ON VACATION. The first semester is over. The drunken revelry has passed. Congratulations to the first years for surviving core. Now all you have to do is survive recruiting season in the Spring. Congratulations to the second years. Only one more semester to go. We expect a lot more high jinks and a lot less responsibility from all of you.

Happy Holidays to everyone. Overheard is taking a holiday break. This being MIT, independent study season is upon us and that means Chile in January. Anything to escape the frigid winter winds.

We ask everyone going off on various trips around the world to write down any interesting quotes you might pick up from fellow Sloanies as they party in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, New Zealand, Australia and the like and send it to us at Overheard. Any damning pictures are always welcome.

Thanks to everyone who bought us drinks and made us happy in 2003. Here's to the new year where I will hopefullly get you all back.

Just watched Old School. I figure so many people (read: guys) reference this movie that I might as well figure out what they're all talking about. The funny/sad thing was that while the friend I was watching this with was laughing in the remembering-my-college-days sort of way, I was laughing in the this-just-happened-to-me-last-semester way. Ah, the wonders of business school.

To wit:
- beer bong at an overcrowded house party, check.
- underaged women at the same house party, check (ok, I exaggerate - they were undergrads)
- disco ball and crazy dancing at house parties, check.
- futon beds, check.
- weak 4 a.m. pick up lines at house parties, check.

Thank god we've managed to avoid streaking and the KY jelly wrestling. Other people might not be of the same opinion, but that's another reason why Sloan's *such* a diverse place.

"Stop skipping, you are not the Rockettes."
"I was on a nationally competitive precision skating team. We won competitions and stuff."
"Ok, maybe *you* can be a Rockette."
"Wow, at Sloan all these people keep coming out of the woodwork."
-Michelle and Matt Z. talking to competitive-skater-in-a-former-life Courtney
Walking to the after-party from Harvard Gardens at 2 am

The True Price of Christmas. It's $65K this year! More than poor graduate students can afford. Good research though - I need some comparables.

One more final for the finance folks then it's happy holidays for everyone!

A KINDER GENTLER REVOLT. From our Beacon Hill correspondent Mike I.:

In the spirit of the holidays...we would like to suggest that there is enough spare liver capacity at MIT Sloan to have large joyful turnouts at both the BHP and this Wednesday's revolt headquarters:

Harvard Gardens Tonight!
Wed. 9:30 pm

This establishment has been strategically chosen to be 'just around the corner' from the BHP.

Perhaps, you are too uptight to enjoy the BHP atmosphere. Then come to the Gardens. Drink until your finicky nose will no longer notice the stench of dirty floors, until your eyes can't distinguish between two hot babes and two male Sloanies playing Golden Tee--then hop over to join the other 1/2 at the BHP.

Perhaps, you long for the days of $2 beers and frat parties. Then go to the BHP. Drink cheap PBR's until you can't tell the difference between a $1 bill and a $10 bill, until you no longer have the urge to strangle snobby preppies in Cardigan sweaters--then hop over to frolic with your Sloan buddies at the Gardens.

The holidays are a time for joy and unity. A time when lovers of dive bars and lovers of upscale lounges can love one another. Won't you join us for this final Sloan celebration this Wednesday?

"Tolu, I know you're talking but all I hear is Tolu-sexiness."
-John Chao
on the Icelandic women's reaction to Tolu

Searching for an Overhear Editor for SIP. A lot of us will be out of the country for January (Chile, Australia, etc.) and we're looking for someone to take over the site while we are away. Just update it with Sloan activities, put up the overheard quotes, you know the deal. The blogger interface is pretty easy to use. And now's your chance to let off some steam.

If you want this site to be yours for the month of Jan., email us at michelle@sloan - you know the drill. The only requirements are a good ear and sharp tongue.

Talent Show pictures.
Can be found on the U drive under Talent Show (thanks Manuel!)
You can also get Christina Pan's pics from here.
Send more pics this way!

Also, while we recognize a lot of the inside jokes might have gone over the head of the first years, rest assured that you will have all the time in the world at next year's talent show to have your own jokes that the next class won't get either. (yes, we are being snarky today).

Good luck with finals!

TALENT SHOW ROCKED!

Thanks to everyone for coming and special shout-outs to Kenny and Julia for all the hard work they put into production, Stella for putting the first year acts on our radar and Sara and Tara for pulling off the miracle of Kresge! Pictures are floating around everywhere so we'd love it if the photographers for the night could upload the files to the U drive to share. Send us links!

