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• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  : ----------------------------- Construction in Back Alley Next to Bexley Dorm Hello, I'm wondering how long ... my window. Said it was coming down anyhow and didn't want anyone to get ... ignoring my noise complaint more in any way? Thanks :( sorry to be whiny

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  another day of summer ♬ ba-ba-da-ba da-ba-da-ba ♬

  

  Sloan lab that I stumbled upon during a desperate mid-April I need-to-get ... to help... Eventually, I get back to work. I have to fill out a weekly ... dorm's role in COVID-19 developments; e.g. how the dorm will be utilized

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • June 18, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Astronomy in Paradise Lost I can't resist.

  

  means by "magnitude." In astronomy, we use the word "magnitude" to ... to light for a deeper kind of sight, in my favorite passage of the book ... of our home planet in Book II and you'll see what I mean: "And fast by

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 27, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  ’t get in trouble.” “No Mom, we did not get in trouble.” There was the ... their spelling exam.” “In that case, how were your—“ In the twins’ room ... -filled protein balloons to drop into a chute in the wall. They scurried over the

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Fuji: Not Your Grandma’s Mountain I guess if we're being honest here there were actually a lot of grandmas climbing…

  

  stopped to get some of the best hot chocolate I have ever had in my life ... Station that we were literally standing in line to get to the top of the ... my underwear, and ready to throw in the really, really wet towel I was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Pulsar Discoveries How to discover a pulsar.

  

  In 1965, Jocelyn Bell arrived at Cambridge University to earn her Ph ... 're intending to look at . Basically, it's extraneous, hard to get rid of, and the ... in orbit around the Sun, which causes the Sun to take four minutes

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 30, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  anticipated it being difficult to get back into the swing of things but was ... Equations. It's too early to tell exactly how manageable this class will be ... required. Enrollment limited with preference given to students in the Media

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Whew! A brief interlude before I go back to studying.

  

  a harsh mistress. But I'd like to use this post to get back into the ... . After my abysmal performance in ICE back in the fall, I decided to put my ... around in his daddy's shoes pretending to be a grown up. Now I feel like I

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • March 10, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Stories from High School you wouldn't want to be caught with MMS

  

  to give in to Lukman—I estimate about 99% of us bought from him at some point—had to find a way to cook the ramen in the absence of kettles. We ... bit of ramen in those extended palms, a mother forced to feed children

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • February 5, 2017
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  some thoughts i have a few

  

  't know, glassblowing is a notoriously difficult class to get into. You have to go to semesterly lotteries and enter your name in and only about 10 ... situations are, how each group has such a strong and rich culture to it

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 10, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  winter things a sampling of IAP plans around campus

  

  'm just getting a stick figure to "walk", but we in the research world like ... allows undergraduates to work with professors and in research labs to ... calligraphy class where you get to learn different strokes, characters and

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Challenges

  Centimeters to Inches A Guest Post by the talented Antonella Masini '21

  

  stepped down from the plane and learned how to laugh Typing “h”s instead of ... ... How could she know what an ounce of milk was supposed to look?   ... enough to describe the excruciating pain that she felt in her heart

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • May 4, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Blinky Lights (Part I) An example of how I go about building things.

  

  becomes cheaper to get it for the whole day, so we threw in a trip to IKEA ... And I'm back! I'm determined to make up for not posting at all in the last month by being incredibly prolific in the next. I expect this to

  • by Evan B. '10
  • September 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  somewhere in between trying to figure out why the little birds on my ceiling ... are hammering in morse code and are repreatedly trying to tell you ... for me to get into the class if only I showed up for class on the first

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Blog Projects

  [Announcement] The MIT Bloggers are hosting an AMA! Ask us anything this Friday and Saturday!

  

  get to everybody, but we'll try to answer as many questions as we can ... /IAmA subreddit."]AMA ("Ask Me Anything")[/annotation] on April 18 (9 AM EST) to ... AM, I'm going to make a post (on the MIT Blogs) called "ASK US (the MIT

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • April 15, 2025
• Blog / MIT Life

  The CrimZone. there are 2 impostors at harvard

  

  Orientation, when I decided on a whim to get a Harvard library card, which is ... wanted to get a library card, came with me and we both got our cards fresh ... is for getting students to go to Harvard's sports events. We had to

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • September 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  10 / Field trip Art, science, and agriculture in Palestine

  

  To set the mood: Feeling Blue   "When I'm in New York I listen to Palestinian hip hop, but when I'm in Palestine, I listen to the ... getting myself into. The syllabus sounded interesting, and I wanted to do

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • April 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2nd Half of IAP a quick and slightly belated list

  

  in the Burton Conner TV room, but after an hour of failing to get the ... e d ! ! ! ! 8) Allan: I went to a freind's housewarming, and in true introverted fashion, quickly met someone to talk to while we began partaking in

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 13, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  train of thought on feeling deeply

  

  large swathes of time to feel and think deeply at MIT. When you’re in a ... time to cry. This fucking pset is due in an hour. Maybe you’ll crystalize ... and getting to witness the vibrant art, poetry, and theater scenes of

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • July 26, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  given day. We get off talking about just how screwed up black holes are ... recapped the whole semester in preparation for the final. To the tune of ... to go to class. ("Next Monday, I promise!") Great! Good. Get into MIT

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006