<p>I just watched the webcast of this, and it was much more interesting than I would have guessed. Lots of pomp and ceremony, and an excellent speech by the new president. Available here:
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/inauguration/webcast.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/inauguration/webcast.html</a></p>
<p>She seems very nice (met her at the Block Party). </p>
<p>I also saw her randomly in the Infinite this morning. That's something I never saw during the Chuck Vest years.</p>
<p>i've run into her several times walking through main campus, at least once when i was cussing loudly while talking to friends. last finals week, when she'd just moved in, i baked her family a plate of brownies as a gesture of neighbourly welcome. i'm not sure what she thought of them, however, as i was out of town when we hosted her for dinner. i should watch her speech, when i'm at a useful computer.</p>
<p>I don't understand this--there was no hack?</p>
<p>Yes there was. Afterwards they unrolled a banner saying "The king is dead;long live the queen" with a king and queen of hearts on it. At least that's what I think.</p>
<p>actually, it was a queen of hearts, and a jack [florey] of spades w/ an ihtfp on it. also, the dollar bill mural that sits in front of the cashier's office on the infinite had Washington's face replaced with Hockfield's. see the</a> mural and the</a> banner.</p>
<p>Actually, it's a queen of MIT and a jack of domes. I didn't realize people had been confused about that, but I guess it was a bit difficult to see from far away.</p>