2010 Society Picnic

As people milled around the J.B. Speed School of Engineering on Monday, September 20, the smell of Hot N' Ready pizzas lingered in the air. A racecar and off-road vehicle were parked casually near the sidewalk, as tables with posterboards started popping up. Confused students meandered about, trying to figure out how to acquire this "free pizza" with paper tickets?

This scene describes the 2010 Society Picnic, held from 11:00 am-1:00 pm last Monday. Thanks to all of the societies who participated, it was a great success! Students learned about Speed School societies and received free food, which was certainly a win-win.

SAE Midnight Mayhem

Speed School Students- come out to watch the Baja SAE Team race this Sunday. Cheer our team on to a victory! http://louisville.edu/speed/spotlights/sae-baja-team-host-midnight-mayhem.html

Homecoming Spirit Competition

Please attend the following events and sign in with Speed School Student Council. Just to let you know, you don't have to be a voting member to sign in with SSSC. If you are busy, please stop by, sign in, grab some free food, and leave whenever you want. It's just a few minutes of your time and you help SSSC get points in the Homecoming Spirit Competition (which we have a very good chance of winning with your help!)

Block Party- Saturday, September 25 1:00-7:00 pm, Corner of 3rd and Brandeis. At 4:00, SSSC will be competing in the Bed Races (let me know if you would like to participate- we still need 1 or 2 people.)

Michael Kent- Comic, Magician, Smartass- Wednesday, Sept 29, 7:00-8:30 pm. Location TBA (Multi-purpose room or Floyd Theater?)

Foam Party- Thursday, Sept 30, 9-12 pm in the Red Barn.

SOUL- Sat, October 2, 1-5 pm.

Wear Red to be Fed- Monday, Oct 4 11-2 in the Red Barn. Free Food!

Cardinals Live!- Thursday, October 7, 6:00-8:30 pm, SAC Multi-purpose Room.

Dean's Forum Tomorrow

Speed School Student Council invites you to a Dean's Forum tomorrow (Thursday, September 23) from 1:00-2:00 pm in Vogt 311. The dean will be explaining our recent ABET accreditation at both levels, as well as answering questions from students and addressing student concerns. Please come out for a chance to learn more about Speed School and to ask questions!

If you have any questions, please contact Jeremy Bozarth, the Director of Student Affairs, at dosaf@speedcouncil.org.

2010 Society Cup

This year's Society Cup was held on Saturday, September 18th with four different teams competing. There were six different events in which societies competed to gain control of the Society Cup. Each competition awarded points, 4 for first place, 3 for second place, 2 for third place, and 1 for fourth place. All of the pictures from this year's event are available on Facebook and on Flickr.

The Societies
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Speed School Student Council (SSSC)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

The Events
Kickball
The first event of the day was kickball. The teams competed in a bracket format playing 3 innings for each game and only two outs per inning.

The games and scores are as follows:
Game 1: SAE (13) vs. SWE (1)
Game 2: IEEE (4) vs. SSSC (3)
Loser Bracket: SSSC(5) vs. SWE (3)
Winner Bracket: SAE (4) vs. IEEE (1)

Tug of War
The tug of war event was also run in a tournament fashion. Not much to explain here, all you need to do is drag the other team's marker across the line.

The matchups were as follows:

Round 1: SAE (W) vs. IEEE

Round 2: SWE vs SSSC (W)

Loser Bracket: SWE vs IEEE (W)

Winner Bracket: SAE vs SSSC (W)

Balloon Toss
The balloon toss event required a pair from each team to toss a water balloon back and forth. After each successful toss back and forth, everyone took a step backwards. SSSC was the first team to be eliminated. After a few more rounds all three of the remaining teams were eliminated at the same distance. IEEE, SAE, and SWE all took another balloon and repeated the event. SWE was the next team to be eliminated followed by SAE. IEEE was the only team that remained, mostly, dry.

Three Legged Race
The three legged race was a relay race that required each pair from each team to run 40 yards. The race ended in a photo finish with IEEE lunging across the finish line to just barely beat out SSSC.

Shoe Race
The shoe race required four members from each team to put their shoes in a pile. The pile was then mixed up. Each member of the society was required to run to the pile of shoes that way 40 yards away and then put on their shoes before tagging the next member. The race was dominated with IEEE which finished almost 40 yards ahead of the next team.

Hot Dog Eating
The final contest was the hot dog eating contest. The rules required one member from each society to eat six hot dogs as fast as possible. Watch the video to see how each team did.



The Final Score

Event Score Card
Society	Kickball	Tug of War	Balloon Toss	Three Legged Race	Shoe Race	Hot Dog Eating
IEEE	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st
SAE	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd
SSSC	3rd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	4th
SWE	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	3rd

SWE ended the day with a total of 8 points putting them in 4th place. Coming in at third place was SSSC with a total of 13 points. SAE ended the day in third place with 18 points. This years champion, coming in with a total of 21 points, was IEEE.

Congratulation IEEE and thank you to everyone who participated and helped out!

Congratulations To Our Summer Event Champions!

This summer, Speed School Student Council held two student competitions, the Summer Sports League and Speed School's Biggest Loser. SSSC would like to thank all of the students who participated and congratulate the following teams and individuals.

Congratulations to the "Punch Bros.," who won the highly competitive Volleyball league which had 17 teams compete.

Also, congratulations to "My Team" who won the Ultimate Frisbee league.

Speed School's Biggest Loser was especially competitive, as a cash prize was involved. First place went to Randy Cross, who lost 22.2 pounds, which was an 8.20% loss from his starting weight!

Cristina Heisler came in second place by losing 16.6 pounds, a 7.97% decrease. Third place went to Lauren Speaker who lost 7.8 pounds or 4.68% of her original weight. (She is sad to report, however, that after summer break and going on vacation, she has probably gained most of it back!)

Thanks to everyone who participated! If there is enough interest, we may host this event again in future semesters.

Society Picnic 2010 Rescheduled

The annual Society Picnic will be held Monday, September 20, 2010 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm outside of the J.B. Speed Building.

Come out for an opportunity to meet all of the Speed School societies. This includes all of the professional societies and the interest-based societies, such as SAE and Solar Decathlon. Be on the lookout for new societies such as SHPE and newly returning societies, like Engineers Without Borders.

If you talk to two societies, you will receive free food! We hope to see you there!

Society Cup 2010

Society Cup is back! After years of inactivity, Society Cup 2010 has returned to the Speed School campus. It will begin September 18 at 10:00 am in front of the J.B. Speed Building.

The Speed School societies will compete in different activities, including kick ball, relays, egg toss, hot dog eating contest, and tug of war. The winner will get their name on the Society Cup trophy!

If your society wishes to compete, please contact Kara Leeds, Director of Society Relations, at dosr@speedcouncil.org.

Freshman Council Meeting This Thursday!

Last Thursday, the first Freshman Council meeting was held in JS 003. 19 interested students attended which was a fabulous turn out! This was mainly an informational meeting, intended to introduce students to each other, upperclassmen council members, and the main purpose of Freshman Council.

Elections will be held at this week's meeting, which will be Thursday, September 9 at 5:37 pm in the Council Office, JS 003. If you are interested in running for President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer, please email the freshman council list serve declaring your intended position. At the meeting, those wishing to run will give a two-minute speech, and positions will be determined by paper ballot.

Interested freshman may join at any time during the semester- just email Jared Hatfield, vp@speedcouncil.org so that he can put you on the mailing list.