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  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  , and this was the perfect project for me to pass time between Track ... College in Massachusetts, and worked for the US government, travelling the ... round, it was a crystal clear 50 degree (Fahrenheit, of course, for the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reading, Thinking and Igniting Innovation Rational optimism about MIT and the future

  

  the pace of life, the thirst for knowledge and the search for new ideas. But after hiking for 4 months and having little contact with progress, change or technology, and being content (for the most part), I`m still

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • August 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More thoughts on classes However, I did not find Matt's stuff (see blog post below this one).

  

  ) takes the proverbial cake for hopscotching around my criteria for likable ... history who learned the Li√©nard–Wiechert formulation of potentials for a ... set for that particular week was far more bipolar than dipolar: one

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 11, 2009
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  , blend, stir, and sample for two and a half hours until dinner was served for 30+ people. By which I mean that I pretended to be Mark Bittman and penned dining section articles for the New York Times in my head while

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  changes as needed. Ok, so, now onto content. For the last week ... for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... (maybe a bit more, accounting for multiple bids to the same person and

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the ... asking for a cookie sheet or trying to figure out who dumped a bucket of ... , since people have figured out that they make excellent tools for getting

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  sleep for a variety of reasons. Dr. Popular is the most skittish ... and the administration) have asked for people to tell them before ... usually let them roam the halls all day, with their doors ajar to allow for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  've been in Germany for a little over a week now and I've already climbed 509 ... , for the low, low price of 1,50 euro per hour. However, the upper room ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting…the 2008 Brass Rat!!! As the only sophomore blogger, it is my duty, no, pleasure, to describe the unveiling…

  

  brass plated in the MIT Lab for Metallurgy. Just kidding! ('ll be here all ... . The beaver is noted for his engineering and mechanical skills and habits ... Ring Premiere t-shirt and shot glass (for apple juice, of course, MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... . (Sidenote, for reference: "normal" courseload is 48 units, and one unit is ... developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  The first thing I wanted to do for this entry was reply to some ... 's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your ... they are relatively uncommon. There's no set policy for all of MIT. On

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British ... are names of real places. I've been here for two days and I'm really ... cold for several hours (Jebby got a food coma because she ate so much

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  Area Four (A4) is a popular pizzeria/cafe near MIT. Known for their ... -to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater, as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  Liminal Activities Period IAP is a mindset and you can keep it forever

  

  , full of promise and mystery and challenges that I'm not prepared for but ... deceptively bland name for what is in my opinion MIT's greatest invention. It is ... guilty for not constantly tooling. To my amazement, the wallowing never

  • by Joel G. '18
  • January 25, 2025
• Blog / Challenges

  my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group

  

  “The muscles of my soul, longing for the opportunity to feel and fear ... report that I got exactly what I was looking for. Amongst adjacent ... . For every bridge burned, there were some incredible, genuine connections

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • September 18, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  italy research in pompeii

  

  we stayed in Caetani Castle for a week. We hauled our luggage up the ... me two days of begging Admir for him to promise to open the doors over ... memory[/caption] For lunch and dinner, we would go down to a little

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 18, 2024
• Blog / Events

  total eclipse of the cruft

  

  this post is a little delayed, for which I plead CPW Like millions ... digression: through a stroke of luck, my car rental reservation for a sedan was ... collect temperature and cloud data for NASA with the Globe Observer citizen

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 16, 2024
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  to take it for granted. It's been raining sooo much lately. I ... most known for its dining hall, for better or for worse[/caption] Right ... still uncomfortable enough for me to throw them in the laundry bag. Taking

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taste ai has no taste.

  

  might’ve seen me mention that I spoke to The Washington Post for an ... become easily automated by AI] is looking for jobs and skills that require ... later. I’ve known startup founders that worked on the same idea for years

  • by Rona W. '23
  • August 20, 2023
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Folding with Flair Adding a third dimension to boring old paper

  

  semester), but now I have a brand new batch of internship origami for your ... . Luckily, MIT was the perfect place for that. Not only is there a class about ... for getting to the final product. Learning to interpret and work from

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • August 4, 2023