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  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  eventually altered the entire course and concept of the feature film." It has ... itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan. In its ... rise of defiant, strong black men and the repeal of laws forbidding

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  A Cautionary Tale of Two Students You may be surprised by how many first year students at MIT believe that they…

  

  , he is admitted to the Class of 2011. Let's back up for a moment and ... -forward a bit and we see Mills walking the Infinite with the rest of his peers ... which the hero goes it alone to kill the bad guys, and avenge those who

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • November 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Go White Sox! I'm absolutely giddy that the White Sox are in the World Series and I had…

  lot of special memories at both the Old Comiskey Park and the newer U ... plays, and, of course, the grand slam and Podsednik's walk-off homerun in ... of the White Sox coaches [] Jenks and his 100 mph fastball [] Jenks

  • by mitblogs
  • October 26, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Blogger selection 2008 results We have completed the selection of this year's bloggers!

  

  Trivia: Who was the first student blogger for MIT Admissions? And who ... excitement and agony of the application & selection process. Some of the ... reviewed all of the YouTube videos, Lolcats, and the more substantial parts

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Late-Night Juggler In which I spend about twenty minutes trying to transcribe the Mass Ave cross signal…

  

  and skills from the other local vendors, including the art of juggling ... have been debated time and again over the decades in light of a larger ... . Almost a quarter of a century after first juggling in the Infinite, Smyly

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • October 3, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Answering your questions

  

  first half of the question. It's a good school, and I like science, and ... : "What made you decide on MIT in the first place, and what are the major ... - undergrads, grads, and alums - and I have a lot of them. I love the activities

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  SpringFest 2014! Just a quick post about the 2014 SpringFest Concert featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus!

  

  filled with fun events like the McCormick Hall picnic and lots of energy ... the first three songs, I had some down time to go around and see some ... concert, featuring Capital Cities and Flosstradamus! The opening act was

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 27, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  I’m Kind of a Big Deal Leaves and famous people alike think so.

  

  , I go to the mall, wear makeup, and own way too many pairs of shoes. We ... "Everyday". So I went. I laughed. And I hugged the hugging guy. Speaking of ... your liberal art courses and still have a good chance of making it in MIT

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 22, 2006
• FAQ / Prepare for MIT

  Can you recommend some academic competitions?

  It's great that you're searching for programs to challenge yourself academically. We have info on science olympiads, science fairs, robotics competitions, and maker opportunities on our STEM programs page.
• Blog / Admissions

  Math Women Rock k + 8 = awesome

  

  Women Rock, but let's broaden the pool of rockstars a bit. The Math Prize for Girls is the country's preëminent math competition for young women in the United States. Over 200 of the top young women mathematicians in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 8, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To BE or not to BE Bioengineering, it's so hot right now.

  

  into and a bunch of ways to end up in the same place. ... jumped around and had a tour of careers: judge, astronaut, movie star, video game designer...you get the gist. And then in 6th grade at the

  • by Bryan
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ode to the New, Part 3 "Your calendar looks like a clown threw up on it!" -my friend Jordan

  

  choreographed by an MIT student (Hannah ’13!), and am currently in the process of ... ballet between the ages of four and nine. Next weekend, I’m going to a Students for the Exploration and Development of Space up in Illinois. I

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 28, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Room (formerly, THE Sal Khan’s Room) is Being Converted into WiFi! we made this post just for the title

  

  email got sent out to the both of us and to two others who live in a ... too salty about this, since the awesome Housing Chair and President of ... bottom right of the left poster needs more explanation, and some context

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 29, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Chapter Closes To open another

  

  letter of admission and screaming to stepping foot on campus for the first ... room, shut the door, and stood behind it for a couple of seconds. A ... renew the world around you, of getting heartbroken and realizing some

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • May 24, 2014
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  began to feel hopeful. For one of the first times in my life, I stopped in ... 's Fall Career Fair, but also the day of the Global Climate Strike. All around the world, students, parents, every day workers, and more gathered

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  walking into the MEng thoughts about a 63-mile trek

  

  ."]REX[/annotation] and the first day of classes. I've always been so busy, running from ... and up the sides of roads, through the heat of the mid-afternoon to the ... that the walk taught me the importance of "knowing your limits" and

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 8, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking Shape

  

  It’s hard to believe the first month of sophomore year is already ... the feeling of being stimulated, with new insights and questions brewing ... eloquent my classmates are… and in fact, much of the insight I’ve gathered

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  An Adventure on the Charles In which Kate fails spectacularly, except at storytelling.

  

  tippy and… wait… yes, you read right, I LET GO OF THE RUDDER!! OH NO! So ... straightened out, and I got my bearings and looked up to the front of the boat ... managed a tack turn by wedging the slack of the rope between my knees, and

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 7, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What do you want to be when you grow up? Worst. Question. Ever.

  

  ? Inspired, Adelaide and I proceeded to spend the rest of the semester ... tons of fluid mechanics here and am really getting into the idea of ... , or something. I'm not very far from "the real world," as they say, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • February 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2007: I Got Served, and It Felt Grrreat!! By: Seleeke, '11

  

  experience was one of the most liberating, invigorating, and awe ... blogger Sam, and at the awesome Battle of the Bands event on the last night ... reminded me of Zeppelin and other classic rock staples) was the inspired

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007