University of Iowa
Meeting: February 7, 2008
Minutes by Boanne
MacGregor, Secretary
Welcome to Math Club!
This meeting unofficially called to order around 6:15.
Colin, being his kind and considerate
self, suggested that we as a club show our appreciation for our baking
angel Carol in the advising department, who once again provided us with
delicious goodies in the form of cakes and brownies. So, we came
up with a plan: well take pictures of everything that we do for the
rest of the semester and then Colin will compile them into a thank-you
album.
Colin also suggested that we
as a club should have some fun. One would think that just sitting
around discussing math every other week would be fun enough for anyone,
but apparently he had something more exciting in mind. For instance,
we speculated on a trip to the bowling alley during the winter and an
afternoon of frolicking in a field of flowers after the weather warms
up. Other suggestions include kickball or Halo tournaments.
Heather the knot theorist came
to speak on mind-bending topology. It was seriously awesome, in
spite or maybe because of the fact that it made our brains hurt.
Due to this weeks low attendance,
Luke postponed his dead mathematician talk. He will present his
feelings on Euler (pronounced U-ler for purposes of Colin-annoyance)
next time.
Speaking of next time, someone remind us to talk about scheduling and arrange an opportunity for everyone to go bowling or flower frolicking or something.