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• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Struggles Starring a broken scanner and the Urban Dictionary

  

  had a lot more work than usual. As a freshman, I don’t think I’m ... week seems benign. But I’m only a freshman, so I’ll take my Hell Weeks in ... until winter break, I’m downright giddy. The only thing that stands

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Weekend Shenanigans the adventures (and photographs) continue

  

  (guess I'm a California boy at heart). Back on topic. That night, at 8 ... , an extremely colorful bhangra performance, and many more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. People came all the way from Harvard and Wellesley to

  • by Allan K. '17
  • October 20, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Day of Classes Published exactly 4 weeks after the first day of classes. My bad.

  

  Like Allan, I'm obsessed with taking notes. I'm also obsessed with handwriting. In sixth grade, Megan P. sat next to me in science class and had ... other department, as far as I'm aware. I have the great fortune of having

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 2, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  All The World’s A Stage On theatre and artsy stuff

  

  love. (That, and the fact that I try and go to every MIT show that I’m ... … But I’m still on the Dramashop exec mailing list, and have been getting ... , ghost light.) I’m also on the tech-ninjas mailing list for the

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • September 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A Study Break. Or two or three. Or four. I think you get the idea.

  

  -sized bag of M&Ms. Sunday is waffles. Monday is Insomnia cookies. Tuesday ... brain intent on quarreling with one another. I’m not ashamed to say that ... , confusion means I’m learning, and isn’t that what I came here to do? So I re

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • September 21, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Kindred Spirits or, "Making Friends"

  

  Here's the thing about me: I'm naturally an introvert. Talking to ... : "...Noooooo, he looks busy, maybe I'm bothering him. I'll just sit over here by ... around you. I'm beginning to truly appreciate the fact that the pool of MIT

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 19, 2013
• Blog / Events

  A not-so-typical day in the post-FYRE life Reporting live from ESP's Firestorm

  

  Saturday August 31. - I'm sitting in 4-237 (a classroom with nice tiered ... with Silly Names -Hairy Ball Theorem You can probably guess which one I'm ... magnets. I'm not joking." Good stuff. *     *     * Today began with a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 7, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Bit About Me Growing up on a healthy diet of prime time television and MMORPGs

  

  I'm what you'd call a product of prime time television. In my ... computer. At this point you're probably wondering if I'm going to dictate my ... to the question "Nat, what are you doing this summer?". I'm working in

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 22, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Disco balls in space From an antique bookstore to Drive-By Truckers, and back

  

  went. I'm not sure whether he was startled because I remembered him, or ... 's moons, and I'm studying the dead corpses of stars. Pulsars. "Pulsars ... " is an awesome analogy. Hey everyone, my name is Anna. I'm a radio

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 5, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Sal Khan, Gabriel Abrantes, and the Man in the Shiny Red Satan Suit Yesterday was crazy, or: How to Quit your Job, Learn Everything, and Think about Art

  

  arms in the air, and yells: "I'm SATAN!" The man at the register looks ... a creator. I cringe when someone says 'I'm not good at engineering; I'm

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • May 10, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Jellyfishing and other ways to recruit people to your organizations

  

  's too late for clever puns, but I'm posting anyway!  Presently, I’m sitting here on Saturday night (well I guess it ... I’m doing in the skills I applied on any given day — I don

  • by Stanley G.
  • March 10, 2013
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Two Valentine’s Day Serenades Happiness and hearts and the MIT Logarhythms and Muses in cell biology!

  

  Harry Potter series. I’m in Slytherin.) I’m thrilled that Professor ... serenade from last year that I found on YouTube. (I’m endlessly floored by

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Lace, Gourmet Candy and Dorothy an inside look into the most fabulous internship in san francisco

  

  this IAP?" "Oh, you know. I'm working at a startup in San Francisco ... , and I'm slowly accomplishing all of them. This happens to be an amazing ... two weeks left in the Bay -- but I'm making the most of it. :) More

  • by Connie H. '15
  • January 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The little things My last blog post as a teenager! See you when I'm 20.

  

  my whiteboard - I'm an idiot and didn't copy it down, but it read ... and three additoinal pieces of chocolate to the door. Again, I'm an ... I was applying for the program. More specifically: "I'm delighted to

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 27, 2012
• Blog / Personal Travel

  June and Flaky Biscuits The first part of an epic summer and food, bien sur.

  

  telling people that I'm a blogger. (Which I then question due to my recent ... reason I'm writing this right now is because Snively '11 sent an email to ... I don't get a flaky biscuit, Moving on: I'm BACK! I love being back

  • by Ana V. '15
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Challenges

  Why So Serious? On Keeping Life in Perspective

  

  due. I've honestly felt like I've had a "Hell month." But don't worry, I'm ... feel like I'm in that situation, I keep running. I tell myself it's all ... wrenching month, I've ultimately come to the realization that I'm just taking

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • March 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  High Class Brass [✔] Order a Brass Rat [✔] Feel swanky [ ] Become Iron Man

  

  -shirts, and other MIT paraphernalia, primarily because I'm much older (and well ... Manus style of learning at MIT; and a general, well, sentiment that I'm ... Institute. In the meantime, I'm polishing up a nice spot on my hand, where I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 17, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I Love MIT And why you should

  

  /No Record :(. But no worries, I'm back on the blogosphere. Since today is ... I'm a little undecided about straight 2 or 2A-6, a hybrid of ... definitely already claimed the title of "Favorite Class of the Semester", I'm

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • February 14, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Home is Where the Heart is In which I speak only in trite cliches.

  

  perfect, considering it's that time of year again. No, I'm not talking about holiday cheer, goodwill toward men, and all that; I'm referring to rooms ... another perspective to the mix. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place I

  • by Tom R. '14
  • December 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  excuse, nor is it a particularly unique one, but that’s the story I’m ... a.m. walks back to Baker House became my norm this semester. So, the ... blogging, but not necessarily in that order (I’m woefully behind schedule on

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011