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  The Secret Life Of Marilee Jones Sam is the funniest, though... BOTB and CPW Feedback.

  

  supportive punch in the face. Tim the Beaver goes crowd-surfing. Marilee ... to see Tim the Beaver crowd surf and listen to Marilee on the ... see you in the fall!

  • by Bryan
  • April 9, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Chocolate!!! The MIT student group The Laboratory for Chocolate Science is featured in today's Boston Globe.

  

  described:   Founded in 2003, the MIT Laboratory for Chocolate Science ... , appreciation of, and indulgence in our favorite substance to the community.   In today's (Wednesday's) edition of the Boston Globe, the second major

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 8, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW at Random Hall! Plus lots of awesome advice from MIT students!

  

  upperclassmen being dunked in water. I remember hugging Tim the Beaver and pulling ... count over that weekend was in the single digits and I still remember a ... -cream events than I really should! But despite how much of MIT I soaked in, I

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 10, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  MIT. Howso? Well, 18 is the number of years in a row that the Nobel ... 't believe me? Check out the timeline. This year's Nobel Prize in Economics ... ", or the costs attendant to searching for employment in down labor

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Her Awesomeness), who is temporarily blogging in the TIM the Beaver blog before settling into her own blog here in about a month.  I don ... being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Three cheers for the MIT Marching Band Is the band ready? You bet they are.

  

  final score was 49-6. It's apparently the worst loss in over 15 years. It ... into an elevator in the student center, then playing "We Are The ... the entire show 30 minutes before the beginning of the game. In high

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 24, 2005
• Blog / Research & Work Abroad

  love in the time of unlimited data against kindness as utility

  

  In Milan I was constantly toeing the line between speaking solely in ... , and being so insistent on communicating in Italian that it posed a ... intimidating-looking cafe I saw in the neighborhood of my hotel, asked for a

  • by Kai V. '25
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  Tim Is So Beautiful to me

  

  things in a big, bulky beaver suit. So this video is for you, Rodrigo. A ... I began writing the script in July 2011. We started filming in September. We recorded the music in March. We premiered in in April. That

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 19, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Guest Post: Where to Buy Food: MIT Groceries Guide Because eating textbooks gets expensive.

  

  buy most of my produce here. Since I live in East Campus, I have enough time in between classes to buy groceries and go back to the dorm. If you ... spices in bulk because it’s cheaper than buying containers of spices and

  • by Erick P. '17
  • September 3, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  Bienvenidos a Miami Updates from South Florida.

  

  ), including a beaver (go MIT!) carved for them. Left: The EC Breakfast in Miami. Right: the Gluck's Beaver/Eagle totem. In my meetings here in Florida, I ... Yesterday, I held a Central Meeting in South Miami, Florida. We were

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 12, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Why is it called the Brass Rat?

  It's the goal of every incoming student at MIT to get their own Brass Rat—MIT's version of a class ring. The phrase "Brass Rat" is derived from the alleged resemblance of the brass beaver featured on the ring to
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Why didn’t MIT have a logo until 2003? tracing the history of MIT's logo and graphic identity

  

  interviews Tim himself. The beaver was officially chosen as the mascot in ... nocturnal. He does his best work in the dark." […] The first beaver costume ... week. In 2014, Tim the Beaver celebrated his 100th birthday, to CAC

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 22, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  If you give a girl an assignment… ...she's going to ask if she can blog about it.

  

  blogosphere, rest assured you’re in the right place. It is Elizabeth here. There ... past couple weeks – his sonnets and in particular, Romeo and Juliet – and ...  was made in the 90’s by Baz Luhrmann (who also directed Moulin Rouge! and

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 2, 2011
• Blog / Challenges

  Happy Valley and the Sandusky Scandal Penn State, Joe Paterno, State College: the stories you've heard and the town—my hometown—behind them.

  

  Two weeks ago, while visiting my family in State College, I got to see some images in Old State Clothing Co. that probably seem sad and ironic to an outsider. “Believe deep down in your heart that you are

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Movies Emeritus out with the old, in with the older

  

  applications are due by August 1st! As in Monday! Get them in on time so that I have something to read next week in addition to furiously refreshing ... Belichick. In other admissions news, we just posted some old movies about MIT

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 29, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  PSA: how to take the Bebras Computing Challenge this fall

  

  computational thinking. Founded in Lithuania in 2004, it has now spread to more ... than 50k in the United States last year. One thing I like about Bebras USA is that it has really has taken root in the midwest and mountain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Historic Boston This entry may be a little long . . .

  

  About a month ago I got a comment in one of my entries that read ... in the morning is amazing. Then go to Bunker Hill and climb the stairs ... along with it. That's right, your comments actually affect what happens in

  • by Snively '11
  • July 21, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Chalk of the Week chalk art at the welcome center

  

  This summer, I got a side gig to put up chalk art in the Welcome ... life into the tourist scene on campus. Week 1 Drawing: Tim the Beaver ... there's flames in the background! For no reason! Prompt: "Where are you

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • July 27, 2022
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  's Tuesday and I'm already back in Boston. Today, I proclaimed it Beaver Day ... . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... , but it was true. So I walked around the airport like the bird in the

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Reno/Sacramento wrap-up The latest from the West Coast.

  

  accomplishment that experts in the field recognize as significant and has the ... wonderful things for education in this country. While I was in Reno, I also ... air ballons. There was even a beaver named Bud E. Beaver (TIM the Beaver

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 10, 2006