A Foreword To Frosh:
In addition to being explicitly countercultural (and sounding totally badass), MIT2D is a theme built around concepts relevant to you and your studies here in the Media, Information and Technoculture program (MIT) in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS).
Why "two" D? (Don't answer out loud, it was rhetorical.) So much of our modern world is 2D (including the screen you're reading this on) and it's useful to remind ourselves of it. There's been so much hype lately about 3D "stuff" and it's used to sell everything from movies to toothpaste. Look at your hand, that's 3D with no glasses required—awesome, eh?
Don't get us wrong, we aren't here to knock technology. We live and breathe the new and the cool (even 3D movies), but here in MIT we refuse to blindly accept every cool new shiny thing without taking a look at how it shapes our society and (techno)culture.
MIT2D is more than just a critique of "3D". With this theme we're bringing it back to the basics, and recognizing how the obsession with "progression" impacts our lives. Maybe we'll even find out why people choose to line up for the new iSomething instead of noticing real world social problems.
Welcome home MIT/MTP/MPI students, I already love you.
Mitchell Sturm, MIT Head Soph
Meet Your Sophs:
Cat SleepoverHead Soph#hashtag |
Program: 4th Year Honours Specialization in MIT, Minor in Film Favourite O-Week Event: John Roman What is MIT2D?: Kalopsia [top] |
Litter BoxAssistant Head Soph#90%angel10%devil |
Program: 3rd Year Major in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: John Roman What is MIT2D?: As MIT students, we are encouraged to explore the true meaning behind the trends in culture and how they shape our lives. Although we must admit, we are attracted to the 3D experience and the flashy technology that accompanies it, we must take a step back and understand how it affects our society. The theme MIT 2D challenges us to not hide behind the 3D lens, and encourages us to use a critical eye to explore its impact. [top] |
VealAssistant Head Soph#eyeofthetiger |
Program: 4th Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: John Roman What is MIT2D?: Lose the shiny wrapper. Show me what's real. [top] |
Ariel#dontcallmeaudrina |
Program: 4th Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Opening & Closing Ceremonies — everyone gets to see just how awesome MIT is. What is MIT2D?: 2Devilishly good looking. [top] |
Beastmaster#permastoked |
Program: 2nd Year MTP (Interactive Media Design and Production) Favourite O-Week Event: dancing&cheering&dancing&cheering What is MIT2D?: Looking beyond the smoke and mirrors, appreciating the classic. [top] |
Black Swan#smile |
Program: 4th Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: The dancing. What is MIT2D?: Going back to where it started — remembering the old to appreciate the new. [top] |
Bucket#seasonedcyborg |
Program: 2nd Year MTP (Interactive Media Design and Production) Favourite O-Week Event: Carnival night. Rambunctious frosh, funnel cakes, and bouncy castles. What more do you need? What is MIT2D?: In a time when seeing the world in three dimensions costs a little bit extra; a time when mere hype is disguised as the sublime of our generation; one faculty takes a stand. In 2011 & 2012, MIT, MTP, and MPI will defend the foundations of the omnipresent existence that is media. MIT2D fights for 2D in a 3D world. [top] |
Cat Spit#poolboy |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: London Hall Dance What is MIT2D?: A focus on the content, not the presentation. [top] |
Chip'n Dip#WhiteBoyProblems |
Program: 3rd Year MTP (Journalism) Favourite O-Week Event: Opening Ceremonies What is MIT2D?: Kickin' it old school, and giving homage to simpler days. [top] |
Dexter#whatsahashtag |
Program: 2nd Year Major in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Carnival!!! What is MIT2D?: Getting comfortable being uncomfortable. [top] |
Donkey Kong#flawciiforlife |
Program: 3rd Year Major in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Sex with Sue. What is MIT2D?: We go back to the basics and don't give in to the hype. We don't need special glasses to liven up our lives. We've got our deep, critical and heavily stimulated brains for that haha! [top] |
Emily Faster#brooeydeschanel |
Program: 3rd Favourite O-Week Event: Shinerama What is MIT2D?: The old [Rebecca] black. [top] |
Evian#getoffmylawn |
Program: 3rd Year MTP (Interactive Media Design and Production) Favourite O-Week Event: Faculty Day What is MIT2D?: A cure for the technological sublime. [top] |
Hero#wild |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Move-ins What is MIT2D?: Getting back to the basics. [top] |
Id#mint |
Program: 3rd Year Major in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Opening ceremonies — WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO?! No, but really, fun times in the bowl. What is MIT2D?: 3D, 4D, 5D? 6D? When will it end? The future scares me. MIT2D does not. [top] |
Iron Queen#chocoholic |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Charity Carnival! What is MIT2D?: MIT2D represents how we aren't going to follow and buy into the 3D fad, rather we acknowledge the original 2D that initially impacted our society. [top] |
Ironman#hashtagvirgin |
Program: 3rd Favourite O-Week Event: Closing ceremonies — more specifically, showing off our badass frosh. What is MIT2D?: An understanding that things that are relevant aren't always new. [top] |
Minaj#mildlyneurotic |
Program: 4th Year Major in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Tie between Closing Ceremonies and Midway. What is MIT2D?: Don't believe the hype. People buy into the "3D" fad so easily without challenging it. Make your mind up for yourself instead of having it made for you. [top] |
Ms. Cohen#happygolucky |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Opening ceremonies! What is MIT2D?: Back to basics. [top] |
Orange Drink#funloveandfood |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT, Minor in Art History & Criticism Favourite O-Week Event: Charity Carnival and Midway What is MIT2D?: Deconstructing the Demand. [top] |
Richard Chuck#loosenupmybuttonsbabe |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Move in day What is MIT2D?: Everything is better stripped down. [top] |
Rose#urbansophisticate |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Any night time programming. What is MIT2D?: A response to the hyper-simulated world we live in today. [top] |
Scrambles#shakeyourtailfeather |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Carnival What is MIT2D?: The classic and timeless movies that I grew up with. [top] |
Speed Dial#genieinabottle |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: That part between opening and closing ceremonies. What is MIT2D?: A throwback to the 90's, when things were made better. Including movies and kids. [top] |
Surge#tiredofmeetingmrwrong |
Program: 2nd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Med-Syd Dog Tag Party What is MIT2D?: Less is always more. [top] |
Timber#bighairdontcare |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: MIT Faculty Dance, hands down. What is MIT2D?: Undressing the sensational. [top] |
Visitor's Day#shortandsassy |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Meeting Mitchell Sturm. What is MIT2D?: [top] |
Weeping Willow#musicjunkie |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: "Faculty/Affiliate programming night" a.k.a MIT's dance party. What is MIT2D?: A way to reject the new mainstream 3D. [top] |
Wise Man#catlady |
Program: 3rd Year Honours Specialization in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Faculty Day. Absolutely. What is MIT2D?: Bringin' life back to basics (sorta like Christina Aguilera) and trying to figure out what this whole wild world of media really means. [top] |
Women & Songs 3#thatawkwardmomentwhen |
Program: 2nd Year Major in MIT Favourite O-Week Event: Shinerama What is MIT2D?: Remembering what used to be good — before the 3D glasses showed up. [top] |