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My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.
’d had a salad and canned beans and several handfuls of nuts, and it had -
Blog / Events
ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!
*LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYY *I Can Has Cheezburger *MC Frontalot *Rooster Teeth, the creators of ... miss. Working his way through the crowd was Tron Guy in full costume. He ... with a full-blown Tron Guy. Photo Opp! Unfortunately after -
Blog / Admissions
9 things I wish I had known before freshman year lessons from an almost-sophomore (see: law of conservation of freshmen)
, but also in the knowledge tested on exams. You can't expect to skate by ... can't help missing class because you're sleeping off that massive sugar ... an all-nighter every now and then can be good for the soul. Just not -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?
’s early precursor to films like The Matrix and Tron, World of Wires offers ... with open side windows. In this shot from the stage, you can see ... everyone! Plus, you can see Jay filming in the background, which breaks the -
Blog / Travel
spring break! so much happened, but also so much didn't happen
, spend a couple of days there, then rent a car and drive from Louisiana to ... headed to the airport, where we had a reservation to rent a car. Texas ... that in order to rent a car, you have to be a) 20 years of age, b) have a -
Blog / Academics & Research
MIT Talks Energy at the White House "It is is our institutional responsibility to address the challenges of energy and the environment."…
" new level of federal funding for clean energy research. The event came ... dedicating $150 billion over 10 years for a new clean energy R&D and ... video): Hockfield, Obama urge major push in clean energy research funding -
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Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…
- Building 31 -------------------- You can read the Energy Research Council ... President Hockfield formed the Energy Research Council to "assess the scope of MIT energy research, explore how to best match MIT expertise with -
Blog / MISTI
Renewable Energy in Spain
minor in Energy Studies MIT-Spain Program 2011 My project was aimed ... technological accomplishments being made worldwide and how connections can be ... renewable energy is still something I want to pursue and taught me to always -
Blog / Academics & Research
They say you learn more by living abroad than by going to school
past week. I've never had to rent an apartment before, so I'm about as ... problems such as: 1) landlords don't want to rent short-term 2) landlords don't want to rent to foreigners to avoid paying tax 3) the apartment is too -
FAQ / Academics and research
What is the MIT Energy Initiative?
The MIT Energy Initiative is a platform for highly focused energy-related activity at MIT. The program includes research, education, campus energy management, and outreach programs that cover all areas of energy supply and -
Blog / Academics & Research
Learning Time! I walk you through a physics/dynamics problem.
game plan. 1) Energy. Since the wheel starts high and ends low it looks a lot like we can use energy. There's nothing but gravity doing work so we can use conservation of energy. Everything in orange is energy -
Blog / MIT Life
Look as good you will not Some summer reading for the nerds out there. Which means all of you.
by, like Bonsai Kittens. But I really can't imagine why somebody would ... my archives, Nicola '07 rented the entire trilogy from our dorm last ... had expended so much energy in holding him back that he turned his -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can first-year students conduct research?
’s most daunting challenges. From addressing the energy needs of tomorrow to ... the world. MIT offers research in every field you can imagine, and ... ) can participate in research through the Undergraduate Research -
FAQ / Academics and research
Can I study Global Change Science/Climate?
of Global Change, and the MIT Energy Initiative. -
Blog / Academics & Research
The Unfolding of Language Your high school English teacher may hate it, but "gonna" really is a word.
auxiliary verb in the first example. We can substitute another auxiliary verb ... . Can you differentiate the d's and t's? So when speakers talk quickly ... pronunciation changes. As it turns out, you can get way more cognates and familiar -
Blog / How to Human
positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel
our energy is going to flow in, so when you're doing magic, you want to ... traditions are a way of transferring spiritual energy from the speaker to the ... that oral traditions pass physical energy (via sound waves) from one -
Blog / Academics & Research
Work and Energy Can't do the former if you don't have the latter.
my first 5.112 exam of the year. As I scrawled energy equations all ... allotted time, I realized just how legit the work-energy relation is in real ... + regular meals dealio. Now, who thinks I can keep it up? -
Blog / Challenges
Navigating Offcampus Housing 101 finding housing is a fucking nightmare
so easy to work with. I can't even imagine undergoing this process with ... campus in spring, and we can't go back to our dorm [annotation note ... [/annotation] (you can get some sweet deals from MIT alumni), You Got Listings -
Blog / Events
Class of 2012 Night at the Movies '21,' the MIT Blackjack Team movie, opens this weekend... who's in?
your country (see release dates), you can still participate! Simply rent ... case you haven't seen the trailer or the commercials, you can watch it