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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Writing Science Fiction [by Susan Shepherd '11] Writing takes time, but fortunately MIT gives you good excuses to…

  

  people go on to write their ideas out. The minority that does go to the ... classes on playwriting and rhetoric, among many other subjects. But they also offer classes on genre fiction and science fiction, taught by an MIT

  • by ARTalk
  • March 24, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dorm Bathrooms Always look on the bright, side of life

  

  bathrooms do not have locks on them 3) Yes, two people may very well be ... stand 6 inches away from a naked senior on just your first or second day ... -apartments. The suite I'm sitting in right now houses 8 people, the largest suite on

  • by Snively '11
  • March 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  As Winter Melts things are gonna change so fast

  

  's taking on a new project, writing a computer program, or putting together a ... what already exists, always eager to make progress on the goals and ... to talk rather than do. On more than one occasion, I've taken on more

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 3, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  sitting on your plate. I am falling asleep as I write this, so please ignore ... , s, i, n, h, e, l). Here's the gig: The 12 top scorers on a quick ... honor of standing in a semi-packed lecture hall and speed-integrating on a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  , depending on how you look at it. I was 8 and lived on the outskirts of one of ... strange restlessness. The restlessness of living on the edge of great change ... every once in a while it takes on new meaning that makes it all worthwhile

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All About Toys And how they rule my life!

  

  . I am officially the Conner 2 authority on anything colorful and ... broadcast on YouTube, and it didn't go unnoticed. We were contacted by a ... engineering. Solution? Ginny '10 found an invention contest on Absolutely

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Let’s Build a Snowman [CRITICAL UPDATE!] We can make him our best friend

  

  attack on our epic snowman by the anti-snowman league, we started receiving ... has officially dumped on MIT, creating about a foot of snow all over ... 11's idea, but Sauza '11, Wes '10, and I latched on to help. Step 1

  • by Snively '11
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  We Treat You Nicely VOTE VOTE VOTE!

  

  're considering MIT then you should come visit. I realize that depending on where ... , bad blogger) but I do have this fancy webcam on my new Macbook (yes, the ... PSETs are due on Friday. If you come on a Thursday expect you host to be

  • by Snively '11
  • November 13, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Odds and ends and Canada A study break, plus some other highlights of the week

  

  . QED: My own mother thinks that I have a stupendously boring life. On ... it on, considering that my room heater is consuming as much energy ... , if not a roomwarming one. On the trek back to my room from the front

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Imagination Box [by Danbee Kim '09] We can draw on the walls again!

  

  dorms on campus where you can paint your own walls and string up your own ... games like Metroid and Pokemon; and even twists on some old classics, like ... to bring together all the different years on a hall and spend some time

  • by ARTalk
  • October 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  know what's going on and throws a more difficult curriculum at you ... focused on our professor's research, math was a little easier, etc. This ... to know exactly what was going on and looking really interested. At

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fall term is already a nightmare Today I went to my second day of classes.

  

  . This, I never picked up on, because throughout the last 1/3 of the class ... the desert landscape would be so familiar to me, even though on the first day I could swear we were on mars, and I just couldn't believe it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • September 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  the landscaping, man), it does put a little more pressure on the staff ... soon as I got on my lunchbreak today was run back to EC for clean shoes ... , including Matt McGann, who was up on the stage hosting the pre

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  -run art group that focuses on providing an open forum for artists and ... traditions of running on our lunch breaks, running three laps around Killian upon Commencement, the water stations where students are egged on to keep

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Oh the Places You’ll Go! Did you know Dr. Seuss was a SigEp?

  

  . On my long flight back from Boston back to Taipei, I spent some time reflecting on what this year to meant to me, and even though I have no ... MIT, rather than relying on last-minute cramming like I did in high

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh the People You See *does a barrel ro-- I mean a double take*

  

  Today was moving day. My role in life on May 25th, was to move all of ... . After giving up on my packing I spent some time installing software (Solid ... angered people on the floor above me had there actually been somebody there

  • by Snively '11
  • May 25, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  truly is. You have no idea what you're missing out on.) Anyway, after the ... Mollie to update every link on the site and categorize every blog entry ... card out of the organizer on his desk, flipped it over and grabbed a pen

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  tend to forget about all the crap that's going on around me and just ... other day and saw a bunch of facilities guys doing something on it. I ... random people walking around on the dome isn't something you see everyday

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Senior Ball 2008 MIT will even help you find a date

  

  with make-up on, and maybe ride in a limo, but in the end you’re just ... pointers on how to find a date, things to discuss with your date, etc. They ... baby, how about I tinker with your software while you turn on my hardware

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-ing the Weekend (Guest Entry) ...even though it is technically two days longer than a weekend.

  

  in the bible and there was something going on at that moment. I stayed ... on the tennis team (nice matching job!). I was interested in finding ... MIT campus sits on the side of the Charles River, and the sororities and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 22, 2008