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• Blog / Hacks

  Hackapult Sieges The Dome

  

  river to — past the giant catapult.    Yes, there was a hack - a ... . One of the lovely things about my office is that I have a window under the Great Dome, overlooking Killian Court. It's a beautiful view

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  a cup of tea on his way to fight an invisible space bear the printer ... rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the lounge. The highest bidder named Destiny after his daughter. Destiny as a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What it’s like being back

  

  've had a lot to do and thus unsurprisingly, I've kept pretty busy. Yes ... to and from California twice more, and to Arkansas once. (Frequent flier miles would've been a good idea.) I spent the last week and a half

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  to the commuter rail from campus via the red line - just go a few stops ... I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Orthostatic Tolerance [by Ken Haggerty '11] It might not be such a bad idea to visit this…

  

  , though, is interdiscplinary in nature and stems from a desire to establish ... educators. Tavares chose calcium carbonate because, in addition to being a ... " (2010): India ink on Mylar®. I will admit upfront that I am a bit, if

  • by ARTalk
  • June 23, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  've learned in linguistics applied to Tagalog. Phonology is the study of a ... in a language's words. This semester, I'm taking 24.901 Introduction to ... , exactly, is a phoneme? There's substance to this question. For example, when

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  . Prefrosh will have the opportunity to battle in a giant wrestling pit made of ... This Sunday is the infamous East Side Party, which is open to the MIT ... working on over the past week. Some of these science experiments include a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  She came in through the bathroom window. The greatest construction project in the history of MIT--yes, even greater than Simmons Hall.

  

  ...but she won't have to do that anymore, now she can just go in the Infinite like the rest of campus. It's a historic summer at MIT, for facilities has finally decided to recognize the Institute's gender balance with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Firehose Warning: insomniac blogger on the loose.

  

  education has been compared to taking a drink from a firehose, but that reason ... of my time immersed in the intricacies of addition reactions to alkenes ... chemistry), not to mention the peculiarities of second-order ordinary

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 19, 2008
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Subtle Art of Being Unhosed what i've learned and what i'm still working on

  

  on a bunch of applications for something that I’m not ready to announce ... ’m working on now, I’ll eventually get to a point where I have the time to ... to do, whether it’s a chore around the house or something for work. So

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • August 1, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Reference Frames Vision - of the present and for the future - is powerful

  

  , which will ultimately pale in comparison to what awaits. It's not a time ... disconsolate if you didn't. It's a time to speculate on what you'll do next, and ... . If you can do that to just a handful of people, imagine what you can do

  • by Emad T. '14
  • March 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Mocha Show ’22: Mo’Mixtape creating and performing a dance showcase, from start to finish

  

  and from 12-6 on the weekends. a dance is assigned to each hour slot, so ... everyone"]cleaning[/annotation]. it's a lot of work, but so satisfying to do ... practice (in red). as you can see, there's a lot of running from studio to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • February 16, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  ) that I was eager to learn Old English. In a nutshell, Prof. Bahr said "well, if you find a critical mass of 5+ who quasi-commit to take it, I ... of the Old English epic Beowulf, and in this class you will learn to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  10 ft from Hasan Minhaj D R E A M S D O C O M E T R U…

  

  his homecoming tour. Keep in mind, this is a person I’ve been wanting to ... immigration conversations, the Q&A session gave us the opportunity to ... make it dope. It's being able to have a heart-to-heart with anyone and

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let the good times roll here is where my summer adventures take place

  

  Public Service Center to intern with a non-profit in Hawaii on the Big ... to create a "Think Local First" campaign^^ for this island. I’m working ... was created to local businesses gathering their interest in a venture

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • June 18, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  happy palindrome week! conventions, patterns, palindromes

  

  of a week-and-a-half of them, running from 9/10/19 to 9/19/19. While ... noting on a blog read by students aspiring to study at a school fascinated ... would be fair to call Nick a palindrome enthusiast; indeed, also a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2019
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a ... cause big traffic delays to the train line in question. When a major ... these speeches, according to a NHK (Japanese national channel) news report

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Adventures in Math Conversations in the world of math.

  

  in the math community. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ... run the San Diego Math Circle, which I had a chance to visit. A Math ... even more Q&A fun. And finally tonight, what better link to leave

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  All the 2020 i3 videos megapost your annual Interactive Introduction to the Institute

  

  As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing assignment process, rising first years typically consult MIT guide to residences while choosing where to live. This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 10, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  MIT and Slavery a developing history, and a live webcast

  

  , we must attend to some newly uncovered facts from our past. A ... a brief break from committee to attend a live webcast and discussion ... to the community: To the members of the MIT community, At MIT, we

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 16, 2018