East Campus/Rush

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This is for Rush 2008, not Rush 2007.

Rush Chairs: ithron, mbollini, arwest

Mailing list:

• stophurtingamerica: blanche yourself on, if you were on last year's list (getonit), you're already on this year's list.

Theme ideas:

• Castles
• Towers
• Corporate sell-out rush

Project ideas:

• Digital waterfall – approximately $300, a lot of grunt work, so good for frosh, may need a really nice pump (extra cost)
• Strandbeest – something that walks when pulled or blown by the wind
• James's death ride – some sort of rollercoaster where people spin while they die
• Third “parallel” – build another building perpendicular to the two parallels
• Two rollercoasters, one tower – have one big tower in the middle of the courtyard and then multiple things off of it
• Dinosaurs – make a cool looking dinosaur suit
• Two axis POV – like a POV on a in space
• LASER graffiti – this should happen again
• Gumball machine – Rube Goldberg style
• Swingset – maybe double pendulum swing
• Ice cream truck

Water war stuff:

• Trettle pump – bicycle powered pump
• Fix funnelators
• Water balloon crossbows
• Water cannon – giant lexane pipe
• Human powered tank – like the rickshaw, but a tank

EE seminar idea:

• Theremins

Wrestling ideas:

• Raman
• Some sponsored beverage/food
• Diet coke and mentos
• Hanging thunderdome
• Popcorn
• Zero-traction/Crisco
• Merry-go-round
• Mashed potatoes and gravy

Free stuff:

• Lighters “Please do not commit arson”
• Freezepops
• Fortune Cookies
• Tattoos (all set)
• Pogs
• Minibeach balls
• Gumballs

Rush Schedule as it appears in the Freshman Guide: http://web.mit.edu/ithron/Public/EC_rush_events_guide.pdf thank you Kendra!