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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  djent is not a djenre or is it?

  

  Sometime in high school, I was trying to break the ice at a group meeting. I asked everyone, “what kind of music do you listen to?”  Someone laughed nervously, “woahhh…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • December 22, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Always the Art Kid many many many identities

  

  private school with[annotation note="and 24 kids in my graduating class :0

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • November 28, 2023
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Collections Simple

  

  textbooks. Somewhat for 24.915 (Acoustic Phonetics) and somewhat for my

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

  Mist in the streets of Boston monday wanderings

  

  My friends and I met at noon on the Harvard Bridge, shoulders hunched against the cold. Two of the group had work or meetings so it was just three of…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • April 20, 2023
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  an absolutely non-comprehensive guide to email sign-offs or, how to inject some fun into an otherwise boring routine

  

  Until very recently,⁠05 read, they still haven't kicked me out of the group chat yet. I was the president of Next House, the dormitory where I live. The role of…

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • March 9, 2023
• Blog / Classes

  yo-yos, comics, and other adventures my junior spring schedule!

  

  I signed up for a healthy and sane schedule of 48 units and a UROP, but then I realized I could also sneak into a comic book class with the…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 24, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Under Water catch your breath

  

  This entire blog has this playlist. Enjoy. This semester was rough. This sort of sentence has been one I’ve had trouble saying throughout my time at MIT. Some semesters go…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 31, 2022
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Worms, Revisited a reflection on decisions from here

  

  Song: Ramblings of a Lunatic by Bears In Trees Two months ago, I wrote about four-dimensional worms.  Specifically, the philosophical notion that people exist through time in the same way we do…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  I Can Talk to Anyone perseverating with caution

  

  Song: Down to Earth from Wall-E. “I found myself pleasantly surprised with how well she was able to hold my attention with math content.”- Anonymous Reviewer aka Jeremy in my…

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 13, 2022
• Blog / Community Projects

  [Joint Post] Build a robot boat with MIT Arcturus! Q&A with Arcturus captain Audrey Chen

  

  Hi all! You may have encountered Arcturus, the robo-boat team, at the Activities Midway or on Instagram. Arcturus is revving up recruitment this fall, and to spread the word (and…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • September 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  everything i cooked this summer it wasn't gourmet but it (mostly) tasted good

  

  I’m not a particularly good cook. I once managed to set spaghetti on fire while trying to boil it.⁠20 it was in the pot with water and everything... don't ask…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • August 14, 2022
• Blog / How to Food

  to build a (taste of) home ft. some topologically challenged zongzi

  

  A couple weeks back, Winnie reminded me that the Dragon Boat Festival existed⁠30 At some point in my childhood my mom definitely made me read up on traditional holidays, but…

  • by Alice L. '24
  • June 24, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  what happened yesterday? "what's the name of the mushroom shop?"

  

  When I applied to be a blogger last summer, “what happened yesterday?” was one of the prompts I responded to. I wrote about finishing my internship work early and spending…

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • June 20, 2022
• Blog / Travel

  spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen

  

  The media portrays spring break in college is super-fun, adventure-filled time, a time to relax, hang out with your friends, and have the experiences of a lifetime. Last year, MIT…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 16, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  love languages in the little things

  

  Here’s a list of things that I consider love languages, because the standard ones–acts of service, quality time, gifts, words of affirmation, and physical touch–are fine, but love can be…

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  processing in which I visit home and take time to think

  

  MIT is overwhelming. Though this sounds painfully obvious, I don’t think I actually fully realized just how much it all is until the first time I went home this fall.…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  making space in my schedule to go to the maker space and 100 other things I was bad at this semester

  

  Welcome to the first of the many blogs I have meant to write but just not had the energy to do so this semester! Let’s get right into it… In…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • June 5, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  creative lockdown: low points of a virtual fall Part 2 of a fall semester recap

  

  In my last blog, I mentioned that since the spring semester hadn’t started yet, that blog wasn’t being posted too late. Unfortunately, now that the spring semester has begun, I…

  • by Waly N. '24
  • February 27, 2021
• Blog / IAP

  As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park

  

  I was at the park near my grandparents’ place today, picking up graphic novels from a squat library. I gave a wide berth to a mom with her kids at…

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 21, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  things that went well reflections on my first semester

  

  It’s almost the end of 2020, which is terrifying. And hopeful, of course, in all the things that we’d like to be able to leave behind. But at the same…

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 25, 2020