Moments of the night:

...Kenny getting busted on by Marcus and Lakshmi.
   "Kenny can't please anyone."
   "Uhm, Lakshmi, it's everyone. Kenny can't please everyone."
   "But it says here in the script, Kenny can't please anyone."
...The audience suddenly getting sentimental at the E52's rendition of Billy Joel's And So It Goes
...JR, Tolu and Sara all getting hosed by first-years' Lia and Elliot
...Schanker as the cell phone guy - hilarious!
..."We are up here today as part of Sloan's commitment to affirmative action." - Marcus and Lakshmi, talent show hosts.
...Kitty Womack, First Year Challenge
...Sloan rappers breaking it down, the dancers: guys with their bling and the girls with their ties and Beyonce moves
..."It's On!"
...Deputy Dawg Paul Osterman pulling a fast one and "rapping" onstage. As for his dialogue, you thought he wouldn't go there, but he did. You gotta love the deputy dean.
...John Chao letting loose with a kick-ass guitar solo on Bridge Over Troubled Water of all things.
...in fact, all the bands with all their damn talent was pretty amazing. You guys were tight!
...and to end the night, a cream pie in Marcus' face from the much maligned Kenny. Woohoo! As you can see from the pictures, they kissed and made up at the after-party.

It was awesome. Actual talent at a Sloan talent show. Who woulda thunk it.


the talent show production team smiling at last ::: the audience goes wild ::: nothing says professional like an upright bass.

Quotes:

"I have to go to the lab tomorrow and get some mice to ejaculate."
"Yeah, my husband works as a mouse fluffer."
"It's the humane thing to do, rather than slice them open and squeeze it out."
"Squeeze it out?"
"We give them some viagra and then..."
"Wow, you must have some really happy mice at your lab."
"They're going to their mouse buddies, "I don't know what happened. I just woke up and there it was!"
"It's only a minor part of my work but it's the most discussed at all the parties I go to."
"I wonder why."
-Lak, Patrick, Manny and Kim
over after-talent-show pizza at Cinderalla's

So, we all voted - and that guy is the best-looking man in Boston.
-Random woman in the Cactus Club about a certain tall, dark yet not quite debonair Sloanie
The wonderful effects of alcohol on Boston women

::::::::: TALENT SHOW TOMORROW, DEC 12 ::::::::::::

The last C-function of the season with open bar, good appetizers (bigger budget for the food for this one) and your classmates making great fools of themselves for you - what more can you ask for? Show up and have fun and let loose before finals begin next week. C-function is 6 pm tomorrow at KRESGE AUDITORIUM. Show starts at 8 pm. It'll be short and sweet and fun, so come already.

CHILI COOK-OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. Get your appetites ready and cast your votes. This afternoon at Diebold lounge, the premiere chili chefs of Sloan are coming together to feed their classmates and win the bragging rights to Best Chili In Town. This event is sponsored by the Tasting Club with their catchy slogan, Food is Life, so live a little. Now, overheard has other things it might want to substitute for food in that little phrase, but we'll leave that to your imagination.


MARTINIS AT THE GOOD LIFE. Chill out with some live music and the warm, red walls and plush seats of the Good Life at Central Square. Party starts at 9:30 pm and goes on till they kick us out of the place at 2.

Career choices
"With someone of your stature... you could be a ninja!"
"Great, now where can I get an internship for that?"
-Jeb and Michelle
on career options after business school

Say that again?
"Thanks for coming."
-Ron Chiu
as Leonardo Da Vinci in the Acting for MBA's class

A guy's opinion
"Anyone can marry a rock."
-Todd Schwartz
on the ridiculousness of ginormous diamond engagement rings.

BRYAN'S FAREWELL PARTY TONIGHT. Another person leaving us in the cold Boston winter for warm and sunny San Diego. West Coast seems to be the top pick for Sloanies on the run. The fact that you have to drive everywhere seems to not be a deterrent at all.

As quoted in the Bryan Buljat goodbye party invite:
So - let's celebrate the fact he is leaving...I mean let's celebrate his graduation by throwing him a party!
WHEN: 8pm - whenever - i.e. he leaves the next morning so let's make sure he's wasted on the plane.
WHERE: The Cactus Club 939 Boylston Street near the Hynes Convention Center T - for a taste of San Diego margaritas, Boston style...so Bryan can put them down, of course.

Everyone moving to warmer climes, please have a spot in your guest bedrooms for us. No couches, you have all that space in the West Coast!

