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  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
• Blog / Admissions

  First Post A little about myself.

  Hi there, I’m Jenny Rifken and I am the new Director of Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions at MIT. I’m so glad you’re joining us on this blog. Marilee,…

  • by mitblogs
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  First Post A little about myself.

  

  Hi, I am Stu Schmill, and I am responsible for organizing MIT’s alumni interviews. I am looking forward to discussing them on this blog, but first allow me to introduce…

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “But Laura, even though you haven’t written in this blog in forever, I…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s "Do we start and end at the same place on the river?"

  

  I have so much work to do tonight, but I just fell off a treadmill in the Z-Center (no, really) and I’m so disheartened by this that a commodius vicus…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Marathon Sports The store has the word "marathon" in it, so it has to be good, right?…

  

  Brief background: I try to be healthy. I don’t eat junk food, and I do sit-ups in the mornings. About a month ago, I got the crazy idea to take…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Double diplomas The only thing better than one MIT degree is TWO MIT degrees!

  

  Did you know that you can’t double-major at MIT? Okay, I’m just being pedantic. A “double-major” generally means that one gets a single diploma with both areas of specialization written…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  Yesterday, I held a Central Meeting in South Miami, Florida. We were lucky enough to secure the Clark Educational Center at South Miami Hospital for the meeting, thanks to one…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Fall Travel Coming to a theater near you! (Or auditorium... or gym... or lecture hall...)

  

  This is my last week in the office before I hit the road to come see some of you guys. I have mixed feelings about recruitment travel – I like…

  • by Ben Jones
  • September 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Avoiding moonlight on an empty stomach Late-night snack cravings lead me underground on meandering routes to Massachusetts Avenue.

  

  See, MIT has these nifty basements that interconnect with each other all over campus. Living at East Campus, said basements are easily accessible and become quite useful when you want…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  Before we get to the subject of this entry, we have a question! Xin-Xin asks, “Hi, I need a bike (damn Simmons). I hear there are bike auctions sometimes. Where…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  A way a lone a last a loved a long the An opportunity for heated debate and a cry for revolution.

  

  This weekend I went on a rafting trip down the Kennebec river in mid-to-Northern Maine with some people from my dorm. The Edwards Dam apparently didn’t do much for the…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  The O.C. My first Central Meeting of the year.

  

  Thursday night was my first Central Meeting of the year. Not only did it conflict with the season premiere of Ben’s favorite show, The O.C., but my meeting was actually…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol’ days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a commercial that ran during football season titled “You make the call.” The idea was to…

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  It is term, and now I have classes! Five of them, right now. I hope to be able to keep all five, but if it is too much work then…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005