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  [guest post] Eating Your Way Through MIT The story behind Chop Stir Hack, an MIT student food magazine

  

  What follows is a guest post from the Chop Stir Hack team. CSH is a new MIT ASA group that publishes a semesterly food magazine. It grew out of MindHandHeart-funded…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 26, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  i visit Cape Cod and discover the most beautiful beach on Earth

  

  i had a magical long weekend. a fellow rising sophomore friend, her boyfriend, my boyfriend, and I all rented a Zipcar and drove down to Cape Cod to spend the…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 24, 2020
• Blog / Summer

  Diving In transforming myself into a cs bro

  

  I’ve always been very open and honest with my struggles with computer science in an effort to document my journey through this twisty and windy field. For so long, I…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 23, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Crab Cave or: i moved to dc with friends

  

  A brief happy post amidst the chaos and confusion of existence: Hi everyone, I just wanted to come in with some quick updates about what’s been going on with me…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 20, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  sourdough start & restart & starter this is and is not a metaphor

  

  I have a sourdough starter! His name is Aulus.⁠04 a Roman first name of disputed etymology, like most Roman first names, but thought perhaps to come from the verb alo,…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • June 19, 2020
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  It’s an ordinary Thursday! I’m living at an apartment in Cambridge and working two jobs⁠06 one UROP and one job, technically remotely. Here’s what my day looked like. 8:57 AM…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Interning Remotely my verdict is that it definitely could be worse

  

  COVID-19 really took a toll on student summer plans this year. Internships were cancelled, in-person opportunities can no longer happen, and study/work abroad programs are definitively cancelled. I want to…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 16, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  Today I want to talk about mentorship and role models, and specifically my relationship with one mentor who has grown into more of a sister and a friend as years…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  at least i’m not as sad as i used to be i don’t keep friends, i keep acquainted

  

  one So I left, that is it That’s my life, nothing is sacred I don’t keep friends, I keep acquainted I’m not a prophet, but I’m here to profit people…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Write an Original Song (ex?)-emo kid gone rogue

  

  *Please excuse the shoddy audio quality/audio balance throughout the post. I just had a laptop, phone, and the microphone on some earbuds to work with :) **video snippets are dramatizations…

  • by Powers '23
  • June 14, 2020
• Blog / Classes

  Apply to WISE! It would be WISE of you to do so

  

  A few days ago, I called two of my dearest friends, Asia and Daymé, to talk about their experiences as a WISE student, host, and admissions ambassador. WISE stands for…

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • June 13, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  on happiness and well-being Coursera attempts to cure our depression

  

  During quarantine, I enrolled in The Science of Well-Being, a free course hosted by Yale on the online learning platform Coursera. A friend from my living community suggested that a…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 11, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  short term / long term on growth and learning

  

  As a quick sidenote, I want to say my heart goes out to everyone going through these particularly tough times. I know this blog may seem out of place with…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • June 10, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  I feel like I have stake both in what is happening here and what is happening back in the Philippines. Here, it’s ever present: news of gruesome, unjust murders of…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Announcements

  An MIT Community Vigil for Black Lives

  

  On Tuesday, the MIT Institute Community and Equity Office hosted a virtual vigil. As the announcement for the vigil read: We gather in the wake of the recent tragic killings…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 4, 2020
• Blog / How to Food

  food diaries pt. 1 ...adulting?

  

  Note: Posting a lighthearted blog in the midst of everything that’s happening right now is…uncomfortable, to say the least. Given the circumstances, I can’t help but feel that the tone…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 2, 2020
• Blog / Class Projects

  Final Project Demo Roll if only they were more helpful to the world at large

  

  For those of you who have been following my blog posts this semester, you might remember that this was supposed to be the semester where I really came into my…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 1, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  OUTRAGED. #ican'tbreathe

  

  Every day, I realize more and more that I live in a privileged bubble, being physically, mentally and financially protected from the realities of what a lot of black people…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  I have been absent from the blogs for the better part of eight years.  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work more closely with…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  (A quick note before I start this post: My intro would be kind of confusing if I didn’t tell you that I made the last-minute decision to move back to…

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020