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Holy Cow No birthday card can beat this.
The front cover: The inside: Thank you for the best card ever.
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Blog / About Decisions
Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.
Hi! I’m blogging live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl, the architect of Simmons Hall. I’ll update you on the lecture and also answer some pressing questions as the… -
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Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!
DID YOU KNOW? Umbrellas were thought to be an accessory suitable only for women until Persian traveler Jonas Hanway popularized umbrella use among men in the 19th century. Mitra usually… -
Blog / Athletics
Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school
Note: I am shamelessly stealing the title of this entry from Sam ’07, who is a more educated but less devout Kelly Clarkson fan than I am. The weather at… -
Blog / MIT Life
This is just a tribute I wrote a really long, funny entry. And then my browser window reloaded.
I AM SO ANGRY. I just wrote an entire entry, and right before I hit publish, my browser window mysteriously reloaded and I lost the entire thing. This is just… -
Blog / Admissions
Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…
What: Battle of the Bands When: Saturday of CPW (April 8th). Doors open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 8:00 PM Where: Lobdell Food Court, 2nd Floor of the Student… -
Blog / Admissions
Your CPW Host The host assignment meeting was tonight.
Tonight, as MIT’s Spring Break was wrapping up, we gathered up all of the student hosts who have returned from vacation (hundreds of them!) and released hosting assignments for CPW.… -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*
Well, it’s been quite a week of spring break adventures! I basically did absolutely nothing productive, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I visited my church youth group… -
Blog / Admissions
Preparing for CPW
Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I’m sure many of you admitted folks are excited! I just got back from an amazing week in Scandinavia and I think it’s… -
Blog / MIT Life
Since U Been Gone While I was out, the world changed. (UPDATED)
DID YOU KNOW? The chocolate chip cookie was invented in Massachusetts by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1937. She was working at the Toll House Inn when she ran out of… -
Blog / Admissions
Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.
It’s been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a few odds & ends… CPW update: for everyone who has registered, we are in the… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Answering your questions
You’ve got questions. I’ve got answers. Anonymous asks: “Why is it necessary for girls wanting to stay in all-girls dorms to ask for orientation?” Well, you see, of the 11… -
Blog / Admissions
Campus Preview Weekend ...begins a week from today!
CPW begins a week from today, and I’m really psyched. The weather is beautiful around here (let’s hope it lasts through next week!) and everyone is working hard to finalize… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Home sweet violet capital of Ohio We didn't see a stuffed whale, but we did see a bunch of primates. Nonhuman…
I haven’t really done much exciting this break — I haven’t taken a trip to Rome or Sweden, and I’m not going anywhere like Chocolate World. (I’m having a hard… -
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Blog / Admissions
FIRST fun And now...the much anticipated (but never duplicated!) photo-filled account of the coolest robotics competition ever!
Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as much schoolwork done as possible. I knew I wouldn’t be getting much done that… -
Blog / Admissions
A Post For Parents, Part 2 A followup to "A Post For Parents, Part 1."
DISCLAMER: Again I must inform students that this post is directed at the parents in the crowd. So if you are a student looking for info about MIT or the… -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Cancer Research The history and future of cancer research at MIT.
The MIT homepage has a great spotlight today about the Institute’s contributions to cancer research. I’ll reprint it below: Even without a medical school, for more than 30 years MIT… -
Blog / Academics & Research
Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…
Design and Manufacturing I (2.007 in nerd-speak) involves two lectures and one 4-hour lab a week. During the lectures, Professor Slocum teaches us about the FUNdaMENTALs of design and we… -
Blog / Events
HST Forum 2006… for real The real thing.
So HST — the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology — held its 2006 Forum last Thursday, and my friend Veena ’06 invited me to attend with her. Pictured…