Hello.

I forgot to introduce myself.

My name is Lily Xu, and I'm a freshman majoring in Environmental Engineering. I was born and raised in Alabama and remained in the deep South until I finally escaped to MIT. I like eating sushi, singing, making crafts and playing with water nymphs.

I'm the marketing chair this year, which means I get to meet with people to explore advertising and expansion tactics, create newsletters, and blog! Assuming everything goes according to plan, this blog will be updated weekly.

Enjoy!

LTI Retreat!

This past weekend, LTI took its exec board and new mentors to Camp Cody for a weekend of leadership training fun and bonding time! The retreat took place the weekend of November 15-16 from noon on Saturday until noon on Sunday. After we arrived at our destination, LTI enthusiasts embarked on the CODY Leadership Course guided by Jenny.

Despite the cold weather, we were all able to muster up enough warmth to mingle, indulge, and enjoy ourselves amongst our new LTI-teammates. The following are a few magical moments that Amanda Mok so graciously captured for us:



















After having a delicious dinner composed of hot food, we all huddled around the fireplace, nibbling on s'mores, opening our hearts, and sharing to our new friends the turning points of our life.

Eventually we split into respective mentor and exec groups. The mentors followed Chris and engaged in mentor-like leadership activities whereas the exec board began visualizing the future and restructuring the hierarchy.

Congratulations to Amanda Mok for being our new director!



Then we went to sleep. Or at least, the bottom half of the cabin went to sleep while the other half sat around until 4 am screaming "BANG ME."



Sunday morning we are treated to another meal of delicious hot food, a game of jig-a-low, and a ride back to MIT.

Hooray for LTI!