At the beginning of the ASP program they gave us all nametags to wear on a yellow and black lanyard - Harvey Mudd College written in yellow on a black background. On the "back" of the lanyard (the side that probably shouldn't be seen), the colors are reversed and the text is backwards. It's also the first lanyard I've ever used on a daily basis now. I didn't see any like it in the book store, but I bet the admissions office has a few left over if you want one.
Do I know you from somewhere? Nice name btw... mostly because it involves particle physics and I love particles *nerd moment :O*
As for RocketDA's comment... I think you better plan on a LOT of people because I got the same feeling. The second day when I was eating lunch with one of the professors, the two other ASP attendees were 90% set on it and just about everyone else I talked to said that they were probably going to Mudd also. I tried using Facebook to get a sense for how many people were attending, but all of the 5C's link to the same "Claremont 2012" category in Facebook Search -.-
As the official forum suggests, it just might be due to the sheer amount of food. I have never been dined like that *ever*. One of my friends who went to Columbia's version of ASP explained that they gave her, not her parents, two meal passes and a few tours and a bunch of propaganda.
Mudd, on the other hand, made us feel part of the community there for two days. I swear to God, the "I found my people" thing is true. The Easties kinda weirded me out with the duct tape dagger game, the people in Linde were cool and even they're rumored to be one of the lamer, quieter dorms
