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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  , there was a line stretching all the way down the exterior set of stairs ... that I would have had to wait half an hour to get in. Seeing a smaller ... from the International Film Festival (IFF, a series of film events of

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Another year has begun Welcome to my world

  

  rest of the world. After a summer full of restful night’s sleep, books read purely for pleasure, time to learn a new language, adventures in the ... boarded a flight bound for Mexico City, ready to start my summer in Mexico

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  Ahh!!! This blog is finally happening! I think my bio page gives a ... out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of ... ! It’s been over a month since I arrived @ MIT and naturally, I have

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Turn around and pretend it wasn’t you Words of Wisdom

  

  published some instructions I made on how to build a loft. ANFSCD This last ... 't attend as a college student, I was there for Livescribe, demoing and ... blogger guy?" a couple of times. But, I mean really, who wouldn't recognize

  • by Snively '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  (!) talking about their experiences. There has been a lot of coverage of the Giant Leaps celebration, which included a symposium, a Boston pops concert ... that I guess is on a lot of people's minds: Q. So how do you pee in space

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To D or not to D? MIT's Design Lab is tempting me.

  

  I included this picture in a previous blog. I was tired of working ... related to MIT. Going to Honduras was a sort of Grand Finale to a class I ... students chooses one project and follow it through over the course of a

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 17, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The sun is out but why is it so cold outside?

  

  My cat is a little ball of static lately. It can't be too much fun to be a cat in the winter time. Today I wrested the last fateful drop out of my toothpaste and finally confronted the task of getting a new tube

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Harvard Square Photoblog Complete with funny captions. At least, I think they're funny. You be the judge.

  

  Apple store on Boylston Street. Although the store's actually less than a mile from my fraternity house (according to GoogleMaps), I got here by a ... around downtown Boston to do a little shopping (which had the added benefit

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Win Sam Stuff! That, amongst other things.var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" +…

  

  next year, I got back from work yesterday and spotted a tour group making ... !" There was a very confused "Hi . . . Snively?" from the tour group as I ... exploring my external hard drive (a device which made losing my internal hard

  • by Snively '11
  • June 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the ring, here's a bit of history and background. Each class year at MIT ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... class, RingComm designs the ring over a six-month period, unveils it at an

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2010 Ring Premiere I bring you the 2010 Ring Premiere, in full living color!

  

  The Brass Rat is a long-standing MIT tradition that has given rise to ... world. (I kind of do feel like this is sort of a blogging rite of passage, actually. I remember reading Melis's ring premiere entry as a prefrosh and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunny day – Sweepin’ the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet.Can you tell me how to get,…

  

  awesome as it is to wake up 10 minutes before a class and not get to eat until 4 pm, sometimes a college student has to take some responsibility ... meal of the day. Instead of inspiring me to eat a balanced breakfast

  • by Snively '11
  • February 8, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How Many Liveblogs Can We Get Onto One Page?! Mystery Hunt Part 3.5

  

  WRAP-UP! As a favor to everybody who worked on the puzzle remotely, Death from Above is doing a live webcast of the wrap-up events that happen ... ://dfa.mit.edu/stream/ ************************************************************************************* DONE. Hey guys, thanks a ton for helping. It was an intense push there

  • by Snively '11
  • January 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  It's been a while! I fully apologize for not writing since getting to MIT - it's been a crazy few weeks, but I'm finally settled in and ready ... 'm now a resident of Burton 1, and unfortunately for Snively will probably

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There Are No Uninteresting Things I'm taking classes. If you ask nicely, I might tell you about them.

  

  , so when I can't, I scour the internet for a quote that's moderately ... I would have a problem if Snively managed to get more posts up than me ... this term, which is a pretty normal load. Those of you that wanted a

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Everything in moderation…even moderation. How many places can you go on a four-day weekend?

  

  Today marks the end of a four-day weekend. Traditionally, extended ... , papers, and reading, but for most, they degenerate into a remarkably fun ... adventures on this map of Cambridge/Boston...hoping to find a sense of

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Reischauer Scholars Program For those interested in Japan or international relations.

  

  Don't you hate it when your computer freezes and you lose a huge ... have fantastic-looking hair all the time? Me too. I have a real entry ... let you guys know about a program that I participated in back in high

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Crazy admissions stories A story about craziness from both sides of the college admissions process.

  

  From The Chronicle of Higher Education (via a friend at Harvard ... morning, a car pulled up and four young men dressed in black jumped out, grabbed the student guide, and tossed her into the trunk. A fifth young man

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Play it again, Sam You wouldn't be saying that if you were in lab with me.

  

  my world record low test score with a 40% on the third 6.002 exam. Luckily, the average was 47 with a standard deviation of 25, meaning that I really didn't do too badly, and also that you could have gotten a zero and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 11, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Adventures in Italy, Part 1 Chi, chi, chinotto

  

  Rome So my spring break trip began in a sudden blur of things. My day ... laundry, change currency, buy travel books, and sleep. After a pizza lunch ... to pick up a travel book. (Yes, I waited until the last minute to

  • by Bryan
  • April 5, 2006