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• Blog / How to Human

  Boston Calling Everything I know about having a phone at MIT.

  

  This entry is ostensibly a guide to purchasing an appropriate cell phone and carrier intended for incoming ’09s and even for prospective students. In reality, however, it’s just an excuse…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Venturing to far living groups

  

  Annie asked “I was wondering if you could tell me which floors have cats and which floors are smoking floors in EC (EC’s webpage doesn’t seem to be working).” One…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 3, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Save a tree… ...eat a Beaver. MIT makes me fill out lots of paperwork. Get it? Beaver? Oh…

  

  …eat a Beaver. Speaking of beavers killing trees…let’s talk about how many pages of paperwork the MIT Athletics Department (DAPER) is forcing upon me. As a new MIT athlete, the…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Want To Play Music @ MIT? (informally, that is.)

  

  When I got my first guitar at age 3, I immediately began dreaming of playing with (and for) other people. This dream took many forms when I got to college…

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sid Puram – Polymer Microspheres Sid Puram UROPs in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer…

  

  For the past four years, Sid Puram has had a UROP in the renowned chemical engineering lab of Dr. Robert Langer, developing polymer microspheres that can potentially be used to…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Melis’s UROP Blog Melis enters the blogging community.

  

  Melis ’08 has started writing a blog, through which she explores “a different MIT student

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Puzzled Solution i think the lack of comments on my last entry might mean my puzzle stinks.

  

  If you continue reading this entry, you’ll get the puzzle solution. Let me know what you think of the puzzle. Too hard, too easy, too short, too long? And later…

  • by Bryan
  • August 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Beauty and the Geek Some of the greatest companies in the world recruit at MIT. Apparently, so do some…

  

  No, not another Erika Ebbel entry. She’s way too classy. Instead, this. Ruth ’07, field reporter for http://sam.mitblogs.com, discovered this curious flyer outside of the Athena cluster in building 24…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  Today marks the tenth day of my ill-conceived diet, and all I want right now is to eat something. A huge something. (Actually, that’s not strictly true. Today should be…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Ben Jones Name: Ben Jones; Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions; Hometown: Baltimore, MD

  

  Name: Ben Jones Job title: Communications Dude, MIT Office of Admissions Hometown: Baltimore, MD High school: Gilman College: Oberlin, 1996, English & Environmental Studies double major, minor in film Favorite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  Well now, this is a good way to start a blog entry. Megan ’08, nine people I don’t really know and I went down to Carson Beach today and then…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  Actually, I didn’t start this joke. It was started by my 8th grade math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to mathematical concepts as “puppies.”…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hi from Cambridge

  

  I’m spending some time at MIT seeing friends. I’ve been on the east coast for about a week seeing family and will be gone for the next week as well,…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  Wednesday + Intern Open House at Googleplex Thursday + Freakonomics book-signing at Yahoo! Friday + Non-surprise party at Half Moon Bay Saturday + Gilroy Garlic Festival + Santa Rosa shindig…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The middle days of the week

  

  This entry chronicles interesting things I did on the middle three days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, I went on a service project with APO. APO…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Doogie Howser, et al.

  

  After questions about homeschooling, one of the most frequent “special case” questions I get is about younger students looking to apply. Often, phone calls about this to the Office will…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading – I’m famous, and I’m a rockstar, but I’m not famous for being a rockstar. :-) First, the “rockstar” bit. We had our CD Release show…

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Puzzled need a quick fix for your boredom? try this puzzle on for size.

  

  Each year during IAP, MIT has it’s annual mystery hunt, and teams from all over come to MIT to compete to solve insane brain teasers with hopes to find a…

  • by Bryan
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  An MIT FAQ Because it's better to laugh at blatant stereotypes than to let them make you angry

  

  Recently, in my wanderings around the internet (that is to say, the College Confidential message boards), I’ve noticed an abundance of ridiculous stereotypes about MIT and MIT students. I’m a…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Bryan Nance Name: Bryan Nance; Job title: Director of Minority Recruitment; Hometown: Queens, NY

  

  Name: Bryan G. Nance Job title: Director of Minority Recruiting Hometown: Queens, NY High schools: Benjamin N. Cardozo (Bayside, NY) and William Penn (New Castle. Delaware) College, year, major: Norfolk…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2005