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  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  to explain why. Thanksgiving is when Americans gather together with ... actually played with your feet), and preparation for the holiday season. I ... with balloons, floats, and animals from the Central Park Petting Zoo, and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You win some, you lose some. day in the life.

  

  wrapped up in my blanket, with JP licks curled up next to me. There was a ... me uncomfortable all day and boiled some tea, filled up my thermos with ... with having crappy software and crappy hardware and crappy electronics

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 23, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The Interview…Part 1 ECs are some of my favorite people in the world and you'll like them too.

  

  your interview. I say that NOT because I have provided them with a test ... next four years. Your EC will be able to help you with lots of the ... special. Meeting with an EC can be a lot of fun. I've heard great stories

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • September 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  beginning this monster, I've decided to share happiness with the world, in the ... light switch, and why is it withing 15 feet of TWO different 802.11n ... , replacing it with drywall and painting everything white. That means it's time

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s up? here's whats up

  

  'm driving back home with my parents to spend the last few days of summer in CT ... to this event, camping with about 20 students/alums from MIT, our ... with our shade structure, a geodesic dome, in the center of our camp

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • August 17, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  Things I’ve Missed About Home My top six.

  

  -term relationship that it doesn't even know I'm cheating on it with Cold Pizza ... .) * Home-cooked meals. A cliche, but with good reason - when you've been ... for you, and has a zero percent chance of coming with the bitter

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  game with my friend Cody '11. As I was passing by the grassy "Dot ... Building (as with most buildings at MIT) is prohibited. But the Green ... take a few photos, and would we like to come along with him? So, of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  , I've always had a fascination with books - especially really old ones ... Harvard and come back in love with MIT? - but I couldn't help it. The reason ... eager to share their experiences and excitement with me, even though I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  ¿Cómo se dice…? La única cosa que he aprendido en la clase de español.(Blame Google Translator if that…

  

  buildings and stores: Buildings: Stata: We're going to start with a weird one ... many people swear up and down to it rhyming with "beta" as people promising it rhymes with "eratta." You'll hear both pronunciations thrown

  • by Snively '11
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  potluck dinner, and emerged with a semblance of a mission statement and a ... and collaborate with several of CAVS’s visiting artists. The first collaboration was with visiting professor John Bell. He is one of the original

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  be a great idea to swap jackets. While the black jacket with blue ... , sitting in a room with my mother while she watches a cocktail of What Not to ... photo that is now in my possession. There are only two issues with this

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  with make-up on, and maybe ride in a limo, but in the end you’re just ... Survival Guide (http://web.mit.edu/2008/seniorball/survival.htm) with pointers on how to find a date, things to discuss with your date, etc. They

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  , and helping with odd-jobs around the shop. I, being the eternal tourist ... of bits to open. I don't know how many of you work with wood or are familiar with different varieties of drill bits, but if you are then this

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s like a bag of sand! I go on a quest to legally obtain music and movies.

  

  that this happened quite a while ago. My days have been filled with RA ... course, but do you really want me to elaborate? Anyway, working with the ... EVERY SINGLE MORNING FROM NOW UNTIL AUGUST. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?!) and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 29, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  conversing with the two MIT students who taught the class (and learning about ... , and more, danced their asses off with move after mouth-opening move. You ... improvisation was top notch too. But enough with the breakdancing -- on to

  • by Bryan
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Freezing My @$$ off at CPW By: Andrea '11

  

  breakdown for five minutes when I realized I was going to college with a ... went there with this “what the heck, they’re paying for it so ... time in my dorm (wow, that sounds nice...) with my fellow Puertorrican

  • by Bryan
  • April 16, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  coming to college, the list would include: - sharing bathrooms with females ... parent with three younger siblings, I had to help mom out with making sure that my brothers got started with homework, showers, sports practices

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’ll bet you got waylaid! Wherein Portland, Oregon rocks my face.

  

  with frogs inside. Or at least that's what I have chosen to believe. So I ... something to do with my flight scheduling. Anyway, as I see it, I've got ... have been 2,000 miles of hills with MIT alum Priya '05 on Saturday

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2007 A final report from this year's awesome IAP puzzling solving funfest.

  

  synopsis" of how the Hunt went down: The hunt began with teams gathered in ... hunt would contain 270--no, 271--no 271 1/2 puzzles, all in keeping with ... sign a simple contract with some unreadable fine print. After nearly all

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Paul Farmer at the Broad Lander update October 28

  

  reimbursement purposes, so with heavy hearts we say that we will have to go with ... researched with him. 2) The lunch itself was so fun, and Professor Lander was ... amazing Amy Smith, who also has a MacArthur genius grant. What is it with

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 20, 2006