My name is Mason Porter. I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Previously I was Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems in the Mathematical Institute at University of Oxford. I was also a Tutorial Fellow of Somerville College.
Among the reasons I suspect that this article is fairly accurate in the prank not turning out well is that Caltech's PR department seems not to have bothered with a story. On previous occasions, pranks that were done at MIT have always included some subsequent Caltech press.
As I walked around MIT's campus last month, I couldn't help thinking about pranking something, but alas I lack on-the-spot creativity and ingenuity. If I had planned something in advance.... oh well, another time.
Years ago in grad school, I discussed with a fellow Caltech alum who overlapped with me at Cornell about the idea of taking a road trip up to MIT to do something along with local alums. He broached the idea, and I greatly approved of it. Alas, we never actually did anything. (Naturally, I was quite pleased when the 2005 prank kicked up a bit of a rivalry.)
I think my favorite part of the article is:
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what an excellent piece of PR for Caltech!
Among the reasons I suspect that this article is fairly accurate in the prank not turning out well is that Caltech's PR department seems not to have bothered with a story. On previous occasions, pranks that were done at MIT have always included some subsequent Caltech press.
ReplyDeleteAs I walked around MIT's campus last month, I couldn't help thinking about pranking something, but alas I lack on-the-spot creativity and ingenuity. If I had planned something in advance.... oh well, another time.
ReplyDeleteYears ago in grad school, I discussed with a fellow Caltech alum who overlapped with me at Cornell about the idea of taking a road trip up to MIT to do something along with local alums. He broached the idea, and I greatly approved of it. Alas, we never actually did anything. (Naturally, I was quite pleased when the 2005 prank kicked up a bit of a rivalry.)
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