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  Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.

  

  Much Clue. To give you a flavor of the Hunt, I decided I'd post here four ... short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students and others team up to solve lots of puzzles, with the ultimate goal of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  #9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!

  

  -out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a senior, so she doesn't have finals. Today, Mitra awoke me with a knock at ... snuggled back into bed for another hour or so. Turns out that I was having a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “Let’s see those cell phones up in the air” cause every little thing's gonna be alright

  

  as we got on the bridge towards Boston, I knew it was going to be a ... Maps and found a way to get there via public transportation. But once I ... it was indeed a very very long walk to Linked Hybrid, but every step

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • September 25, 2011
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  ; instead of getting a band or two to perform, we hire a dozen bands to play ... the time to get out the DVD, here's a YouTube video of them wrestling at ... favorite two. Roast is also a time for halls and suites to do something art

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why I do too much stuff at MIT 1)My mom doesn't have a problem with it.

  

  it would be a really good idea to write a post. My dentist doesn ... ! Wait, what was I saying? Ah. Yes. Right. I was about to embark on a ... choose to live a full life outside of academics, albeit one filled with too

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 13, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Boston’s 4th of July Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has…

  

  Dome, online. Click To Play   Of course, watching a video clip ... , and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the ... nationwide (10pm et/pt on CBS). The concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  the brush into a local classroom for about five weeks to see how ... /O Brush is a project by Kimiko Ryokai in the Tangible Media Group at the Media Lab. Her site describes the invention: I/O Brush is a new drawing

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Events

  life, with the brass rat we're halfway there????????????

  

  . Every attendee had to work shifts to help put the event on, and I was a ... !”[/annotation] It’s like a lifelong game of iSpy. The ring is a great way to feel connected to beavers [annotation note='There’s a rich history behind the ring

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • August 26, 2023
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Brass Rat

  

  , and 1932. Their mission was to design a ring to be used as the Standard ... decided to adorn the bezel of the ring with the beaver and have a three ... York proposed a mascot to President Richard Maclaurin. We first thought

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 28, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  High School Summer Research Programs And the science competitions that could potentially follow

  

  A cat ran on my keyboard So here is a link to MIT's list of summer programs at MIT and elsewhere, check it out! It really summarizes things well ... helps!! Talking into a camera is awkward. CAT!!!!

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • December 21, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  The past four weeks, in maps. 3 continents, 4 weeks, 11 planes, made comprehensible.

  

  my absence from the blogosphere explained, using a series of maps. I spent a substantial amount of time at each arrow tip. Where? In order ... Week 1: IAP Week 3: IAP Week 4: I spent a substantial amount of

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Get Animated A holiday comic.

  

  Jennifer's Comics. Jen is also a fantastic baker -- if you want to drool, check out Jennifer's Bakery. I hope you have a good Easter, Passover ... A random highlight of some holidays is getting emailed the latest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2006
• Blog / Events

  May the Force Be With You Use the "mass times acceleration" wisely my friend.

  

  So tonight, I'm going to watch my friend Timmy '06 and the rest of ... excited being a Star Wars fan and all. I'll give my review of the ... interesting things I've seen done with butter in a very long time. Yes

  • by Bryan
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Three MIT students win Rhodes Scholarships In case you're wondering, yes, that's a lot of Rhodes Scholarships.

  

  Senator Edward Kennedy. At Oxford, she plans to do a doctorate in public ... plans to do a doctorate in bioengineering at Oxford. Congrats to ... 's count to 43 Rhodes Scholars. Below, find the "official" biographies of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  THIS. IS. 18.02. "We will wield our triple integrals as one!"

  

  . WHY DID I COME TO THIS SCHOOL.”), and with classes wrapping up today, a ... sort of wandered around the floor for a while trying to work some of it ... In case you haven’t been able to tell by the lack of bloggage across

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ISEF Reception MIT will be present at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Albuquerque this…

  

  international students at ISEF, I will be presenting a shoptalk: Admission to US ... The MIT Office of Admissions will host a reception for participants ... Thursday, May 17th, from 3:00pm to 4:30pm at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pervnert This entry is not suitable for children under 7 or finite-volume, compressible vapors.

  

  . Don't forget, Mitra! I solemnly swear to starr writing entries MIT again ... after Professor Merritt Roe Smith very nearly demonstrated a bone saw on ... Honors Chemistry. It was a video about VSEPR and gas laws produced by the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Glimpses Of My Messy World I know, I know - all of you are concerned with your Early Action status,…

  

  the EA process. So consider my blog, for now, to be a bit of counter ... home. Allow me to give you the grand tour. Picture 1 gives you a great ... this office. I guess some things never change. As a kid my mom used to

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 9, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  E-mails in French House "Seriously, people, what's going on here?"

  

  To understand most of the e-mails sent to the French House mailing list, there are three things you need to know: 1) Right outside our kitchen, there is a "sacrificial table" - "sac tab" for short. Any item

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s bigger than you, and you are not me. Consider this entry the hint of the century.

  

  "hard coreness," so to 5p3a|<. We've seen it time and time again. Two ... stay up all tonight to start and finish a stupid HASS paper." Evoking ... four hours in the 6.002 laboratory trying to figure out how to use a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 22, 2006