Search

Search Results

• Blog / Events

  The Stuff of MIT Legend I'm about to tell you a super cool story. It happened two years ago, but…

  

  Okay, so what I am about to recount for you happened like 2 whole years ago, but it’s super awesome and while it’s hard to exactly explain why, something about…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2008
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  Adios, Madrid My attempt at an eloquent goodbye to Spain.

  

  In a few short hours I will hop on a plane back to the US. I have some very mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I am excited…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Neil Gaiman! The uncensored version =P

  

  America(n literature). In the US, there is very little magic in stories

  • by Karen F. '11
  • May 24, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  07/07/07 Speaking of numbers: the number seven in particular, brought to you by the birthday of…

  

  Center) to build an In-N-Out, which in my humble opinion is a VERY SAD

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  On Saturday, I sat in the floor lounge and began writing this entry. Yeah, that was a few days ago. I was distracted by the front desk and its extensive…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  Despite what I said last time, I did manage to snap a couple of pictures of CPW, so here they are: Mason ’10 (yes, that Mason, from the facebook group…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  Oh my God. I was peacefully watching Veronica Mars last week, when Wallace Fennel exposited that he wants to be a mechanical engineer. And that totally made my day. Engineers…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The swing of things MIT happenings.

  

  It’s mid-October, which means that life at MIT is crazy right now. The semester is really underway now, so that means tests and psets and projects are all happening at…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Questions and Answers Evan Broder is taking over my job.

  

  So first off, props to Evan for answering all these questions in his own comments like 2 weeks before I got around to doing it. Way to make me look…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I need a fix ‘cause I’m goin’ down Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love a 40%.

  

  identifying your primary carbon, you'll just be like "Oh, that's hexa-para-n

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  Chemistry, we reviewed how to solve 2n + 4 = 15. 10.490: Integrated Chemical

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.

  

  Yes, I’ve read a bunch of books since my last post. No, I didn’t feel like writing about them. I’ll be back at school soon, where I’ll actually have cool…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rosalind Franklin and Kent State Two more short book reviews and some news of my summer not (directly) relating to…

  

  I warn you: this is a depressing entry. Last week I finally finished reading Rosalind Franklin: the Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox. I say “finally” because I’m pretty…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  OK, so we’re going to follow up on this white water rapids question. Some interesting theories have been tossed around, and I’d like to discuss them, because I have nothing…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give the girl what she wants Ruth '07 wants pictures, she can have them.

  

  Ruth said: “Seriously, update! A more pictures, less blocks of text. Go!” The girl wants pictures, let’s give her pictures: Ruth Miller ’07, the newly-elected Undergraduate Association Vice President, gracefully…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.

  

  both the single and dual moguls portions of Sunday River's Bust 'n' Burn

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Relaxing Weekend Did you ever hear about that whole firehose analogy?

  

  After two weeks of pure torture (that’s what MIT is in the end, don’t kid yourself), I was really looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Of course, I did nothing…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  And for my next trick… ...I'll make J.B. confess to copying the answers to Ms. Hauser's test!

  

  So here’s the new plan: instead of me always spending all week planning out these elaborate blog entries for you guys involving photos, anecdotes, lots of links, and coherent structure,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Days in NYC

  

  Regulation Insights: http://www.nera.com/Newsletter.asp?n_ID=27. For more

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Careers in biology Also known as "why on earth I'm applying to graduate school".

  

  point, all the research skills she has honed over the past n years are all

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 5, 2005