Words VI, Fall Semester 2009

It was not the end. It was not yet the end. After asking for the second time, I finally obtained approval to present the birthday surprises as a project for Olin Exposition 2009. Most other freshmen were presenting their Design Nature swimmer projects or their Modeling and Simulation project for Expo, but I—as usual—did not want to do what everyone else was doing. I had to be different, and so I pushed my way through. I roped in the greatest contributors for our birthday surprises and we presented our ModSim Shenanigans to whomever came to our table.

For Expo, we each made our own poster for our own subdivision. Kelsey, the most important person that led to the success of surprise number one, was in charge of the presentation for John’s surprise. Matthew, whom I relied on for the success of surprise number two, presented Oscar’s surprise. Sasha, the only reason why I was still alive on the day of surprise number three, presented Mark’s surprise. Again, I was the slavedriving supervisor, and my presentation was a big picture overview of everything:

As a tribute to the people who in one way or another have helped to make the surprises successful:
*Samantha P Becht – Samantha is always ready to help, especially when it comes to food and the kitchen. She was crucial to the success of Eso Si Que Es. She helped with the baking of the cakes for Lagrangian Sneakiness and Elastic Cats too.
*Kelsey O Breseman – Kelsey is one of the mostest awesomest Olin freshmen I know. Amazingly spontaneous and selfless, she would take ownership of projects to see them come to completion, even if she were to do so alone. I especially remember her magnanimous contributions to Lagrangian Sneakiness and Eso Si Que Es.
*Erica D Chin – Erica is a wonderful artist, and always available on short notice. She did amazing things for Eso Si Que Es and Elastic Cats.
Caroline E Condon
*Philip Z Loh – Tada!
*Matthew J Rush – Matthew is another selfless individual who loves to help. He almost single-handedly carried Eso Si Que Es to success. He was extremely active for Lagrangian Sneakiness too. He also came up with the names Eso Si Que Es and Elastic Cats.
*Hannah B Sarver – Hannah does everything. She baked for Lagrangian Sneakiness and Elastic Cats, and was involved in lots of other little things along the way.
*Sasha A Sproch – Sasha is interestingly independent. She made Elastic Cats what it is: a smashing success. Even when I had to leave her working on the stilts to do something else for an hour or so, she did not slack off, and in fact came up with more ideas to improve on the safety and stability of the stilts. She’s wonderful.
*Jessica L Bethune – Jessica is a great help, also when it comes to food and the kitchen. I am grateful for her willingness to go shopping with me the morning of Lagrangian Sneakiness.
*Rachel H Biniaz – Rachel makes a mean snickerdoodle cake. Eso Si Que Es.
*Reyner L Crosby – Reyner is so helpful he’d wake up to drive people to grocery stores in the morning even when his first class for the day is at 1pm. Lagrangian Sneakiness.
*Rachel Fox – Rachel is another of my cherished drivers. Very dependable. Eso Si Que Es.
*Anton Frolenkov – Anton is amazingly ready to help at all times. He coordinated the gift purchase for Lagrangian Sneakiness, drove the fabric store shoppers to get tartans for Lagrangian Sneakiness, and drove us to get wood for Elastic Cats. We filled his car with 8-foot long wooden square poles.
*Molly R Grossman – Molly is amazing with her hands. She is also amazingly available to help. Her felt flowers made all the girls look amazingly pretty for Eso Si Que Es.
*Kory W Kautz – Kory is good with wood. His insights helped us make our decently-built stilts. Elastic Cats.
*Jacqueline J Rose – Jacqueline is a wonderful cake decorator. She made the intricately-frosted plaid cake for Lagrangian Sneakiness.
*Timothy C Ryan – Timothy is another amazing artist. He made the beautiful giant pig poster. He did it all by himself. His artwork is amazingly beautiful. Elastic Cats.
Kristopher M Belland
Paul H Booth
Kathryn M Brookshier
Andrew P Carmedelle
Andrea P Cuadra
Ian T Daniher
Erin V Du Vair
Thomas W Dugger
Mariah S Dunn
Blair J Emanuel
Molly L Farison
David N Gaynor
Geetanjali Gubba
Victoriea L Hamilton
Jeffrey A Hart
Michael G Heyns
Christopher S Hill
Lucas P Hill
Graham E Hooton
Trevor W Hooton
Jialiya Huang
Eric P Jones
Casey M Karst
Jared A Kirschner
Aiswarya P Kolisetty
Eric B Kolker
Mandy B Korpusik
Tara Krishnan
Jing Li
Jenny Ma
Celeste D Maisel
Sarah E Mathew
Seungwhan Moon
Heidi E Nafis
Jessica L Noglows
Thomas P Pandolfo
Geoffrey M Pleiss
Kendall E Pletcher
Vidie Pong
Rebecca H Schutzengel
Margaret-Ann J Seger
Emily B Shackleton
Yoonkyung A Shin
Benjamin L Smith
Travis L St Onge
Brittany L Strachota
Michael T Sullivan
Elizabeth F Threlkeld
Lillian Tseng
Noah L Tye
Tara M Vaziri
Teodora S Vidolova
Ilana Z Walder-Biesanz
Amy L Whitcombe
Samantha S Yang

What a wonderful way to end the ModSim Shenanigans, and what a wonderful way to end the semester.

This update of Words ends here. :)

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