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• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  “That is NOT an ice cream flavor.” wasabi + ginger + ice cream = disaster

  

  I think FUN would be a good way to describe this weekend. THURSDAY Thursday night, my friend Diana and I went to a free showing of Forrest Gump at Loews…

  • by Bryan
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  See her picture(s) in a thousand places In which I understand what Bruce Campbell feels like

  

  Sam: [folding laundry] Guy: Your name’s Sam, right? Sam: Um, yeah. Guy: ’cause you’re on Mitra’s Blog. Sam: Heh. You know I have a blog now, too? Guy: Really? Sam:…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 3, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Help Wanted Calling all artists! Design Mitra's new banner and get profiled in the blog

  

  As part of my desire to make this blog more interactive, and since you readers are so ingenious, I’m asking for your help in designing my new banner. (That, and…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  …but she won’t have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the Infinite like the rest of campus. It’s a historic summer at MIT, for facilities has…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Happy 375, Boston! Turning 375 years old is no easy task.

  

  This year the city of Boston turns 375 years old (that makes Boston how many years older than me?) And of course, who has a 375th birthday and doesn’t have…

  • by Bryan
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  Yesterday’s Boston Herald had a story about the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) getting into a little trouble:   A group of MIT students were taking out the Tesseract…

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

  Doctor Who?

  

  Doctor Russ. Lieutenant Colonel Russ Lachance, a grad student I’ve been helping out with research for the past two semesters, today just became, uh… Doctor Lieutenant Colonel Russ Lachance. I…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to see some…

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome

  

  Welcome to the new blogs server! I’m currently at my summer internship, so I shouldn’t really be writing an entry, and I definitely can’t write funny or interesting commentary on…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  So I guess telling you my name would be a good place to start: Bryan. I’m a member of the Class of 2007. I was born here in Massachusetts, but…

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers: Alia Burton ‘05 Name: Alia Burton; Job title: Admissions Counselor; Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

  

  Name: Alia Burton Job title: Admissions Counselor Hometown: Philadelphia, PA High school: Philadelphia High School for Girls College: MIT, Class of 2005, Course 1 (Civil Engineering) Favorite things about MIT:…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the Admissions Officers With today's next post, I'll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the MIT…

  

  With today’s next post, I’ll begin a summer-long occasional series introducing you to the Admissions Officers for the 2005-2006 school year. Some of us you already know through the blogs…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 28, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Jo-Jo Update

  

  At Saturday’s Miss Massachusetts finals (see previous post), Joanne Chang ’03 advanced to the Semi-Final round but, sadly, did not win. (The winner was the former captain of the New…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT References

  

  Okay, I’ll admit that it’s been a slow week for me, so I’m going to blog about some MIT references. First up, the book Freakonomics by Chicago economist Steven Levitt.…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 25, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Good Luck Jo-Jo!

  

  There’s a story from the MIT News Office today about my friend Joanne (Jo-Jo) Chang ’03. I first met Jo-Jo my senior year at MIT, when I was serving as…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  Howdy folks, First of all, thanks so much for the phenomenal advice posted in response to my last entry about raising siblings to be friends. It’s truly something that I’ll…

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little “free time” so I decided to peruse some of my favorite websites for news and updates, but I have this tendency of…

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

  Hail to the king, baby. The coolest thing that never happened to me... plus, the journey back Boston way.

  

  This entry will employ reverse chronology, kind of like “Memento,” which I have never seen, or that episode of “Seinfeld,” which I have seen. I know, it’s a bold move…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of entries on how to visit MIT and Boston this summer. For those of you who…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Sidebar: Visiting MIT this summer

  

  Timings for Boston-area Info Sessions & Tours, Summer 2005 Find below the timings for information sessions and campus tours at MIt & other Boston area colleges frequently visited by our…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005