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Thursday, September 2, 2004School Pride?
At the game on Monday, I was met with incredulity when I mentioned that MIT had a Fight Song. I was met with laughter when I mentioned that I thought I remembered "3.14159" somehow being involved. I couldn't (embarassingly) remember it, but a couple Google searches later, I now provide it for your...um...pleasure. And yes—this is our actual fight song.
"You're a beaver. I'm a beaver. We are beavers all!
And when we get together, we do the beaver call!
E to the u du dx, E to the x, dx!
Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159!
Integral, radical, mu, dv,
Slipstick, sliderule, MIT!
Go Tech!"
Comments
Bre:
Oh my God. You really ARE a geek.
And I say that with so much awe.
What is a slipstick? Sounds...dirty.
09/ 2/04 11:32 AMMark:
Doesn't it? I have no idea what it is! Maybe that's taught in the spring term of senior year...
09/ 2/04 11:34 AMreagan:
That is the best school song ever.
09/ 2/04 01:04 PMAdam:
I have to agree, that really is the best fight song I've ever read. I must admit that my desire to attend MIT was never really that strong, but now I really wish that I were a beaver, too. My school's fight song is just so... boring.
09/ 2/04 04:36 PMbones:
haha... we'd sing this before every crew race my freshman year. Fun for us, but not the best way to intimidate your competition.
09/ 2/04 10:30 PMMark:
and that's another thing that didn't make any sense. just about every team we had was division IIIAA, but we were always nationally ranked in crew.
09/ 3/04 08:44 AMmas:
i never can remember that integral/radical line. as far as slipsticks go, they never taught me; i had to find out on my own.
09/ 3/04 12:03 PMMark:
i'm sorry. i hope you were able to find someone to talk to about it...
09/ 3/04 01:51 PM