Visit-day of the Willis Tower!
Willis Tower, formerly named Sears Tower, is the tallest skyscraper in Chicago, with 108 floors. It measures 527 m with the antenna and 442 m only at the roof-level. At the time of its completion in 1973 it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York. Currently, Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
Although Sears' naming rights expired in 2003, the building continued to be called Sears Tower for several years. However, in March 2009 London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, agreed to lease a portion of the building and as part of the agreement obtained the building's naming rights.
It's really huge!
And the 103rd-viewpoint is phenomenal!
On a clear day, you can see 40-50 miles around, the city of Chicago and its beautiful architecture, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin, and the other side of the Lake Michigan!
As you can see, that was not the case this day!
Chicago's downtown: 
The glass balconies!!!
The all-glass boxes allow visitors to look through the floor to the street 412 m below.
It's a kind of scary at first!
Oh man! The cabin has turned upside down!!!
And it's even possible to bump by chance into strange creatures from around the world...
Beautiful day, i met some nice people...so-called famous... why not!
And once more, the Chicago's 2016 Olympic Games candidacy is visible everywhere!!
We will know the final decision on October 2nd... 
Given that 1 euro = 1.46 dollars (when i am typing this post) it's really interesting to purchase stuff like: games console, electronic devices, TV set,.... moreover when you can divide the price into the number of buyers.
Well for the moment, we did it only for games consoles:
-a Playstation 2 :
-a Wii :
And as international students, it's really usual to invite each other at one's home before parties... and more especially after parties ^^
Though, everyone knows that a Wii or a Pro Evolution Soccer after-party is simply Legendary!
Well, we really enjoy ourselves during this kind of party. 
Sometimes, we take time to cook delicious meals.
Below, the succulent home-made lasagnes:
Palak is practising his Super-Gay attitude... ^^
...while Barack (the teddy bear) is giving me a big cuddle (so cute this Barack!)
...while Ludo is doing the washing-up: 
...and while Alexandre is "trying" to find a job!
It's the financial crisis, so obviously you have to resort drastic measures to get one!
After the old-fashionned ghetto blaster, ....
...the new chicagoan fruity trendy attitude: 
Damn it! The Water Ghetto Blaster Melon has fallen down and is bleeding!!! 
Well, no more Dolby Digital surround laser sound... but that was good timing because we were starving!!!
We really enjoyed ourselves!!
First of all, The BOG! One might say that it's a kind of "La Cave" of IIT.
Well, we could say that because it's the place on which people used to meet each other, to drink a beer, have fun, enjoy the end of the week. But, it's bigger and there is some more pleasant surprises inside.
First, in the first room, there is a large array of videogames (Playstation, Wii, X-BOX 360, Guitar Hero III, ...), table tennis, pool... and then,
the miracle!.... a Bowling!!!
Well i would have never expected that, to have a bowling in the Campus. So, it's not totally free, but until now, almost every week the Union Board (kind of "BDE" of IIT) organise free evenings in the BOG.
And, as an anecdote, for the first time i played there i broke records!!! my own record! --> 173!!! OMG!
Unfortunately, the next games were not as successful as the first one... 
Then, the Keating Hall, IIT sports center, kingdom of every "self-respecting" sportpeople!
The Keating Hall entrance, with its legends and IIT's trophys (not visible on this picture).
Indeed, the sport in the US is not a joke!!! American "live" the sport, and it's well known here that if you are a good at sport, you can easily be successful in your studies and manage to graduate without doing "real" studies.
To figure out what sport at IIT represents, have a look at illinois athletics website.
Among Keating Hall facilities, there are:
-Squash fields
-A huge Gymnasium, split in two parts (one official for Scarlet Hawks matches, but we can also use it, and another one, more "common" on which people used to play Badminton, Indoor soccer and Basketball)
The Scarlet Hawks is the official name of each IIT sport team. Apparently, IIT seems to excel in Volleyball, especially Women's Volleyball.
The famous Women's Volleyball Team (as i said sooner, the sport here is not a joke! ^^) : 
-the Soccer field:
-the famous Gym room with its huge array of body-building devices.
Indeed, you can do there every muscle-building exercises you want.
It is open almost all day long and it is totally free. you just have to show your ID Card. 
-the swimming pool and its diving boards:
-the IIT Hawks' Baseball Field