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  BREAKING NEWS! Find out about your life of pi

  

  Mar 7, 2013 Yesterday, researchers from the MIT – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution found several bottles and their enclosed contents washed up on the banks of the Charles River. It…

  • by Richard Parker
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  Jellyfishing…GEL-ly fishing? Get it? Fishing for new GELs? Maybe it's too late for clever puns, but I'm posting anyway!  Presently, I’m sitting here on Saturday night (well I guess it’s…

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Consilience From college essays to a Medieval Studies @ MIT Colloquium

  

  In 10th grade, I read a book by the biologist Edward O. Wilson and became obsessed with the word consilience. I loved all of my classes – Shakespeare, Western Civilizations,…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2013
• Blog / Events

  We Eat At Food Trucks A few may even start their own

  

  Last Thursday, I went to “Food Truck 101: The Conference”, a 4-hour event coordinated by Clover Food Lab and MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. When I RSVP-ed for…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • March 6, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  Last year, my class sizes were on the order of 100, 50, 60, and 20. This year, my class sizes are roughly 5, 6, 8, 6, and 25. I’m learning…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Everyone at MIT should take this class. How often do you get to design toys in class?

  

  What do you want to do in life?  For some people, the answer to that question comes easy.  They’re the ones who’ve been coding since they were out of the…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  We were worried An insider's look at a February tradition

  

  Two weekend ago, I spent my Saturday at a wonderful show called the Vagina Monologues. For the week following the show, I attempted to put into words what the show…

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 2, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Nate Silver visits MIT (or, do witches exist in real life?) No, he can't predict the outcome of your admissions decision. Probably.

  

  I am what one might call a “professional blogger”, or what a liberal arts graduate might call an artiste, or what reality might call “an unemployed college freshman.”  And the…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • March 1, 2013
• Blog / Events

  2015 Brass Rat finally unveiled!!!

  

  Last Friday, Kirsten ’15 and I (well actually the whole class of 2015) lined up outside in the chilly weather right outside of Kresge auditorium for a good half hour.…

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  24 Hours From sleeping in a homeless shelter to waltzing in La Sala

  

  10:25pm, Friday. I was sprinting down dorm row from French House to 77 Mass Ave, wearing baggy sweatpants and a baggy long-sleeved shirt, clutching a handbag that contained an article…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 24, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  In my last post, I mentioned that I had gone on my first caving adventure with the MIT Caving Club. I really enjoyed it, and I wanted to continue my…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This is it. the last "what classes I'm taking" blog

  

  Hi friends, My final semester at MIT is well underway and spring break is in 4 weeks and graduation is looming on the horizon and real life is about to…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 20, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  On Valentine’s Day, (boy/girl)friends of MIT students have a unique opportunity to mortify their loved ones. Three student performance groups – the Logarhythms, the Muses, and the Shakespeare Ensemble –…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Guest Entry: MIT Cycling Team Training Camp Hundreds of miles of riding and thousands of kilojoules spent.

  

  This blog post is by my brilliant Randomite, computer scientist, and cyclist friend Matt R. ’13 (used to be ’14; pictured below), who recently joined the rest of the MIT…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Hitting Rewind on 2013 a summary of posts I never ended up writing from IAP till now

  

  I know, long time no see. My last entry was almost exactly four months ago…which is terrible. Senior fall ended up being a little more overwhelming than I thought it…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  At about 10 am on Thursday there were about 100 people in lecture for 7.06, cell biology with Professor Iain Cheeseman. We were learning about how proteins made in the…

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  My PE class for the quarter is “zumba”, taught by a very cheerful, coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a room with mirrors for…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 1 Zumba and putting pants on in lecture

  

  I wrote the post below on Tuesday. Because of weird formatting issues (ExpressionEngine hates me) I decided to hold off on publishing until Wednesday. On Wednesday, something mortifying happened that…

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  New Semester From caving adventures to amazing classes, MIT is awesome.

  

  Hi! So I disappeared for a bit last semester on the interwebs, but one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get back to doing one of the things I…

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 13, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  One More Look At Our Snow Globe Life with moving parts

  

  Hi guys, Here’s another look at blizzard weekend on campus. Sadly (I mean…) school is open tomorrow, so it’s back to a mostly snowballfight-less life. :P Nemo just getting started…

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 10, 2013