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  I am home. Small thanks to the Airlines. In a surprising turn of events, Christmas travel is Not Much Fun.

  

  spoke with the last agent. There is no hope for you." "Oh, you can standby ... how you have those little oxygen masks that pop down from the ceiling in ... of my airline, or as high up as possible. My Good Sir, Have you ever

  • by Kim D. '09
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  At The Ends Of Tunnels unlike a tunneling particle, I actually had to expend lots of energy to surmount obstacles

  

  into your 'camera'. To save computation, you cast 'light rays' in reverse ... recursively so that you can detect things like shadows and reflections. The high ... code that you can keep and play with forever. (Blog post forthcoming

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • December 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  What’s for dinner? The joy of cooking

  

  can choose to make some crazy meal (and have the time to do it). In the ... not I like this new development in my life. I’ve always been a big proponent of the dining system (or lack thereof) at MIT. I’ve eaten in a

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 21, 2010
• Blog / Classes

  Springing into Junior Year actually not Springing, just Spring

  

  of a wall that are in line with common practices. So, when you model a wall in 3D, you can also see it represented as a floor plan, exactly how ... wall? It may seem obvious to you, when you imagine this question in your

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • March 4, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Semester of poetry

  

  Poetry Workshop class this semester, where each week you come in with a ... grows as I bounce off ideas and memories. In this initial phase, I can ... . And what I really like is that once you've written your poem, you can

  • by Uzay G. '26
  • November 24, 2023
• Blog / Summer

  tiny living when life gives you lemons...

  

  you find on YouTube or HGTV. In the words of my friend Emma, "it's an ... tadaaaaa here's the result. You can see our countertop that also doubles as a ... . My favorite flavor is Hibiscus (if you couldn't tell). And you can

  • by Cami M. '23
  • August 1, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  DOFMH A sick day from work, where "sick" means "I wanted a day off"

  

  hooky more than I ever did. But when your mother is begging you to call in sick to school so both of you can go shopping... who are you to refuse ... can apply. right after i get my scores? i have 2 more years in

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 25, 2005
• Blog / People & Identities

  A Part of Me or apart of me?

  

  to say about the gameplay, music, and plot (all of which you can read ... . You might think that this fact would play a large role in my life, which ... while I’ve been in school because all three of these parts can continue to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • September 22, 2022
• Blog / Events

  Curiosity, Part 2 How your laptop screen works

  

  explanation is in the next section. If you ARE familiar with it, skip ahead ... , then you should perceive the same difference in brightness between the ... peaks. As you can see below, that distance is bigger for red waves than

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 21, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Not in our stars, but in ourselves Or in ourselves not to see our stars... or something.

  

  memo too. Now, if you're going to a biannual event involving an unobstructed view down the third floor of the infinite corridor, you'd think that you would walk down the corridor on the first floor and then go up the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  On Comics and Role Models I interviewed one of my favorite professors because she’s amazing

  

  tell stories in so many different mediums. How did you find MIT and what ... many fun ideas. You were pushing at the boundaries of what comics can do ... in you, just follow that impulse. And follow it as far as it'll go. At

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • December 18, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  was this Tuesday) is not the end-all of class registration. You can show up to any class you’re interested in on the first day with an add ... weeks ago. It was a momentous occasion in my life, a turning point from

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  name it, you can probably find it at the booths, complete with branded ... . International company: You’ll be working on your own, but be prepared to work in ... , as well as team leadership. If you can’t explain your project to others

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Events

  East Campus Rush 2014: RAW SCIENCE There shall be no entertainment or amusement in our courtyard, only roller coasters

  

  next week can be found in the Daily Confusion, which is actually just a ... ! As you can see, it is a really exciting time of year for the denizens ... . Prefrosh will have the opportunity to battle in a giant wrestling pit made of

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • August 22, 2014
• Blog / IAP

  Different Perspectives IAP from the minds of a few different people

  

  for it! You don't have to put in as much time as I did, and you can even ... as I can in my training to become an EMT.  Here are some of my friends ... magical place. My best advice? If you're taking swim during IAP and you can

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 26, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What’s a freshman like me doing at Career Fair? hint: I'm not wearing a suit

  

  If you're looking for an in-depth view of Career Fair and all the vast opportunities that it offers MIT students, then you're in the wrong place. You see, I'm a freshman, and therefore my current resume consists

  • by Michael C. '16
  • September 22, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  turkeys: Kelly (09) demonstrates step one in purple: Louis (07) can do it ... greeting of the coming holiday. You can tell a lot about someone ... , the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summertime I am often asked what we admissions officers do during the summer. Frequently, people assume…

  

  of work to be done. So, you may ask, what are we up to right now? Preparing for the influx of summer visitors. Beginning in a few weeks, crowds ... into a larger space in the MIT Student Center. Also, during the summer we

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  3-D Blog!! ...I decided to wear a pair of real life 3-D GLASSES!!!

  

  weather in Boston keeps you in shape because it can flip from warm and ... !!! I like to call this one “Cyd in 3-D” So without further ado, I will ... what I’m called as long as it’s in some way related to me. This is

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • August 10, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  On abnormality

  

  this entry to a small subset of the ways in which I am either unique (if you're my mother) or weird (if you're the rest of the general public ... graphs. If it can be made into an Excel spreadsheet, I have not only made

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 6, 2005