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  Go Forth and Measure Casey at the Bat: Science Edition

  

  Upon conferrring me my black belt, my sensei also handed me a ruler and said, "Go Forth and Measure." I never thought my secret ninja skills would come in handy until about a week ago when I scrambled to get a

  • by Bryan
  • October 1, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  me is fully aware that when it comes to sports I L-O-V-E the University ... at me and hopefully I answered to their satisfaction. Norman HS, let me ... ? Still Norman North, you showed me mad love Sooner style. After all of

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The waking of all creatures that live on the land Lingering at MIT with my wandering eye. UPDATED, BABY.

  

  Harrisburg and moving them all into my room would motivate me more to start unpacking. Instead, it just makes me want to get out of my room as much as ... --I figure that posting a half-finished blog entry will better motivate me to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A Man of Many Hat(ches) Keyword: Free.

  

  with a colorful performance that actually had me inspired enough to jump ... the same to me, when it's a free concert you don't complain. A short

  • by Bryan
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  SF AIDS Walk – Part II

  

  crown during the walk. Some of my teammates told me I reminded them of a ... away, Sam '07 is never far from me! Along the 10K (6.2 mile) walk, we

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 17, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  2.007: Where even your smallest part matters The 2.007 competition has come to close!

  

  my first and last name.) Melotaur has brought me much happiness and ... competition last year, told me just to remove one of the screws that was ... , so, so exciting. It also gave me a really high seed in the competition

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Whirlwind Weekend highlights of the weekend (UPDATED!)

  

  '07, asked me if I wouldn't mind going up for auction, and I obliged ... , Chris '06 and Wes '07, allow me to test how obnoxious my flash would be

  • by Bryan
  • April 23, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Literature Tea & Mural Contest Artwork on cookies and walls.

  

  themes... in German. She introduced me to her housemate (at Student House ... do you think? = ? This reminded me of the Student Mural Project at

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Why I do what I do A few reasons I'm still on this planet.

  

  pretty viciously). So she talked me into coming to cheerleading tryouts the ... forcing me to come into lab (although sometimes my postdoc gives me kind of ... probably "got me into graduate school" because it's being published in a

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • February 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Peace Out, 2005 Saying goodbye to a great year!

  

  has managed to teach me in the past year. I ran for UA Vice President ... to bring me through 2005. 1. Maintain perspective. 2. Give each day

  • by Bryan
  • December 31, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesdays with Menorah, eek! A young boy, a young girl, and life's greatest lesson.

  

  might have, probably if you're Jewish, is about Hillel at MIT. Let me tell ... , and e-mailing me for my first year at MIT. It all started when I got a ... schedule. Oh, I'm not Jewish. My sophomore year they called me up on my

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Events

  About Some Activities (ASA) More tangents than a trig test (~11 pictures)

  

  my Orientation group (backwards cap)) was walking with me and said I ... : Mathematics with Computer Science), me, our advisor Jane, Ji '09 (considering

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  ZBT Soiree A part with many desserts and friends... fortunately, I left before the karaoke part. (9…

  

  Sam '07, Megan '08 (Course 3: Materials Science & Engineering), me ... pushed me so I was *forced* to drop the square into the trash. Brilliant, I

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • September 29, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Couchamarans and Carboats MIT alums create awesome floating vehicles from which to watch the fireworks.

  

  awesomeness that make me glad to be at MIT (not to mention projects like this ... into a boat p.s. I've just been informed that Ben scooped me on this

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back From Paternity Leave I'm back! A few words on the Harvard Admissions Institute and such.

  

  experiences in this profession have given me a ton of stuff to think about ... /alternative stuff, please take a listen and let me know what you think.

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too Watching the people who didn't get in receive their letters is as heartbreaking for me…

  

  letters is as heartbreaking for me as any acceptance letter is happy. And ... 't get me wrong - I am *very* happy for the folks who made it in. They help

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 15, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Thinking Outside of Absolutes A short thought piece on thinking about thinking

  

  , then I can’t go to event A tomorrow, which will prevent me from doing ... ’ve realized that thinking too much makes me forget about what it means to just ... touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.”    For me, I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • April 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  in a funk and salvaging hope

  

  funk. A deep funk. It took me awhile to notice. A few long months.   feels like it snuck up on me like — ha! — got you   ... okay and *deeply* grateful for the people that supported me through my

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • March 31, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  notes on hope despite despite despite

  

  have made me think a lot about what it means to be and do good in spite ... . the foreword by ross gay was enough to dissolve me into tears. i did a ... much people care about each other, and that alone gives me the hope that

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • February 25, 2025
• Blog / IAP

  a postcard from GTL Spain finding myself or something like that

  

  , was also free and thus tasked with giving me a tour of Figueres and the ... myself out of my comfort zone often gifts me with a clearer vision of who I ... recollection of the version of me that was mortifyingly shy for most of my

  • by Veronica P. '27
  • January 9, 2025