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  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and elsewhere [...] on the ... , its national stock index on average lags about a half percentage point ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  LSC – It Doesn’t Suck! Reject digital, return to 35 mm analogue

  

  not put on a show from the comfort of the Lecture Series Committee ... /A Keeping our eyes fixed on the top of the frame without blinking isn’t the ... put on a show in the comfort of the LSC projection booth! Remember, LSC

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 7, 2022
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  took both of my calculus finals. But on February 21st, the building was ... making y’all dizzy. :P A tidbit of info on this electrobop/hip-hop/rap group: FM’s songs have been featured in “So You Think You can Dance

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  necessary/cool features. for example, to change the class year, you click on ... already i've seen my friends planning out their fall semesters on firehose for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  Scenes From Admissions, Round Two What's going on in this picture?! Another installment of our new little game.

  

  if you can figure out what's going on in the scene. Welcome to Round ... ), Communications Manager, Admissions 2) Daniel Barkowitz, Director Of Financial Aid 3 ... of Recruitment Green Circles - Objects: 1) Matt's paper bag, which

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Chomsky and Infinities illustrated highlights of an MIT October (part 1)

  

  the Beaver (as seen on the collaborative blackboards of Stata Center ... .112 Principles of Chemistry lecture on the formation of stars by Professor Anna ... Rayo's video on the sizes of infinity for Wireless Philosophy. As a fun

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 5, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Fall 04 What I took way back when

  

  professors wrote a paper on the history of light bulb jokes, and how their ... : On the first day of class, we went over basic probability definitions ... be the index of the person that you end up kissing. a) What is the CDF

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 23, 2004
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Not so FAST heading to MIT on Saturday for some FAST Thinking

  

  ’ portion of the exhibit. And then on my second month on the job, I had the ... Festival just another of many pieces to this impressive celebration going on ... screen to me on the other side of the couch typing away on mine. “Not so

  • by Kris Guay
  • March 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  feature X-Treme Web Browsing among shots of sweat-spurting sprinters and ... devices.” Which, come to think of it, almost dead-on encapsulates the ... permutations of computers, the last item on the next list still gives me

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Slow down, fast train. Take me with you!

  

  breakfast for the rest of the floor on the first day of finals. Since we can ... tour of Boston that basically touched on every place in Boston I have ... -winning composer John Harbison. I remember buying a pair of pink pants on my first

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 26, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The MIT What?!? The Long and Illustrious History of the MITMB, as far as Kim knows.

  

  /kimfad/Public/rightsize/MarchingBand/newspaperarticle.pdf">fascinating piece of history</a> from 1978, we see on page 12 that "the band ... they went all out on an arrangement of The Imperial March for $300. They ... has not only <a href="http://web.mit.edu/varf-ball/www/index

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 10, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tests of the non-standardized kind Stop thinking about the SAT and start thinking about 18.01!

  

  of the dissociation constant. On 7.06 (Cell Biology) tests last term, I ... Today I am hijacking Laura's entry on tests, because a) it's something to write about on a very cold rainy day, and b) I have some really

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Generally Unrelated to General Relativity In which I am not a graduate student.

  

  , is brunch. Speaking of brunch, I had it, non-metaphorically. On a cold ... repeat that for emphasis. Conflicts. With. Lunch, the refuge of covert slackers since time immemorial, an oasis of idle leisure amidst the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 15, 2010
• Blog / Events

  And now your feature presentation Are there still theaters that play the "Let's all go to the lobby" jingle?

  

  -night adventure in the MIT tunnels in which he surprisingly relied on a lot of ... entry, Kevin '11, Joe '12, and I had an on-camera discussion about how GEL has affected our view on leadership. For your reference, Joe starts

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 8, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  eventually altered the entire course and concept of the feature film." It has ... pro-Klan stance, and its endorsement of slavery." They went on to call ... index, Birth of a Nation would have made over $336 million dollars. This

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Admissions

  Surprising Research Results The chimpanzee-human relationship, and CEO pay.

  

  economics research on the controversial topic of executive compensation ... the hype to see what is really going on with salaries of CEOs in the ... used indexes of chief executive compensation show close to a proportional

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  “Exactly” the Same We're not being too critical! We're MIT students!

  

  names of all the cartoons so we took to figuring out the numbers on ... discussion of one of the puzzles. In about a month all of the puzzles will be ... sorts of time consuming stuff). So, without further delay -- Puzzle

  • by Snively '11
  • January 28, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Life, the Universe, and the Energy Content of Gasoline "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

  

  .01 exam. So on the back of my index card, after writing in all the last ... used to be really good at taking tests. I never had any kind of test ... , fewer classes allow equation sheets, so I started writing it on my hand

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 16, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three from MIT! Three MIT Young Futurists

  

  trio of my favorite MIT students featured prominently on an online ... student profiles, I realized that THREE of the young people featured are ... that were featured on the website. So for your viewing pleasure, I

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • February 7, 2011