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  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
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  -functioning conference rooms used regularly for business purposes! There's a network of ... (the one who had me over to his house for dinner, after taking me to ... context to lend. The hardest part about this work is getting up around 7AM

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  When I grow up, I want to be Suzan-Lori Parks. Only, you know, not ... /Underdog won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making her the first black woman ... .) I couldn't attend it, since I had rehearsal for the Musical Theatre

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Return of the Nance Effect The Summer Update Edition!

  

  represents the changing of the guard for The Nance Effect. Many more of those ... . This is, after all, a community designed for and about you. When I began ... table for you. Just remember, unlike Thanksgiving dinner, the priority

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Double legacy ...what my kids will be, since I'm marrying somebody from MIT!

  

  my room left except for Adam, and we stayed up all night talking to ... Science -- because what better place is there for two MIT grads to have ... -- plus 18) to change the policy. :-P (For Karen, below: A legacy is an

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A person can develop a cough. Simultaneously the coldest and hottest entry I've ever written.

  

  boxer shorts. And then he recognizes you. How's that for teacher ... homemade killer death robots or whatever open another bottle of Jolt Cola for ... over the summer, and of course this only increased my appetite for toast

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 6, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of ... ! I've basically been working continuously for the past 15 hours and I ... for real, so we got to see everything we've learned so far really coming

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  School’s… in Excitement! Passion! ...Class?

  

  argue. (Mark's second choice for most exciting was his PE class, Archery ... textbook, so he didn't even have to pay for a book!   Warren ... MIT -- it takes up about as much time per week as a full-time job, and

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 7, 2005
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  low-fat Cool Whip to satisfy my sweet tooth. I am lucky for two things. First, we have the ability to cook for ourselves, and that gives us a lot ... came up with an idea to make manicotti with half cheese and half spinach

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Painting and a trip into Boston

  

  , in exchange for helping take down what's left of the wallpaper in her ... ended up doing all the actual painting with only paintbrushes. I don ... th East alum who just moved to California and was back in town for the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 7, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT or Bust Our story begins here...

  

  2 and minoring in BME. That's MIT-speak for Mechanical Engineering and ... 's Inauguration last May. In order for you guys to get to know me a little better ... , and Spiderman 2 Favorite Reality TV Show: Beauty and the Geek, for

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Windy city

  

  mailed out on Friday!" It seems Mother Nature had other plans for me. I got ... -checking protocols we have set up internally. So, I assure you, if you are among those ... making jokes about astrophysics," Kanamori said. For a little more than

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 9, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Christmas in December and July

  

  Market). Then we walked through Boston Common, up Beacon Hill, across the ... West. Plimoth Plantation, which is mostly closed for the season, was next ... answer my backlog of admissions-related questions. For a quick MIT fix

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 21, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  I hate the way I don’t hate you

  

  I'm in the Pacific Northwest, waiting for my Seattle Central Meeting ... on a non-working day. Well, for me, I decided I'd go catch the film Garden State. Still having jet-lag, I woke up quite early so I wanted to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 25, 2004
• Blog / Challenges

  at a distance staying in contact with friends from home

  

  increasingly nostalgic for my experiences back then. Our table in honors math ... now. I miss my friends from home. I often wonder what they're up to ... 've heard the voice of any of my friends from home. While I do keep up with

  • by Victor D. '27
  • November 20, 2025