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• Blog / MIT Life

  Nuns, fret not! Like baby alligators in the sewers, you too will grow up fast.

  

  'll be able to concentrate that night. Instead of concentrating this weekend, I blew off steam by going on retreat with my hall (3rd East) to New ... . What better way to get to know your hall? So a lot of you have

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here are the finalists. Cast your vote for your favorite! A. My Very

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  A Re-Introduction of Sorts Hi, my name is Bryan.

  

  things to see and do as Walt Disney World. So far in my little trip down Infinity Lane, I decided to major in mechanical engineering, minor in biomedical engineering, join a fraternity, and try to engineer the human body

  • by Bryan
  • September 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer Programs For MIT Students Planning early -- MIT-sponsored ways to make an impact next summer

  

  ! ------------------------ 1. Public Service Center (PSC) Fellowships -- the PSC aims "to enrich ... interest to the PSC and its donors, so students who apply for these ... Fellowship -- you would "need to identify a community or community organization

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Photo Contest, Round 1 The first winning entry in the photo contest. What a view!

  

  The Orientation photo contest is off to a great start. The first photo comes to us from freshman Arya '10, an international student from Iran. This photo was taken from Arya's 15th floor room in the dormitory

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  that the selected blogger post their answer to the essay question. Seeing ... -and-white television screen bolted to the wall.) POLK: (covers the mouthpiece; jerks ... turns to the camera in the corner comically) Did I just walk into a kid

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  Shih and Albert Chang will be going to the Massachusetts Institute of ... Plano West Senior High seniors will have the chance to make a difference ... the Dallas-Fort Worth area boasts as many students scheduled to attend

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them ... just sitting there, trying to ignore the incessant Beach Boys music they ... back in puzzlement and continued to stare at the water, thinking. I

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  the cheerleading squad to see if I could get anybody else's summer plans. Since nobody on the squad responds to emails, I got four five responses ... can't wait to watch trashy VH1 countdowns and hear English all around me

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  DOMR My first crazy picture entry from Germany.

  

  foods is listed in kilojoules in addition to in calories. Hallo again. I ... blog entries might be a bit sparse over the next three months due to an ... . 2. My job. However, the computer is supposed to only be used for

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 8, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  ). Are there other kinds of stories you'd like to see on ZigZag? Things or people you'd like to know more about?

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Baker House A tour of Baker House.

  

  was a proud resident. All freshmen have to live on campus, but after ... moonlights as a rockstar. And now to our regularly scheduled program ... ! ;) Diana: in the 80s i think, they used to throw a piano off the roof like

  • by Bryan
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  . Although the process has never been specifically used to destroy prions ... such extreme temperatures and pressures. Mad cow disease is thought to ... back to animals. Appel assumed that the United States, like most modern

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Bryan is alive and in Rome Day One In Rome

  

  We got here safely, and we're having a blast. I'll write a longer entry when I find free wireless, but right now it's costing 3 euros an hour and I have a lot of emails to respond to. (Thanks for all the emails

  • by Bryan
  • March 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT women Rockin' the two X chromosomes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  

  there enough air for everybody to breathe?" Just as I've never noticed a ... MIT student. I think the reason this question comes to mind are ... began taking steps to remedy the situation. 2. The Larry Summers thing. 3

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 20, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Cross-Cultural Conference

  

  to expect, but here are some of the topics they are planning on covering: History of Diversity@MIT 1861 to present Cross

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty sick of grad school interviews. I've been extremely lucky to interview at all of the top five programs in ... recent trip has brought me to the San Francisco bay area to interview at UC

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Decisions Are Not In The Mail Bad language on MyMIT.

  

  Hi folks, I see in the comments from my last entry that MyMIT is telling people that decisions have been mailed. I've asked the tech folks to ... language didn't get updated as it was supposed to. Hopefully this will be

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Double Edged Sword On Time Magazine's article titled: "Are We Losing Our Edge?"

  

  article is that the US is no longer the superpower when it comes to ... there's tremendous economic pressure to suck you away from what is perhaps ... if you go into science, especially as a woman. You have to worry about

  • by Bryan
  • February 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I, Robot "Turn it, leave it, stop- format it. Technologic." IAP Robotics competitions wrap up.

  

  Today, most of the IAP robotics competitions begin to wrap up. They include: 6.186: MasLab 6.270: Autonomous Robot Design Competition 6 ... has been staying up until all hours of the night trying to refine his

  • by Bryan
  • February 2, 2006