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Ballad is a must watch. He performed it at the Conner 2 talent show tonight
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Blog / MIT Life
DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?
inside buildings but nobody has yelled at me yet (well, except for Copy ... . This morning I woke up at 5:30 and went skating for a couple of hours. I ... talk a bit about transportation at MIT. Things you'll see used are -
Blog / Academics & Research
My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.
to two synchrotrons: The one at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the one at Cornell. Synchrotrons are pretty cool, check out this Wikipedia ... (linked here.) My third and final UROP was at the Plasma Science and Fusion -
Blog / Events
Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before
If you didn't already think that this past weekend at MIT was jam ... Feast, and at one point on Saturday morning I managed to fill all of the ... the time to get out the DVD, here's a YouTube video of them wrestling at -
Blog / Events
And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.
not know, dances are not my scene. One of the stereotypes at MIT is that ... , panicked, and uncomfortable at dances. This stereotype is widely disproven by many students at MIT. . . not by me. However, since it was a dorm trip -
Blog / Events
Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!
coming late! I had a great time at CPW, really. But my SD card corrupted ... and center at the CPW Opening Ceremony. Three members of Alpha Phi Alpha opened with a stomp. At first, I think all the prefrosh were stunned -
Blog / MIT Life
Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?
go somewhere with all of our toys, a bunch of kids come to look at them ... test was at the MIT museum, invite only and after hours. We went headed ... we had consultations at the Boston Museum of Science where we presented -
Blog / Academics & Research
Sore Subjects state of affairs isn't so good. But here are some telescope pictures!
complete in any semester. Taking a break from work at MIT has its angry side ... isn't really losing at all, is it? At least that's how I think of it ... asbestos (at least they warn you): And a reminder of what you're after -
Blog / Admissions
The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.
of the project, please send me an email (benjones at mit dot edu). I -
Blog / About Decisions
Pie No, not pi.
HORRIBLE! You probably just lounged around and laughed at all of us!" While I ... make money while at MIT? 10) Seriously, be honest. How hard is it really ... a giant party that you get to be the guest of honor at. Soak it in -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Devoid of Content Well, mostly.
this morning in the comments: If you didn't lol at that then there -
Blog / MIT Life
The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.
..), but I haven't posted at all in March, and if I stopped posted entirely ... ) Name: Jess Major: 9 (Brain and Cognitive Science) Year at MIT: 2010 ... easy, in that order Record for number of grapes held in mouth at one time -
Blog / Academics & Research
Parliamo Italiano! And some other languages too.
more difficult at the same time. It's easier because Romance languages ... . At the same time, this makes it difficult: because a lot of things are ... Center is a familiar place to all who study language at MIT. Right outside -
Blog / MIT Life
Moving Out oooh, I am, moving out, mmhmm..
At the end of last year, I transferred from Burton 2 to Burton 1, and ... senior who lives in the room around the corner from me moved out at the end ... look at the other super sweet rooms on my floor! (Also an entry about the -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Boston Rain With apologies to Tay Zonday.
't in my dorm room last night. Instead, I was at my fraternity. In the ... ) by spending a few nights over at the fraternity house. Unfortunately ... you haven't seen or at least heard of "Chocolate Rain" - although you -
Blog / Academics & Research
The End of an Era The last lecture of 6.001
invented at MIT to teach the fundamentals of how to program. The first class ... invented with Guy Steele in the 70's here at MIT. It's an unusual language ... languages (at least ones that aren't LISP), so most people aren't familiar -
Blog / Hacks
Hack Study Break MIT is home to some very dedicated gamers.
I am two days away from finishing my first semester at MIT. How did ... scattered across the courtyard, seemingly at random. As I got closer, I realized that the mysterious objects weren't miscellaneous debris at all - it -
Blog / Admissions
The Early Applications… Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions!
*Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and international students. Things are getting busy here at MIT Admissions! Yesterday, a student came in my office and said, "Pink! I've never -
Blog / Hacks
The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?
When I got out of my 5.13 lecture at 12:55, I walked from the Green Building to my UROP in building 18 (oh look, it's that map again- the Green Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell -
Blog / MIT Life
Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…
’re Anne Liu ’08 (Course 7; iHouse). At the beginning of her ... gripped Niger in 2005. After taking a few classes at MIT that focused on ID ... Millennium Campus Conference (MCC) at MIT. Her goal is to make poverty an