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  I Moved Off Campus A story told by cat gifs

  

  Last year, I made a HUGE decision. I decided to move off of MIT's campus. You may be asking the big question - WHYYYYYYY????? East Campus, for all it's glory, is no longer my home. Danny B. '15 wrote about how

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 2, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  Pi on Pie So much pi[e].

  

  This past Thursday on my birthday my floor BMF organized that week’s Random Hall weekly-ish study break. In honor of Pi Day Irina O. ’15 and Luisa B. ’16 baked from scratch 1.909859317102744... π pies (and I did

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • March 13, 2015
• Blog / How to Food

  A Continuing Experiment in Cooperative Eating or, every food picture I have ever posted from pika

  

  The streets are paved with slush, everything is cold, and my pajamas have penguins on them. It is decidedly winter. But at pika, it’s spring rush. This means feasts and…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 3, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  An Olympic Hack Floating rings above Brigg's Field?

  

  Upon entering MIT, every freshman gets a list of “101 Things To Do Before You Graduate”, which varies a slightly by academic year (for example: 2011 and 2008.) On the…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Events

  How to have dinner with your Professor and have it paid for by the UA!

  

  Organic Chemistry is notoriously hard. But what isn’t hard is having dinner with your organic chemistry professor– which can be sponsored by MIT’s Undergraduate Association! “WAIT FREE FOOD?” That’s right.…

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • November 25, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  Quarrying Around Ice skating in an underground tunnel

  

  e-mail from one of our alums, Mitch B. '03, about an underground Ice

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • February 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  For Applicants Admitsphere.org, four hens, two ducks, best wishes and high regard from Mac-town, Oregon

  

  I know it’s late in the college application season–the deadline is near and the pressure is on–but for all of you who are still typing away at your application essays,…

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • December 27, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Imagination there is no place i know...

  

  making of MIT Imagination, along with some b-roll and a montage of mascot

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 1, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  9000 Words This post doesn't have 'em.

  

  Figure 1. Life outside of classes. A) Study break to make Matt (or rather, Papa Matt!) a congratulatory card. B) On Wednesdays and Fridays, I have class from noon to 4, so I usually eat lunch during my documentary

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • December 9, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  It’s a stressful time. Finals are starting, decisions are coming out in less than twenty four hours… Doesn’t it just make you wish you could take your mind off of…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s on my mind *insert witty caption here*

  

  It’s been a busy week, and I’ve still got a lot on my mind. As long as I can remember, I’ve found that writing things down is one of my…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Summer’s End To everything there is a season.

  

  Yesterday, I finished my UROP. I cleaned up my bench, double-checked all my saved strains of yeast, handed my notebook to my post-doc, had a quick exit interview with my…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 9, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Live Kernel Patching System An MIT alum and graduate student just released a system for applying Linux kernel updates…

  

  This is partially a plug for a friend of mine, but it’s also a really cool system that I think some of you might like. Ksplice is system for automatically…

  • by Evan B. '10
  • April 23, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  Eye Of The Storm Reflections in the brief moment between the last hours of selection committee and the release…

  

  ! I'm thinking about you. -B

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  While You Wait… ...why not play Brawl?

  

  For those who don’t yet know, two important, possibly life-shattering announcements: 1. MIT decisions will be released online at noon this Saturday, March 15 (Pi Day + 1). Best of…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dark Side of the Moon And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the…

  

  So in case you didn’t know, there’s a eclipse going on. A total eclipse of the moon, in fact. The last one until 2010. You should go watch it. I…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 20, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Hayden Christensen Comes to MIT, Looks Pretty Pictures of the top of Hayden Christensen's head inside!

  

  one at point A and point B, and put the electron you want to teleport at ... information through conventional methods, like radio or light, to point B, and ... to the electron at point B, which will result in the electron having

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dating At MIT: Episode 1 So two of my favorite '09s have just started dating each other...

  

  and (b) I can blog about it. (By the way - while I may write

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 26, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  price? a) $15.75 b) $22.00 c) $57.50 d) $64.00 e) $92.13 Friday: ZBT

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: MacGregor House Because really, sometimes you just need your own space.

  

  by letter -- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and J -- and there's no I Entry ... floors total). A Entry, B Entry, C Entry, and D Entry are in the high rise (A at the top, B next, etc); the other entries are in the low

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 20, 2006