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Sorry. We got a little excited.

We can stop crossing off our calendars today. It’s finally April 30th. Gregg Gillis Girl Talk and Wesley Pentz Diplo will be gracing two of RPI’s newest “platforms” (ECAV and EMPAC) tonight.

Friday April 30

Girl Talk at the ECAV Arena. Tickets are sold out, but there’s a chance that someone is selling them on the facebook group. Doors at 8:30 show starts at 9:30 pm. From what we hear it has the potential to be a grossly epic sweat/dancefest, so dance appropriately.

Diplo helps kick off the intriguing onedotzero festival (at 11pm), in its second year at EMPAC. Diplo tickets are sold out, but “the cafe will be bumping with a larger-than-life 40′ HD feed  for those that are curious / up late / didn’t snag a ticket”. If that doesn’t suit you, we do have 2 free press tickets available if you’d like to write us up a review after the show (email us for details). Festival passes are still available for $10. The doors open at 8pm: the installations will be on-going, there are two wild screenings, and the cafe will be open with food and beverage from the folks at the Epicurean.

Shabbat Dinner with RPI-Sage Hillel is being sponsored by the Mahler family.  Starts at 7 and it’s free! [FB]

It’s Troy Night Out!  Get downtown between 5 and 9 to check out all that Troy has to offer. The West Route of the RedHawk Shuttle will take you to monument square.

If you’d like to do more studying, UPAC Cinema has Eli’s Book available for viewing  at 3 times tonight (7, 9:30, and midnight). What’s that? Oh. Apparently it’s a movie called the Book of Eli. Nevermind the studying bit…

The New York State Collegiate Track Conference is having its outdoor championship beginning at 1 PM on the Harkness Field. [RPIAthletics]

Urinetown is playing tonight at 8 PM at the RPI Playhouse.  Tickets are $5 with RPI ID.[FB]

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It's gonna be one for the books.

Mark your calendars everyone. On April 30th, one of the world’s most famous ex-engineering students will be gracing our campus. Gregg Gillis, better known as the mash-up artist Girl Talk will be up in the brand-spankin’ new ECAV with his laptop all set to go. Gillis’s last album, Feed the Animals was number four on Time Magazine’s Top 10 Albums of 2008 and is very popular as party and dance music.

Girl Talk shows tend to get a bit sweaty, but that doesn’t stop the party. A lesser known tech school newspaper had this to say about a previous performance. Last year, Gillis visited our neighbors to the north at Skidmore College too.

Tickets go on sale March 3rd for $10. [facebook]

http://www.myspace.com/girltalk
Thanks for the heads up Michael!

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Disclaimer: Al Roker will not be at the Winter Carnival.

We can only hope and pray that Dr. Jackson will be out dancing again this weekend.

Friday, February 5

SO MUCH HOCKEY! The Engineers take on St. Lawrence at 7pm at the HFH. Coming straight off of a 4-0 Yale whopping, this weekend should be good.

Basketball at ECAV when we go up against Clarkson. Women at 6pm, men at 8pm.

Pirates take over the DCC? Well no. But UPAC Cinema is showing Pirate Radio. 7pm, 9:30, and midnight. A recession friendly $2.50.

Dance! Dance! Dance! The BSA is hosting the 3rd annual Hip-Hop Dance Competition in the West Hall Auditorium at 7:30pm. It’s free! [facebook]

Open Mic at Ground Zero in Nugent Hall at 8pm. [facebook]

Winter Carnival Saturday/Sunday after the jump!

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First of all, thank you to everyone who submitted songs for the contest! After much deliberation (between the hundreds of entries), we have settled on:

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Milkshake by Kelis! This entry was submitted by erik! Congrats! Your pony should be arriving in a few days, be sure to keep an eye out.

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So I was reading the Poly yesterday and I got to page 14. I saw a large ad for the 18 on 86 Winter Carnival. I really like the idea, and think that it probably will be a lot of fun. (What is a synthetic skating rink?!) There is something that bothers me every time I hear about it though.  Specifically in the Poly ad, it says the following: “Sponsored by the President and the Cabinet and supported strongly by personal donations from the President and members of the Cabinet.”

You think we don’t get it the first time? You have to say it twice? You’re making it happen. Got it. Paying out of your pockets to do so? Got it.

But what funny timing… Perhaps it is coincidence (it is certainly a possibility,) but if Dr. Jackson wasn’t being criticized for exorbitant compensation would this still have happened with this much backing? Could the administration have used their generosity towards something more pragmatic? The Student Senate attempted to hold it’s own winter carnival (although on a smaller scale) last winter, and it wasn’t perceived to be a great success.

I’m grateful that the administration is taking a direct interest in student life by  – sponsoring/paying/making extreme personal sacrifices  -  so that we  can have this carnival. I’ll certainly be there. But there is something about this timing that makes me think that there are ulterior motives. But who knows? Maybe this is all just poor timing.

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Vampire Weekend (This post has nothing to do with them)

It’s that time of the week! Where you are like: man, I’ve been working so hard this whole week, I don’t have any plans for this weekend! Oh wait! The Superbowl! So some other things to do:

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So our friends down at Revolution Hall and the crew over at goodship are hosting a little dance party on the Friday after classes start (Jan 16th). What better way to spend a Friday night before you start worrying excessively about diffy-q?

Doors at 8:30PM, the first act goes on at 9. It costs 5 bucks, but for an all night dance party with goodship, it’s quite a bargain.

Edit 1/10: Updated doors/start time.

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