First Exam
Taking my first college exam ever was scary. Especially for math (MA1030 to be exact) which I am usually not very good at. We took it in Fisher 135, which is kind of an intimidating room to take your first exam in. I was super nervous to turn it in, and I quadruple checked all of my answers. Contrary to my nerves, I ended up doing very well. Now all I have to do is worry about my upcoming Cyberethics (SAT1700) and worry even more for my Intro to Astrology (PH1600) exams.
Wads Vandalism
There has been an absurd amount of vandalism going on in Wads. Thousands of dollars worth of damage to a lot of different things. I have no clue why people did that, but they did. I am so glad I live in DHH and not Wads. Honestly I thoughthat going to a "smart people" tech school might keep me away from all this but I guess not. To my knowledge, nobody has been caught yet, but I wouldn't say I am really "in the know" about stuff like this.
Sign Saga
So the school thought it was a great idea to put up this big bright sign for the Roza Center. Our food hall traditions are going to die for this crap ;(. Yes MTU is trying to kill all food related dining hall traditions, including, but not limited to Mac Night in DHH and Grilled Cheese Night at McNair. Grilled Cheese Night has been going on since the 1970s and Mac Night is a huge success, usually pulling in 200+ people. I guess this is what they are going to spend waste that money on, instead of what students actually want. Everyone knows you have the Roza Center. You are helping literally nobody by putting that sign there. Anyways I didn't expect to get so heated about this stupid sign. Someone made this awesome video to show off how bright the sign was at night. At least they had it fixed by the next day.
Cutting Keys
This was probably the coolest things I did all week. Learning how to cut keys was a lot of fun. We started off with a great presentation from Noah going over the different parts of the keys. At the time of writing this there are no Meeting Minutes (short summaries of meetings) posted yet, but if you are interested you can check here to see if they are posted or check out other Meeting Minutes. Here is a picture of the keys I made and a blank one. How the process basically works is you take the key you want to "clone" and measure the bitting. The bitting of a key is how deep the notches in a key are. Another important part of the key is the warding. Warding is basically the pattern of the lock that determines what type of key can open it. So if you have the bitting, a blank key with the same warding, and a key cutter, you can make a copy of the key. Some locks are more complicated than that, especially when it comes to commercial grade locks. A lot of residential locks have loose tolerances compared to commercial grade locks, which makes them much easier to create keys for.
