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• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  , to work together and find opportunities for both countries to benefit ... administration came under sharp criticism for collaborating with a regime that ... that they would suggest for the Admin to revert the current situation or

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Night Off Campus and some dancing

  

  UberPool. Kamoya is Nigerian like me. He lived in Lagos for several ... way for a lot, but when we knock on the door, and it opens, the light ... fails to feel at least slightly terrifying for reasons I'm still trying to

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • October 21, 2016
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Coolest Thing I Bet You Didn’t Know Was Math (guest post by YQ L. ‘16) Clickbait title by me, not by YQ, because I really, really, really want you to…

  

  is a masterpiece. If you have the Internet for it, I strongly encourage ... mathematical surfaces. A cabled LOTR sweater my mom knit for me, as evidence of ... for my art and not let it get subsumed by schoolwork and psets. This

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 7, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to quantify all their choices, and there is a post hoc rationalization for ... early and on time, do your work for long hours, and hope to win the favor

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  Broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken I'm broken (but not actually)

  

  Kayla E. '15 and I decided that it was a great idea to go out for a run ... and acetominophen. I bothered my friend Sarah W. '16 for help wrapping ... since I could barely walk. So I waited for the pain-killers to set in

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • November 8, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The Class of 2015 Graduates from MIT mind, and hand, and heart

  

  apologized for admitting him. i said that he could have gone anywhere else and ... true for all of you: "MIT is a hard place, made all the harder for the ... necessary for this kind of reflection, of course, but i have personally found

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Great Expectations i've never read the book, but the title seemed to fit

  

  a blogger. But sometimes reality takes unexpected turns for the ... comfy little bed and move them like my biology intended for me to do. I ... start. Reality: The square dancing life is not for me :’o Before

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • September 17, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  Prize "for extraordinary service to children." I was equally surprised to ... across the country for this event + children from Massachusetts ... called Side By Side: they've been rehearsing together every weekend for the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Events, Food, and Awesomeness: CPW A story about how CPW is more awesome than lobsters

  

  When people ask me where I grew up, I hesitate for a moment before ... you know someone who had a clown for a neighbor. You know, if that ever ... memory. This spring break, I went to Chicago with my family for a weekend

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Junior Year: The First Week (Originally titled "Junior Year: The First Day" but I procrastinated too much)

  

  's already a reading assigned for 5.13? This is nonsense. This year is going to ... the many things I have to look forward to. For starters, I've slogged ... appealing. It's like...watching Breaking Bad for the first time (which

  • by Emad T. '14
  • September 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  MIT Can Talk! Bon appétit!

  

  , and this was the perfect project for me to pass time between Track ... College in Massachusetts, and worked for the US government, travelling the ... round, it was a crystal clear 50 degree (Fahrenheit, of course, for the

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • February 4, 2012
• Blog / Events

  tEpikazoo Thoughts on cooking and gratuitous prefixes

  

  , blend, stir, and sample for two and a half hours until dinner was served for 30+ people. By which I mean that I pretended to be Mark Bittman and penned dining section articles for the New York Times in my head while

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • November 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  changes as needed. Ok, so, now onto content. For the last week ... for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... (maybe a bit more, accounting for multiple bids to the same person and

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ring Committee With a title like that, it has to be good!var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol)…

  

  , asking me to sign petitions, fight for some cause, or complain about the ... asking for a cookie sheet or trying to figure out who dumped a bucket of ... , since people have figured out that they make excellent tools for getting

  • by Snively '11
  • May 31, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  Internet is Gonna Get Me In lieu of studying, I finally get around to answering your questions.

  

  renovated shortly before I came to MIT, where sound goes to die except for the ... attention span even more - ask me questions! Ask me questions. Better for you ... across the street from the Pru (sorry for these approximate directions, you

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meow Yes, you can have cats in some dorms.

  

  sleep for a variety of reasons. Dr. Popular is the most skittish ... and the administration) have asked for people to tell them before ... usually let them roam the halls all day, with their doors ajar to allow for

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Answering my own questions My perspective on the MIT student mentality about working hard.

  

  mentality with regard to work?" is much more open to different strokes for ... . (Sidenote, for reference: "normal" courseload is 48 units, and one unit is ... developed for itself a spirit, so that every member of the whole place thinks

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Replying to questions and comments

  

  The first thing I wanted to do for this entry was reply to some ... 's a good question! The answer is that, for 6.004, you have to write your ... they are relatively uncommon. There's no set policy for all of MIT. On

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 27, 2005
• Blog / MISTI

  [Joint Post] THE WORLD’S gREATEsT CROSSOVER EPISODE Jebby '25 is my flatmate

  

  and get an ad for body wash where everyone is talking with a British ... are names of real places. I've been here for two days and I'm really ... cold for several hours (Jebby got a food coma because she ate so much

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 4, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Eating my words at Area Four Mushroom and fontina pizza my beloved

  

  Area Four (A4) is a popular pizzeria/cafe near MIT. Known for their ... -to pizza spot for many MIT students. But not me. I am A4's biggest hater, as I believe their pizza defies all known laws of reality. For one, the

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • May 29, 2025