FREQUENT UPDATES. Some people have mentioned that I should update this site more. My reply would be that this is everyone's site and y'all just need to give me some material and you'll find it uploaded in a wink.

So, send me your overheard quotes, your funny pictures, your events and parties and we'll post it on this site for the public's viewing pleasure. I'm also looking for a first-year to co-edit this site, shoot me an e-mail - you can look me up at the MIT directory.

THE THINGS WE DO FOR CHARITY. An auction of promises was held at Tommy Doyle's yesterday, the whole event gamely organized by the Caribbean ocean. Over $7,000 raised for charity (a woman's shelter at that) and fun had all around.

We want to know what lucky (read: desperate, well-off and obviously now grinning-from-ear-to-ear) guy bid $275 for a date with 3 women dressed as Charlie's Angels. Also, $605 for a 2 hour study session for *five* people? Now, for one person, we would understand. Some intimate interaction for all your DMD study needs.

There was heckling, there were cheers, there was an opera singer and a certain Katie who got auctioned twice! Can't wait to see what they'll have in store for next year.

TUESDAY NIGHT THIRSTQUENCHERS. Last one for the year. Don't stress about school, everyone will be getting internships anyway, regardless of your grades. Make your way to THE MUDDY CHARLES tonight for cheap beer and good company. Mandy has said a whole wave of people will be showing up at 11 pm.

At the Asgard:
"Hey, I haven't seen you in ages!"
(pause)
"Yeah, I haven't seen you either."
-an enthusiastic Jacqui and a not-quite-as-enthusiastic Mark Kim at the bar

GOODBYE GEOFF! Seattle's a-calling and Geoffrey Arone can't wait to say farewell to snowstorms and cold weather. Come to the Asgard tonight (Central Square near Sidney & Pacific) at 9:30 and give him a kiss on the cheek goodbye - or buy him a beer, either works.

Geoff at B-School and back in the day when he was a bad ass college kid in a rock band.
   vs

He's still a bad-ass but he hides it well. We'll miss you buddy!

DISNEY'S BREAK-UP LETTER. Michael Eisner, you broke my heart. Or so Roy Disney says. He also upends the cliched lines and says, 'Yes, this time honey, it was really you, not me."

FSA IS DRIVING ME CRAZY. Back from Iceland for Thanksgiving holiday and straight into FSA overnight cramming. Our sympathies go out to all the groups doing their FSA project tonight. Drinks after all this is over, to celebrate! On second thought, I think what we all need is sleep.

"Just call me the excel-Nazi."
-Ervin
FSA all-nighters at E51

FALL BALL FUN. Take it from me, this was much better than last year. We're waiting for news of high jinks and hookups, in the meantime all we can say is the night was a resounding success. Wish there was a room big enough to hold all the Sloanies that isn't Walker Memorial, but we have to make do.

Some pics to hold you till Tolu gets his website up. Note Mark's "hey, we like to party vibe", Ken Morse living it up with the ladies and the leopard print carpet in the after-party suite.

OVERHEARD
"Guess what? I finally did my Industrial Econ homework for next week!"
"Industrial Econ homework?"
"Yeah - I've been slacking off so Dalein finally assigned it to me this week and I got it done ahead of time."
"Uh - but there aren't any problem sets due next week."
"What?"
-- rustling through the syllabus and looking at the problem set --
"Dude, you did last week's homework!"
- the initially triumphant Chris Bell and Mike Ibrahim
The confusion that's part and parcel of life at Sloan

BREAK OUT THE SEQUINS AND THE DANCING SHOES. If you want to know what your classmates all look like when they're scrubbed and polished, come to the Fall Ball at Hotel Marlowe at 8 o'clock tonight. Yes, it's a boutique hotel in the somewhat industrial part of Cambridge, but we're going for edgy chic here. Heh - bet you thought you'd never see Sloan and edgy chic in the same sentence.

Dancing is definite. Alcohol guaranteed (why else would we have open bar?). You will constantly exclaim - "I never knew my classmates could look this good!". Tickets are sold out but there are always after parties in the suites upstairs to make sure we never get asked back to this hotel again.

Tackle, you call that a fucking tackle?
- a certain normally calm senate member in the heat of the game

FOOTBALL FUN. Big event for the night - First years vs Second years in intramural football. 8 pm on the turf near the student center, behind kresge. Come to play, come to cheer, come to release all that pent up aggression. (hey we're all MBAs here so we have aggression in spades).

Flag football, no padding required. Trash talking allowed...

