Takin My Time

Takin’ My Time I should have posted this entry five days ago. Sorry, world. But as awesome as blogging is, sometimes academics comes first specifically, Im referring to my 8.022 pset, my 18.03 pset, my big humanities paper, my 20.020 group final projectand so on. Not to mention, the next issue of MURJ is almost ready to hit the presses, which means the chief editors and production staff Melis, Dawn 08, Hannah 09, Ivana 11, and me have been hard at work getting the magazine, which is entirely student-produced, ready to send to the publishers. Its so hosing but so awesome at the same time, and I cant wait to see the issue come out in just a few weeks! But anyway. As you may already know, last Thursday was Drop Date, which refers to the final day that MIT students can drop a class (remove it from their registration) with no penalty. At MIT, Drop Date occurs around the tenth or eleventh week of each academic termwhich, as I understand it, is much later than pretty much every other school in the country. Kind of cool. And with Drop Date, comes Piano Drop! Piano Drop is a longstanding tradition where Baker House residents drop a piano off the roof of their dorm onto the testing site below. According to Matt who, as a former Bakerite, ought to know the Drop was first conceived of in 1972 by Charles Bruno 74, who wanted to bring back the grand old hacks of the past. The drop was performed annually until 1984, followed by sporadic recurrences, including 2005, 2006, 2007, and of course this year! So last Thursday, after my classes were done for the day, I grabbed a few friends and headed over to Baker House to witness my very first Piano Drop. Unfortunately, my cameras currently out of commission, but Ken 11 (one of the ARTalk bloggers and a fellow Simmons resident) was kind enough to let me borrow his rather professional photographs to use instead. You can also check out his coverage of Piano Drop in this entry. Ken, Teresa 11, and me. (Dont masquerade with the guy in shades oh no) Oops, who let the sun into this photo? Piano Drop is kind of a big deal. You can read more about it here, as well as a pretty harsh article by the Boston Globe here. The final result. I do feel sort of bad for the piano I think Ken looks a little too happy here. Ooh, what could be underneath? A different Teresa 11 investigates. In closing: A glamor shot of the Green Building, with one of the stately Pyramids of Killian Court in the foreground. Before I get back to work, one last thought for those of you still working on your final decision about where to enroll next year: remember, when it comes to colleges, there are no wrong choices. Only good ones and better ones. Post Tagged #Baker House