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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Holmstrom, et al.

  

  On Friday, I attended a Undergraduate Economics Association ... bipartisan President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. He is married to ... to take in life, and how we should do things that we like, not

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT IS … reflections of a bright sunday afternoon

  

  want to be. It’s taking a break to admire what’s around you. It’s good ... , day to day, I find myself in a constant cycle of never-ending work. But on days like this bright Sunday afternoon, when I get time to sit and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 22, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Chocolate Tasting Nuts, olives, and 99% cocoa

  

  hosted chocolate tasting last night. I went to a similar event in IAP 2004 ... to tasting, though; you're supposed to let the chocolate piece melt on ... , and water = the 3 food groups?) They encouraged us to rub and smell

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Nancy Kanwisher ‘80 (CPW Preview!) One of the CPW Keynote Speakers, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Professor Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD…

  

  faculty in 1997, and prior to that was a faculty member at UCLA and Harvard ... course that you teach? A. In my undergrad course students go straight to ... seen. It is also also the closest thing I have ever found to a true

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 5, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  attendees. I don't know what I was thinking on Saturday, but I forgot to take ... his Virtual CPW Project is a great way to conclude this entry ... So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  This doesn’t suck It's not particularly great, either. But you could go to Germany!

  

  way. And I was going to write a blog entry saying basically, "Anybody ... actually made me wish that I had been born a size zero woman so I could rock ... , WILG also makes me wish I had been born a size zero woman when they hand

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  On Monday, I went to an afternoon tea sponsored by Course 21L ... the Stata Center. "The Student Mural Project is a competition open to ... , is reproduced as a high-quality wall-sized print and displayed on the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  January Book List Oaks & Poems & Baldwin & Biss

  

  described them to a friend "like stacked rocks." They are delicate and hard at ... . On Writing by Stephen King. A birthday gift. This book went down like ... with it and assented to its claims. 5. Notes of a Native Son by James

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • January 27, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  I jumped into the river ...black-haired Asians swam with me.

  

  for a variety of reasons, the majority of which are related to Sam's Mom ... line up to surf in it. Kind of like the swan boats in Boston Common, but more EXTREME! You even see a bunch of people swimming in it all the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  Alien in America A display of feelings; a post that might not make any sense.

  

  Last weekend, I wrote “A Guide to Farmer's Markets". Here’s what I ... action or get involved and have an impact on what you want to change. I ... started typing up a draft for this post on my phone (which was originally

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 14, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cream Tea with the MIT Club of Great Britain Meeting MIT alumni in the UK

  

  happened to be on a business trip to London so he decided to stop by. Anyway ... trips to fun places. While this sounds like a lot of fun and something ... and I got to talk to some people who I haven't seen for more than a

  • by Cambridge
  • April 27, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things that Scare Me 1) Mornings.2) Psets.3) Exams.4) All of the above.

  

  to a time no earlier than 2 PM. Unfortunately for me, that will ... . And now I somehow have to get up at 7:30 AM five days a week. (If you ... and I'm tempted to cross the room and hit snooze, it's like a little

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 19, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Not in Kansas anymore A brief look at your third '15 blogger

  

  introduction to MIT level classes. For those of us whose first time on a college ... The Wizards of Oz(aka my parent's old friends) had a huge impact on ... about Kansas, I've heard it all before. No I don't live on a farm, no I

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • September 9, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An MIT Adventure Life at the 'Tute

  

  : had never seen a taxi, had never been on a subway (except for the one at ... immediately sent to NYC to conduct some school visits. I was so nervous riding the subway for the first time, but getting to meet the students at the

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • August 20, 2012
• Blog / How to Human

  Mine hands are broken reflections on many a year of carpal tunnel syndrome

  

  , where they recommended some specialists I didn't go to. I took a week off ... I like to pretend that they are not broken. I wanted to write a blog ... . Without it, I had to reckon with everything that did. I've had this on and

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 14, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Latke vs. Hamentashen Debate: LiveBlog FOOD FIGHT!

  

  . I'm going to try to semi-flow this debate, keeping you updated on all ... order to decide who begins the debate. With a call of heads, Team ... . . . sweet potato. It's fun to make Hamentashen with friends, it's a great

  • by Snively '11
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Beaver Nation An intro to athletics at MIT

  

  to hear that 20 percent of the undergraduate population at MIT plays a ... emphasized? There’s a lot of ways to answer that, but I think the most important thing I can say is, in my 3 years on campus, I have never had to

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • November 12, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Landing  Your Aircraft Has Arrived at Gate '21 

  

  The very first blog post I published on the blogs was a play on the ... journey. This post is scheduled to go up on the day of the 2021 Virtual ... adventure with me. Y’all are a part of my forever family.  To my blog family

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 4, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  . Here are 10 things I remember: 1. Taking a good two minutse to cram four ... alone. We've got a former piccolist or something on trombone. We really ... we do "A Salute to Walking," since we have sheet music for "Walk This

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No one: Absolutely no one:

  

  / in Naruto. So sure, maybe it would make sense to have a theory about a character, and then post it on a fan page. But no, we wrote this essay for no ... their lives, draw anime. But being extra, we went to Michaels to buy a

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 22, 2019