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  Policies, Principles, and Protests thinking about responsible citizenship in a time of student protests

  

  rescinded if they are disciplined for joining the protests, while other ... from MIT solely on the basis of being disciplined for participating in a ... passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • February 22, 2018
• Blog / Events

  Super Blood Moon Eclipse bonnie tyler would be proud

  

  already makes for a memorable life event, just because the next one won ... moment was something for the books, for the memories you recount to your ... while I stare up at the sky. I break out of my reverie and I cant help but

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The leftmost station on your dial WMBR = awesome campus radio

  

  ignore the paper for another 42 minutes and watch this week's episode of ... ,000 to WTBS in exchange for the call letters. The deal worked out, WTBS ... /Harvard/Boston community have regular weekly shows, some of which have been on the air for

  • by Keri G. '10
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Staying sane and strong during a pandemic with help from some engineer friends

  

  't want to wait for the next cycle to begin before I told this collaborative ... and how to take risks. But the most important and fulfilling thing for ... essay for the Toast, "it never gets easier, you just get stronger," which

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 22, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what work is bite-sized senior spring

  

  for me, but not in the conventional sense. i'm insanely comfortable ... Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT). one of the ... for so long, and i'm excited and terrified to see where the chips will

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • February 10, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Chose MIT On deciding where to go, now that you're in

  

  you will live away from your parents for potentially the first time in ... , or, in this blog post, your home for the next four years—it seems to me ... visited Caltech, but I didn't want to pay for or sit through the flight from

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 29, 2012
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  If some of you have been reading the blogs for a while, then you may ... particularly counterintuitive for most Americans--how can digging into the ground ... ) for the Muti region. I knew it was simple enough that there were people

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Challenges

  i don’t want to say goodbye sorry sad blog incoming

  

  microcontrollers instead of late night baking in the chaotic Tetazoo kitchen for the ... glance at the East Campus that I knew and loved and left for the airport ... tensions between China and the US and Taiwan, who knows for how long borders

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • May 24, 2023
• Blog / About Decisions

  Take a Load Off Quoting The Band's "The Weight" should make the wait bearable

  

  talked about humanity as a perk; that is, the admissions office has high ... in. But part of being human means acknowledging some limitations. For ... is visible from my awesome double.As much as I would've liked for it to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • December 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things Charles Has Made fare thee well, rocket powered roller skates

  

  engineering. But he's probably best known around campus for being the King of ... . Congratulations on your graduation, Charles - and thanks for all of the dangerously ... So the other day I was reading an article on slashdot about

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Institute of Smashing What do you think MIT and a garbage compactor have in common?

  

  Webster's dictionary has two entries for the word smashing when used ... :   It's good for you   You see, in the many conversations I ... 's only pay attention to the dominant traits. For students who are

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 29, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Mark Zuckerberg Visits MIT NBD.

  

  had been drawn for the lottery to see him and Mike Schroepfer (VP of ... advance for all the shakiness. Here is ~10 minutes from the 1 hour talk ... sense of horror. Take, for instance, the way he responds to the question

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • November 14, 2011
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  also got Facebook accounts for the first time. OK, enough about pre-2007 ... been waiting for? Bryan’s life after the blogs Big secret: I actually ... irresponsible waiting until the last minute. This was all for some godforsaken

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Taking the L On "failure" at a place like MIT.

  

  school, so I didn't study for it. I already know the material, right? I can ... you could at MIT, to the dumbest class there was for the most ... was so wrong!! 8.01 L was 1000% the correct choice for me. The class

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • October 16, 2024
• Blog / Challenges

  Love In the Time of Corona lots of evidence that the people are the best part of MIT

  

  have been organizing food drives and donation collections for the ... . Thank you for being selfless, resilient and kind. To the graduating seniors, thank you for all you have done in the past four years to make MIT

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • March 15, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  Some More Pi Day Facts and Advice You thought all that was over, didn't you?

  

  around my dormitory on pi day and filmed the residents of Simmons Hall ... you will all enjoy it! It is a bit belated, but all the footage was ... , no matter where you are going. This is a video for pre-frosh in general

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 23, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  We Should Take This Final and Push It Somewhere Else you'll need a lot of mOXie

  

  semester, I have already taken a final exam. In the midst of sitting down for ... usually at the end of the semester, occasionally mid-semester for half ... , you Will Not Leave This Bed, and simply do not show up for the final. As

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • February 14, 2020
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Why I wasn’t sad to leave MIT On shedding.

  

  leave the Boston area for graduate school. I think that those two questions have the same answer. When I arrived as a freshman, I signed up for ... contrast, did a UROP in the same solid state physics lab for nearly his

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 31, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Steady-state Equilibrium Featuring screaming as stress relief

  

  was refreshing, and I’d been staring at my computer for the last… well ... midterm exams so far this semester - and at least one per week for the last ... , overlap each other, blot out the sun, and consume my entire life for a few

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Featured Blogs

  Cozy Hobbit Times, Cozy Hobbit Food

  

  you’ve had; on the other hand my wish for you is that through storms and ... best as I can remember, it was three cups water to one cup barley for the hulled version, 5.5 cups water to one cup for the other, cooking til water

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • January 14, 2016