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• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  to you.). There is one reason that wasn't clearly explained beforehand to me, even all the way up until it was happening. That awesomeness, my friends, is IAP. IAP stands for Independent Activities Period, but it may

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  sitting down no more sprinting

  

  came onto campus almost every day anyway. But it felt official to move ... came, it was gone, and I was left to plod my way through a weird liminal ... morning nor night), or how to sense when my social battery is gasping and

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • October 12, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I am a bachelor of science and a master of engineering. In which I make a Voltaire reference and the soup is a metaphor but luckily…

  

  minutes.   Let the soup cool enough that it is safe to handle. Food process ... My thesis is done. It is 384 pages long, 2.0833% of them text ... cream. Stir the soup, bring it back to a boil, and season to taste

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • May 21, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Hello, Goodbye, Hello!

  

  digging up my 2009 Guide to Residences … (it's still so pretty & so ... cover … and flipped to the Burton-Conner page (which is where I live now ... floor! This kind of revelation is strange and mind-boggling to me. Last

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 17, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Political Process For the civic-minded

  

  like everyone under 40 is crazy about it. I'm not going to get into my ... her in it. Grr. This is John Kerry! Obama was late, so we got to hear ... life. This is the first year I've been old enough to actually vote, and

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 14, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Mind and Hand My first CNC project

  

  hard it is to make a circle on an etch-a-sketch! CNC lets you design ... my schedule, but now it's time to show just what I've been busy with ... /plastic/anything that needs to be shaped into a part. A lathe is for radially symmetric

  • by Snively '11
  • October 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Crotchets and Quavers The evensong tradition

  

  , each meant to serve the every need of its students. Most of them have a ... ). In reality, only one college (King's) manages to do it every day, but ... actual thing - it's not nice to take pictures during the service, but I

  • by Cambridge
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Don’t Worry, Be Happy A few words of advice.

  

  best idea, but it's what I did. I decided to apply to about 8 schools ... factor." MIT was one of the schools I applied to because it was "that school." To me at that point, it was like this castle in the sky. I didn

  • by Bryan
  • March 17, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I Scrapbook Sometimes Stickers!!!

  

  post, but I did not get to post about any of my own pages. Here is a look ... like stickers. I hope you liked some of my pages. It really is relaxing ... sticker donations :) And, as always, Rory is there to inspire me in my

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 17, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  Vespertilio No spoilers here.

  

  As I type this it is 3:28 AM. I have to be awake for work at 4:45 AM ... try to get an hour long nap in. Or, it means I can tell you what I ... :30 PM I grabbed my skates headed over to the Fenway movie theater. It was

  • by Snively '11
  • July 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Driving On The Infinite One of my biggest pet peeves is people who do not understand how to drive…

  

  I don't have many pet peeves when it comes to MIT, but one of the biggest is people who do not understand how to drive on the Infinite ... each direction. Of these two, the one closest to the wall is the lane for

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 9, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Film! [by Nathan '14] Documenting Science Through Video and New Media

  

  the MFA to see a screening of the documentary Urbanized. It is by Gary ... how to use serious equipment to create a film. Above is a photo of me ... Marceline Loridan Ivens that I love because it is raw and powerful, which

  • by ARTalk
  • November 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Can You Save the World’s Oceans? Who, me? Yes, you.

  

  trend is of serious concern because it projects the global collapse of all ... collapsed — that is, their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very clear trend, and it is accelerating. If the long-term trend continues, all

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  amount of stuff Neil is cramming into this lecture. It's very hard to ... . And one way he did it is by encouraging us to daydream. Thank you ... As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Mind Dump (Episode 4) What's going on RIGHT NOW!?

  

  happens here is that oftentimes there isn't enough time to get it all down ... year it gets to just be too much. MIT is much better summarized in little ... these blogs. This is going to be my official "Mind Dump" entry. Whenever

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A question for you… No seriously I have a question

  

  What is a scientific/engineering topic that you find most difficult to understand? I'm going to try to doodle explain it the best I can (I ... limited understanding of it, so I'll have to ask some Course 6-ers for help

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • October 22, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  , And if we’ve no place to go, Let it snow, let is snow, let is snow! The ... Medical Students Association, and it took 2 ½ hours for the food to arrive ... that it took her to walk across the Harvard Bridge (which ironically

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Exploring Boston Frozen yogurt quests into Boston

  

  going to get Red Mango.  Sadly, the closest Red Mango to MIT is kind of far away.  That is, it is about a mile and a half down Massachusetts ... beautiful day and the sun is shining, so I really REALLY wanted to go to Red

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • March 31, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Wild Parties, Vaginas and Suburbia Can you possibly guess where this entry is going? No. You can't.

  

  things and am quite alright leaving it to the experts. I feel really bad ... Monologues. I'd never seen it, but it's pretty famous so I was excited to do ... that work to stop violence against women. MIT's production of it It was

  • by Karen F. '11
  • February 16, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Video: New Zigzag MIT's podcast takes on athletics on campus, and more.

  

  A new episode of MIT's video podcast, Zigzag, is now available. It ... . Zigzag is produced by Academic Media Production Services (AMPS) and is alternately hosted by Marsha Bolton from the President's Office and myself. To

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006