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Bwog has been readying a list of procrastination tips, but an ambitious group of SEAS students has outdone every activity we Bwoggers suggested. James Williams reports that just outside of Butler stands--yes--a frisbee-throwing machine. And daily editor Justin Vlasits overheard a poetic passerby mutter "and my heart is like a frisbee flying onto the lawn." Bwog is mystified by this utterance, but that might just be because Bwog's heart and mind are like a squirrel's wrinkled corpse, sucked dry by a masterful hawk. Thank you, reading week, for your joys (see photo at right) and terrors (see previous sentence).

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May 8, 2008 @ 6:25 PM | Comments 12 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post

Posted by do you kids ...: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 7:07 PM ) (from campus)
not have finals? jesus christ
Posted by ...: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 7:17 PM )
i only have one final. i won't begin studying for another day or two.

i'm also a senior that had three monster seminar papers due two weeks ago plus a series of presentations so i really went through this stuff on a different schedule.
Posted by mech-e: [#3] [reply] [track] (in reply to #1)
( posted May 8, 2008 at 7:22 PM ) (from campus)
That was a final. That is one of the mechanical engineering final projects. Others included a robot that climbed stairs and another (i think) that climbed walls. there was also a group that retrofitted a bike and made it have completely mechanical regenerative breaking. u can then push a button and it then launches you forward.
Posted by is that: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM ) (from campus)
todd spitz? What a frisbee throwing machine making fire dancing hero!
Posted by I should've: [#5] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 9:02 PM ) (from campus)
been a MechE. Though my E field is also pretty cool.
Posted by Todd Spitz: [#6] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 9:14 PM ) (from campus)
for Senior Wisdom please...He's very cool...
Posted by Fan: [#7] [reply] [track] (in reply to #6)
( posted May 8, 2008 at 9:19 PM ) (from campus)
Not to mention blazingly attractive, and I'm not talking just about his firedancing.
Posted by shit: [#8] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 9:22 PM ) (from campus)
political science sucks. i wish i were an engineer. all those arguments about who is smarter SEAS or CC students has been completely resolved - SEAS students are way smarter... and cooler.
Posted by Anonymous: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 9:39 PM ) (from campus)
These kids got 3rd place in the design expo.

Cool project. Completely useless, however.
Posted by Frisbo: [#10] [reply] [track]
( posted May 8, 2008 at 11:48 PM ) (from campus)
This is our project and it fuckin' rocks.It is not useless however. There are plenty of applications, such as making CC kids jealous and helping pick up chicks at the beach.

We are smarter and cooler, bitches.

Frisbo
Posted by way to: [#11] [reply] [track] (in reply to #10)
( posted May 9, 2008 at 12:49 AM )
embarrass seas...
Posted by ...: [#12] [reply] [track] (in reply to #11)
( posted May 9, 2008 at 4:13 AM ) (from campus)
cc: oh man... so and so said such and such, he/she is such an embarrassment to us all! our good name is being tarnished!

seas: huh? check out my frisbee machine! in building it we got to play with science, physics and applied math. isn't the physical world just amazing?
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