BHP REVOLT. I think the threshold for cheap beer, bad service and the stale smell of spilt alcohol has finally been reached. E-mail messages have been spreading around for a night of slightly more upscale fun in Beacon Hill. Yes, there are non-dive bars there, we just haven't been visiting them. Amends are going to be made tonight at The Kinsale at 9 pm. Live music in the background but quiet enough for decent conversation.

Details: 2 Center Plaza, top of Beacon Hill, across from Government Center. Take the RedLine to Park then walk a few blocks on Tremont towards Government Center. The Kinsale will be on your left when Tremont runs into Cambridge.

TAKE IT OFF FOR CHARITY. Sloan's been invited to show up in various states of undress at a Harvard Grad School-organized pajama party 9:30 pm to 2 pm at Whiskey Park, 64 Arlington St, Boston. 1 block from the Arlington Green Line T-stop. $10 cover gives you a chance to let your exhibitionist fantasies loose. John Celmins wants to know if you're going, so do shoot him an e-mail if you are.

TUESDAY NIGHT THIRST QUENCHERS. Choices abound for tonight. Main event at The Asgard on Mass Ave then continue the evening at The Field, also in Central Square. Sloanies don't like making long treks for their alchohol consumption.

LIMOR's NEW BABY. Not a dance move, or a DMD problem set - we welcome Danielle Sinay to the Sloan family! For those who want to see Limor's baby daughter and offer their congratulations, there will be a baby shower this Sunday, 11:30 am to 3:30 pm at the Eastgate penthouse. Limor, living up to her tough mama reputation, took not a single drug during her two hours in labor. Woohoo!

Overheard:

"Do you really want to talk to your classmates that much?"
-Rainie
When JR expressed reluctance at spending Wed. nights in a bar with live music that might be a bit too loud for conversation

SLOANIES ARE AWESOME BARTENDERS. Find out for yourself as Sheen and Mark serve up their special conconctions at The Asgard(350 Mass Ave, Cambridge, corner of Mass and Sidney) this Monday night. They'll be tending bar from 9-12 PM. For you football fans, the Asgard has a TV and 10 cent wings.

We've been cocooning as of late, therefore we apologize for missing out on two of the Friday night funfests - The Kong with our wayward 2nd year LFM buddies taking a break from their six-month internships, and The Electric Garage party with the debut of the amazing (so we've heard from reliable sources) 2nd year band.

We've also been skipping a lot of classes though when we manage to make it, there are always interesting things we've overheard.

"You have to stimulate fear and greed. These are simple people, very intelligent, but simple."
-Entrepreneur on how to raise money from VC's

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION PARTY. In keeping with the socialist themes of this wednesday's post, tonight at Il Panino Club. Make your way to 295 Franklin St., Boston. 9 pm till the wee hours of the morning. Have fun!

WE LOVE NOAM CHOMSKY. In a room so packed that students were sitting on the floor, Noam Chomsky in his rumpled shirt sat on a desk and talked quietly about workers rights, the insistence of the media and the government to pull the collective wool over the public's eyes, and the peril of the mandate of globalism. All this in the middle of a bunch of MBA students who intend to lead corporations to world domination. Lovely.

Overheard:

"Corporations are basically pathological."

"Wealth of Nations is a book that everyone talks about but no one's ever read."

-Noam "My-brain-kicks-butt" Chomsky
There would be more, but they're too deep for this forum and if there's one thing that Overheard isn't, it's deep.

"Damn, that's a big computer."
Long pause.
"Thank you."
-Rahul, then Kenny in the Tang lobby
On large laptops and other matters of size

"Does it have loads of caffeine, or is it just more red?"
-Graham
Musing on Code Red mountain dew

"By the time you push play, it'd be too late."
-Graham
On the foolishness of having a soundtrack for getting it on

AFTER-PARTIES. Having done some major north-end noshing with the Tasting Club-sponsored C-function, some folks are heading out to The Field while others are planning a low-key lounge night at The Enormous Room at 10 pm. Pick your poison, I'm off to NYC on the Chinatown bus.

"I guess to be useful, it has to be used."
-The wonders of stating the obvious during case discussion in class

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Carlos and his tongue at the Halloween C-function. 'Nuff said. Have fun in Paris, Carlos!

TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS. Stella Choi invites you all tonight to River Gods (125 River Street in Central Square) from 9 pm onwards. That's the best name for a bar I've heard yet...

MORE HALLOWEEN PICTURES. Vadim sends you all to his Ofoto page for more C-Function picture fun. Can I just say, Luis looks quite dashing in his Matrix outfit. Must be the cool shades.

