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• Blog / Academics & Research

  What I’m Teaching This Fall spoiler alert: a social history of the internet

  

  of diversifying your sources of media:     Ethan and I ... description: There is often a tendency to consider technical systems as 'purely ... historically contributed to its current shapes. In doing so, we will come to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 8, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  0 Days Since Last Fire Alarm Oh noes! Simmons Hall on fire!

  

  myself outside in the snow or in the rain, waiting for the strobe lights to stop blinking before heading back into the dorm to resume whatever I was ... hand, is getting slapped around by the fire gods as if it was nothing

  • by Snively '11
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  East Campus Rush photos

  

  harnesses and had to wear helmets. I didn't manage to get a good picture of a rider in motion, but I did get a picture of this rider who was about to start his/her ride. Not every attraction has to be a ride. We also had

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Life, IHTFP, and Everything answer: 42 (and snow!)

  

  knowledge did. Most days, however, I strove to just get done with the agenda ... fear of high places. I talked to my roommate until early morning, though ... dorms to explore, a hundred activities to pursue, a thousand friends to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 25, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Lament for CPW (Guest Entry) Of lanyards, Capture the Flag, and headwraps.

  

  on campus—and there shouldn’t be any reason for me to like it this much ... lanyard holds the key to my soon-to-be home, even if it lacks keys to any of the many residence houses. I’m not going to say that I’m going to love

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  T Minus One. BRASS RAT BRASS RAT BRASS RAT.

  

  of 12 people chosen at the end of freshman year to represent the class ... first). There's an extensive entry on Wikipedia; I would link to all the ... going to tell you to go here instead and start reading. Back when she was

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 11, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2007 Dancing and dining with 950 engineers; candids of Bryan and Sam included (~25 pics)

  

  your careful attention to detail, ladies Crazy tents People love ... planning committee, I feel it is my duty to share with you all the exciting event secrets. Seniors took a break from their theses to celebrate, among

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 11, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  yesterday for the 20th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco. Thanks to your many generous donations, I qualified as a Star Walker, and was eligible to wear a ... special. I owe a huge thanks to Tiffany '06 (white hat) and Accenture

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Odds & Evens & Ends Notes on CPW, Veronica Mars, and more.

  

  It's been another late night at work, but I wanted to at least post a ... , we are in the process of matching you to an MIT student host. If you ... "choose your own adventure"-style weekend (with nearly 600 events over the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 31, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Reek Week Updated 8/3 to include pictures of Gilroy garlic ice cream.

  

  . The Crest bus has stations for you to brush your teeth. I say, "When in ... 101S, immediately (2 seconds) after we pass the "Welcome to Gilroy" sign ... ice cream -- no one's going to buy it if another stand is giving it out

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So done Midterm week = loss of Mollie's mind

  

  So depending on a) what major you are, b) what classes you choose to take, c) what dates your professors feel like assigning major papers/tests, and d) your personal procrastination preferences, the weeks around the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 3, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Adventures on the Charles Aka we go outdoors sometimes

  

  internships elsewhere) and I are trying to take advantage of the random ... Dragon Boat team and were introduced to the sport. We spent some time on ... “trained” for half an hour to compete in a mock-race. Everyone was super

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • June 15, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Final Forty-Five Still somehow worse than last term

  

  is supposed to cap off your four-year experience in Civil and ... Friday, so I thought it'd be an opportune time to discuss the classes I ... year), the aim of this course is to provide the tools engineers need to

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • February 28, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  nudges you to ignore the rigid grammar of academic life and enjoy your ... dear to civilization. No matter how gingerly, how mildly I tug it open ... takes on average 20 seconds to wriggle the drawer back into its proper

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  -state machine. It takes a while for the robots to look like much of anything ... SpazBot, in pegboard form. I think Spazbot is trying to read green ... coder who always reads this blog and used to leave me vaguely snarky

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Makibaka! Huwag matakot! black lives matter! junk terror bill!

  

  party for dozens, he gets to walk free. In two different senses, I feel ... , every time I get on social media, every hour, every day. And of course I ... farce. It basically allows a government-appointed council to detain a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stayin’ Classy Workworkworkworkworkwork *deep breath* workworkworkwork.

  

  work compared to freshman year; sadly, this heavier workload is coupled ... -consuming, makes sense to me. I come up with little stories in my head about ammonia ... really good about it. Until one of my Erlenmeyer flasks decided to jump out

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  I won the game! Not (quite) another picture entry... with Tastykakes!

  

  play, I was lucky enough to get a tractor in the bonus barn, netting me ... DID YOU KNOW? According to America's Test Kitchen, the best possible ... blog. The reason being that costs me twenty-five cents to send these

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 6, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: Lightning Round six eminent faculty on educational technology innovations

  

  capstone senior year NEET project. Along the way, students also get to engage ... instructors trying to improve the course—they get data on the performance of ... maximum age of 83), so the MBAs get the opportunity to engage with and learn

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 27, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  How I Spent IAP bonus content: one sentence statements about books and movies

  

  baby and people are always saying things to it like, “you have your ... three weeks leading up to that date poring over a complete set of ... much else to say about those dark, dark weeks. When you think about it

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • January 29, 2016