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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Trick-or-Treat, Smell My Feet, Give Me Something Good to EaT!


Halloween has arrived to IIT and it is time to celebrate! With the excitement and the decorations around campus, the air of Halloween is finally becoming palpable. The Commons, our dinning hall, has been decorated with a Vampire Homer Simpson (spooky no?), spiders, and a huge pumpkin, while the residence halls have spooked out creepy artistic designs on the doors for this year's Spookiest door competition. A number of students are milling around Chicago getting new costumes, while other creative ones are making their own and getting ready to party. Throughout campus, dozens of events are going on just to celebrate this year's Halloween. The pumpkin launch is a great example and such a fun event! Please do not confuse this with a pumpkin lunch, this is a pumpkin launch! You actually get to catapult juicy orange projectiles! Pumpkin carving hasn't dropped out of the fun either! Students got to carve their very own pumpkins to decorate the darkest corners of their rooms. Ladies and gentlemen, it's going to be a full moon here at IIT, don't miss the fun!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Chicago Marathon! Joining the fun!


October 12, 7:59am: the air is tense and something is lingering in the air. Throughout Chicago and the rest of the United States there is a palpable excitement, something big is about to begin. With a surge of pure excitement within the past 60 seconds, you suddenly realize that over 40,000 people have just made their first step in the 2008 Bank of America Marathon, one of Chicago's greatest events. With approximately 26 miles to go, the runners are giving it all their best. And the best part of it? The course of the marathon went right through the heart of IIT! People from neighboring places came over to IIT to watch the event. Even helicopters kept hovering over IIT to film the event. Free t-shirts, sodas, and food were given out. The IIT community once again, like so many times, formed part of Chicago's events. This time though, one of the competitors was actually an IIT Undergraduate Admissions Counselor! Yay! Being part of IIT, being part of the excitement!