I own the deck!
No, you own the spreadsheet!
How about hitting the low-hanging fruit?
And the 80/20 rule, don't forget.
You have to be able to leverage your infrastructure.
Leverage? I never knew that word could be used in so many ways till I got into consulting.
-a couple of second years at Characters ruminating on the magic that is consultant-speak

You just want to tell that PhD student, stop using those complicated math equations and start talking about synergy.
-positing a hypothetical between McKinsey interviewer and MIT PhD interviewee

Recruiting quotes:
For someone with a career in investment banking and an MBA at MIT Sloan, you sure don't know a lot about statistics.
-a very frank consulting interviewer to amused interviewee

Good luck to all the folks at the McKinsey interviews today!

EVIDENCE
Pictures from all the past nights of partying can be found on Tolu's website. Happy surfing!

HALLOWEEN NOTES
As promised, it was a night of debauchery at 141 Charles Street last Friday. Most notable was a certain lady in a sheer (very sheer) black dress and nothing else grooving to her own personal soundtrack on the third floor. Other interesting outfits included the playboy bunny couples (though we recommend that future guy playboy bunnies seriously think about shaving their legs), Elle woods with a stuffed Bruiser, and the ever popular I'm-so-hot-I'm-going-shirtless look.

Overheard through the night...

No, I don't want to touch your naked body!
-Josh (in a horrified voice)
A certain 7+ foot tall first year adamantly denying all intentional brush-ups on the very crowded dance floor.

Has anyone seen my tail?
A couple of cats the other night flushed their's down the toilet. Are you sure yours isn't there?
-a black cat and Indiana Jones

What are you supposed to be, a surly Australian?
-Patty
On the rooftop of 141 Charles, commenting on Nick's very original "costume."

Are you single?
Uhm.... yeah.
I want you to meet my friend, ______.
-The "smoothest" pick-up line ever, in the middle of the dance floor, two partygoers and an understandably mortified friend

QUOTE FOR THE DAY
There was this guy asking me why there was a Sloan Women In Management Club. Shouldn't there be one for men too? I wanted to say, 'Yes there is - it's called Sloan.'
-Lakshmi
In a conversation at high tea stemming from comments on the SWIM fleece

C-FUNCTION RECAP
Apart from the usual cast of ghouls and goblins, there was
...a gigantic blond afro
...Ben in a frightening impersonation of Richard Simmons (though we think he should have gone to a tanning salon first for the full LA effect)
...Dalein in a skirt (ok, he was a Viking but we still missed his superman costume from last year with the enhanced, ahem, pelvic region to further justify the "man of steel" moniker)
...Lightning bug bottoms - woohoo!
...a planned-since-spring complete Ghostbusters troupe with the authentic patches, full-on zappers, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Slimer - bravo, boys, bravo, so this is why you guys never show up for class
...mad hooking up on the dance floor and beyond - really folks, there should be more of this going on
...Smurfette at the bar. Blue and white never looked so good.
...dance duels c/o our resident choreographer Julia and a hyped-up Mark - much thanks to our great DJ's, btw
...best of all, flyboy Kirsch getting down on the dance floor. That man sure can move.
...playboy bunnies, a full-leather catwoman, a hula girl with authentic coconuts, wood nymphs and schoolgirls

All I can say is where were the Chippendales dancers?

On that note -

CLUB 141.
Tonight there's a party at 141 Charles Street and y'all are invited. Hedonism has been promised. Matt is once again demonstrating his awesome bartending skills and the mirror ball has been polished just for the occasion.

What are you still doing at home? Get out and party at La Boom for the annual Sloan Halloween C-function tonight. Nurses, french maids, Batman body suits...and lots of halloween candy. yum...candy.

BEACON HILL SOCIAL CLUB. Someone has hijacked The Onion as an advertising tool for the BHP. Come for the cheap beer (it certainly won't be the stylish atmosphere) and the sticky film of spilled alcohol on the floor from drinking nights' past.

Quote for the day
It isn't so much that guys are dumb, they're just focused.
-James Cham
Commenting on the attention span of men and the psychology of commercials

HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES. Disneyfied pagan holidays are always fun.
Halloween C-function. Right on the heels of the 70's C-function is another opportunity to dress up and party and this time you don't have an accounting midterm as an excuse. Details: 9 PM till midnight on Thursday, October 23 at the ever popular La Boom on 25 Boylston. Rumors of possible pole dancing have been spreading.

