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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Thirteen Theses on Wide Tim In a world which really is topsy-turvy, the true is a moment of the false.

  

  from the preface and first thirteen theses of Guy Debord’s classic The ... consumption. The spectacle’s form and content are identically the total justification of the existing system’s conditions and goals. The spectacle is also

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 23, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  Take Care of Us asking for change

  

  ="aligncenter" width="4096"] art from alina s. '24 that summarizes what i'm talking about ... overwhelmed and it's difficult having to look 2025s in the face and say 'Yeah, I ... 2025s that MIT is good most days, just not this particular day. I am

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 12, 2021
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  taylor swift songs as applicants emergency evermore post

  

  But there was one prize I'd cheat to win The uptight honors student who’s applying to the entire U.S. News & World Report Top 20 universities ... , "Well, it's made for me" The kid who’s ready to figure out who they are

  • by Rona W. '23
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Digging through old bookmarks time for some blasts from the past

  

  nonsensical, or the way mathematicians often hold obvious truths at arm’s length, scrutinizing them with a skeptical eye and asking “How do we really know it’s ... to now, still one of my favorites. Say yes to things. It’s okay to

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • October 18, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  it’s not the same, but it’s still home back at MIT

  

  —and all the memories and friends we’d made there. There’s a wooden sign ... to make and new stories to tell. It’s not the same, but it’s still home.

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 7, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Starting Over it feels like this every time but this time it's different

  

  Yamato’s. I want a full, productive year working on my UROP. I want to see people’s faces and eat snacks together at lab meetings and I want to be ... tunnels anymore, and it’s much harder now to make spontaneous lunch plans or

  • by Alex M. '21
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  warmth feelings i miss

  

  while the sprinkler showered us. the memory’s linked most closely with ... the presence of others. and yeah, it’s not as if i haven’t been ... me now. yeah, that’s it. i guess this post is just to say that i miss

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • July 27, 2020
• Blog / People & Identities

  senior appreciation post in which i rant about my idol

  

  , an imposter syndrome so strong and unavoidable that it’s impossible to ... can stop her hair growing back every time she cuts it. It’s as if she ... , waistlines be damned. Of course she would always foot the bill because she’s

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • June 15, 2020
• Blog / Public Statements

  A letter from President Reif regarding George Floyd and Minneapolis

  

  moment, this afternoon’s graduation celebration will offer us all the ... . At this moment, let’s do what we can. I believe a place to begin is by ... humanity’s greatest challenges. A community where we aspire always to treat

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 29, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  danceAP IAP: wonderful. sore muscles: not

  

  ! it’s 10-1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and although classes go by quickly ... each class, but it’s all so informative that i enjoy doing it. i ... on those during the day. that’s a lot of dance fam   i’m really

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  A Mentor to Remember – Patrick Winston (1943-2019) Celebrating Professor Winston

  

  early this morning”.   It’s really difficult for me to process that ... his mentoring had on me, particularly that year. Since it’s been five ... Mentoring Award May 2015[/caption] President Reif: "... Patrick’s humanity

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • July 24, 2019
• Blog / Challenges

  Somewhere in between Trying to find out where I belong at MIT

  

  are still a very integral part of my life. Seeing my friend’s tiny ... , engineers, computer scientists, biologists, finance people… whatever that’s ... UNTIL FOREVER!!!! Here are some glow up pictures of some 19s from

  • by Ben O. '19
  • May 13, 2019
• Blog / About Decisions

  Hesitations about Choosing MIT our experience

  

  prospective 2023’s message expressing hesitation about choosing MIT. I think a ... help somehow, if you are still thinking about what to do on May 1st. Let’s ... met at CPW, convinced us to comMIT. Despite CPW’s reassurance, we did

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • April 28, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  To All the Blogs I’ve Loved Before Hello? Is this thing on?

  

  , managing my boss’s schedule, and generally making sure our office was a ... fiction, because after reading applications all day, it’s all my brain can ... of you, it might be your first time learning to tell your story, and it’s

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • December 12, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  3 / A team effort Roll Tech: Your newest Intercollegiate High Team silver medalists!

  

  ride was [annotation note="While our fellow '19s were dancing the night ... between events and [annotation note="S C R E A M I N G !"]cheering on

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • November 12, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  wisdom that perfectly summarize MIT’s spirit of collaboration: “Each of you ... puts it, “A poet who learns Mother Nature’s laws likely becomes a better ... program is clear from the millions of FIRST alumni, including 20% of MIT’s

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  the obvious reasons though. It’s the people here and their hearts that ... together to make it better. It’s working hard and playing hard. It’s giving

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • October 8, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Sentimental Objects (part one) random trinkets from freshman year

  

  ) Five Rubber Ducks that we got from the living group ET during last year’s ... referencing Bob’s Burger! Allan being Gene, Danny being Loise, and our friend ... Danny’s partner in Visual Computing (4.520) gave him 25) A folded bag

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • September 29, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT (Turbo)Votes making voting easier by/for MIT students

  

  made MIT TurboVote a reality, in part because the small team that’s ... deadline. With financial support from the Chancellor’s Office, the Student ... more than 600 people registered across the U.S. that week and even more

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Case of the Considerate Robbers and other winter adventures

  

  a brief respite from the gray smoke spewing from Santiago’s factories ... constituents, a worthy cause in today’s political climate. I met MIT people I ... circus conventions, all on MISTI’s dime.   In case you don't know

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • August 3, 2017