Last year, at the start of October, I sat down to a table in the dining hall and picked up the newly released issue of Frankly Speaking. Across the header in large font was an eye-catching title: “It Happens Here”. Along with many other students at Olin, I took in the account of rape and allowed it to permeate my thoughts for a few days. I participated in discussions, watched the mild aftermath, and soon fell back into a comfortable lull. I let the story quickly become a distant memory, unaware that soon I would experience an assault of my own.
Author Archives: Frankly Speaking
Airplane Approximation
“What percent of humans who have ever lived on earth have flown in an airplane?”
Raw Responses
0.005%, 0.01%, 0.05%, 0.35%, 0.325% – 0.442%, 1%, 20%, 20%, 20%, 29.4%, 40%
CORe Updates
Newspapers
We received a lot of positive feedback on the newspapers in the dining hall and are continuing to provide them. Based on feedback, we are getting the New York Times as well as the Boston Globe.
Weight rooms
CORe and OSL teamed up to get a new set of weights for the EH gym. We now have a dumbbell set that goes up to 55lbs. Enjoy!
Speakers for team rooms in EH
We got a set of usb speakers for a team room in EH. Think this a good idea? Let us know and we’ll set up the rest of the team rooms.
Kitchens
Major kitchen rehaul coming up! After taking stock of the kitchens, we’ve decided that it’s time to replenish the supplies. We’ll be getting a lot of equipment based on the feedback from surveys.
Poolroom
In the next few weeks we’ll be replacing the old, very broken, and now disposed of ottomans in the pool room with better storage/seating/things you can stand on.
Voter Registration on Campus
CORe is working with nonprofit TurboVote to see if integrating a voter registration into an already existent Olin system makes sense.
<3 CORe
Awesome or Important Skills
“If you could choose one skill to rock at, what would it be? Why?”
Communicating with people. Talking to people is hard. If you can communicate effectively, you can accomplish so much more and get people to work with you. Without this skill, you’ll constantly face opposition and frustration. – Anonymous
Honor Board MadLibs
Cases before the Honor Board are wide and varied. Topics range from personal differences and academic dishonesty to misuse of public materials. Above all, the Honor Board is a means for Olin Community members to work out their differences safely and confidentially. Find a friend and fill out the MadLibs in the paragraphs below to learn about a past case.
A Puzzle By Midnight Math
You have a pizza, but your slicer is only good for 10 cuts. You want to serve as many people as possible before your slicer gives out. How many is this? What about if your pizza slicer was good for n cuts? Put another way, what is the maximum number of partitions a circle can be partitioned into by making n chords?”
Midnight Math is a club run by Ian Hoover ’15 who just returned from studying away in Spain.
Send in your solutions (with proofs) to midnight.math@outlook.com. If you are correct, you will be given the highest of accolades: your name mentioned here, next issue.
Fix It
Airline Approximation
This month’s question: “What percent of humans who have ever lived on earth have flown in an airplane?”
Submit your responses through a link to be sent out to the carpediem mailing list on February 4. If you are not on carpediem, please forward your responses to submit@franklyspeakingnews.com or any of the Frankly Speaking staff.
Submited Art: Tree
Olin Library Uncovered
Did you know the library:
- Has a new interim Director? Please stop by and say hello to Hope Tillman. She’s in Dee’s old office and we are really excited to have her with us!
- Has a website with a catalog: library.olin.edu
- Can get you any book or article in the world, through our Inter Library Loan service? It’s true, just ask us.
- Loans out tools? Right now we have power drills and hammers, but our collection is growing. Stay tuned…
- Has a materials samples collection? Use it to find information on sample composition, manufacturing process and applications. We have over 100 in stock.
- Loves feedback? Please let us know your library thoughts.
- Employs awesome student workers? Thanks Josh, Carly, Lyra, Emily and Liani for all your hard work!