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  “Where art thou, O Higgs?” *insert shimmering transition into the past here*

  

  question from the back of the room. It was asked by a graduate student, who ... from my freshman year. It was early December, 2011: the flame wars of dining-discuss@ were still fresh in the minds of undergraduates[1], yolo

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • April 7, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Analogies “Fill yourself up with musical lighter fluid and ignite your inner match.”

  

  Kresge Auditorium almost rolling in laughter, listening to arguably some of ... steps!” Though not inherently obvious, they are words of wisdom. They are also the words of the MIT Wind Ensemble (MITWE) director, Frederick

  • by Ana V. '15
  • April 1, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  RainbowFloor@MIT Because at MIT, if it doesn’t have a mailing list, it doesn’t exist. Fact.

  

  of bloggerdom, crowding my blogspace with its inconvenient, road ... amazed, out of my suite kitchen one night, the sound of a cadre of people ... émon approximation of Tim the Beaver. WRONG.However, I digress. What I really meant to

  • by Natanya K. '14
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The City On A Hill The "M" of " MIT"

  

  where you want to go. By itself, I think the T is kind of expensive, but ... , one of the most important aspects of being here is the world directly outside MIT. The "M," if you will. After graduating, I kind of felt like

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  "Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2004" by PETA. So maybe one of these days ... DID YOU KNOW? Andre 3000, from OutKast, has a son (by Erykah Badu ... your parents having frank and open discussions of your future and college

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  the fear and delight of fire spinning do not this at home! I am a trained (semi?)professional.

  

  was the boldest decision I made in my life, but also one of the best. I ... supportive and hilarious everyone I met there was. By joining this community, I ... short of a pyromaniac’s. https://youtu.be/ytdqcV3HV4o Is it real fire

  • by Anika H. '26
  • June 21, 2025
• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  started dissembling the hack by 8:30AM...but not before some members of ... by noon. In case you missed it, here are some photos, courtesy of ... . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  What has carcinogenic chemicals, alum bloggers, and ~art~? embracing my inner hipster

  

  , although by the end of it my arms were thankful for the digital photography ... fabulous "artistic representation" (read: picture) of our Google+ hangout ... like to photograph a lot, and in fact I've done quite a lot of it in the

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 29, 2012
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Music Groups at MIT, Pt.2 [by Jessica Noss '14, Guest Blogger] Decision time...

  

  , the last round of psets, and other hecticness. By the end of the ... [by Jessica Noss '14] Unable to choose a single group, I decided to ... ended up staying all semester, which turned out to be a very bad idea by

  • by ARTalk
  • May 6, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  could the past eight weeks have gone by so quickly? I can still remember ... for the first time, and filling out that neat little form listing all of my classes for the coming semester. I remember that first day of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bring Your Audience to Work Day In celebration of the annual Bring Your Audience to Work Day, the first Monday of…

  

  obscure occasions of note. Created by a leading young visionary in the ... importantly, the least amount of employers willing to accommodate a paid ... of the group -- because after all, if I can open someone else's eyes to

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • July 2, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  Today is one of my favorite days of the year: the end of daylight savings time. There's nothing like enjoying the only 25 hour day of the year by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  my semesterly planner mentally preparing for the trials ahead

  

  motivated by the promise of a three-day weekend. [caption id ... -date to the side of each one. Often, I'll start my mornings off by outlining ... ritual to prepare for the start of each new semester. I think some bullet

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • August 18, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  by a professor of art history at Princeton? Of having been let into ... played by accident in their lives. There's a lot of other good things Lewis ... strings controlled by the twitchy fingers of the Fates. Some fortune comes

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Classes

  Pre-Sophomore Year in anticipation of the sophomore slump

  

  whirlwind of finishing finals, flying to DC, driving home to Pennsylvania ... ="Burton-Conner"]BC[/annotation]this afternoon, and it truly felt like home <3 Despite the bulk of my traveling ... drafts and actually posting, and part of that requires not thinking so

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 1, 2024
• Blog / Athletics

  Miscellany In which I talk about my life and Fancy sportsball DNA folk songs

  

  Meek Mill, he is a supporter of the LGBT community, he was ranked 5th by ... story told by a group of amazing musicians/actors/shadow puppeteers. You ... feel like: So I just made a vlog to get back in the rhythm of filming

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • November 22, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  There’s a Story in Which My Eyes Shut Am I changed enough?

  

  . I watched professors walk by, canvas messenger bags at their hips, wrinkled button-downs. In the time intervals uninterrupted by traffic, the ... understand? Don't you know that the view from the bottom of the Lobby Ten steps

  • by Ella T. '25, MEng '26
  • October 25, 2021
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2020!

  

  of summer Cambridge activities. Now, like everything else, these have been interrupted by the pandemic. However, despite this, now that it is ... that they can shout dinosaur facts at me with the help of some CADding

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2020
• Blog / Events

  APPLE BAKE channeling midterm stress into baking, sculpting, and completely destroying apples for decades

  

  : the Apple Bake. This annual event celebrates fall by having the floors of Burton-Conner compete to create the best apple dishes and apple art ... the event, providing each floor of the dorm with staple ingredients such

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • November 5, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A love letter to psets Masochists In Training

  

  MIT's version of homework. And by "MIT's version", I mean that while a typical pset might only contain 5 problems, every one of those problems is incredibly difficult. And by "incredibly difficult", I mean "incredibly

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 16, 2012