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"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play." -- Heraclitus 540 BCE
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Weekend Brunch
Because students like to sleep-in on weekends, dining halls shift to a 10 AM brunch service instead.
College Bowl Games
College football bowl games originated in 1902 with the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to boost tourism. The University of Michigan so dominated Stanford 49-0, that the game was paused football until 1916, when PAC-10 teams were good enough to complete with young men from the Midwest. Eventually it became known as the first and only —nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All." Last night, Michigan's Big Ten cohort--the Indiana Hoosiers--crushed the Oregon Ducks in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, 56-22.
Winter Sport
Today we review the status of technical standards for designing, building and maintaining facilities for very competitive sport and less competitive recreational activity. Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
Conan O’Brian
"You’re being co-opted because you’re so angry. You’ve been lulled. It’s like a siren leading you into the rocks. You’ve been lulled into just saying ‘F Trump. F Trump. F Trump. Screw this guy.’ And I think you’ve now put down your best weapon, which is being funny, and you’ve exchanged it for anger... if you’re just screaming and you’re just angry, you’ve lost your best tool in the toolbox...”
Quadrivium: Winter
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Curlin’
Lore and technical specifics of building and maintaining an indoor Sheet Show in Scotland.
Ice Hockey Arena Lighting
Athletic programs form a large part of the brand identity and community spirit for most educational institutions. Our focus has been on technology standards that govern the safety, performance and sustainability of these enterprises; electro-technology in particular. Field lighting supports the commercial enterprise but we also advocate #TotalCostofOwnership concepts for the reliability of power systems for video board mass notification and egress.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Throwing Stones
Engineering students take a Newtonian Mechanics point of view: "There's a lot of science behind curling, including some that's actually not so well understood," says graduate student Nate Bailey, a member of the MIT Curling Club which welcomes newcomers to a winter sport of precision, or -- according to its partisans -- "Chess on Ice".