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• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s driving me nuts Did I tell you about the time when we hijacked a harbor patrol boat?

  

  an accomplished songwriter. However, if you were to use a common ... apostrophe. So you would say "my boss' shenanigans." This is fascinating to me ... , I was inspired to do more research into this grammatical phenomenon

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Polymer Police Using spectroscopy to prove my mom wrong (except she was right and I was actually…

  

  Yesterday, my mom had some “silk” scarves shipped to me so I could ... letters. They also didn’t look or feel like other silk fabrics I was used to ... it’s real silk, Andi, why would anyone on the internet lie to you

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • February 16, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  I try my best to be as honest as possible on the blogs, while simultaneously trying to be kind to the institution that gives me the privilege of having such a wide platform to share my ideas on. Which is also why it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Classes

  A Year at MIT, by the Numbers quantifying my MIT experience

  

  had to leave MIT. I spent around 190 days at MIT. 185 of those days ... hours a week during IAP to prepare for our annual show...those hours stack ... "]REX[/annotation] events in my Google Calendar. I actually went to 4 of these; the rest were

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 6, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Lego Heroines interview with the amazing Maia Weinstock!

  

  South America, but she managed to squeeze in some time for an interview for us! Listen to the full interview here: I hoped you enjoyed me fumbling to turn off the recorder in the last few seconds. Despite going to a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  ." I had previously listened to a grand total of Zero alternative country music, so when they came to perform in Charlottesville last Sunday, I was happy to tag along. (It is very telling that when the crowd started

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s in a name? Is “geek” now chic? Are we happy with the word “nerd”?

  

  to pop culture references, pop music and the like. If it wasn’t for ... . Franco? The technical awards go to engineers and scientists that make most ... visual feats. Not to mention their inventions can be applied to medicine

  • by Kris Guay
  • July 4, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport's 30-years of research ... upon using media to understand what people see and experience. She ... collections to construct new stories to share with others. Storytelling

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  making the most of things we threw our annual rager in, uh, Minecraft

  

  I just wanted to quickly share something that brought me a lot of ... best we could to do honor this tradition was talk for a couple of hours ... server, so we headed over to our dorm and started decorating. We added

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 20, 2020
• Blog / Events

  Seeing The Dalai Lama In which I join the press (for a bit) and listen to His Holiness

  

  people. Thankfully for me, I was able to see him in the first of three ... large ballroom in the Marriott Copley Place hotel to drink in his words ... to snap these photos, I was placed right at the back of the ballroom

  • by Emad T. '14
  • October 15, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  /bio/chem till my brain feels like it's dying. And then I go to lab and do things ... stretches all the way to and sometimes out of the door. 2. At any given time ... occasionally refer to this Starbucks as an extension of their offices. Not that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  I Think I’ve Found Paradise (Guest Entry) Work hard, play hard. For the next four years.

  

  to be a man of few words, and my guest-entry was going to revolve ... consider me to be a pretty serious, goes to bed at 10, enjoys jazz music type of guy. So from the minute I leapt off my five-hour plane flight to

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  that police say involved butyl alcohol and compressed air. According to ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... actuators to short out. A second robot, a biped from MIT's Leg Laboratory, was

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let the Rush Begin On Greek Life at MIT.

  

  So here's my introduction to Greek Life here at MIT. MIT has 26 ... came to MIT for CPW, I didn't really understand what fraternities were ... one at all either. I remember coming to MIT as a freshman and hearing

  • by Bryan
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off their life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  In Memory of a Greatly Beloved Establishment rip the stud subway

  

  Center is no more. This past weekend, Subway closed abruptly due to issues ... the entirety of the MIT campus. Indeed, what does the Stud have left to ... Dunks? Without a question, the only place the Stud has left to its name is

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • April 3, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we ... , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... immediately endorsed his proposal: to develop an ongoing undergraduate primary

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Beacon St. and Marlborough St. Rooftops and flowers on two streets in Boston.

  

  before I graduate I want to show you more of these places I love, starting with Beacon St. and Marlborough St., which run parallel to the water on ... -containing street parallel to the water and Marlborough St. is the next one over

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 27, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT ... .  What changed? Me. I changed. Who was once a headstrong, ready-to ... not happen overnight, and it does not happen to everyone. I'd like to

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Tragedy for MIT and Boston Devastating news for our community.

  

  , MIT has cancelled classes today, and is urging employees to stay home ... sophomore Emily TenCate almost immediately put together an initiative to buy ... circumstances. She planned to buy the breakfast from the awesome nearby cafe Flour

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 19, 2013