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1994 IG NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY
Tickets and Delegations
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The Ig Nobel Board of Governors invites all unqualified persons to 
attend the 1994 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony on Thursday, October 6, 
1994, at 7:30 p.m., in Kresge Auditorium at MIT.  The ceremony 
honors individuals "whose achievements cannot or should not be 
reproduced."


TICKETS
Tickets go on sale Thurs., Sept. 15, 10:00 am. sharp at the MIT 
Museum Shop in The MIT Student Center.  The price is $2 per 
ticket.  There will be a strict limit of five (5) tickets per 
person.  We have been asked to remind you that scalping is illegal 
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


DELEGATIONS
A limited number of seats is reserved for official delegations of 
4-12 beings.  If you wish to bring a delegation, please get in 
touch IMMEDIATELY with Robert Dimmick 617-437-9505 
<fun@mitvmc.mit.edu>


BACKGROUND INFO
The Prizes are handed out by a panel of genuine Nobel laureates 
and other Ignitaries.  Past winners include former Los Angeles 
Police Chief Daryl Gates (1992 Ig Nobel Peace Prize "for his 
uniquely compelling methods of bringing people together"), Yvette 
Bassa (1992 Ig Nobel Chemistry Prize for inventing bright blue 
Jell-O), and Dr. James Nolan (1993 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize for his 
painstaking "Journal of Emergency Medicine" report, "Acute 
Management of the Zipper-Entrapped Penis").


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
This year's keynote address will be delivered by Dr. John Mack of 
Harvard Medical School, winner of the 1993 Ig Nobel Psychology 
Prize for his theory that "people who believe they have been 
kidnapped by aliens from outer space, probably have."

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The Ceremony will be recorded for later broadcast National Public 
Radio's "Talk of the Nation Science Friday."

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The Official Heckler Corps requests the pleasure of your 
assistance at the ceremony.  Lab coats or other ceremonial dress 
are encouraged but by no means required.  No open flames or live 
animals are permitted in Kresge Auditorium.

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TICKET INFO: (617) 253-4462
DELEGATIONS INFO: fun@mitvmc.mit.edu   617-437-9505
PRESS INFO, etc.: ig@mit.edu     617-253-4422

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[And in the meantime:]
A lecture/slide show on "Recent Developments in 
Improbable Research, and the History of the Ig Nobel 
Prize" will be presented on Friday, Sept. 16, at 3:00 
pm. at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave., 
Cambridge, MA. Limited seating. Free admission.
INFO: dmgarcia@mit.edu  (617)-253-4462