Debauchery at Club 141. Friday night at the Sloan-infested apartments on 141 Charles Street. The hosts promise a night of scandalous hedonism, as long as you leave your inhibitions at home. We believe alcohol might be involved in that. We hope alcohol will be involved in that.

Saturday night at Roberts Road. To quote the evite: drinking, dancing, scanty costumes, the music of Barry White. Followed by 1 car accident, 1 visit from the fire brigade, 2 noise abatement tickets, a quick trip to the ER, the end of a couple of long-term relationships and the beginning of a lot of very short ones. I see absolutely no reason to change a winning formula. So says Dave M. for his annual crazy Halloween party at 36 Roberts Road. Not to miss.

Back from vacation. From bright and sunny California to freezing Boston.

BEACON HILL SOCIAL CLUB at the BHP tonight, 9:30. Everyone's favorite dive bar. The email had something about marketing and MBA's, but we're trying to avoid too many MBA jokes on this site. We've been hearing rumours of major hook-ups going on and the BHSC is doing its best to encourage all manner of indecent exposure. All Overheard can say is go, first years, go!

TUESDAY THIRST QUENCHERS will be reliving the weekend and hanging out at The Field in Central Square tonight from 9 PM onward. Party animal James "JR" Randall will be sponsoring this week's event.

The rest of us will be trying to desperately break away from the sticky-glue of our FSA notes and Systems Dynamics homework. But count us in for a gin and tonic when we do.

It's all fun and games till a herd of goats takes over the world and destroys humanity.
-Doug
One afternoon over problem sets at ABP

SATURDAY AT PRAVDA. Tom and his friend Brad are having a party over at Pravda on Boylston Street tonight. Party starts 10 pm. In their words:

"We did our best to come up with an excuse to throw a party on October 11. We found out that this day has enjoyed everything from the coronation of King George II (1727) to the signing of the South African / European Free Trade Agreement (1999). Clearly, we didn't have much to go on. But who needs an excuse to throw a party?"

I say anytime a free trade agreement is signed is a perfect time to party.

PARTY TONIGHT. Gerry and Chike are inviting you to a house party at 10 pm. 63 Norfolk Street, Cambridge. And given the standards of these fine young men, it's going to be R&B, Hip Hop, Soca, Reggae, or Salsa all night long. Oooh, baby. I'm bringing a six-pack of Coronas and my dancing shoes.

C-FUNCTION AFTERMATH. Dying from the heat of polyester and fake afros. All around fun.



more pictures available on Tolu's website.

70's C-FUNCTION. Tonight. Boylston Place. Four TV's so you can watch the game. Food. Drink. Girls in hotpants. Velvet blazers. Organized debauchery in pucci prints.

These damn New Englander's
"What's three feet of snow among friends?"
-Ken Morse
On choosing to go to the Northern Hemisphere for IAP

More random quotes
"They watch movies, they know what they're supposed to be doing."
-Felicia
Disagreeing with the hypothesis that guys don't know how to be romantic

Beacon Hill Social Club postponed for historic baseball game. Just for the sake of a happy Boston population for the next week or so, I'm hoping the Red Sox win.

Random things that MBA's say:

"I can be vegan and no one can stop me!"
-Lucia
on moving to California

"Nigella is too much of a woman for me."
-Ervin
co-president of the Tasting Club on Nigella Lawson, TV chef

"Business school shouldn't just be about fame and power. It should be about glory."
-Doug
paraphrasing Machiavelli on why dying on the battlefield is a good goal for future business leaders

TUESDAY NIGHT DRINKS. Toad at Porter Square. 9 pm tonight. Live music and cheap beer. Best combination.

FREE PRINTING. What a concept. Why bother with the measly 500 page allowance that we get at Sloan? Right beside the lockers in E-51 are two lovely printers names Lotis and Picus. Set-up your computer with your Athena account. Memorize the door code, and you're set.

This Thursday, Oct. 9: 70's C-Function. The Big Easy on Boylston St. at 9 pm - traditionally a night of rowdy dancing, drinking and running around in ridiculous 70's wear. Break out the crazy wigs, funky prints and sparkly shades. The New York Times just claimed the 70's are back. Hello? Dazed and Confused? NY Times, the whole world was waaaay ahead of you on that one.

Little tip: half the fun is trawling the aisles of the Garment District, with the rest of the class. After you see someone pimped out in feather boas and psychedelic bright orange disco wear, monday morning in DMD will never be the same again.