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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bread at Desk This entry brought to you by the letters "Sleep Deprivation."

  

  It is 5:16am. At about 4:45, I walked into Senior House. I had been at East Campus working on a 5.111 (chemistry) pset with a friend. I actually enjoyed doing…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  

  During first semester I published a nice little entry about my bookshelf in my personal blog. It’s now 2008 and my bookshelf has undergone several renovations. What does the bookshelf…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Why I haven’t posted in forever In picture form, no less.

  

  I am taking 5 minutes out of my life just to let you all know why I don’t exist. I don’t exist, because this is my to-do list: No joke.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  This goes out to all of you waiting on tenterhooks for decisions to come out in a couple of days (I love the word “tenterhooks.” It’s amazing.). These are just…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Brief Taste of Orgo Basically, Sam Maurer is a prophet.

  

  In today’s 5.12 lecture (in English, that’s organic chemistry), I couldn’t help but chuckle when I picked up the notes outlining the topics scheduled to be covered in the discussion.…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 12, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  If you’ll remember, last week was the Latke vs. Hamentaschen debate. That wasn’t the only eventful thing that happened that day, there was all sorts of goings-on beforehand on the…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  Hi Everyone! It’s been quite a while since I last blogged. MIT can be a harsh mistress. But I’d like to use this post to get back into the swing…

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  [by Patrick ’09] On Tuesday, I went to Trinity College chapel for evensong. I expect most people are unfamiliar with this tradition, so it deserves some explanation: There are 30+…

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  So I was going to draft this entry last night (I went as far as typing “hosed” into the title bar), but then I decided to finish exporting my dorm’s…

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Devoid of Content Well, mostly.

  

  This post is almost entirely devoid of content except to point out a particularly funny exchange in the comments of a recent post. It’s a constant struggle between bloggers and…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  I am RIDICULOUSLY hosed this week (three exams, a problem set, a lab report, a t-shirt design, a poster design, a UROP proposal, an EMS elections meeting, an overnight shift,…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  For those who don’t yet know, two important, possibly life-shattering announcements: 1. MIT decisions will be released online at noon this Saturday, March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Only a few more days of waiting...

  

  Hi folks, Jess sent me an email a few days ago making fun of me for being completely awol from the blogs recently. She’s right, and I apologize; we’ve been…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  Ever played Risk? Ever played Diplomacy? Ever played Urbandead? Ever wished that somehow all of those games were combined into one? A little less than a week ago everybody on…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Rubbing Elbows I have pizza with a famous person.

  

  Last week, I blogged a little about how MIT’s student body really distinguishes the Institute from any other university that I know. On one level, it almost seems as if…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  While presidential elections are normally associated with debates, Jewish food is not. However, tonight, one of the largest lecture halls at MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  8:02 pm I’m here in 26-100 getting ready to watch the 2008 Latke Vs. Hamentashen debate. In essence, take a bunch of MIT professors and hundreds of interested parties listening…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  There are only a few authors whom I feel very strongly about, let alone love, and Jhumpa Lahiri is one of them. The Pulitzer Prize winning author of the books…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I AM THE MASTER!!! Is there really something that this many people can hate? Yes.

  

  Hmmmmmmm, 18.03 PSET or blog? On the one hand I could be productive and try to finish my PSET, generally making my life less stressful promoting my own well-being. On…

  • by Snively '11
  • March 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Quantum Mechanics ...

  

  Quantum pset is slow-going tonight. I was having a lot of trouble until I saw this: What luck! My many questions were all answered. THANKS, CONAN! -luvlulu

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • March 4, 2008