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  My Long-Overdue CPW Recap Better late than never!

  

  So I did pretty much everything I said I was going to do at CPW, but ... at the registration desk, shown here with Anthony. This was a special ... 11 hours at the reg desk, I headed over to Thursday night's opening

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  So the first night in Rome was spent pretty casually. We arrived at ... , EVERYTHING IS A NUMBER. So we arrived at our first restaurant after not too ... on the Metro and got off at the Colosseum stop (appropriately named if

  • by Bryan
  • April 13, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Term time again

  

  'm doing a bad job at this regular updating thing. I promise that within the ... classes, and some of you are probably curious about the classes offered at ... subject I'm poor at, and applies it to biology, a subject I'm good at. We

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Engagement Party Salsa dancing with Benjamin Franklin and Optimus Prime

  

  My dear former floormate Shannon '05 (who's still at MIT pursuing her Masters in Course 16: Aero/Astro) held an engagement party last Saturday at MIT, and at first I was going to spend the weekend in NYC, but then I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Lucky Saturday the 14th Luck was a lady three nights in a row in NYC

  

  sauces (honey mustard, mango chutney, pesto, and sundried tomato) at Pommes ... nearly-2000 year old piece of wood, and a three-level gift shop at the ... is worth two and a half hours of waiting) a colorful look at Dylan

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 17, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  I Am Prepared! Getting ready for IAP! (Find out how to join our mystery hunt team, too!)

  

  in everyday life? Why is Demi Moore mad at Madonna? What did Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie order for lunch at an Edmonton eatery? Is a GE air ... coin hidden somewhere on campus. The hunt starts Friday at noon and ends

  • by Bryan
  • January 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Things just about get crazy-go-nuts.

  

  were invented at the Pillsbury Bake-Off. It's not the holidays unless Sam ... like 60,000 calories a day, but at least it followed the basic principle of a pyramid--larger blocks at the bottom, smaller ones on top. Try to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I know my calculus… and U2. Bono takes on global poverty, fashion, and Course 18.

  

  knit sweaters--when I'm at MIT, I have been known to take bathroom breaks ... Melinda Gates doesn't seem to be so thrilled about it. Look at that scowl. I ... I suspect the only reason he has any political influence at all is

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Play hard…and then work hard! There's no excuse not to have an AWESOME time this weekend!

  

  : Watch the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden live at http ... th at 4 pm and 8 pm, Sunday Dec. 11th @ 2 pm. In the Kresge Little ... Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Mystery Hunt 2006 announced

  

  exciting activities. In short, the Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT ... thinking about Mystery Hunt. The 2006 MIT Mystery Hunt will begin at 12:17 pm ... you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]. Thanks very

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 16, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Review of “Shopgirl”

  

  plays Mirabelle, a shy 26 year-old sales clerk at Saks Fifth Avenue, who ... and lonely apartment. One night at the Laundromat, she meets Jeremy, a ... awkward scenes that leave you squirming in your seat. Awkward situations at

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anna Teytelman: Japanese Hip-Hop Extraordinaire! Anna Teytelman studies Japanese hip-hop and culture at MIT's Hyperstudio.

  

  them sitting at a lab bench while wearing a white lab coat, safety ... at her and possibly send her to MIT Medical. Anna has every music lover ... highly recommends taking a look at it when it comes out. The second aspect

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Party of One A fun day trip idea when you're getting tired of homework.

  

  minutes later, I arrived at Kendall Square. This is the location of the ... get a meal here at one of many eateries in either the surrounding area ... would change to the Green Line bound for Lechmere. When you arrive at

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Color by Numbers

  

  , my roommate, hard at work measuring the length of a wall.) Of course ... lot of fun, especially after we decided to make a quick stop at Star ... were still only half un-packed at the time. After practice I had some

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  to alter his curriculum from 10.40, which is thermo at the graduate ... .302: Transport Processes -- Every class at MIT has at least two "office hours" per ... make football scores available at regular intervals. I cannot give scores

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Emily Levesque- How megastars evolve Emily spent the summer of 2004 conducting astronomy research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory…

  

  interest at dinner parties, that is, unless MIT junior Emily Levesque happens ... research at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. She used a two ... , announcing the discovery of these stars at the 205th American Astronomical

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come in, we’re open

  

  living in A-Entry for my first three years at MIT. But I'm moving to D ... playing Gamecube and/or discussing the political leanings of Jesus at 4 AM ... our little suite. At the end of the hallway there is a supply closet, as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sun off a beach The one where it rains. I mean, another one where it rains.

  

  , torrential rain to otherwise lovely places, the weather today at the beach was ... played games that you traditionally play at swank MIT dinner parties, like ... Ambition that I never think I'll be very good at, but it's actually

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 31, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  Kick to the limit! The Korean Flying Tigers! What could possibly sound more exciting than that?

  

  should be about as good at taekwondo as I am at chemical engineering. Well, yeah, I'd say that's at least as impressive as the 63 percent I got ... three basic routines. 1. N heroes (usually small women) spar with at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 19, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans + Peanuts + Crackerjacks i practically pulled another all-nighter, and again, for a non-academic reason.

  

  getting ready for casual Friday at work where I get to wear flip-flops and a ... , we each took turns running home to clean ourselves of the street. At ... . Unfortunately, the Sox lost 7-4, but games at Fenway Park are always enjoyable

  • by Bryan
  • July 17, 2005