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• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... feud with Stephen Colbert (resolved in a battle royale), a German disco ... .   Conan: [with sarcasm] A lot of people, many Americans have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Town Cambridge: university and city.

  

  readers who are in Cambridge or are familiar with the campus/city, please

  • by Cambridge
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  , with the remaining 50 minutes reserved for questions, answers, and debate

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  with a mid morning Mountain Dew and a strict one hour limit and got down ... physics. With his fists. - If, by some incredible space-time paradox, Chuck ... ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night. - When J. Robert

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Whole 6.270 Story Where LEGOs take over my life.

  

  interested in being on a team with him for a LEGO robot competition during IAP ... controlled with joysticks). The goal of 6.270 is to teach students about ... by working with each other, being introduced to some material in class

  • by Snively '11
  • February 3, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  , maybe I just miss the freedom that comes with being away from home, but I ... innocent (and guilty). Katy '08 as Goldilocks. I don't know what's up with ... with my lovely A-Entry co-chair, Leslie '10 Lynn '11 surprised that

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sunsets Academics at the other Cambridge.

  

  over, you've gotten more work than you know what to do with, and a ... 're expected to work through them and then discuss them with your supervisor. At ... with 1-2 other students and he/she is usually a grad student or professor

  • by Cambridge
  • November 13, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Institute fashion - with a hack! Late last night, I received a mysterious ... with a humble verse, my attempt to "hack" the original children's rhyme - with a suggestion from my friend "Alioth." Remember, remember the Fifth

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  freshman process (as well as Evie’s mom), let me share with you some ... the deadline, our office assistants are processing, with tremendous care ... interests at heart and will treat your case with great care. While we're on

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  lecture, I realized that I’m more than halfway done with my first semester ... Fraternity Rush. I remember reuniting with old friends from CPW, and finding new ones around every turn. I remember meeting with my freshman advisor

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  My Mondays are horrible. I'm thinking about bringing a camera with me ... third because it conflicts with my 9 AM class) 11:00 - 12:00 AM ... debating the finer points of reaction scheduling in a batch process with our

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  be in New York with high school friends for the weekend; more on this ... with the same vague questions, such as, "where do you see yourself in ten ... MIT's "nerd school" reputation, while appealing for those of us with

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  An Atypical Saturday That followed an atypical week.

  

  is over, you can walk out of the ring with your head held high and know ... eating with friends to relax you. Jackie '08 and Lawrence '08 Erika '08 ... came to an end. I saw my first MIT football game, complete with

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • September 30, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  louder than was acceptable, and so, after our floor chairs met with our housemaster Roe, the floor convened to discuss how we would deal with similar ... was not handled well, and similar parties will be dealt with much better

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  "...only uninterested people." I kind of hate coming up with titles ... going to be challenging for me, because we're already dealing with things ... joined with the CS Lab to become CSAIL). In addition to that, though, he

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where In The World Is The Nance Effect? He returns! He returns! He returns!

  

  and experiences to share with all of you. So, lets get started ... are stuck with me as an advisor! ;-) Seriously, I am honored and excited ... Ambassadors (MIT students who assist me with the recruitment process) and Tamy

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  The best way to kill zombies… is by shooting them in the head....they can't eat you if you make them dead.…

  

  length of the dorm with a bag of dirty clothes because I completely walked ... ;*#!$ with your head. Anyway, I don't really have time for a whole entry, but ... for that on eBay or something? The other thing I have to share with you

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Moving Forward I, and the outstanding staff in the admissions office, re-affirm our pledge to uphold the…

  

  at odds with one another: Marilee's contributions over the years and ... deeply with many. At the same time, what Marilee did was wrong. While we ... change the world with the world-class faculty and resources that can

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • May 4, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration Browser Issues Firefox isn't playing nicely with MyMIT...

  

  Hi folks, I just learned from the folks who support my.mit.edu that certain browsers (i.e. Firefox) may not play nicely with CPW registration, which is likely why some of you have been having problems. We'll get to

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 30, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlist post Some Q & A about the waitlist.

  

  predict how many student will attend this year. To help with the ... likelihood. I hope that you will have another great choice to fall in love with, so that no matter what happens with the MIT waitlist, everything will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 20, 2007