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  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
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MFA Boston A trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

  

  Last weekend, I went to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). All MIT students get in free with their MIT ID Card, which is always exciting. Look at the good…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  $100 Laptop Unveiled Inspiring!

  

  I just took a break from reading to watch some of the webcast of World Summit on the Information Society, where UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (MIT SM ’72) and MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Q&A: Round One Q&A, Round One. Keep the questions coming!

  

  Farai asked “I was wondering how you get by day by day with the pressures of class and work and what recreational activities does MIT offer to a freshman. I…

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  Earlier this evening, I received the official email announcing Mystery Hunt 2006. What is Mystery Hunt? Mystery Hunt is one of IAP’s most exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Search Continues On the internship search and deciding what I want to do with my life.

  

  So I will elaborate on this entry later this evening, but for now, I’ll describe to you my morning. I woke up this morning at 8.50 AM to a phone…

  • by Bryan
  • November 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What did YOU do this weekend? Laura's jam-packed-action-filled adventurous fin de semana.

  

  I don’t know about you, but I had a pretty awesome weekend. First of all, I checked my exam grade for 18.01 on-line. Then I started running around the room…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor quotes The spurious wisdom and even more spurious wit of MIT professors.

  

  Well, we’ve already been over the fact that I like recording minutiae, and that this is going to make me either a good scientist or a raving crazy person. Maybe…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 14, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tribute This is not the best joke in the world... actually, maybe it is.

  

  Rather than working on the 12-page paper on green fluorescent protein that I need to have written by tomorrow, I spent the afternoon in the student center enjoying a matinee…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Where are we going?

  

  At East Campus HouseComm last week, we learned something unexpected. Our housemasters of several years, Prof. Julian Wheatley and his wife Marjorie, will be leaving for South Asia at the…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  It’s that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with reading season. The “love” part is that I love reading apps. I love reading your stories (because they…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Jugal Shah- Improving the technique of High Resolution Quantitative Autoradiography Sophomore Jugal Shah is improving a boron imaging technique that may potentially enhance a promising…

  

  Most universities aim to attract well-rounded individuals with varied interests and sophomore Jugal Shah is living proof of MIT’s success. Jugal is double majoring in Nuclear Engineering (Course 22) and…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Spectacle I was going to title this entry "Spectacle of Light," because I mention MIThenge. Then…

  

  The other day I realized that I’m always bragging about the one time a month that I get my act together and cook real food for myself, even if it…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  More About Reading ...based on your questions!

  

  I was planning an another entry on the reading process, and since many pertinent questions were asked in the last entry, I figured I’d base this entry on those questions…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  I just came back from watching MIThenge, a celestial phenomenon wherein the sun lines up perfectly along the infinite corridor. Having seen it a year and a half ago, I…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  So tonight, I’m going to watch my friend Timmy ’06 and the rest of the MIT Musical Theatre Guild put on Star Wars: The Musical. I’m kind of excited being…

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005