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  The Week of Weeks 9/19-9/23: Libraries, MISTI, and Career Weeks. In other news, 9/26-9/30 hangs its head in shame.

  

  In addition to being Libraries Week and MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) Week, this week is worthy enough to be Career Week. Events of Libraries Week include: Photos…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  …they’re Artists in Residence. Each year, MIT brings exciting and noted artists to campus to work with MIT students. The program is called Artists in Residence, and has been bringing…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford Part 1 of my Fall Travelogue.

  

  Overall, a good first day on the road. Woke up early, packed for the first leg of the trip, left Boston. (Note to self: pack the night before, otherwise one…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s all about the numbers… Jump back into the basements for the first of two entries early this week on…

  

  Here at MIT, just about everything is referred to by its number. To get from East Campus to LaVerde’s Market, you enter Building 66, pass through Buildings 56, 16, 8,…

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

  So many problem sets

  

  Now that term has geared up a bit, most classes have given some sort of homework, usually in the form of a problem set. I thought the prospectives on here…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Florida, complete I'm back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a…

  

  I’m back in Boston now, my meetings in Florida being done. It was quite a trip! We left off in Miami, where I had a great meeting before a packed…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Football home opener College football is as American as apple pie.

  

  I realized the other day that, despite the fact that most of you are probably at least dimly aware that I’m a cheerleader, I never write anything about cheerleading. (To…

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

  Questionable Views Questions and views, and questions about views. The views are not necessarily questionable, although you…

  

  It’s Q&A time! Ajit asked: “who is the person in the 5th picture from top.roommate?i have few questions- 1.how many students(UG) share a room in the halls/dorms generally? 2.are there…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ancient Chinese secret, eh? MIT researchers discover an uncommon cure for the common cold.

  

  On this otherwise lovely three-day weekend, my suitemate Jeremy ’09 found himself stricken with a case of influenza, exhibiting such symptoms as nasal congestion, a sore throat, and a mild…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Better than a Ryan Cabrera poster Want a Warhol in your dorm room?

  

  Want a Warhol in your dorm room? Today is the final exhibition day of the Student Loan Art Collection at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center. The Student Loan Art Program…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 18, 2005
• Blog / Events

  There is such a thing as a free event Collegefest is going on this weekend, go get yourself some free junk!

  

  Another busy week of classes has come to end! To celebrate, I went with a few friends to the Collegefest in Hynes Convention Center (it’s next to the Prudential Center.)…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can get anything you want… ...excepting Alice. Or a good blog entry.

  

  It’s been hectic for past few days; I had my first German vocabulary test yesterday and I had to learn like ein bazillion words for that, and I’ve also been…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 17, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  We are the people in your neighborhood… On MIT's diversity

  

  First off, sorry I haven’t posted in a while, it’s been an intense yet fun week, and I’ll probably blog about that this weekend. But on a completely unrelated note…here’s…

  • by Bryan
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To a mouse (or nineteen) A eulogy for my UROP mice... in the form of me explaining my UROP.

  

  But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  Viji wrote, “Hello, How do I RSVP for the info session? Your links takes me to the school and Yahoo maps. Interested in attending the Sept. 18th, Mira Loma, Sacramento…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  So in Burton-Conner, you’re allowed to paint your room under several fairly reasonable restrictions, and my roommate and I decided to take full advantage of this. Who wants a room…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes—Fall 05

  

  It’s always awkward to post an entry about my classes for the semester, because later when classmates google the class number, they end up at my blog. If that applies…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ming-fai Fong- Designing an intelligent walking “toddler” robot After learning to sit, bend their knees, squat, and stand, babies can finally gather the…

  

  Parents always eagerly anticipate their child’s first steps and cherish the memory for the rest of their lives. Senior Ming-fai Fong, a Mechanical Engineering student with a concentration in Artificial…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Aristotle believed men had more teeth than women. It was a most busy and miserable day that can be summarized in one sentence from 10.302: Transport Processes.…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  Hacks and meta-hacks

  

  A few nights ago, I was walking down the Infinite Corridor with two of my hall’s freshmen, when one of them noticed something odd in the Guide to Facilities for…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 14, 2005