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| + | People we have invited for Cocoa and have not responded or have responded and will not be attending: | ||
| + | * Susan Hockfield | ||
| + | * StrongBad | ||
| + | * Cory Doctorow | ||
| + | * Eric Lander | ||
| + | * Max Tegmark | ||
| + | * Donald Sadoway | ||
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| + | People we want to invite for Cocoa (feel free to invite any of these people and move them to the above table): | ||
| + | * Chuck Vest | ||
| + | * Larry Summers | ||
| + | * Larry Benedict | ||
| + | * Derek Walcott | ||
| + | * Sheldon Glashow | ||
| + | * Gerald Jay Sussman | ||
Please add anybody else to this list if you would like to invite them to Special Cocoa. | Please add anybody else to this list if you would like to invite them to Special Cocoa. | ||
Revision as of 00:00, 17 February 2006
Every school night (Sunday-Thursday), promptly at 11 pm, one can hear the cacophonic calls of "Cocoa! Cocoa!" echo through East Campus. Or at least we hope you all can hear us. The idea is for everyone to take a break from Tooling, to come out and join their fellow slugs for a hot mug of cocoa (bring your own mug and spoons, we provide the rest) for a few minutes. Come on, join us and our chocolatey goodness. You know you want to.
The process of heating water for cocoa will be automated with the Cocoa Pot project.
Cocoa Pot
We plan to automate the heating of the Cocoa water every night. The cocoa pot will be controlled by a PIC that will also monitor temperature and water level and send data over the 4E Network. The server will calculate the heating time based on the water level and ensure that there is hot water for cocoa every school night.
Currently, the two Cocoa Chairs do it manually. Every school night.
Happy Cocoa
Whenever it is (approximately) a slug's birthday, the hall Baking Chairs bake a cake (or other extravagant dessert) to be served during nightly cocoa. On the night of a Happy Cocoa, the Cocoa Chairs scream "HAPPY COCOA!!!" while calling cocoa. It is hall tradition to scream the "Happy Birthday Song" as cacophonously as posssible rather than singing it. Those slugs whose birthdays are during times of no school may select an "unbirthday" to celebrate instead.
Formal Cocoa
Traditionally held at the end of the semester, Formal Cocoa is a celebration of fine chocolates and the end of term. All attendees are required to dress up or dress down. Back in the day, it was tradition to attend formal movie night following Formal Cocoa. The celebrants would go watch a movie in a lecture hall while still dressed in their Formal Cocoa garb. Secret Anthony, a nondenominational Secret Santa, is usually held during the winter Formal Cocoa.
Special Cocoa
We are planning to start a new hall tradition of inviting faculty and staff members, as well as other notables, to cocoa. We hope Special Cocoa promotes closer interaction between students and faculty members. Below is a table of whom we have contacted and have accepted, their responses, and planned Special Cocoas, if any.
| Notable Invitee(s) | Status | Response | Scheduled Cocoa |
| Professor Joe Haldeman | e-mailed (12 Jan 06); | "I'd love to come, but will have to put it off till fall." (currently in Florida) | September? |
| Professor Jeremy Wolfe | contacted; | Andrew has further details... | pending... |
| Markos Hankin | contacted in person (6 Feb 06); | Mark A. has further details... | pending... |
| Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis and Dr. Mary A. Turzillo | contacted by e-mail (1 Feb 2006) and in person (13 Feb 2006); offer accepted | "Sure, sounds like fun." | 28 Feb 2006, 8 p.m. |
| Harmonix Software Developers | emailed 2/6/06 | Jehan has details | unknown |
| Dr. Robert Granetz | contacted in person | "candy, you say?" offer accepted | sometime soon |
People we have invited for Cocoa and have not responded or have responded and will not be attending:
- Susan Hockfield
- StrongBad
- Cory Doctorow
- Eric Lander
- Max Tegmark
- Donald Sadoway
People we want to invite for Cocoa (feel free to invite any of these people and move them to the above table):
- Chuck Vest
- Larry Summers
- Larry Benedict
- Derek Walcott
- Sheldon Glashow
- Gerald Jay Sussman
Please add anybody else to this list if you would like to invite them to Special Cocoa.
Interhall Cocoa
We have begun inviting other halls of East Campus (or maybe even other dorms?) to Cocoa, every Thursday night at 11 p.m.
| Hall | Scheduled Cocoa |
| Third West | 02/09/06: Success! |
| Fifth East | Invited for 02/16/06 |
