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  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  noticed an article about a commercial that Chuck Norris filmed for ... that I may have missed. - When taking the SAT, write "Chuck Norris" for ... : Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Riddles, Research, and Nerds with Power Tools My week.

  

  humble opinion. I've spent the past week solving puzzles for Mystery Hunt, playing with cell culture for my UROP, and building stuff at my fraternity ... for me to join the official Simmons Hall team, which has played the Hunt

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Telethon Live Blog Where we call you --

  

  Gann has just arrived! He's dressed very nicely for a telethon, maybe he ... digging around through bunches of paper. Score one for blog comments being ... number two! We'll dig for more names. 11:14 pm Alright, I'm back in my

  • by Snively '11
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  market today that are designed especially for kids. These let kids do neat ... the brush into a local classroom for about five weeks to see how ... look for colours," she says, "they did it spontaneously." "One kid would

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  FIRST POST! You guys are totally right.. that WAS really tempting.

  

  I would love to take credit for the brilliant entry title, but ... 're not coming to Boston for the world-reknowned universities or beautiful city skylines, come for the incredible music scene) and Randall Munroe of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday Instructions on how to receive your decision online.

  

  : You have applied for freshman admission (not transfer or graduate). Your ... unable to display decisions for those who applied in Early Action and ... process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order to check your

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oh look, an update

  

  and statistics class for course 9 (Brain & Cognitive Sciences). It ... class (either 9.07 or one of the others) for the major. Honestly, I hate ... 're in a major for which it's required. Also, because they're computer

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • March 10, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Idol A selection committee fantasy.

  

  of selection. Things are going well; for some reason I'm enjoying ... a shot at winning, and the latter for pure entertainment value ... : Dog, it was just okay for me. You want me to keep it real, right

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Pictures that don’t belong anywhere else – Part I because i'm a slackslackslackball.

  

  , all dressed up for Christmas. This is my side of the room: and ... pictures for the sake of clarity. Because you see, we have a second ... REUSING some of the pictures I took for the viewbook.) A double in East

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • February 17, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  aren't really looking for a precise answer; they're just trying to ... people, I'm surrounded by MIT people. This is a good thing for many, many ... figure out the chances. I am a sad, sad case. For the record: 1. I don

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  the privilege of serving as the Department Head for EECS. EECS is the ... amazing range of opportunities for our students. The mantra of the department is "EECS is everywhere," because for almost every area of modern

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  MIT – Problem Sets = IAP! Today marks the beginning of IAP 2007.

  

  stands for Independent Activities Period. From January 8th to February 2nd ... , without worrying about problem sets, tests, and papers. For more info about ... dizzying number of activities to choose from. For example, I could

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept ... . "They're for my friends at... uh...nevermind"). 2.) Gather friends and ... -oiled machine under her stern but gentle leadership and for the first time (ever

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  . Shockingly, I was pretty tired for my 9:00 AM lecture on Tuesday morning ... mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." -- Erdos I would have liked to make up for lost sleep on Tuesday or Wednesday night, but

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to ... shelter for raped and sexually abused girls. Her original plan was to ... share her passion for beadwork by hosting jewelry workshops for the girls

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Pluto replies ThinkGeek.com rocks my effing socks.

  

  and I have been working on it for hours upon hours. Basically that means we worked hard on problem one for 15 minutes, and then spent hours and ... needs to be. For example, one problem describes the motion of a curveball

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  Z Center as I was getting changed for my evening run. Now, I didn ... inorganic chemistry and think you have a remarkable gift for conveying the ... the student center, for dinner during his all-night vigils in lab. And I

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their ... for 6.081. But I'm tired and confused (why is d+=1 legal normally but ... contents of the periodic table for a quiz. This basically means that everyone

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  “Who Needs Harvard?” Generating your college list based on which schools fit your personality, not your ideas of…

  

  Posted on August 13 on TIME.com: Who Needs Harvard? "Competition for ... better suited your personality? To be honest, during my interview for MIT ... applying to. They didn't really have anything in common except for being

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 15, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Toga, Toga, Toga On being in a fraternity (info for parents too)

  

  House, and I was on my way to Baker. (pause for information) Just a few ... Orientation and lasts for up to two weeks. - Over those two weeks, you get to ... about classes, applying for jobs, etc. I discovered that fraternities

  • by Bryan
  • June 14, 2006