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  eat food to live cook food because why not!?

  

  It is Thursday, November 23rd. Or well, it is as I’m writing this. Shush. At home my family will be working their way through Thanksgiving dinner, and then the ensuing…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  chugging along a week in my life

  

  wednesday, november 15 i wake up from a weird dream. it’s five minutes before my alarm goes off. i haven’t woken up naturally in a while, so this is a…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 22, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  It’s Your Future, Charlie Brown! Charlie Brown, Friendsgiving, and the Erosion of Deep Literacy

  

  There’s a lot I could say⁠08 I'm sorry, y'all, I got a little carried away. This is like 10 pages of blog, and I still have more to say!  about…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • November 20, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  journey to the end of the world visions

  

  Create New World i started playing minecraft again three weeks ago. i created a new world, i booted up survival, walked around in some caves, and got a few diamonds.…

  • by Ali C. '26
  • November 16, 2023
• Blog / Blog Projects

  a time capsule of east campus multi-media, community-built

  

  i’ve been in a funny little writing rut, far away from the keyboard and tightly wound up in my thoughts. this blog overwhelmed me because i was scared to do…

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • November 12, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  dumb little poems and such emotional support procrastination

  

  pretend my midterm doesn’t exist my midterm will disappear if i pretend it doesn’t exist if i set down my pen maybe go firespin it will vanish from my todo-list…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • November 7, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Fall Adventures a day in rhode island, maine, and boston

  

  My favorite season has always been fall. I love walking around campus and looking at the pretty leaves, love MIT’s fall-themed events, love baking cozy desserts, love comfy sweaters, and…

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 6, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  home

  

  I thought about this post while laying in a fetal position under an oppressively large comforter. A few days ago, my period cramps were as bad as they had ever…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • November 4, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  it’s getting colder and i’m getting older on fall, friendship, and growing up

  

  As if someone flipped a switch, this year’s unnaturally warm autumn has abruptly given way to winter. It’s the cold air stinging my airway, how it’s always dark out after…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  ★★★★☆ Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2023

  

  A couple weeks ago, my dorm (Burton-Conner) got an email from the front desk⁠29 courtesy of the valiant desk guardian Ekanem O. beseeching us to pick up our packages: Hi…

  • by Allison E. '27
  • November 3, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Guest blog: “Me, Marvel, and MIT” Jade's experience working on a SHASS UROP for me

  

  Today I’m hosting a guest post by Jade Durham ’25, who — alongside Cami ’23 and Shayna ’23 —  spent the last few years working on a UROP that I…

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 2, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  november again conversation with myself

  

  we’re halfway through the semester. november always feels like the point where the new-semester excitement wears off. there’s something about novembers that make you remember, something in the sudden, bitter…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  tim’s wardrobe legend has it, TIM changes clothes annually

  

  I’m going to pretend I have not been AWOL. Life updates shall come in another blog, so for now, let us get on with the content. Each class year at…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • November 1, 2023
• Blog / Athletics

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  What up, squad!! It’s been quite the week for MIT Women’s soccer. The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games — 4 of which…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / People & Identities

  requiem for the desert as temperatures rise higher

  

  Written early September after a presentation by Spencer Glendon from Probable Futures. I am from the desert. I was once enamoured by green trees but now I am aware of…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • October 30, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  How many MIT students does it take to figure out how to rotate a cube? (More than I’m proud to admit)

  

  “@Andi you know how with ultra hand you can rotate objects in 45 degree increments?” my friend Fatema⁠47 The question was originally proposed by Fatema’s older brother Sayeed, also an…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 29, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Repainting the Smoots A Wacky MIT Tradition

  

  After two long years, it’s time. It’s dark and raining slightly, the only light on the Harvard Bridge coming from the streetlights and the Boston skyline. The Charles River drops…

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 27, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  I failed the Swim Test! And now you can too!!

  

  Obligatory Swim Test Lore:  The MIT Swim Test was created in the 1940s after a high volume of drowning-related deaths at war. It’s been around since then, and despite many…

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 26, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  and i’d do it again differently

  

  song: that funny feeling covered phoebe bridgers, by bo burnham every saturday or sunday my freshman fall, i’d go over to have dinner with my friends and their family. every…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • October 25, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  I think I should be blogging about the relevant and interesting things I have been doing both inside and outside the confines of MIT. I’ve reached this strange turning point…

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 23, 2023