MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Student Activities Office

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Charm School 2014

Alana Hamlett, Assistant Director, Student Activities and Leadership

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Join us for MIT's 21st Annual Charm School events taking place during the last week of IAP.  Learn more about dinner etiquette, get your questions answered about dating or simply participate in Charm School and get a Charm Degree! 

Sponsor(s): Student Activities Office
Contact: Alana Hamlett, W20-549, 617 253-7605, AHAMLETT@MIT.EDU

Charm School Dating Etiquette Workshop

Jan/27 Mon 02:00PM-03:30PM W20 Room 400, Sign up encouraged

Dating can be difficult.  Come to this session to share your thoughts and questions about flirting, asking somebody out, dating, and building a solid relationship.  Learn how to develop skills that will help you find that special someone.  Sign up for program here: http://ow.ly/rFZIE

Charm School Business Etiquette Dinner

Jan/29 Wed 06:00PM-08:30PM R& D Commons, Advanced Sign up required

Charm School presents its annual Etiquette Dinner.  Learn the ins and outs of dining etiquette and table conversation while enjoying a complimentary meal. Dress is semi-formal.  Vegetarian options available upon request.  

Sign up for the program here: http://ow.ly/qaSBa

Charm School

Jan/31 Fri 12:00PM-05:00PM W20 Student Center, No sign up required

Participate in mini-classes on a wide variety of "charming" subjects, take in the wisdom of our Charm instructors, and even earn your "Ch.D." (Doctoral degree in Charm).  And by mini, we mean mini - each Charm Class is only 20 minutes long!  That means you can take in 4 different subjects in just an hour and be that much closer to earning your degree.


I love the 80s & 90s - Cult Classics: When Women Ruled the Big Screen

Heidy Gonzalez, WGS Program Manager

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Register at http://wgsiap.weebly.com

Before Sex in the City, Twilight  and The Hunger Games became movie franchises, we had a long history of strong, complicated, and kick-ass leading women in film. Feminist film critics often lament the end of the "good old days" when women were presented as strong, capable, intelligent and complex characters (you know…human). During this IAP series we will examine the portrayal of women in cult classic films of the 80s and 90s. After the films we will ask: How were women portrayed in these films? What messages did we receive about what it meant to be a young woman during that time? What are the major themes of the films? Has anything changed since then? How are people of color portrayed in these films? Um, are there people of color in these films? What stereotypes are maintained and/or challenged in these films? Did these film break any barriers? Finally, why do these films have such a strong cult following?

Sponsor(s): Women's and Gender Studies, Student Activities Office
Contact: Heidy Gonzalez, 14E-316, 617 253-2642, HEIDY@MIT.EDU

Jan/15 Wed 05:00PM-08:00PM Cheney Room (3-310)

- When Molly Ringwald ruled the world.
Sixteen Candles (1984) and The Breakfast Club (1985)

Jan/17 Fri 05:00PM-08:00PM Cheney Room (3-310)

- The Dangers of Babysitting.
Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

Jan/22 Wed 05:00PM-08:00PM Cheney Room (3-310)

- What do young women want?
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) and Teen Witch (1989)

Jan/24 Fri 05:00PM-08:00PM Cheney Room (3-310)

-Kicking ass and taking names.
The Terminator (1984) and Alien (1979)

Jan/27 Mon 05:00PM-08:00PM Cheney Room (3-310)

-Going rogue: female assassins.
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and Point of No Return (1993)


Jan/29 Wed 05:00PM-08:00PM Cheney Room (3-310)

-The beginning of the end?
Thelma and Louise (1991) and Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2012)