Gimme a C!

Gimme a “C”! Since youre all probably sick of hearing about my summer, I emailed the cheerleading squad to see if I could get anybody elses summer plans. Since nobody on the squad responds to emails, I got four five responses out of the ~20 cheerleaders on the squad. I think Ill just list what everybody else is doing at the end. Talking about people behind their backs thats cheerleadery, isnt it? Jess 08 Well Im in Italy studying architecture in the Veneto Area (around Venice) mainly the work of Carlo Scarpa. Favorite ice cream: Kiwi gelato (from Venice!!) Major: Architecture and management science What else are you doing this summer? Ill be working for Lockheed Martin as an engineer and project planner when i get back (I know doesnt really fit with the major!) And when I get home I cant wait to watch trashy VH1 countdowns and hear English all around me!!! Jenn 08 Major: Course 14 Econ Favorite ice cream: Oatmeal cookie What are you doing this summer? Interning at JPMorgan in Investment Banking Debt Capital Markets (DCM) Where? NYC Details: I get to work on a trading floor and met the CEO of JPM (Jamie Dimon) as well as other JPM execs. Have you gone/will you go anywhere cool this summer? Going to Oregon for an outdoor-sy family vacation. Anything else? Ive run into a lot of MIT people in NYC and particularly in Banking/consulting. Its also pretty cool, because everything seems pretty easy in comparison to late nights at MIT (except maybe waking up before 7am). Chris 09 [Ed. note: Yes, he is a boy. And he is a boy who gets to hang out with/touch 20 girls in short skirts on a regular basis, so hes a smart boy, too.] Major: 8 and 22 Favorite ice cream: Gingerbread What are you doing this summer? Astrophysics UROP Where? The Kavli Institute for Space Research in (Building 37) Details: Im working with a group that is involved in the physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio-quiet region of Mileura in western Australia. My group is focusing on detailed measurements of the magnetic field surrounding the dynamic solar corona. Have you gone/will you go anywhere cool this summer? Well, I spent some time at home after finals, and before coming back, my friends and I drove down to Manchester, TN for Bonnaroo, a 4-day music arts festival. Think Woodstock, all over again. As for the future, Im sure some camping trips around the Great Northeast are in order. Anybody down? Jiang Wei 08 Major? Course 15 (finance concentration) Favorite ice cream flavor? Plain sweet creamy French Vanilla What are you doing this summer? Investment Strategies Where? A private wealth management firm in Boston Any amusing/noteworthy tidbits about your job? The people are all so dedicated, smart, and nice! Going on any cool trips before school starts back up? I went to South Africa earily this summer to teach communication skills to mechanical engineering seniors at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Later this summer I will travel to Chicago and NYC! and really, anything else you feel like saying: I love reading, learning, and if you cant tell, cleaning* and having fun. *Note: Jiang Weis original picture has a vacuum to the left. And its super-sexy. Alas, I had to crop it out. As for everybody else I know Morgan 09 has her own office for her UROP (Im so jealous!). Aline 08 is doing research in Wisconsin. I think Carly 07 is doing research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (shes course 12 and course 5). Isa 07 is doing a nuclear engineering internship in North Carolina (and living on the beach). Robin 08 is doing an engineering internship in Vegas, and I think her cute football player boyfriend is there too. Jen 06 started her MD/PhD program in Texas, and she and her boyfriend Joey 06 moved into a cute little house and got a kitten. Michelle 09 is doing a UROP here at MIT. And thats all I know (or can reasonably discover on Facebook)! Ill answer questions next time, I promise. EDIT, 6/29 Shannon 08 Major? Environmental Engineering (1-E) Favorite ice cream flavor Moose Tracks =D [Ed. note: This is a rather amazing ice cream flavor.] What are you doing this summer? UROP Where? Parsons Lab, Bldg. 48 Noteworthy tidbits about your job? Im working with hollow high density polyethylene spheres, molasses, and a vibrator. However, the greater scope of the research is carbon sequestration to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. Id say thats the sexy part. [Ed. note: So I guess you could say Shannon is using molasses to save the world, while Sam uses turkey carcasses. Sounds like Christmas dinner to me.] Anything else exciting in your life? Im co-teaching a cheerleading class at MIT through ESP this summer with Morgan 09. Im also working on my back handspring with guys from the MIT gymnastics team.