I saw this poster at MIT when I was walking down the infinite. It is ironic that MIT has had a huge push for going green, yet groups are still printing posters which are a huge waste of paper. Notice that the “Sold Out” banner is actually printed on the poster, it was not added after the regular poster was printed. Why are they advertising a sold out event anyway?
Jack finally took me sailing and it was awesome! I had already gone to 2 sailing classes with Asiri, but this was completely different. First off, it was really windy which made it a lot more fun. Second (and more importantly) Jack is REALLY good! I equate sailing with Jack to him peppering with me when we were playing volelyball. Basically, it is really nice to go with someone that knows what he is doing. I think it made me a lot better just getting directions on what to hold on to and where to put my feet.
I got the chance to skipper for a bit (jack controlled both sails and I took the rutter) and immediately fell out. It was hilarious. After I fell out Jack kept talking to me for a while without realizing I wasnt there so I had to swim back to the boat. A few minutes later we “death rolled,”and the entire boat capsized. We got it backup though and kept sailing. Luckily Jack had given me a drysuit so I was able to stay pretty dry as I kept falling in.
I still need to do my 3rd sailing class so that I can go sailing card, and after going to day i really want to do it. I also need to get jack to take me some more.
I wrote this email in response to an ESPN article on Caltech Basketball
Caltech basketball article
I enjoyed reading your article about Caltech basketball, but I feel that a much more interesting story would have been how MIT students also succeed ON the court. Both schools and students have the same academic focus, yet I fail to see see why it’s relevant that Caltech basketball has lost 273 consecutive league games. Surely any athlete that steps out on the floor wants to win and a team having lost every league game for 23 years is hard to pick out as being successful. You would not write a feel good story about a college basketball team in which no one had graduated in 23 years, so if we strive for excellence in sports, and ultimately some portion of success is measured by wins, then Caltech should not be singled out as a success.
Instead take a look at MIT, where this year the mens basketball team went 12-14 (20-8, 2 years ago) and had one of its players(Jimmy Bartolotta) named as the only junior on the ESPN All-American first team. Jimmy not only led the league in scoring but also maintains a 3.79 GPA while double majoring in physics and management. He like many other MIT athletes is a perfect example of a successful STUDENT-ATHLETE. I highlight student athlete because he as been successful both on and off the court. It is kind of funny that very few players on the Caltech team played high school ball, but to me that just means that those students should be playing club basketball instead of varsity. Your article talks about the students, but shies away from the athletics part of the student-athlete equation.
I enjoy reading these kinds of articles because too often we only see D-I athletes, and forget that student-athletes do some amazing things in the classroom. All I suggest is that next time instead of focusing on a team that has lost 273 consecutive games, focus on a school like MIT where the teams win and the students continue to do cutting edge research.
Academics:
MIT was ranked 7th nationally by USnews (Cal Tech was 6th), and it was ranked first in engineering. Nearly all MIT students have a UROP (undergraduate research opportunities program), the equivalent of SURF, or an internship over the summer. MIT also claims more Nobel Laureate alumni and faculty.
Athletics:
MIT has the 4th most academic all-Americans of any NCAA school and holds the most of any D-III institution with 139.
