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• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  extracurricular activity to which most can devote time – unless, that is, you ... optimism – that poverty can be defeated, and that each person can ... can’t help but wonder if she’s gotten a hold of one of

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  Excitement I'll take things that cause it for 800.

  

  watching 230-lb guys (who can also throw a ball at 99 mph) Irish step dancing ... here, remember that even if organic chemistry can be fun, it's not always ... today, so let's see if I can do a little bit better here: organic

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Don’t feed the squirrels In which I work with gifted children.

  

  that can only be described as Full-On Panic Mode. (I didn't get final ... instead. But I can email them for you!" In response, I said this: "At this ... from Bobb-McCulloch, but the "no jaywalking" rule means we can't cut

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 5, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Marching Band Refused to Yield Band in the name of love.

  

  along the ground with great ease, and can also be fitted into any set of bleachers that MIT can throw at us. One instrumentalist who I forgot to ... piano! In a marching band. We can't really afford a marimba or

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 4, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  fancy thing called the Internet. Smaller bands can get their music out ... reasons. One is pretty simple- I go to MIT, and this is who I am. I can ... ." It's like, "hey, we created the word, we can use it however we want

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  In true "everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?"* fashion, I ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied ... neurotic college applicant waiting for a decision. (Come on, who can blame

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh, sweet freedom? One girl's tale of how to (try and) fend for herself in college. Tire swing…

  

  Oh, the joys of being in college. Finally, we’re independent! We can ... ’s 48 degrees and I can’t feel my toes.) I’m not the only one – many of my ... can see what remains of the branch the swing used to hang happily from

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dean Marilee Jones in the news Articles in the press about MIT's Dean of Admissions.

  

  admissions? Jones: It can be a big driver. Many of us in college admissions ... 's a true anxiety they feel." That anxiety can take a toll on health ... disorders. It's kids who just feel like they can't handle everything they

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Testing the Waters There comes a time in every man's life when he has to make a choice.…

  

  different dorms and decide which one they want? You can see them all when you ... get accepted, you can come stay with an MIT student and we'll show you the ropes. If you can't make it up for an overnight visit, there

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  I don’t know where we’re going ...but we're following my map of MIT's campus.

  

  for a trash can, and then walked into the room. I am so smart. And I thought hey, if I can get lost in the middle of campus after 3 years of ... probably be called 32 before long because nobody can agree on how to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  And I realize I’m going home Cards for sorrow, cards for pain, cards for my last blog entry from Germany.

  

  Sam's Mom in the early morning for the 8-hour trip up Boston way. I can ... , who knows me best, to talk all about that as soon as I can. Try to be as ... -- Wage a land war in Russia in the winter. I can't wait to see you all

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  yesterday's entry for, well, more pictures. I, I can remember standing by ... -language tour guide said, "You can tell the new architecture from the old ... can walk through them. Definitely a unique experience. But most

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  bloody severed mannequin hands. I can't think of any way that you could ... features pyramids constructed out of cans of squid paste. How many cans of ... , duh. Still, I have no trouble sleeping on rocks (so you can imagine how

  • by Sam M. '07
  • June 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Summary of CPW 2006 CPW 2006

  

  unlike any other school in the world. As a freshman, you can work in the ... even more amazing honey-flavored liquid nitrogen ice cream. Can you say ... finally meet a lot of you. You are all awesome and I can't wait to see your

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 11, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW-related whatsits Just some things you might want to know before you arrive tomorrow!

  

  bed. Some students have futons in their rooms you can sleep in. I am in ... with Adam's airplane stuff) so they can be together and not have to be ... 're getting to campus. If you're arriving by air, you can take the airport

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Knowing me, knowing you My plans for Nobel laureacy, and everything I like about MIT professors.

  

  when. You can count on me, can't you? I think I eventually come to love ... , can you please update me with your internhip plan this summer, and if you already know where you will work, can you please tell me: * the name

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Finally! Pictures from the Conner 2 holiday party! Yes that was a month ago. Leave me…

  

  I fixed it. Thanks a bunch. Moral of the story: I can't spell, but neither can google, so it's ok. Curtis: Though I actually have a few ... to rest up tonight so I can dedicate as many hours as I possibly can

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Small talk How about that weather?

  

  Section 2.12 of the Rules of the Faculty, no classes or tests can be ... has really strict rules about Division III athletics, that can get really messy. I can also say that the field hockey and football teams often

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 30, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  September Questions Omnibus 1 The answers to your recent questions.

  

  . 18th, Mira Loma, Sacramento session." Aha, oops. You can RSVP at http ... ). You can review the list of meetings at http ... , choose their major from among all of MIT's majors. Later, you can add

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 15, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  can probably use to buy a comfortable chair for my room from the online ... Pods--I think that they can cut you off from the outside world too much, which is ... brilliant marketing technique when you can remove basic functionality from an

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005