Not for the Faint of Heart: Painful, Poor Puns
What kind of cheese do Computer Science majors like? STRING cheese! What did the shop proctor say to the E4 student who wanted to give up on their hammer? Where there’s a MILL, there’s a LATHE! Where did all of … Continue reading Not for the Faint of Heart: Painful, Poor Puns
Not the Same Drill: HMC Machine Shop Renovations
Nestled in the heart of the Libra Complex, the HMC Machine Shop provides a space for 5C students to learn how to use sophisticated tooling and machines, be creative, and make loud mechanical noises. This past summer a renovation team … Continue reading Not the Same Drill: HMC Machine Shop Renovations
It’s Only Rocket Science: The Last E80 Rocket Launches
On April 16 and 23, all of the sophomore engineering majors gathered early in the morning to travel to Lucerne Valley and launch the last E80 rockets. Experimental Engineering, or E80, is a required class for all engineering majors that … Continue reading It’s Only Rocket Science: The Last E80 Rocket Launches
Science Over the Summer: Mudders Conduct Research Projects
Every summer Mudd students disperse across the country and even world to work at internships, visit families and explore. However, each year some Mudders also stay right here in Claremont, taking advantage of the opportunity to do interesting, impactful research … Continue reading Science Over the Summer: Mudders Conduct Research Projects
Mudd’s Finances: A Closer Look
By Jennifer Rogers ’16 Tuition is on the rise, with a 15% increase from 2012 to 2015. Many students are justifiably interested in knowing where all this money goes. To answer this question, I examined the college’s audited financial … Continue reading Mudd’s Finances: A Closer Look
Puns for Punishment and Punalties
What do you call an underwater troupe of musicians? An ORCAstra! Why was the math textbook banned from the school? Because it was too GRAPHic! What do you say to cheer someone on while they’re digging a hole? GOPHER it! … Continue reading Puns for Punishment and Punalties
One Small Year, One Giant Leap: A Reflection on Sophomore Year
During Sophomore Retreat this year, Dean Jon Jacobsen told us, “You are not a part of Mudd. Mudd is a part of you.” As we sophomores sit on the cusp of our upperclassman-hood, that statement could not feel truer. Though our lives at Mudd seem to speed by, we continue to grow more with each passing year than perhaps we ever did before college. At the midpoint of our undergraduate careers, we can now reflect on the past two years and realize not just how different they were from each other, but also how our second year at Mudd actually … Continue reading One Small Year, One Giant Leap: A Reflection on Sophomore Year
OpenLoop Pod: Now Under Construction
During the last weekend in January, Mudd’s Hyperloop team traveled to Design Weekend in Texas to present their designs for a Hyperloop pod. The Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed ground transportation system, and students from universities all over the country are participating in SpaceX’s competition to design a pod that can safely be used in such a system. Mudd students Teresa Despres, Alex Goldstein, Hamza Khan, Chris Kotcherha, Jessica Lupanow, Patrick McKeen, Jeewan Naik, Adam Shaw, Insung Song, and Hannah Zosman, in conjunction with students from five other universities, form the team OpenLoop. They worked all first semester to design a pod … Continue reading OpenLoop Pod: Now Under Construction
Hoch Hacks
Bored with the Hoch food? Spice up your meals with these Hoch hacks: Make your own breakfast sandwich: toast a bagel or English muffin, and then add eggs, bacon, and sausage from the Grill Enjoy a delicious root beer float: put 2 or 3 scoops of your favorite ice cream in a green glass and top it off with root beer Crunch down on a quesadilla: on Taco Tuesday make a quesadilla on the panini press and enjoy with guacamole from the taco bar Chomp down on an ice cream cookie sandwich: put a scoop of ice cream between two … Continue reading Hoch Hacks
Office of Institutional Diversity Finds New Space
What is new to Mudd, programs, and stays in Platt 24/7? No, not the freshman class, it’s the new Office of Institutional Diversity space! Harvey Mudd College’s Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) has recently been relocated to a new area … Continue reading Office of Institutional Diversity Finds New Space
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