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• Blog / MIT Life

  This is wondrous strange. Why didn't the ostrich cross the road? Because a girl had no pants on.

  

  Jessie ’07 sure has a cool life. But so do I, sometimes. Yesterday I was a little bored (for the very first time since I got to MIT two years…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  what’s in a name mr. sushi - winner of the first annual name bryan's fish contest!

  

  In a close name contest between Groker and Mr. Sushi, Mr. Sushi edged out Groker in a 8 to 7 win, but remember we’re all winners here. Katy, congratulations! I’ll…

  • by Bryan
  • July 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  I’m only happy when it rains. You can't take pictures in Boston. Don't even try.

  

  So, we had this great idea of going to Shakespeare on the Common, a free Shakespeare production that they put on every summer down at Boston Common. It’s a scenic…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Nightswimming

  

  One of the many things I love about my community, by which I mean 5th East and assorted people who are connected socially with 5th East denizens, is that we…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  A few entries back, I was asked by amino21 how I got hooked up with my internship at the National Institutes of Health the summer after freshman year. It’s sort…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  And now for something completely different. Sam is allowing me (Ruth ’07) to write a guest blog entry. It might not make for the best guest spot of all time,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Shall We Dance? having two left feet is a thing of the past.

  

  Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow That count resounded in my head all Monday night. As part of my summer of fun, a few friends of mine and I…

  • by Bryan
  • July 22, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Please, Mr. Postman A fair and balanced look at the inbox of a typical MIT student.

  

  Don't sue me, Fox News. Has Al Franken taught you nothing? Do you want to see exactly what an MIT student does over the summer? There's no better way to…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  UROP 101 – The Intro Entry Each week, I will explore a different MIT student's unique research project and the insight…

  

  MIT is serious about research. The Institute is the birth place to the hologram, artificial intelligence, “pharmacy on a chip,” stop-time photography, and holds the distinction as one of the…

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

  Cool Classes

  

  Nicole R. asked: “What have been some of your favorite classes at MIT, and in general how have you experiences been with the classes at MIT?” Good question! First part…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Western Union A celebration of marriage, nanotechnology, and acrophobia in Seattle, WA.

  

  (I should note that I stole this title from a People article on Kate Hudson’s wedding in Aspen, Colorado.) Last weekend, I went up to Seattle to celebrate the wedding…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Off to Southeast Asia Even Admissions Officers get to take a vacation sometimes.

  

  Today, I leave for three weeks of vacation in Southeast Asia. Nominally, the purpose of the trip is to be in Malaysia for a (Malay) friend’s wedding, but while you’re…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is…

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Pardon my French! Join me as I cross the English Channel and dodge oncoming traffic on the Champs-Elysees.

  

  So you’ve heard of Socrates and Archimedes. But did you hear about the Greek father of vegetables? His name was Crudites. ;-) (Yes, it was a long trip.) I’d been…

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  Last night the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club sponsored a demonstration by the Korean Flying Tigers, and since half of my floor is in the club, I decided to head down…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  GRE, Boston love, and loose ends from last time Wandering around Boston lost is one of my favorite things to do.

  

  Pre-entry warning: I took the GRE this morning, and since I completely owned the test, I am in an unaccountably giddy mood. The only good things about the GRE (in…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Central Meetings Today, we'll mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the MIT meetings…

  

  Tomorrow, we will mail out the first of four batches of letters announcing the 70 meetings we’ll be doing across the country this fall. We call these “Central Meetings” (CMs),…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions Round One What's going on in this picture?!?

  

  Occasionally I’ll show you a picture and give you some clues to see if you can figure out what’s going on in the scene. Often I don’t even know what’s…

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Finalists the "name bryan's fish" contest continues!

  

  And the finalists of the “Name Bryan’s Fish” contest are: Mr. Chang Voltaire Groker Fabio Matsya Gelatin White Dragon Sushi Vote for your favorite by posting a comment or emailing…

  • by Bryan
  • July 18, 2005
• Blog / How to MIT

  THAT’S RIGHT! AP scores and computing at MIT, these are a few of my favorite things...

  

  Well my fellow 09er’s, as most of you already know, AP scores are in the mail. After an awesome day at work (the exclusive camp we were going to open…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 18, 2005