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  Goodbye, for now

  

  Regular readers may know that I’ve admired Apple’s design philosophies for some time.  (Regular friends are well aware of this, and are also sick of me talking about it.  By…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 28, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  This is my spork.

  

  There are many like it, but this one is mine. My spork has been high into the mountains, across desert islands, into Stata Cafe, and everywhere in between.   It’s…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 20, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blogging My Way to a Passionate Life On writing, during and after MIT.

  

  on a D.C. metro platform to wild architectural proposals and all the ... on the same subject, how commenters (!!!) will respond. Autumn in D.C ... I realize it matters a lot. Three shots I took during a D.C. summer

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Adventures in Time Travel (in the Library)

  

  Cory and I paused for about an hour and a half while looking for Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke in the Hayden library stacks this afternoon. This is the weekly magazine The Nation. This is the first half of

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 1, 2014
• Blog / Events

  twerking, MIT style need more be said?

  

  Welcome to another edition of MIT Students Can Be Artsy™, aka We Do More Than Psets! Really!™, aka Things to Do On Saturday Nights at MIT™! Aside from a cappella,…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 8, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A…an…uh…a cappella concert? MIT's got non-Petri dish culture, too

  

  A cappella is one of those things that is really weird to type.  It’s one phrase – “a cappella”, Italian for “in the manner of the church” (thanks, Wikipedia) –…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I GOT TWENTY DOLLARS IN MY POCKET (because I got a press pass to SpringFest 2013, of course. photos inside!)

  

  As Matt wrote earlier, today was SpringFest 2013!  Or, to put it in technical terms, a really dope* concert with Macklemore and Ra Ra Riot. *note that the MIT Admissions…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 27, 2013
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT honors Officer Sean Collier (photoblog) photos from today's memorial service

  

  Police officers from across the country as well as other mourners turned out by the thousands today for a memorial service to honor fallen MIT officer Sean Collier. Law enforcement…

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 24, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Days in the Life In which I overuse Instagram.

  

  OF MY LIFE. 1c) A quick dinner is followed by MITSO rehearsal. I ... instructor for my hilariously shameful theory knowledge. 2c) Bolted from piano ... new TVs, drilling, design, programming... 3c) ...I mean, normal, right

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 15, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Truth About Science comic-style.

  

  So the good news is that the series of scientific mishaps I blogged about last week no longer exist. Yay, happy dance: (Devin ’13 showed me this video a while back…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • July 22, 2011
• Blog / Events

  150. We're in the news!

  

  F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D. My last final is over, my boxes are packed, and I need to check in for my flight home in six hours. My one-week-old brass rat is physical proof…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • May 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Presenting MIT’s Newest Truman Scholar! Yeah, I know I've been blogging a lot this week - but believe me, you…

  

  During my freshman orientation many, many months ago, I came across a girl named Anjali Thakkar: My first thought when I met her was, “Whatttt. How can one person be…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • April 7, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Like Never Before Kevin Rustagi '11 talks about the MIT LMC and then some.

  

  Hey you guys! I recently had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Rustagi ’11 and interviewing him at the Guitar Center about his club: the MIT LMC (Live Music Connection). To…

  • by Celena C. '12
  • August 30, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Beginning of the End & the end of some beginnings

  

  Do you know what it’s like to only have two classes left to graduate? There’s a feeling that goes something like “ugh, if only I’d taken more classes in previous…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Class Projects

  Watch our robot grow up! Grow robot grow!

  

  -ball-nomming beasty. http://twitter.com/c2bot Definitely be tuned in to the feed on

  • by Snively '11
  • January 12, 2010
• Blog / Hacks

  Nice Try, Caltech Hacks > Pranks :D

  

  From today’s edition of the Tech: Caltech Students Pull Part of a Hack at MIT I managed to snag one of the fake papers that, as the article mentioned, were…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • December 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  Aside from classrooms and auditoriums and dorms, MIT also plays host to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  As the MIT EA deadline approached last year, I remember reading over my essays obsessively, fine-tuning my sentences, changing words, and asking others for advice. It got to the point…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  You should live in EAsT camPUS A few of the basic things to know.

  

  What sets MIT’s East Campus apart from other dorms of the college type? 1. You can learn how to cook. What better way to learn how than to live in…

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • July 31, 2009
• Blog / Events

  July 4th Pictorial FIREWORKS!

  

  So where did I decide to watch the fireworks from? C! The MIT Sailing Pavillion Now I'll tell you why, after I show you everything else. Generic picture of the boats lined up on the Charles River for the fireworks

  • by Bryan
  • July 7, 2006