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  A week in the life

  

  've never done EE stuff before and it is interesting! But JSim is evil! Quizzes 6.004 quiz, Friday at 10am. A quiz ten hours after my lab is due ... ). This is the once-every-two-weeks meeting of the Undergraduate Association

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 25, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Choosing between a career and motherhood A reflection on the ideas expressed in the 9/20/05 NY Times article, "Many Women at…

  

  ." One of my greatest role models is my mother, who went back to work three ... business is not an option for most people, though it is a convenient way to ... repercussions on the job market. First of all, it is very competitive to find a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • September 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  They’re not just regular artists… ...they're Artists in Residence.

  

  noted artists to campus to work with MIT students. The program is called ... Gomez-Pena. It really is pretty exciting. I write this entry today because tonight is a lecture by our newest Artists in Residence. Those

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more physics It was Day 2 of classes when I got kicked out of one! (Only it…

  

  So this is what an Add/Drop form looks like: Now, I know what you ... exciting is getting an email from the head of the physics department about how 18.01 is a prereq and 18.02 is a co-requsitie for 8.02. Since I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Do you have class? A view of my classes for the fall semester, with some photos from their first…

  

  (with some photos, too.) 1.A24: You CAN Get There From Here! This is a ... idea behind freshman advising seminars is one of the student and advisor ... isn't graded on a curve, and 50/100 is a passing grade. If you're a

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Finally, a free minute

  

  is a day completely free from obligations. So today I (like many of ... worry as you guys do. Getting into graduate school in biology is not, in ... school than it is to get into PhD programs in biology. And because not as

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  CityDays and ClayNights Clay Aiken concert, CityDays volunteering, and West Campus luau (lots of pictures)

  

  's Boston concert. The Bank of America Pavillion is right off the Silver ... like MIT's mission to use science and technology to improve the world is ... wrappers. (I'm not making this up.) ----- CityDays is an optional

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 30, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Images of Rush preparation

  

  Every year, the campus is engulfed by frenetic activity in the week ... stereotype that has always bothered me is that MIT girls are unattractive. I think this picture effectively shatters that. Deirdre '08 is hot

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I ... -vacation (which is where I've been hiding). So I've got CD's now; stop by 3-107 if ... took the piece a bit too seriously - which is ironic since environmental

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Issel Lim: IBD Research Issel Lim has been trying to create an effective mouse model for ulcerative colitis, a…

  

  liver disease. Unfortunately, the cause of IBD is unknown, though ... pathogen that is closely related to Escherichia coli and infects the colon of mice, is the first recorded pathogen to elicit at Th1 response. Issel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 27, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind” ...the cow jumped over the moon....

  

  To celebrate the anniversary of the first manned moon landing, Google has a new site up: http://moon.google.com. If you zoom in close enough, you can see what the moon is made of ;-) (thanks to diana for pointing

  • by Bryan
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  Subject: Re: bike ride everything I do is based on blog entry potential ... Hop with people you know from all branches of MIT. Jose is course 6. And they ... from campus, the food is unspectacular, and the prices are fairly high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  If I Try Really Hard, I Can Resemble Ernest Borgnine First stop on the tour: London.

  

  .V. Wood, Lake Havasu City is now home to nearly 50,000 people. Stranger ... , eating fish and chips is sort of a requirement. Traditional English ... Bridge The Thames, from the Tower Bridge Piccadilly Circus is home to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And here I am!

  

  Well, I'm back in the States. I thoroughly enjoyed everything but I think my soul is still roaming around the south of France. Anyone have five thousand miles of fishing line and a solid hook? :-) I've long

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  biology research is one of the loves of my life). So I decided to devote ... stored it in my Athena locker. One of my more notorious quirks is that I ... extremely absentminded and occasionally forget which day of the week it is. I

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Visiting MIT this summer (part 1) It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of…

  

  It is now high season for visiting colleges. I plan to do a series of ... colleges is quite appealing to many families. There are more than 50 colleges ... , so renting a car (and trying to navigate Boston roads) is not necessary

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 21, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Soup Dumplings, Fever Pitch Yesterday after work I headed downtown for the evening. First stop was one of my…

  

  Cafe is the best place in town for soup dumplings (very, very yummy ... should read the Nick Hornby novel on which this movie is very loosely based (I'd say Clueless is a more faithful adaptation of Emma). The largest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 27, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  the next best thing is the webcast, live today at 2pm Eastern Daylight

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the ... ) in Phoenix next month (more on that to come). This weekend is a four ... Red Sox game (first pitch: 11:05am). The idea is to have the crowd from

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Day 1 A recap, with pictures.

  

  Hi everyone! CPW is in full swing. I haven't been this tired in a ... been right here with me the whole day; she is a total trooper. The good news is that this has been an ideal place to see people as they arrive on

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 7, 2005