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  In Memory of Sean Collier a memorial, to a member of our family

  

  Today, MIT dedicated a memorial to Officer Sean Collier, who was killed in the line of duty by the Tsarnaev brothers on April 18th, 2013. Sean was a beloved campus police officer,…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 2 Tempering Iron

  

  (Read part 1!) I will start with a disclaimer–there are definitely things that can and will change at MIT. In fact, that’s what I love about the culture–when there’s something…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 28, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving pictures. Here are some headlines:   Thomas DeFrantz and the Dancing Body of the State    Thursday afternoon,…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  History of the Brass Rat with pictures of the bezel design from 1930 to today

  

  The Brass Rat, the MIT class ring. MIT students get theirs sophomore year and wear the beaver “sitting” on them until graduation. At Commencement, the ring is flipped over so…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 23, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Long Weekend CPW and marathon volunteering

  

  ouch, my last CPW!  

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 22, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to Fail: Part 1 Dealing with failure and trying to move past it.

  

  You know what I thought I was good at after getting into MIT? You know what I thought was my shining glory, my thing to be proud of, the thing…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: The Power of Intuition when making important choices

  

  The following is a guest post by Jorge T. ’18.   The Power of Intuition   The deadline to accept college admissions offers is only a week ahead, so I…

  • by Erick P. '17
  • April 21, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Selam’s First CPW Some thoughts and odds and ends~

  

  Hello Interwebz! Our campus is swarming with high school students and free food. It’s all very exciting. Everyone is very excited! Ahhh! I’m excited too! In fact, this is also…

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 18, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Guest Post: Being Trans at MIT

  

  (Danny here—a friend of mine reached out yesterday and asked if I could help let prefrosh know about their efforts. Their guest post is what follows, sans attribution as per…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 16, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  cpw at pika a continuing experiment in cooperative campus-previewing

  

  Campus Preview Weekend starts tomorrow, and for pika, my cooperative independent living group, that means: Improv, meditation, DIY sushi, a jam session, and late-night smoothies on Thursday Soapmaking, screen printing,…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Young Guru & the Metropolitan Opera The Arts at MIT

  

  On an extra-long Wednesday a week ago, when spring break has come and gone and the temperature’s still in the thirties, and the wet gray concrete buildings as you walk…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What Is an MIT Community? ...a personal experience

  

  At MIT, no community follows an algorithm, but each one is open to sharing and appreciating passions, regardless of major and background. The Institute has far exceeded my expectations for…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Magic Cards and a Farmers’ Market And frozen advice for the 2019s

  

  They say that the best way to get something important done is to do it while procrastinating on something far more important. I clean my room as a last resort…

  • by Joel G. '18
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor called BMF (badass mother—s) in Random Hall. Most of our social and home-academic life happens round…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• Blog / Athletics

  Over Spring Break A flattering video of MIT Women's Tennis derping around California

  

  For spring break, the women’s tennis team travelled to Southern California for 7 days, playing 4 matches and spending the rest of the time basking in the sunlight and stuffing…

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 11, 2015
• Blog / Events

  TBT: The Science of Chocolate The school down the street does cool things

  

  (Sorry if you were expecting to read more about MIT, but exploring outside the MIT bubble is an important part of being a student here!) One of the best things…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • April 9, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Red Bull Gives You (Paper) Wings airplanes, astronauts, and austria: a monday night boston qualiflyer

  

  Last December I blogged about judging Trashion 2014, an event where MIT students design and model unconventional outfits to raise awareness about environmental sustainability. In that post, I wrote:  …

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  Hey, there, it’s been a while. Sorry about that; it turns out that blogging momentum is really hard to start up again after a certain point. I’ll be trying to…

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Jupiter’s Moons, Doge, and a Tub of Icing how to CPW from Yuliya the Undecided HS Senior

  

  Last April, as part of a high school assignment, I was required to journal about daily experiences. Much angst about my workplace and college decisions (of which I will write…

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • April 6, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  I Wrote A Thing media and articles and no punctuation

  

  I wrote a thing It is an article about hospitalizations In particular, the hospitalization of my friend – she is named Emily in the article I also was in a Boston…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 3, 2015