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  Best of the Ben Blogs Looking back at Ben's four years on the blogs.

  

  posts!) here... The first post: August 6, 2004 This is the one that ... name is Ben Jones and I work in the MIT admissions office. My job, among other things, is to manage this site. I write stuff, I edit stuff, I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How Do You Mic A Stripper? [by Harrison Bralower '11] It's a great question when you really think about it.

  

  together around here and the payoff is six days of raw, naked glory (let me assure you that carefully lighted full-frontal nudity is neither ... individuals—-to give life to words on a page. This is my experience from

  • by ARTalk
  • May 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Steer Roast 2008 We Sport Death like it's never been done before

  

  in: Steer Roast is Senior House's claim to fame - it's our annual ... courtyard and the subsequent feast. The following description is courtesy of a ... from this year's Roast. Captions will appear if I feel like it - that is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 5, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Take 1.618: Film at MIT [by Danbee Kim '09] There are very few things for which I would get up…

  

  a career in art. SP.785, or Digital Video Post Production, is a small ... -world equivalent to an Athena cluster. The class is conducted as a discussion of film ... captivate are the ones that realize film is not just an audial experience

  • by ARTalk
  • April 2, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  What Do You DO All Day? A guest-author entry by Joan Horvath '81.

  is nervousness about how thorough and multi-syllabic the response is ... Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. JPL is the place that sends out ... rocket scientist. "She really is, too," friends of mine would helpfully add

  • by mitblogs
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Infected It's not a zombie outbreak...yet

  

  nose is running, or your leg's going to fall off, don't expect any ... off because my immune system is better than yours." Can you see where this is going? Pride goeth before the fall. Last week, I...I...I have a

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Guest Entry: Leadership @ MIT You can become a leader on the MIT campus. Here's how...

  

  “MIT engineers go to work for Harvard graduates.” This phrase is no ... interdisciplinary problem-solving, MIT is uniquely equipped, and obliged, to make a ... needs. What is leadership? Some say that it’s being the president of a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 2) Where the music is richer.

  

  that wine in Spain is not just an excuse for people to get wasted. 5. I love how lunch is at 2, and dinner is at 9. 4. I love how the stores are ... because of the way it is. My Last Two Weeks in Spain, and Thoughts: Doing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  72 Hours Three days can be a long time.

  

  Navy. The good news is that I now know what I'm doing after I graduate ... we shorten to ICE (because we're so cool.) ICE is a capstone senior design course. The idea is simple, and I think it's a good one. ICE is a

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • November 8, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m still alive And I missed entry #2000 by one! Blargh!

  

  have to make. (Yeah, you know I used Paint.) The round trip is less

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 20, 2007
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-France: To The Observatory of Paris and Beyond The MISTI experience of Anjali T. '09.

  

  once home to the Prime Meridian and is the world's oldest working ... of Neptune. Arago's telescope is seen on the roof just to the left in ... dark matter is the stuff that dreams are made of... No, but really, dark

  • by MISTI Program
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  this, which is pretty awesome. (I feel like this may have been posted in

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I'd never pull an all nighter....my thesis is due tomorrow. We'll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon as the night progresses. 2:13 AM I started rocking out in my Athena

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Building 4 Odyssey Looks like my James Joyce karma isn't that horrible after all.

  

  's entry -- this is a challenging time for the MIT admissions office, and hearing your thoughts, whether supportive or critical, is always ... haven't often feel this way at MIT, so I was enjoying it. Ulysses is

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 7, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Message From Ben And Matt ...regarding the recent news of Marilee's resignation.

  

  asking why MIT didn't accept Marilee's resignation quietly. The answer is ... surrounding our selection process. Frankly, this is what it is, and there ... office is quite shaken by this. Until we've had a chance to individually

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2007
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Sorry you didn’t meet me :( I missed Meet-The-Bloggers, and some things on this semester

  

  (EDT) Subject: is there a meetthebloggers party and am i invited? -lulu ... though, to meet me, that is. You know where I live. Here a special shoutout ... in Green Bank, WV is located in the nation's only radio-quiet zone that

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  ZOMG CPW! The greatest shopping list ever.

  

  Here is what I bought at Shaw's (the local grocery store) last night ... for details. ;-) I was really hungry. Such is a day in the life of a ... 'll make their day. OMG! CPW is finally here. I'm psyched, you should be

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 12, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Work Hard, Play Hard MIT students actually have lives, occasionally.

  

  talk about science at MIT? I mean, obviously it IS the institute of ... queries: I'm a little concerned about MIT's degree of toughness...is it ... /enjoyment in the work and what you're learning. Is that true? (I dearly hope it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Answers To Recent Questions! Fun for parents @ CPW, enrolling questions, etc...

  

  in the appropriate bubble? There is no deposit required?" No deposit ... :00pm-3:00pm Student Life and Learning Panel for Parents. This is another ... Parents. 11:30am–12:30pm Careers Office Pre-Health Panel. Is Junior

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  TV. But the never-ending battle between the two computing platforms is ... , however, is about making the switch from high school to college. If I had ... college is trying new things, exposing yourself to new people , and exposing

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007