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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Melancholia [by Faye '11] A beautiful movie about the end of the world.

  

  . “This line is for the Melancholia film screening. It’s by ... Gainsbourg, Melancholia opens up to a surreal, slow motion introductory ... , Antichrist) based the idea for his newest movie from a depressive episode he

  • by ARTalk
  • November 7, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  they're whining about is that in 2006, the writer of Doonesbury put up a ... example for a lot of arguments either, but he's an engineer for NASA. He ... suit to be a superhero. No "baby I was born this way" origin story for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Starbucks. I'm getting a little too familiar with it.

  

  jazz, I've been picking up some info on how this particular Boylston St. Starbucks works during various hours of the day. For instance: 1. The busiest ... feels like it's made for college students, what with all the long study

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • June 14, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Incentive to Drop Out Two MIT students get $100,000 and lots of opportunities in a two-year fellowship.

  

  Foundation: Laura Deming wants to extend the human lifespan for a few more ... means of exchange caught up with the Information Age. Once he stops out of ... to MIT in two years, I wish you all the best for the future

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bringing Down the (Lottery) House Like the movie '21,' but with scratch tickets.

  

  -hand column. When you give up, check out Srivastava's method. So, did Srivastava take the lottery for millions, like the MIT Blackjack Team took Las Vegas for millions? "I remember thinking, I'm gonna be rich! I'm gonna

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back to School If you go to school in Missouri City (TX), I might see you this week!

  

  I'm back in the U.S. of A and have recovered enough from jet lag for ... and staff. In addition to teaming up with the hospital/medical van ... do so immediately. It was honestly a privilege for me to meet these

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 23, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Shot in the Life I now realize that this is probably a misleading title.

  

  actually using up all the change in your wallet before you can accumulate any ... definitely nsfw) 4b) ... I was also really busy. 5) For the amount of insane ... calculation for some pset. 6) A nearly lost calculator almost had a grown man

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • April 16, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hello? Pick up your phones!!

  

  work at it. If you have three tests coming up in next week, you might ... to attend MIT. Do people even have time for extracurriculars ... 't remember...) are offered for anyone who wants to place out of introductory

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 16, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  A Few Words

  

  Donald's. I don't think I've ever disliked fast food more. After fidgeting for a good ten minutes, I decided to call home and get my mom to check for ... for giving you guys a psych lesson :( I just want you to know that it

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • March 14, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  film "Giant Leaps," produced for the Giant Leaps Symposium: It ... ? A. Up in space we use a vacuum. I always tell kids it's not something ... Naval Postgraduate School have had more graduates selected for the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  So let’s build a snowman. In the moat. One of the better ideas I’ve had in a while.

  

  SWIMMING sign, run around mine and Sumi's sorority looking for clear packing tape for lamination purposes, and run back to the moat to put it up. Throw in a chunk of ice for a shark fin, snow angels, and you have

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 25, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The School of Architecture + Planning What happened to "science"? "Engineering"? "Technology"?!

  

  am in it below!). It's made up of smaller parts designed to fit ... . :) For those curious to find out more about Course 11, Karen and Anthony will have some relevant information. For art, ARTalk always makes for a

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • December 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Exponential Decay This entry probably isn't about what you think it is.

  

  Amazingly, I've been an admissions blogger for a bit over twelve ... lasts for a week. What happens after that? Well, once an entry leaves the ... , every now and then I get kind of nostalgic for old posts. Some things have

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In ... at the thing. From for blog Whoa, yea it's big. In fact it ... against starting it up, and death threats against scientists operating the

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Strike! Strike! Strike! I. H. T. F. P.

  

  , meaning any host in 8.02 just completely ignored their prefrosh for the ... false sense of security. I ended up getting class average, but it ... Brawl to settle me down. It was rough. Boo for 2.001 quizzes. Luckily, we

  • by Snively '11
  • March 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Jhumpa Lahiri visited MIT today! ...and all of Cambridge (it seemed) wanted to see her!

  

  sponsored by the MIT Literary Society. I literally jhumped for joy (ouch, yea ... seats. Luckily, they had set up two TV screens right outside of the ... reading one of the eight stories in her new book, Unaccustomed Earth, for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Physics Prof. Peter Fisher on Conan A freshman physics professor helps the late night talk show host break a record. [with…

  

  Late Night with Conan O'Brien. For the past month, Conan's show has been ... wedding ring on his desk, trying to see for how long he can get it to spin ... Physicist. To solve the problem, Prof. Fisher asked many other for help

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Noam Chomsky Talk in 26-100 i still have to send these pictures to amnesty

  

  ). It has been yet another one of those semesters for me. I don't think I ... for 4 months doing isn't all that exciting to prospective students :P ... students who planned the event) and watching the room fill up: including

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... , no doubt, by the recent blockbuster movie V for Vendetta. The email ... wild. It's B for Vendetta! A rather impressive sight in Lobby 10

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  You’re Not Alone Even if you think you are.

  

  teaser: 5:30 - 6:00 AM: Wake up 6:00 - 7:15 AM: Mandatory NROTC Workout 7 ... :00 PM: Astronomy Lab Lecture 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Frantically read for my ... was awake. "Hey Boone, I went to office hours for ICE tonight." "Cool

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • October 17, 2007