February 21, 2008
Minutes by Boanne
MacGregor, Secretary
Welcome to the next exciting installment of the UI math club minutes.
Meeting called to order 6:15
PM.
Ben stopped by to say hi and
congratulate our brave math modelers. The contest was last weekend,
and all five teams submitted papers. Ben and the crew are already
full of plans for next year's contest.
Love math and need something
to do over the summer? Prof. Simon encouraged students to apply for
a summer REU here at the Iowa math department. There are 6 seats
reserved for UI students. For information, go to http://www.math.uiowa.edu
Miller, our brilliant treasurer,
reminded us of the upcoming high school math competition on Saturday
March 1. Volunteers who would like a free lunch from Muhly are
needed to proctor from around 8:30 - 1:00. Anyone interested
email Miller.
If anyone has any club-related
photos, please send a copy to Colin, who will compile them into a thank
you album for our baking angel Carol in the advising department.
Speaking of Carol, let it be
noted that a batch of her delicious cookies and cakes were among those
present. (Let it be tactfully not noted how many of those were
consumed by Boanne. And let anyone be slapped who mocks Boanne's eating
habits. Not that I'm mentioning any names, Luke.)
The Intercollegiate Math Competition
is coming up on March 8. Drake is hosting it, so anyone
interested should prepare for a nerdy road trip. Reminder to our illustrious
president: send out an email regarding the competition and whatever
else it was that you said to remind you about.
Jeremiah spoke as our live
mathematician. He very impressively accessibleified his advisor's
research of redefining factorization.
Luke, our honorable and strikingly
pulchritudinous webmaster, gave our dead mathematician talk. He
presented his findings on the life and math of Euler, pronounced Yoo-ler
for purposes of Colin-annoyance. (If you're ever looking for
an amusing diversion, try talking about Yoo-ler and Oi-clid within a
100 meter radius of Colin. It's quite entertaining. Sorry,
Colin.)
That's all for tonight, folks. Tune back in on March 6 for our next episode: same time, same place, and same high levels of nerdiness.