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Hellride 2014 (A frosh’s perspective)
Time: 15 minutes, 44 seconds Bomb (BOM – bill of materials): 1. Over a ton of concrete (3690 pounds) 2. 27 frosh 3. Contents of p plant 4. Tires 5. Remote control system to start the ride 6. Hell carpeting 7. Several tubs of gelatin 8. Water tight container 9. A lifetime supply of tennis…
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The First Annual Blacker Hovse Art Show
During third term of 2013-4, the frosh put on an actual modern art show (subject matter unrelated to this modern art show) for the hovse, titled “Broken is Beautiful – a celebration of recycled art, and a reminder to look for the beauty in all things.” Here are some of the exhibits: Title: The Stain.…
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April Fools Day Pranks
The day before April 1, 2014, the frosh decided to prank all the houses to celebrate the upcoming occasion. Here’s the individual pranks: Fleming: We printed out flyers saying “Bathroom closed, please use the cannon” and put them on various bathrooms in every house. This flyer was put on bathroom doors in all the houses…
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A Strange Occurrence
Any chance you were at Convocation today? It’s always good to see our friend the Lowenbrau lion 😉
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Welcoming a new RA…
As of this summer, we have a new RA named Adam. He is a pretty awesome guy, and he’ll be covering both Blacker and Ricketts. We have a history of welcoming our incoming RAs in interesting ways. We do small scale pranks often, but it’s particularly special when we get to use them to introduce…
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Projects
The two most famous projects that occur each year are Interhovse and Ditch Day, which every house participates in. However, lots of moles also like to also work on smaller-scale projects throughout the year. Here is a (very small) sampling of cool projects that I remember from last year: Hellride This annual tradition, peculiar to…
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Hot Tub Party!
Every summer we put together our homemade hot tub in the courtyard. We fill it with hot water from as many janitorial sinks as we can reach with available hoses, and voila, instant party. This summer we decided to utilize our gazebo left over from Interhovse. Somehow our hot tub pieces magically fit inside the…
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Adventures in Santa Monica
Hi, my name is Liz, and Marissa is forcing me to add this line at gunpoint. I’m a senior, a ChE, and hoping to graduate without horrible gunshot-related trauma. Contrary to popular belief, techers do get (far) off campus on occasion. On this rare and happy event, we tend to roam, and on this particular day…
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Vignette
Open scene: A quiet weekday evening in Blacker Hovse. The South Hovse complex fire alarm goes off. All the Moles file out onto the lawn by the Athenaeum. Enter Security Guard. Security Guard: No one here is in trouble, I just need some information about what happened here before we can turn the fire…
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A Backcountry Adventure
Lots of Moles enjoy doing outdoorsy things — we have a yearly Hovse camping trip in the desert, a yearly ski trip in the Sierra Nevadas, and plenty of outings that people organize throughout the year. Caltech is in a great place if you like this sort of thing — Pasadena is nestled right against…