UWIP Minutes 9/28/04

Elections
President: Susanna and Rachel
Vice President: Anat
Secretary: Adrienne
Treasurer: Ginny
Webmaster: Michelle
Notes - Vice President is also mentoring coordinator

Discussion of Possible Events, General Business
-Mentoring program: two undergrads per grad student is probably a good
idea, undergrads can give other undergrads practical advice about
classes, etc.
-Graduate school info session to be conducted by graduate women physics
group in late October.
-SPS is holding GRE study sessions, we should help them.
-Could try to do some kind of outreach program with Cambridge high
schools or elementary schools, we probably don't have the time to make a
real commitment.
-Could teach for SPLASH/ESP, sophomores are looking into this.
-Will try to hold a lunch with female physics faculty members.
-UROP presentations a possibility.
-Frequency of meetings: agree on once a month, not sure what day works
best, will probably try to alternate between Tue/Wed or Mon/Tue or
Wed/Thur, or some combination.
-No one's picky about foods.
-SPS is going to start an undergrad cookie hour on Tuesdays.
-The IMAX theater at the acquarium is having a free college student
night on Oct. 5 (Tuesday), we should go (as a group or not).
-Could plan a trip to the Museum of Science.
-Let's have a Mole Day party, Oct. 23!
-email uwip-exec@mit.edu with more ideas or suggestions.

Physics Joke of the Month
There is this farmer who is having problems with his chickens. All of a
sudden, they are all getting very sick and he doesn't know what is wrong
with them. After trying all conventional means, he calls a biologist, a
chemist, and a physicist to see if they can figure out what is wrong. So
the biologist looks at the chickens, examines them a bit, and says he
has no clue what could be wrong with them. Then the chemist takes some
tests and makes some measurements, but he can't come to any conclusions
either. So the physicist tries. She stands there and looks at the
chickens for a long time without touching them or anything. Then all of
a sudden she starts scribbling away in a notebook. Finally, after
several gruesome calculations, she exclaims, 'I've got it! But it only
works for spherical chickens in a vacuum.'
(http://www.physlink.com/Fun/Jokes.cfm)

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-Susanna