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• Blog / MIT Life

  Forget that Or, "Why I won't be posting next week"

  

  : (text: "For maximum effect, consume after an exam.") Well, Diana is an ... at music. Also, music is dumb. Intervals are just stupid. I don ... organizational meeting for MassCPR, this huge event that is ruining my life by not

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 20, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Things to do while waiting for decisions on Saturday Clicking the "refresh" button repeatedly between now and Saturday afternoon is NOT an option.

  

  's Guide to the Galaxy. Similar to gateway drugs, this book is the first step ... fear that you're really a cylon, all hope is lost. -If reading science ... displays more than just your knowledge of ordinal numbers. (This one is

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 13, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Deep Breath Before the Plunge THIS IS . . . wait, this isn't Sparta. Wha-? Aw, shoot, I took a…

  

  Committee on Student Life is proud to present to you a new initiative ... Campus (GXC) that will be launched on March 3rd, 2008. GXC is a team ... have to do is go to http://mit.gocrosscampus.com and login to play on MIT

  • by Snively '11
  • March 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Just Because It’s 2/29 I apologize that this blog has nothing to do with MIT.

  

  : TODAY IS LEAP DAY! Leap Day, I'm sure you already know, comes from the fact that the earth's revolution around the Sun is not perfectly 365 days ... it doesn't count because my birthday is in December, and I have already

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  I enjoy the most is, quite simply, my fellow students. (Although the ... variations, almost anywhere on earth. But MIT is the only place where I can ... knowledge, or whatever you want to call it) is one of the great unifying

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  It’s not all happy I know, shocker!

  

  'd say that just as much of my time is spent feeling like this: ^^This ... about is the part where I will sit in a library for 8 hours trying to do a ... focusing on the play, but the work is certainly there. For those of you who

  • by Snively '11
  • February 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Math = Broken Whatchu know about math?

  

  This OFFICIAL MIT blog is probably not designed for late-night delirious whims of posting. Oh well. So, it's late (3:00 AM) and I just finished most of a Diff Eq. PSET (I started at 10:45 PM, it's been a long day

  • by Snively '11
  • February 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  . This event is especially important in light of Benazir Bhutto

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Simply Brothers Finding brothers and brotherhood in MIT's fraternities.

  

  means to be a member of a fraternity. Because the fact of the matter is, actually, yes. At least for me, becoming a brother is not simply a change in ... to put it into words, the primary difference is an almost overwhelming

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  applies, although I suppose the definition of work is a little more flexible now than it is during the actual term. Which is a very good thing, in my ... , which is really the most important part. Speaking of fun, one of the most

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Attack! My war diary.

  

  year, because MIT is out there to switch things up and do things people ... is that it's really too cold to go outside and play for any significant ... whoever you see." Conner 2 is lucky to have a roof that's accessible from

  • by Snively '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Come Together What do you believe in?

  

  Munroe. Generally the comic is true to its tagline. It's nerdy, it's cute ... a Stand. Burma (officially Myanmar) is a country of 50 million people ... crippling rule of the military junta, the nation is yet again reeling from its

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • October 9, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  never move out. Burton 1 is known for its '09 floor chair Kip, whose voice is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean and is only a few decibels louder ... carton, and nobody is allowed to care). Unfortunately, my camera was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of School Fall term classes began today at MIT.

  

  , but no less beloved by current MIT students, is Denis Auroux. Prof. Auroux -- speed-eraser extraordinaire -- is just two years older than me, but is a tenured professor in Math at MIT. (Wow.) [Not as wow as being

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I've been spending hours in used bookstores and swimming and taking deep breaths, and it's been.. really nice. That doesn't mean I've forgotten about

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Stories of Senioritis How to Procrastinate

  

  to study right? So what I've learned is that you can only read a book so many times before you just can't read it anymore. And that is when ... as well? friend: what is this studying thing of which you speak? me

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I am Treasured :) Graduate school visit #1 (Updated)

  

  is leaving" hustle. "STOP!" yells the TSA officer. Everyone stops in ... Downtown Berkeley, and here I am. I call Mitra who is also in the Berkeley ... ," ... At the end of the meal, the waitress asks us, "What is your gift to

  • by Bryan
  • March 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes – Spring 07 Ending MIT with a literary bang. Can you hear it?

  

  lectures a week (~15 people, discussion class) fun fact: Professor Buzard is ... , this is my only semester at MIT without any economics classes. This is ... analyze these works in such depth that my homework is definitely as intense

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • February 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  So this weekend my 61 of my fraternity brothers and I drove several miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  MITHenge Blinded by the light.

  

  Every June 21st, thousands of people flock to Stonehenge to watch a very special sunrise. On this day, the summer solstice, the sun is perfectly positioned to shine through the narrow opening between the heel

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 31, 2007