{"id":231,"date":"2015-03-27T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-04-19T01:07:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T01:07:46","slug":"space-mining-the-big-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacker.caltech.edu\/history\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Space Mining the Big I"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every other year all the houses band together to put on Big Interhouse. Each north house (and Avery) pairs with a south house to make a party in the courtyard of the south house, and all these parties are held simultaneously in one night.<\/div>\n
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This year, Blacker paired with Lloyd to have S<\/b>pace Mining the Big I<\/b>.<\/div>\n
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Here’s some pictures of construction:<\/div>\n

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Brian making the electronics for the glowing crystals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Frosh putting together the glowing crystals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Catherine working on the dome that was going to be over the dance platforms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Annie painting the dance platforms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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The dance platforms, mid-construction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Putting the dome up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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More dome construction + Happy Milica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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And here’s the finished product (all these pictures were taken the day after the party):<\/div>\n

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Dance platforms, dome, and DJ platform.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The back of the dance platforms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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More dance platforms!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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We had a crashed spaceship in the courtyard.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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A drill, for the space mining. It spun around!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Satellite, that also rotated!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Space Jellyfish, which we decided were the alien life on the space mining asteroid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The mural was of a cave on the asteroid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We built a sketchy mining card track in the lounge.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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