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  Sacred Space and why it matters to unplug once in awhile

  

  and listening to one of my favorite programs on public radio and the ... Self. I was engrossed listening to Ms. Turkle as she described the need for all of us in this technological age to occasionally turn off our

  • by Kris Guay
  • April 11, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  AROTC Day in the Life Notes from Cadet O'Brien, MIT '12 / Course III

  

  here at MIT. AROTC allows you to be pretty flexible in how involved you ... training), one military class, and one leadership lab. But I'm not here to ... , and I want to show you how awesome that can be. Once a semester we go

  • by ROTC
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / Events

  SpaceVision 2010 Space is cool.

  

  The night of daylight savings, I tried my best to ensure that I would be on time for my 8:10am flight. I asked the hotel to give me a wake ... case. That morning, I woke up to the hotel room phone ringing. Me

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Well, you just cost me money.” Best. Desk Call. EVER.

  

  forwarded me this in the meantime and I had to share. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emma Subject: BEST DESK CALL EVER To: bmf me ... : can you connect me to the science department? me: this is a dorm, I don

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • February 23, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where do Trees Come From?

  

  In my continuing quest to obtain a teaching certificate through MIT ... , 11.125 is more likely to talk about whether the tests you write for students are formative or summative, and 11.129 is more likely to talk about

  • by Kim D. '09
  • February 10, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  Life, or Why I’m Afraid Of It 1) Isn't everyone?

  

  student-type things (going to classes, sleeping very little, forgetting to wipe the crusted drool off my face before going to classes) and doing me ... missing out, but I'm really not interesting enough for anyone to miss out on

  • by Keri G. '10
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the ... of whom you might have heard about before), and I decided to

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  'm doing lately, and how MIT has continued to shape me post-graduation. Since ... blogging was not always this fancy -- I put my Course 14 skills to good use ... and sent them to Matt McGann. You know, the usual: a cappella concerts

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  sense to anybody at MIT right now, but potentially not to people at home, so let me do my best to help you understand. When I got to campus we got to work right away planning and organizing orientation events for

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  This entry has a surprise ending While you wait for decisions to come out, I remind you that people at MIT…

  

  doing laundry. (The “Did You Know?” opener is a throwback to the olden ... to start my entries with some useless metaphor instead.) A few weeks past, I observed that my calendar looked like it was about to suffer an

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 13, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Telethon EA Students, This One's For You!

  

  don't particularly want to walk all the way over to campus in order to ... as long as the telethon lasts, to answer questions in the comments, and ... know, it doesn't seem fair, I'm sorry, but feel free to read and enjoy

  • by Snively '11
  • January 15, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Otra Vez, Como Siempre Some J-Pop to cheer you up. =p

  

  Square to New House (well, more accurately, MacGregor*, but close enough ... . *blushes* Last year, I posted Taiwanese pop songs to "encourage" the EA and ... 's already the Class of 2013! In honor of what I'm going to do during IAP

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Courses and Stuff Mason '10 made up the title, blame him.

  

  first semester senior who just decided to change her major around, this ... ...well, now you have. I chose to do my concentration in Theater Arts. This will ... yoga/stretching type exercise to get us loosened up physically, and maybe

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Liveblog from Apple Store I copy Paul, 3 hours later.

  

  black macbook to write my entry. I, of course, have to add MIT content to ... power to decide whether you will stay in them or not. This does not necessarily apply to McCormick, I'm not sure exactly how that works. 3) Your

  • by Snively '11
  • July 26, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  Northwestern and an engineering course at Notre Dame, so I was ready to try ... Harvard as the primary reason I started thinking seriously about going to MIT. It's sort of contradictory - how many people go to summer school at

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I've favorited since I've gotten here. "What does this have to do with MIT?" Look ... about the environment caused me to watch them. Also, many were shown to me

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision Day Eve Making your decision by May 1.

  

  Common Reply Date. The day by which you need to let your colleges know your ... ? What more would you like to know about MIT? What are your lingering concerns? I am available, as are all of the bloggers, to field questions

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 30, 2008
• Blog / Events

  The Great Debate: Latke vs. Hamentashen The post-coverage.

  

  MIT was packed to capacity with students eager to hear six MIT ... unique is that the professors use their own field of expertise to support ... Jeremy Wolfe, who used to teach a wildly popular Intro to Psychology class

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 6, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  when I was going back to MIT, I couldn't help but sigh, just a tiny ... fall semester, my natural, MIT-conditioned response is to rattle off the ... what any of those numbers mean - have to force myself to say the actual

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hit in the Face: A Snively GuestBlog Snively's point of view. Only this time it's actually his point of view, and not…

  

  for what’s to come. Then, before you know it, blasted in the face by the ... . Hello, my name is Snively, and I’m about to get hit in the face with a fire hose. As you may have read, I was selected to be an admissions

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 14, 2007