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It is summer in Cambridge, which means that: I am growing an alarming amount of tropical fruit plants on my apartment front stoop there’s a million fun things happening in the Kendall/MIT Open Space it is time for those of you who might want to be bloggers to… Read More

Co-written by Rima Das and Amber Velez Amber: One unique characteristic about MIT is its plethora of makerspaces. There are big basement machine shops for meche classes, little makerspaces with laser cutters or drills in many dorms, a wonky woodshop under EC, and even bio and… Read More

Hi! Hello! Long time no see. It’s weird to be typing again. I feel kind of embarrassed for disappearing for a month from the blogs, especially when the blogs have been such a cozy, homey place for me, a respite among the ups and downs of my life. But things… Read More

The first time I ever stepped on a skateboard was in 2015, which was also the year that Marty McFly time-traveled to from 1985 in Back to the Future Part II. I was in seventh grade. It was a week before Halloween, and I… Read More

cw: harassment (noted before the section where it’s mentioned, skip to the next pictures from there if needed!) “What’s your favorite type of metal?” asked a volunteer after Copenhell. We’d been talking about engineering, both civil and mechanical. “Uhh, copper?” “No, like,… Read More

Janice: Hey! Thanks for making time for this. CJ: No problem. Janice: I know it’s been months since we’ve last talked, but now that you’ve been here for more than a month, I wanted to check in and find out how you’re doing. CJ: It’s been great! I like the… Read More

text in the art for accessibility (and because my handwriting is very mediocre): I’m living in New York City this summer. Oh stranger, it’s … a lot.  Brown puddles of mystery city juice. Perpetually gridlocked traffic. Narrow scaffolds under which I’m barely squeezing… Read More