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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Conditioner For My Face "The dot product is the solution to all the problems of the universe. Even the…

  

  I got this postcard from my dad a few weeks ago. It’s funny how when you leave for college, you kind of forget that life continues to happen in that…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a double minor in Biomedical Engineering and Economics. Who does that?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that’s how I…

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry, no dorms yet but… ya wanna see some classes?

  

  I have tests in all my classes in the next few days so I thought it was a good time to take a quick survey of what you want to…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  It all started on Monday night. I had a big French III essay due Tuesday morning, and Sam ’07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bachelor’s & Master’s in 5 Years An attractive option offered to undergraduates in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

  

  This will be the first in a series of entries focused on my department and opportunities available to its students. :) Well, you may have heard that many of MIT’s…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 15, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Think YOUR research is crazy? Why doesn't spaghetti break in half? There is an answer, because someone has dedicated their…

  

  Ever find yourself sitting in lab, thinking “What in God’s name am I doing? Does this research even matter?” Have no fear! Check out this list of the 20 Craziest…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  Tonight was the kickoff event for the Class of 2007 Senior Gift campaign Our class’s theme is the “5.0 Challenge” — to achieve at least 50% participation in donating. Sadly,…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime, and the livin’ is easy Unless, of course, you've decided to do something with all that free time.

  

  I said I’d do it, no? Many of these websites won’t have information about Summer 2007 programs up until around January, but the info from last summer is still comprehensive…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Food? What? I may weigh approximately two pounds, but I eat as much as everyone else. All…

  

  Before I get to an actual point in my next post, let me say this: I just cooked large amounts of angel hair pasta with ground beef in black bean…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  DID YOU KNOW? A long time ago, before the Fleet Center was built, spectators at the Boston Garden reported seeing leprechauns in the rafters during Boston Celtics games. Many years…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Writing Workshop I just wrote an entire post and my browser crashed. dfsdfksdfojfoajwefoiajdwf.

  

  (There comes a time in all great bloggers’ lives when, while writing a particularly good entry, they happen to deviate from their work and stumble across a page that will…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Exploring the newest innovations in dessert technology A trip filled with enough desserts to satisfy anyone's sweet tooth!

  

  How many desserts can one consume in 2 ½ hours? Five MIT students decided to find out, while celebrating a 21st birthday. We had three stops on our journey, one…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My night with 8.03 MONSTER ENTRY AHHHH

  

  (Yeah yeah, right now it’s Saturday but I wrote this on wednesday night so shut up.) Right now it is Wednesday night I’m starting/finishing/making minimal progress on my 8.03 problem…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last entry where I talk about the horrible trigonometric torture I endured in my 2.001 lecture.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last night,…

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson,…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we’re going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, this is a lab class where we learn about some of the measurement…

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  My First Full Reading Day So far you're all awesome, of course.

  

  Here’s what I will see every Monday, Friday, Saturday, and many Wednesdays for the next 4 months… (Sorry for the bad photo; I only had my camera phone here at…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sorry 6.003 Wherein my senioritis starts getting just a little ridiculous.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If you drink one can of soda every day for six months, you will gain fifteen pounds more than you would have gained not drinking that soda.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Are We Dating? Till blogging do us part

  

  Soooo someone asked on Sam’s blog: Are you and Mitra dating? I wish! You ask a fair question, though. After all, Sam does lean uncomfortably close to me in pictures.…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 7, 2006