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  Yoga The joys of physical education

  

  (I can file an entry on Yoga under “Academic” right?) Today I received this email from the Committee on Academic Performance (links are all mine) According to our records, you…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Decisive Battle The one examining "Turkey vs. Spam" on the almost-literal level.

  

  Today, of all days, in Jonestown, PA, eight members of my family bore witness to the ultimate showdown between Turkey and Spam. Despite a two-hour food coma immediately after dinner,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  So I’m about to cook a turkey for the first time in my life, but before I foray out into the world of basting and boiling, I wanted to wish…

  • by Bryan
  • November 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  On my way…

  

  Turns out that Anthony isn’t the only one who loves Amtrak. I called them yesterday and their very friendly customer service people helped me change my reservations because I found…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Our loving, our friends, and our labor This entry is based on Aaron Copland's opera "The Tender Land."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? “The Canticle of Freedom,” written for the dedication of Kresge Auditorium at MIT, was the only piece Aaron Copland ever wrote that was commissioned by a university.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some of the topics Here are some of my classmates' CI-M paper topics

  

  If you haven’t yet, I recommend that you first read my previous entry on 14.33: Economics Research and Communication. Here are my classmates’ topics. Can anyone guess mine? November 29:…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Twas the week before Thanksgiving ...and I'm not really feeling all that thankful. Yet.

  

  The thing about short weeks at MIT is that they’re not really all that refreshing. For some reason, instead of giving proportionally less work in a short week, professors seem…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Events

  It’s not every day… lunch with a celebrity

  

  …that you get invited to have lunch with the president of MIT. Bryan, President Hockfield periodically has lunch with a small group of 4 – 6 graduate and undergraduate students.…

  • by Bryan
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One wonderful day I might just make it, after all.

  

  First of all, good afternoon to any visitors I might have who are knitting aficionados. Did you know that the bunny hat I’m wearing above was knitted for me by…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  In the News An NYT article on gifted education.

  

  Once again, the New York Times has written about gifted education, this time a long and insightful article in the Sunday Magazine. Take some time and read it, you won’t…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Shaye Storm: Studying Extrasolar Planets Shaye Storm spent his summer working at the MIT Planetary Astronomy Laboratory where he studied…

  

  Staying up all night while staring up at the stars, eating loads of candy, and playing puzzles when clouds obscure the view — sounds like summer camp, right? Not quite,…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  See, I Am! (CI-M) Communication-intensive economics research. (If that sentence doesn't make you want to read this entry, I…

  

  See, I am here! Sorry for the gap in my posting. My CI-M (TLA!! Sam?) paper was due on Friday. In addition to the two communication-intensive (CI) humanities classes you…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Some a capella A concert by the MIT Chorallaries (7 pictures)

  

  It’s Saturday night at MIT, and I’m taking a break from reading in my office by checking out the concert by the Chorallaries. Hundreds of people have joined me to…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Asking for Directions Two weeks of pondering, photography, and prose.

  

  When I applied to MIT, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do when I “grew up.” Having been a computer nut since age four, I happily…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I?TFP

  

  Thursday night was, well, interesting. I was working on my lab for 6.004. Usually the labs for 6.004 are not so bad – they take maybe five hours. For this…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 19, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lunch with Madam President Guess who I got to eat lunch with today?

  

  Well, apparently I touched a nerve with my last entry — sounds like everybody has science/math teachers who are great big dorks. (Although hopefully none of my professors themselves will…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Wangoballwime?” C'mon. You know what this entry is about. Check out the title!

  

  This is Akash: Akash is the president of the Class of 2009 (like someone else you might know). If you’re wondering what Akash is actually gesturing towards in this picture,…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ah, those inspirational Germans! The Magdeburg Bridge in Germany is an engineering marvel and an inspiration to all Beavers!

  

  Sometimes, when things just don’t go your way, it’s easy to get depressed and start asking yourself “Why am I here? What am I doing with my life?” I was…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named Returns Butterless popcorn and a little magic.

  

  Pending recovery from my illness, in a few hours, I will board a bus to head here to watch this movie in IMAX. I’m a “little” excited. Diana boarding the…

  • by Bryan
  • November 17, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fixing a hole First figuratively, then literally.

  

  I walked into 21M.302: Harmony and Counterpoint II today to find this on the chalkboard: Now, I wasn’t really paying that close attention at the time because I had to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 17, 2005