MIT Dining Services and sponsoring restaurants, including Rebecca's Cafe, Royal East, Papa Razzi and Indian Globe, are offering discounts for registered students. After a student or group of students issues an invitation to a professor, they must register the lunch at The Source in the Student Center.
Students then receive a card they can show at their dining location to receive the discount.
The program is being organized by Afreen Siddiqi, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, and Farheen Qadir, a sophomore in chemical engineering, at the suggestion of Rick Gresh, assistant advisor to the Campus Activities Complex Program Board. Ms. Siddiqi and Ms. Qadir are co-directors of the program board's Recreational and Educational Activities Committee. I'm sure the faculty will look forward to participating. Education never works better than when there is a close personal relationship between student and teacher, and having lunch together is a great way to begin or develop such a relationship. I hope the local restaurants are crowded with students and professors during the week of April 7-11, and I hope to be among the crowd.