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  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  attended the CPW Welcome event Thursday night. It was a 5 minute, 5 step ... going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... was a major difference since my CPW: THE EVENTS DIDN’T GO PAST 2 AM. At

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  It’s 2014! That...that's not a factorial

  

  We begin with certain trivialities. *Resolution: A firm decision to ... times a week. I'll be strong, fit, the works. On Jan 2, it means: ahhhhhh ... , it means: Meh, was a busy month; definitely first week of February. On

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 1, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800 An organ, three harpsichords, and lots of learning

  

  , grew up with a classical music-loving mother, and now live with a ... go listen to concerts in Boston for free. In other words: I've had a ... Handel and Haydn. But I've never studied it. I am completely aware (and a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 11, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Classes of Semesters Past, Present, and Future since you asked.

  

  you leave a post with your course history? I want to take every class eventually and I can't decide!" So, here's a post with my course history. It's a nice record of my transition from pre-med/brains to astronomy. More

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 5, 2013
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  Hello! One of the first things I wrote about as a staff blogger was my transition from pueblerina to big city girl. A year and a half has ... . As a proud, first generation, Mexican-American woman, I found that

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  as a perfunctory check than anything else, and low and behold, there actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a ... embellished with a QR code. Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biology-inspired design from MIT alums What happens when you bring together nature and technology? I think you'll like the result.

  

  ... Nervous Systems jewelry and accessories began with a very common story. Boy ... accessories. OK, so maybe it′s not that common of a story. Regardless, what began as flirtations in an MIT dorm has turned into a profitable company

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 29, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to ... ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by ... could handle two groups. The MITWE director, Dr. Fred Harris, is a great

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Metropolis and the Alloy Orchestra "The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must be the Heart!"

  

  , March 5, the Somerville Theatre was packed for a World Music Crash Arts event. There was a sold-out showing of Metropolis (1927) that I had the ... films ever made, which by virtue makes it a—gasp—silent film

  • by ARTalk
  • March 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of ... spending 10-15 (count 'em 10-15!) hours on p-sets (I am a n00b. But still ... lectures focused more on conceptual things and “thinking like a programmer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All Hail the Working People Living down the 40-hour work week.

  

  ETS – the Educational Testing Service, a.k.a. producer of the SAT, GRE ... mentioned exams, but rather, a newer test called the TOEIC – Test of English for International Communication – a.k.a. English for the business

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • July 31, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Fresh Food! Here at last!

  

  Dining is a hot topic here, and rightfully so 'cause a tooling MIT ... produce stand to campus Anne Wilson, Campus Dining March 27, 2009 A ... fruit in the form of a campus produce stand that will open for business

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • March 31, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship Go out and Vote!

  

  Last year Jess wrote about a blogging scholarship that she had entered and became a finalist in. "Gee," I thought, "A blogging scholarship. Well, I'm not a woman, a minority, I don't have a parent in a particular

  • by Snively '11
  • November 7, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Remember the Fourth Another reason why I'm happy I chose MIT over Stanford.

  

  My most vivid recollection of a July 4 celebration came from a book ... . Basically, the book is about a bunch of strangers coming together to live in an apartment, only to find that they're all related at the end to a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

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

  

  , only taking pictures with a color balance approximated below: I tend 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

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Law & Order: MIT Alum Unit Going to law school after MIT, and a profile of the first sitting federal judge…

  

  show that 5-6% of MIT alums earn a J.D. Of my MIT friends who are lawyers, one is a Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society, another handles a significant caseload in New York City's Family Court, and a third is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid ... obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the ... freight railroading. I'm not out working in a rail yard -- I've actually got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  attractive and well-mannered members of Team Bemis spent Saturday night a ... , the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up ... -paints... "Are you a kindergarten teacher?" asks the sales clerk. "No," says Kelly

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  backward correlates with a small increase in the number of fatal auto ... bustling with Halloween-related activities this weekend. SaveTFP, a group ... increasing health awareness at MIT,” put on a “Spooky Skate” event at our ice

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Holiday Life's not always a picnic in Killian Court.

  

  Monday was a student holiday, which means that while my friends at ... ridiculous amounts of food for a few hours (I woke up to my friends making a ... '07 came rushing in with a bowl of salad. "Hey, where're you going

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 27, 2006