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  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is ... religious or scientific purposes. Image from the BBC. A similar phenomenon

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  got a job working at the computing help desk last semester- you know, I ... .001 lecture was one and a half straight hours of that basic concept. Only it related to normal and shear stresses, a diagram of a rotated block with no

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  and other interested parties for a long time now; this is an early ... ball rolling a bit, I hope. MIT has a long history of admitting ... our community. Over the past 5-10 years, we have seen a surge in

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  around the corner. (Funny I say that even though Boston had a heat index of ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began to blog a little more than a year ago I wrote the following: My blog

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  2010 (if there was a newspaper article about you, feel free to send a ... a week's worth to follow. At the conclusion of this series, I plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Vacation A week of total relaxation didn't stop me from thinking about MIT constantly.

  

  , but not as awesome as MIT. Consider the evidence: Sigh. But a week ... it hasn't been almost a month since my last post, I've created some ... near future - it'll take me a few days to remember what it is that I

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country, and MIT has a front row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is ... concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I’m not swollen anymore!

  

  week and a half recovering from wisdom teeth surgery. I just had my stitches out this afternoon -- *VERY GLAD* to be done! I'll be moving into a ... can see a bit of the East Campus interior. I'll also be starting some

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • June 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  ZigZag Episode 7 A new episode features Commencement highlights and an interview with the party button guys.

  

  Episode 7 of MIT's video podcast ZigZag is out now. Stories include Commencement and MIDAS (a.k.a. the party button). Check it out. Marsha Bolton ... working on a Masters in Fine Arts degree full time for the next year; Zig

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 18, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Finals! Finals are here!

  

  : A toughie, but I managed to answer most of the problems =) If you'd like to see what an MIT final exam is like, let me know, and I can post a ... 'll be studying for most of the time until Wednesday, I will take a break

  • by Bryan
  • May 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  college decision is up for a vote (aren't you glad all college decisions ... cartoons indicate Alex will take a gap year, either to "consult for a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  , including a crabcake, which makes me wretch because it's crab, but everything ... what not. I, myself, had no firm deadlines, but I had a 6.002 lab that I ... shouldn't walk out on a Nobel laureate just to slap some inductors together

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I Tried to Ford the River Are you even old enough to remember this?

  

  So I just got this email: Don Rawitsch, one of the original inventors of the Oregon Trail computer game is coming to MIT and giving a talk ... I will be at a formal on the 33rd floor of a building in downtown

  • by Bryan
  • April 19, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Adventures in Italy, Part 2 Tales from Rome, Take Two

  

  hallmarks of our entire trip. Walking around the city trying to find a ... , EVERYTHING IS A NUMBER. So we arrived at our first restaurant after not too much looking around, and to my surprise, the place was great. A little

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  turned in a problem set that was 47 pages long. CPW rocked it, yo. Special ... preventing the theft of my laptop, and to all of the lovely prefrosh I had a ... Kresge--although, really, you guys should be thanking us. As fine a piece

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mitra, it’s your birthday. Happy birthday, Mitra!

  

  was because she is really a vampire and does not show up on film, but ... Jeannie, where she has to make a robot Jeannie to walk down the aisle with ... . Happy birthday, Mitra! Don't eat too much cake; you have got a marathon to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  I was going to spend a couple of hours today formatting the many amazing pictures from last weekend and writing a super-awesome entry about ... is GORGEOUS outside, and I am a sucker for warm weather. Winter is nice

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix Some quick updates.

  

  during a particularly stressful spoke of the admissions cycle. You guys rock - BIG thanks. Second, there have been a bunch of questions about ... : A new enhanced portlet will be launching in the next week to 10 days

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Fun With Photoshop Do you have mad Photoshop skills? Show us.

  

  Things are still pretty crazy around here, so until I get a chance to ... mascot. What you may not know is that Joanne is, like me, a die-hard Lost ... loves into a desktop for her computer: Your turn! Post your links in

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ho-dee-hi, hi-dee-ho, ho ho. How many digits of pi do you know?

  

  devised a new cheer that we want to do with the crowd and cheerleaders. We ... they'll let us, do a "Marching Band on Ice" show (no skates). Well, if ... a poem. I was especially proud of us for the rhyme "three eight four

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 10, 2006