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  blind spots on privilege

  

  I. eulogies are beautiful but  can we talk about leaves before fall? this time, i’ll make the summer count  this time, i’ll be louder    today, i feel like a…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • November 4, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  bucket lists, grocery lists, and a li(s)tany of other things this is actually just an excuse to make people list-en to me talk about minecraft

  

  The other day I fell asleep watching Hermitcraft videos on Youtube, which is how you know I’m well and truly exhausted. Normally, playing and/or watching people play Minecraft is a…

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is This All? how do i live without regret?

  

  I often fear that college is some big practical joke everyone is playing on me. You will have the most freeing, most independent, most experimental and hectic four years of…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 3, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Immaterial Girl in a Material World There is an imposter among us

  

  “Where did you learn about functional programming outside of 3.019?” a professor asked me after a lecture one day. “Your [3.010] poster says you’re in the EECS department – is…

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • November 1, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  senioritis i wish i had no work today

  

  I’m up, you’re drunk I wish I had no work today I wish I had no work today Still trapped, from night’s bath You wish I had no work today…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 31, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is why we can’t have nice things harmless things that irritate me

  

  People walking shoulder-to-shoulder down the Infinite There’s always that one group of people walking down the Infinite who block up the whole hallway. Whether it’s two people who spaced themselves…

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero it's me! hi! i'm [the problem?], it's me

  

  where i am Since the beginning of the fall semester of my senior year, I’ve felt a decided shift in the air. I’ve mentioned it before, jokingly referring this period…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 29, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  TW: Detailed Descriptions of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault, Brief Mentions of Pedophilia and Disordered Eating   This piece is just a series of things loosely held together by…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Living the MEng life same, different, same

  

  I officially graduated from MIT last year, but I’m still here, doing what we call “MEnging” (em-en-jing). The MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science⁠27 Colloquially known as EECS,…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 27, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  My Life Is In Shambles… … and that’s ok

  

  TW: Depression, Suicidal Ideation   My friend Nathan is aggressively bad at reading maps. Notoriously, infamously, comically bad at it. Not even his phone’s mobile navigation app can save him…

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 26, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  On psets and projects and why "midterm season" is all the time

  

  In my mind, many MIT classes⁠33 Many, but by no means all. Giving a number is hard: do you count distinct classes, or should you weigh classes based on how…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  FWACC! and some small thoughts about kindness

  

  This Friday, at 8:05 PM⁠41 hopefully, if we're running on schedule. in Kresge Auditorium, the lights will dim over a crowded audience. Then, moments later, for the first time in…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 25, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  Let’s talk about interviews The ultimate guide

  

  In light of interviews quickly approaching, I thought I’d do a post about interviews, especially as an admissions officer on the EC team and someone who has experienced the EC…

  • by Melissa Cao '20
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  falling in love with october swooning over foLiAGe

  

  we fell in love in october that’s why i love fall looking at the stars admiring from afar (to properly credit “we fell in love in october” by girl in…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  Exam Cram a comic in which my friend tries to save me from chem

  

  Bonus: 3.091 (Solid-State Chemistry) class has a weekly meme contest. Because I’m a try hard and didn’t know how to make proper memes, I drew a comic. The topic was…

  • by Anika H. '26
  • October 24, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  there are two popular approaches to moving a cart. the first one is to stand behind the cart and push it in the direction you want to go: the second…

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Concert / The View

  

  One of the interesting things that I do as a commonplace concert goer that non-concert goers may never understand is waiting. I wait in line, a LOT. Just as you…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

  I originally registered for 60 units of classes this semester: 18.701: Algebra I 18.404: Theory of Computation 18.905: Algebraic Topology I  6.006(6.1210): Introduction to Algorithms  21W.771: Advanced Poetry Workshop  After…

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  [guest post] The Random Hall Milk: Gone But Not Forgotten an obitu-dairy for Pecker's oldest resident

  

  This is a guest post by Sara M. ’24, our lovely dorm VP, who did a better job eulogizing the Milk than I ever could. If you’re a milk-enjoyer, please…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 21, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meeting our new president! my very brief foray into professional journalism

  

  In case you haven’t heard, MIT has a new president-elect! This morning I had the incredible opportunity to attend the announcement and speak with President-Elect Dr. Sally Kornbluth myself. Petey…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • October 20, 2022