9/15/2002

In my email box last week came a message from the math and computer science undergraduate assoications on campus. Apparently, they're sponsoring some sort of math movie night Thursday night in Soda Hall. The feature will be Good Will Hunting. Now while I wouldn't be caught dead in there, it would be interesting to see the audience instead of the movie. So if any of you do attend this, I say watch for these few things:

Watch the audience gasp as they see massive amounts of formulas solved as part of the professor's mystery problem.

Hear the rustling of papers as the professor spits out problems while Matt Damon solves them on the chalkboard since the audience will most certainly take some notes.

Listen to the sounds of laughter as some people might actually know what Damon and the guy at the bar are yelling about in some history textbook and could say it themselves.

Watch them cringe when they see Minnie Driver and Damon together kissing, since this will be the closest they've been to that to date.

Seeing as how I haven't watched Good Will Hunting in 5 years, there probably are a lot more things that can be said about these movies for the mathematical mind, but I choose to go on.

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