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  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  Jeremy Wolfe, who used to teach a wildly popular Intro to Psychology class ... plate and applied his physics knowledge to explain why latke is a “ ... .) Everyone was then told to fold their paper to resemble a hamentashen. Clearly

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Seminar Advising There is nothing funny about this entry...but please read anyway.

  

  your advisor every semester to talk mano-a-mano about which classes to ... advisor to discuss some subject in a group of around 8 housemates in a ... ) I didn't know there was a seminar on masculinity. To be fair, by the

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Machine Shops, Part 2 Really, there are a lot of machine shops.

  

  .008 is a manufacturing class where you're required to make a large batch of ... machines: plus a computer lab with solid modeling and CAM programs to ... are set up to allow a computer program to operate it. CAM stands for

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Two households, totally unalike in dignity…” On picking majors and following your dreams, Romeo and Juliet, Twitter, Sherlock, and the future…

  

  flesh out the characters and make them more relatable to a wider audience ... is a really good way to do this. It’s something that makes you stand ... and tweet at least five times a day to project some kind of image. I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 21, 2014
• Blog / MISTI

  Out and about in the fog at the edge of the world

  

  to MIT 3 years ago, I made a choice. And then I kept making choices ... leaf in a stormy void. It floats against the shape of the world, makes ... life down in the sunlight of a suburb. I chose to do this exchange

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • March 13, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined A story about cream soda

  

  Office gave a presentation about adjusting to life in the alien environment ... make theirs from melon soda and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. [gallery ... to how prevalent creme soda is as a flavour in South Africa. I grew up

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 15, 2022
• Blog / IAP

  Ciao, Italy! part 1 of art, food, and churches

  

  .S., getting on a flight to Milan was quite a struggle. All flights to the New ... customer representative for an hour and a half to keep the second leg of the journey valid, I booked a bus to NYC and booked it there. Hence, when I

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • February 5, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Interview with Emilienne: The Sophomore who does brain surgery Emilienne has been studying the brain through her UROP in the Fee Lab.

  

  going in to lab.” When Emilienne started her UROP, she spent a lot ... the varsity track and field team, I decided to take a chance with the ... while. It’s always amusing to watch a group of mature researchers

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You’ve got questions; I’ve got (some) answers Answers to your questions.

  

  make claims as to whether or not someone is a good candidate because in ... science, it's about wanting to make a difference in the world. I'm also just ... of options when I need to make a decision. Sean wrote: "Hi, I am a

  • by Bryan
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC Presents: Black Panther 2

  

  , projector checks (we had to bring a new projector courtesy of Disney since our ... staff members to make and distribute popcorn as well as water during the ... On November 20th in [annotation note="a lecture hall"]26

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 11, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Guest Post: Taylor Pons from the First-Gen Program #FirstGenPride

  One of the coolest parts of my job is that I actually get to spend a ... ’s a guest post from one of those awesome people who make the MIT ... ). I also wanted to say a huge a welcome to the Class of 2024! This

  • by DJ Rock
  • April 14, 2020
• Blog / Events

  CPW 2008 @ MIT – Awesomeness Guaranteed (Guest Entry) On things that other colleges (namely their dean of admissions) will never letyou do.

  

  Bloggers was: We started out by making root beer floats and listening to a ... bloggers (this one needs to be explained later), and learned quite a bit ... his room and attended 6.006–Intro to Algorithms, a course located in the

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Latest Innovation at MIT Guest Blog: Social engineering with the Black Student Union's Co-Chair, Rasheed A. '17

  

  yourself.” Taking a step back, it was important to make sure the burden of ... approaching the issues no one has dared to approach before.  We can take a hard ... January I wrote a post, “Colors”, detailing the MIT community’s response to

  • by Selam G. '18
  • May 9, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Questbridge College Admissions Conference A guest post from Louis Lamia '14, an MIT Quest Scholar.

  

  year where we get to take vacation! So I did quite a bit of that - went to a few weddings, visited family and friends, and generally took time ... MIT as a place they could apply to, be admitted to, and afford to attend

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • September 8, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  the things i hate and what they say about me

  

  makes a lot of anti-asian statements, but very hard for me to deeply hate ... , like if they’re busy or have a bunch of personal issues to work through ... hard, and crafting a personal identity that you love is supposed to be

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • November 9, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another take on pass/no-record and some other stuff. Hey look, I haven't pontificated about anything in a while.

  

  a different thing to different people. Don't assume you know what it ... requirement in order to have friends. It's not a requirement in order to have ... embarrass you or for you to wear around your head like a crown, grades are a

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  summer 2021

  

  at least she wasn't prior to this trip, so we tried to make a conscious effort to make sure she didn't feel unincluded. We did so much as a house ... . surprisingly one of my comfort movies? aka a movie i watch when im sad to make me

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 5, 2021
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  The truth I learned about Japan, as a Korean a translation

  

  , I get a sense that some of those wartime feelings continue to this day ... uncle, I'm proud to be a Korean. But I've never really held any negative ... , my parents were planning on going to a wedding in Korea and decided to

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • March 17, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  people keep leaving their things in my room and other stories from sophomore fall

  

  "]my academics.[/annotation] Instead, I want to write a blog about... everything ... outside to take a break and get some fresh air. It was, however, raining, so ... ; and in that moment I thought to myself that if my life were a movie that

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • December 17, 2021
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  Spencer '07 in a 654-seat theater. That's a lot of seats. Now, I have to ... countless times, I feel in a unique position to evaluate a movie about an ... and runs off to live with her schoolteacher. Count Dooku does do a great

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005