MIT Prank Takes Caltech Cannon Cross-Country

Colleges & Universities California Institute of Technology
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<p>I can certainly check.</p>

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<p>I’ve just been informed that the email from Caltech admissions is legit. Take pictures, win prize! : )</p>

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<p>lol, ben can you find out what the prize is?</p>

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<p>yeah so apparently you can’t steal the MIT ring off the cannon; it’s bolted on =/ (yes, I tried… tonight) hahaha</p>

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<p>vintor, 3 bolts, right?</p>

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<p>4 actually, and you can’t really use a screwdriver or anything to remove them</p>

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<p>And to think that this was only taken a few weeks ago…</p>

<p><a href=“http://mygwl.com/~lizzardfire/cal/SSPX0040.jpg[/url]”>http://mygwl.com/~lizzardfire/cal/SSPX0040.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So I was watching NUMB3RS (Tivoed from yesterday…), and as I was fast forwarding through the commercials, I noticed something that looked familiar. I went back, and saw that one of the CBS news commercials had a story about the cannon prank: </p>

<p><a href=“http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_097103235.html[/url]”>http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_097103235.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>-Oren</p>

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<p>We got it back as of this morning. And it’s not the Caltech Cannon… it’s the Fleming Cannon!</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.flemingcannon.com%5B/url%5D”>www.flemingcannon.com</a></p>

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<p>I was at MIT’s CPW…MIT rocks</p>

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<p>woot! Caltech got it back!!!</p>

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<p>My friend (from Fleming) was part of the party that got it back.</p>

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<p>Three cheers for the Fleming rescue party!</p>

<p>-Oren</p>

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<p>You should see the war room back at Tech. It’s pretty impressive – plans and maps everywhere and a public relations center. I am quite impressed by what just one house can do. Wait til the others join in. : )</p>

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<p>blahaha sounds like a blast</p>

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<p>I’d love to know what permits are needed, if any, to transport cannons!</p>

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<p>w00t… I can’t wait to hear the full story of this operation at PFW.</p>

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<p><em>sigh</em> but MIT kept the jewelry.</p>

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<p>bling bling</p>

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<p>Someone can’t count to ten. :-P</p>

<p>I was only hoping to get to see it up close soon, but oh well.</p>