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Finding the flag with smarts and leg power
FLAG IT, TAG IT:
Two engineering students consult the map in front of McLaughlin
Hall during a nighttime capture-the-flag game on February
3. Game participants were divided into two teams by major:
the civies and mechies (wielding orange and purple glo-sticks)
against everyone else (holding red and green). Players used
maps and cell phones to strategize their next moves and communicate
what their rivals were doing, a deft move given the game
was played across the entire north half of campus. The evening
was organized and sponsored by the Engineers’ Joint
Council as a way to get engineers out exercising and having
fun. According to CEE senior and game organizer Joey McCue,
there was no winner. The game ended in a draw. (Rachel Shafer
photo)
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“If I get up at five, I’m a little ahead of everybody,
and it gives me a sense of well-being. Is that the same for you?” asks
the E 24 instructor at the start of class. “If you’re always
early, it creates a feeling of being ahead of things.” He gets
up, opens the door for a latecomer, and returns to the circle of desks.
Though most students here can’t relate to waking up at 5 a.m.,
time (or lack thereof) remains the topic du jour for the rest of the
discussion. Appropriately so. This is “Time, Money, and Love
in the Age of Technology,” a new freshman seminar led by Engineering
Interdisciplinary Studies lecturer Americ Azevedo.
“How come we don’t have more time if processing power doubles
every 18 to 24 months?” Azevedo asks the class. [FULL STORY]
FROM STRESS TO SUCCESS: On Thursday, February 9, about 30 engineering students
came to 120A Bechtel to eat pizza and hear a panel of undergraduate and graduate
students, alumni and faculty discuss handling stress in their careers and
tips for success. Tang Center counselors Claytie Davis and Rick Low moderated
the discussion. Each attendee also received free stress squeeze balls that
were shaped like a yellow construction hat, courtesy of HDR, Inc., an architectural,
engineering and consulting firm with offices in the Bay Area. “Learn
the Bear Necessities: How to be a Successful Engineer” was the first
in a series of career development seminars sponsored by Alumni Relations. [FULL STORY]
Of the 85 people who have spoken in EECS/IEOR professor Ken Goldberg’s
Art, Technology and Culture (ATC) Colloquium, only one has been introduced
with the aid of a burning blow torch. With acetylene in the air, San
Francisco performance artist Mark Pauline took the stage on February
1 to deliver his talk, “Exploiting the Momentum of Self-Righteousness.” Pauline
is famous (or infamous) for the 60 or so fiery, often explosive theatrical
performances put on by his homebuilt machines and robots.
“Mark Pauline has been one of the people I’ve had in mind
for this lecture series since the beginning,” Professor Goldberg
told the audience.
Indeed, Pauline certainly fits the ATC bill. For nine years, the lecture
series has featured speakers who “discuss contemporary issues
at the intersection of digital media, emerging technologies, and aesthetic
expression, and how these issues impact our culture.” [FULL STORY]
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