Randall Munroe at Dartmouth
Who wants to come up?
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Fellow xkcd fans,
I am pleased to announce that Randall Munroe HAS agreed to
visit Dartmouth.(!!!)
Thank you again to everyone who took the time to email him;
your creativity and
sense of humor did the trick!
So here is where we currently stand:
Randall will be visiting in November (sorry to anyone who
will be off-campus
then; we'll take lots of pictures!). Now we need to tackle
funding and to
organize advertising and the event itself. (Yes, fall term
is a little ways off,
but we need to start early in order to ensure that
everything will run
smoothly.) So as you enjoy your summer, it would be awesome
if you could perhaps
find a pocket of time here or there to do any of the following
actually-not-at-all-strenuous tasks:
1) Tell your friends! Talk to people who already xkcd fans,
and convert as many
as-of-yet unenlightened math/science/other afficionados as
possible into xkcd
fans. Just build up excitement in the student body! If you
find anyone
interested in the event, forward this blitz and tell him/her
to blitz me (DND:
NYH) so I can add him/her to the blitz list.
2) Use those brilliant minds of yours to dream up ways of
making Randall's
visit unforgettable. Here's what happened when Randall
visited MIT:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/05/16/mit-talk/ (Randall's own
blog report on the
event), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZuC4ihBeo (video).
We can totally do
better than MIT!, right? And think outside the box -- the
pranks can (and
probably should) be spread out throughout the visit, not
just concentrated
during his actual speech. Browsing through the xkcd archive (
http://xkcd.com/archive/) might provide you with some good
ideas -- and a very
entertaining few hours, regardless of whether you come up
with any ideas! Blitz
back with any ideas for his visit or for pre-visit advertising.
3) If anyone has any experience with bringing in speakers,
organizing large
events, and/or requesting funding, I would greatly
appreciate your advice.
(COSO-recognized and non-COSO-recognized clubs all have
valuable perspectives :)
Thanks very much, and enjoy your summer!
Nicole
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--- Start of forwarded message ---
Fellow xkcd fans,
I am pleased to announce that Randall Munroe HAS agreed to
visit Dartmouth.(!!!)
Thank you again to everyone who took the time to email him;
your creativity and
sense of humor did the trick!
So here is where we currently stand:
Randall will be visiting in November (sorry to anyone who
will be off-campus
then; we'll take lots of pictures!). Now we need to tackle
funding and to
organize advertising and the event itself. (Yes, fall term
is a little ways off,
but we need to start early in order to ensure that
everything will run
smoothly.) So as you enjoy your summer, it would be awesome
if you could perhaps
find a pocket of time here or there to do any of the following
actually-not-at-all-strenuous tasks:
1) Tell your friends! Talk to people who already xkcd fans,
and convert as many
as-of-yet unenlightened math/science/other afficionados as
possible into xkcd
fans. Just build up excitement in the student body! If you
find anyone
interested in the event, forward this blitz and tell him/her
to blitz me (DND:
NYH) so I can add him/her to the blitz list.
2) Use those brilliant minds of yours to dream up ways of
making Randall's
visit unforgettable. Here's what happened when Randall
visited MIT:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/05/16/mit-talk/ (Randall's own
blog report on the
event), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZuC4ihBeo (video).
We can totally do
better than MIT!, right? And think outside the box -- the
pranks can (and
probably should) be spread out throughout the visit, not
just concentrated
during his actual speech. Browsing through the xkcd archive (
http://xkcd.com/archive/) might provide you with some good
ideas -- and a very
entertaining few hours, regardless of whether you come up
with any ideas! Blitz
back with any ideas for his visit or for pre-visit advertising.
3) If anyone has any experience with bringing in speakers,
organizing large
events, and/or requesting funding, I would greatly
appreciate your advice.
(COSO-recognized and non-COSO-recognized clubs all have
valuable perspectives :)
Thanks very much, and enjoy your summer!
Nicole
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