back and excited to share their stories of triumph (sometimes frustration and disappointment) and what lead them ultimately to succeed.  Each student at the Science Network will be matched with a mentor in his/her field of interest, such as medicine, electrical engineering or computer science. By attending this meeting, students will develop the necessary contacts for success and gain an introduction to the STEM community.


Even more, students will learn about financing their education, upcoming internships and how to build their confidence to succeed.

 

For more information, please visit http://www.nebhe.org/sciencenetwork.
 
The meeting is scheduled for November 18th at MIT.
 
I was informed of this meeting by Vanessa Goldstein, who is a Program Assistant and Staff Writer for NEBHE.  Her email address is vgoldstein@nebhe.org.
 
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Contact: Alison Black
Sponsor an ASME student for lunch
…it's as simple as dropping off your prox card
This Saturday the Olin ASME chapter is sponsoring one of the New England regional leadership conferences.  Help us offset the cost of lunches by dropping off your prox card in the basket by the dining hall register today (Friday) or Saturday morning.


Thanks so much for your support!
-ASME 
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Contact: Elizabeth Kneen
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged]
Come see the HILARIOUS Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] this Saturday and Sunday at 8:00 PM in the Auditorium.
 
If you've already seen it once, come see it again for free.  It's always funnier the second time around (just like Hamlet)
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Contact: Ben Salinas
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Reminder on Weapons Policy: Halloween Costumes Included
Firearms, including replicas and plastic guns, are not permitted on the Olin campus.  Fake or plastic weapons are of great concern to the Department of Public Safety and the Needham Police Department.  Let's avoid accidents by making sure Halloween costumes do not include weapons of any kind.
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Contact: Rod Crafts
Post Graduate Planning Announcements
Olin's resource for internships, summer research, jobs, graduate school and more
 
GENERAL
 
CIA Information Session Cancelled for Monday, October 30th, 6:30-8:30 PM.
Deadline for Internship Applications – Wednesday, November 1st!
 
If you are a first year student or a sophomore and think you might be interested in a summer 2007 internship in the Science and Technology Department of the Agency please visit the CIA’s website to learn about the program and how to apply.
 
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Workshop
Wednesday, November 1st, 6:30-8:00 PM (day has been corrected since last week’s post)
AC 109
 
Extroversion? Introversion? Judging? Perceiving? You may have heard these words, but what do they really mean? Come learn more about them from Assistant Dean of Student Life, Alison Black, who will offer a workshop on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). MBTI is a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personal preferences. This may be of special interest and assistance for students who are not sure what they want to do after Olin. Students will actually take the MBTI and score themselves prior to the workshop. Log-in to EASE eCampusRecruiter at http://careers.olin.edu and register to attend this event (required, Limit 15).
 
Hub Crawl: Financial Services
Wednesday and Thursday, November 8th and 9th - Boston
 
Olin students are invited to participate in a special Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce event “Hub Crawl: Financial Services.” This event is designed to connect Greater Boston’s undergraduate college students with the region’s business community, and to retain more students in the area following graduation.
 
This event invites students to attend a series of 1-2 hour informational sessions held at the offices of some of Greater Boston’s leading financial services organizations including Fidelity, John Hancock, State Street, and others, to learn more about each company and pursuing careers in the area. Other schools participating include: Babson College, Boston College, Brandeis, Harvard, MIT, and more. For more information visit the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce website.
 
INTERNSHIPS
 
Medline Industries
Work remotely from campus– Deadline: November 16th!
 
If you think you are a top web application programmer at Olin and want to get a great education in real-world business, then this field study is for you! Go to http://careers.olin.edu and Log-in to EASE eCampusRecruiter to view the complete job posting.
 
JOBS
 
Instrumentation Laboratory
Lexington, MA and Worldwide locations
 
To see the various jobs available at Instrumental Laboratory Go to http://careers.olin.edu and Log-in to EASE eCampusRecruiter.
 
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Contact: Suzanne Alcott
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