diff --git a/events.xml b/events.xml
index 4a27751..de396b0 100644
--- a/events.xml
+++ b/events.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,37 @@
 <!-- Fall 2015 -->
 
 
+<eventitem date="2015-10-02" time="7:30 PM" room="MC 4040"
+           title="'Why Am I Studying This?'">
+  <short>
+    <p>
+      Big-O, the Halting Problem, Finite State Machines, and more are concepts that get
+      even more interesting in the real world. Come and hear Tom Rathborne talk about how theory
+      hits reality (often with a bang!) at Booking.com.
+    </p>
+  </short>
+  <abstract>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Data Structures</li>
+      <li>Finite State Machines</li>
+      <li>big-O</li>
+      <li>Queuing theory</li>
+      <li>Race conditions</li>
+      <li>Compilers</li>
+      <li>The Halting Problem</li>
+      <li>etc.</li>
+    </ul>
+    <p>
+      These things get even more interesting in the real world.
+      Come and hear Tom Rathborne talk about how theory hits reality (often with a bang!) at
+      Booking.com, the biggest not-a-technology-company on the Internet.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Food and drinks will be provided!
+    </p>
+  </abstract>
+</eventitem>
+
 <eventitem date="2015-10-16" time="7:00 PM" room="ML Theatre of the Arts"
            title="Cory Doctorow - The War on General Purpose Computing">
   <short>
@@ -72,14 +103,14 @@
            title="Back to Back Talks: Culture Turnaround and Software Defined Networks">
   <short>
     <p>
-      Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning 
+      Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning
       a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks!
     </p>
   </short>
   <abstract>
     <p>
-      Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning 
-      a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks!      
+      Back to back talks from John Stix and Francisco Dominguez on turning
+      a company's culture around and on Software Defined Networks!
     </p>
     <p>
       John Stix will be talking about how he turned around the corporate culture at Fibernetics Corporation.