By: Andrew L
“A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.” — Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. This is the centuries-old skeleton of the modern-day adage that we all know and love: “pictures are worth a thousand words”. The past five weeks have been amazing; unfortunately, I’m not talented enough to articulate just how amazing this program has been for all of us in a way that does the past month-and-a-half any justice. So, here is a gallery that I’ve put together with snapshots of all of my favorite moments with ONL SSP ‘21.
Exhibit A: Work-Play shenanigans
Arguing with Sanjana, Andrew P, and Grant over spherical trigonometry over a zoom whiteboard will never gets old
150 games of bullet with Jeremy Y. in 3 days #sigma
Eminem who?? Peyton C’s dripped out background during work-play
image credits: Neil
Mandatory tribute to Mandatory fun
Amogus illustration by Sarah W
iykyk
image credits: Sarah
trivia legend
image credits: Andrew Pk.
#1 ONL activity: quiplash with Kimberly
image credits: Jennifer S.
Who would win in a fight? Sir Alan or Sir Mason?
I guess we’ll never know…
image credits: Joey T.
loads and loads of skribbl.
image credits: shamelessly pirated from Jeremy Y’s blog post
The birds… what do they mean, Dr. Bauer … what do they mean??
no caption needed
Ethan S’s QOD winning Nebulamogus
Tribute to the QOD, possibly the hardest and most intensive part of the entire program.
Exhibit B: TA Lectures
Gravitating towards Mason’s lecture on black holes and star systems
Alan and his talk on the TSP SSP
ZP’s handwriting is almost as insane as her LaTeX formatting
Kimberly was probably a racehorse in another life.
Exhibit C: ONL Talent Show
Dr. H is a magician (or scientist? or both??)
Andrew Pk’s rendition of Baka Mitai was one for the ages
Hayagreev’s performance packaged musicianship and artistry all in one 😀
A Masterfully crafted parody of the Duck Song by Alex G and Jennifer.
In an alternate universe, Dr. F is a professional circus performer!!
The musical talent throughout the entire talent show genuinely made me feel like I was ascending into another plane of existence
TA impressions were emotional
Ms. M’s rendition of Green Day’s “Good Riddance (time of your life)” was the perfect way to end the show <33
the four knights of SSP
monte carlo
Corporate asked you to find the difference between these two pictures:
(They’re the same picture) — Sarah W.
Hours upon hours of data reduction and analysis with Hillary and Sarah. Fly me to the Spoon was far and away the best observing team <333
P.O.P = (Psets On P.O.P) = (Psets On (Psets On P.O.P)) = …
Snapshot of the night sky in Australia from one of the coolest softwares I’ve probably ever used
SSP ONL ‘21 has been unforgettable… huge thank you to everyone for making this program as amazing as it has been over the past five weeks: Ms. Mauldin, the professors, the TAs, all of my fellow SSPer’s, and everyone in between for making this such an amazing experience for us all ❤️
image credits: Vinnie
About Me
I’m Andrew L, a rising senior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. In my free time I like to cube, play chess, and play the violin. My favorite subjects are math and astronomy.
