All rights reserved on entire contents nothing may be reprinted, or displayed on another web page, without the prior written consent of the publisher. Over pizza, a sandwich, and a cold beverage, the "rat" was removed from my pocket and placed on the table in front of an ecstatic Pete.Īt last, 27 years after being lost, the Brass Rat was back home where it belonged.Ĭopyright © 1995 - 2015 People's Publishing. So, on Saturday, June 27, 2009, a specific 1981 Brass Rat went to lunch at a local restaurant. The beaver on top of the gold ring is the MIT mascot, so chosen because it is considered to be the engineer of the animal world. It is said that the Brass Rat is one of the most recognizable rings in the country, ranking just behind those of West Point and the Superbowl. They were essential for Potions class, and are mandatory for all first year Hogwarts students. Nicknamed the Brass Rat, the MIT class ring is redesigned each year, so each class's rings are unique. Brass scales were tools used by Wizardkind to weigh quantities of potion ingredients. RingComm is a committee of 12 students who design their respective class MIT Brass Rat and organize the ring-related events, such as Ring Premiere and Ring Delivery. Yet its details are so customized by each year’s student committee that the ring’s manufacturers say the job is upping their game. You don't know me, but my name is Gary Speck, and I have something you might have lost a few years ago at the beach." The Brass Ratas MIT’s class ring is affectionately knownis so iconic that it helps unacquainted alums recognize each other across a crowded room. On Monday evening after coming home from work, I called. Who can order a GradRat In order to be eligible to purchase the GradRat, you have to either currently be enrolled as an MIT graduate student or have graduated from an MIT graduate program (i.e. So, I went to the website, where typing in his name gave me only one result, here in southern California.įrom firing up the computer to writing down a phone number took less than 15 minutes! Like its undergraduate counterpart the Brass Rat ring the GradRat is 100 student designed by a committee of graduate students spanning all five schools at MIT. If you purchase any gold ring, a companion Ultrium ring will be half-price. I now know what he looks like, but where is he now? Thankfully, his name isn't John Smith! I went back to Google, typed in the name, and got a couple hits, but nothing I could use. Pricing includes: Inside engraving in either script or block lettering, choice of finish, and lifetime warranty. As the university is primarily an engineering university, nature's engineer- the beaver- is a perfect mascot. The bezel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology class ring features a beaver.