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• Blog / How to Food

  Come together (and eat)

  

  Mollie's neck of the woods (Note: as I am being greedy and co-opting Mollie's question, and as her answer probably differs from mine, she should feel free ... walk in anytime and find some friends to sit down with, and I feel like I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  Every year, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of ... freshman year and I had an exam or something equally unskippable last year

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  extraordinary and everyday beauty the city in fall is my city

  

  I got up a little early this morning thanks to the time change and ... EC and walked across the Harvard bridge at 9 am, the sun was already strong and I had to unzip my fall coat. The trees have finally changed for

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • November 4, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Some weeks ago, Jeanne '13 and I embarked upon yet another of our voyages into Boston, meandering past our usual destinations and toward the ... . Wait, it's free?! I'm getting one ASAP." And thus, it was decided that I

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  18 and Counting Congratulations, Professor Diamond!

  

  ago now (goodness, I'm old). And it's the age of many of our excellent ... . Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides, for their work on "Search Frictions ... markets, explaining why people who are looking for work and companies

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 11, 2010
• Blog / How to Human

  positive and negative energy revisiting midnight gospel

  

  spent his time in prison practicing spirituality and magic. when i first ... lie when something is bad. You know, if you have a cold and someone says ... complaining about problems and being pessimistic about them can make them worse

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • February 5, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  the British, you may have heard fireworks and smelled the smoke of ... historically significant and culturally stupendous event: my birthday. Today, I ... age", and am a third of the way along a reasonably optimistic life

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  Chef, I’m dusting off the cookbooks and asking mom for advice. I was ... + tuna in red sauce = spaghettuna. I told my sister and her text message ... fridgey?!” Apparently my family relies on vague onomatopoeia and unique

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / IAP

  Seen and Not Seen I wonder, twice, if I might have made a similar mistake.

  

  turkeys into oil and blogging, I actually don't have time to participate in ... or potato-bean soup for the Mafia potluck at NH4, and Sam's Mom settled ... sauce and 45 minutes of frying later, I had forty-six nigh

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Far and Away I was going to get philosophical, but then I thought about Hugh Jackman.

  

  American History, colonists at Charleston did better by stealing the tea and ... -naked, and get you out. 2. I wonder if acclaimed thespians Kelsey Grammer ... like, "Yeah, he's got these cool blades that spin around real fast, and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 29, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  conferences, and hosted one conference for high schoolers. These are the ... crisis staff and logistical stuff. For this conference, I was able to vice ... ), and it was an interesting experience meeting these students and seeing

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Parks and Relocation a finale and a premiere

  

  York, occasionally rewatching my favorite episodes of Parks and ... possessions and drove west. I'll be spending the next few months living with a ... will continue living in my basement, in boxes I labelled and taped shut

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • August 21, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Ruminations and room-inations Written on the anniversary of one year ago.

  

  's forehead-burning welcome speech, and stockpiled free sandwiches as if mankind ... and now, where I sit in my cardboard box-strewn dorm room typing in ... couch as a bed and a chair as a desk in the past 2 days is a reliable sign

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • August 30, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  river and rainwater a rainy walk home

  

  turn on my blinking bike lights, flip my kickstand, and pedal as fast as ... road bike instead.  Only occasionally do I glance to the side and notice ... has become such a constant in my life recently, and I fear I'm starting

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • September 29, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Bubbles and UROPs OK, so we're going to follow up on this white water rapids question, because I…

  

  . Some interesting theories have been tossed around, and I'd like to ... due to proteins and oils sloughed off the skin of the people on the ... and the things in it (salt, chlorine, oils) play some kind of role in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 12, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The mail, and more

  

  Truffle-Making, and am currently missing the OrigaMIT Paper Folding) I've just returned from the records office downstairs, and boy do they have a ... processing that mail as quickly and efficiently as they can, but be patient

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 4, 2005
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Can I join a fraternity/sorority?

  MIT's Fraternity, Sorority, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) include 26 fraternities, 10 sororities, and five living groups. With core principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the FSILG Office
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  ," a night of spoken word, collective art, and informative camaraderie. I read Chin's book about five years ago, and was madly into it at the time. She's equally (and differently) impressive in person. The whole night

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  admissions cycle and the beginning of the next. From an admissions perspective, it's time to say farewell to the class of 2009 and hello to the class ... people - and our correspondence has been the highlight of my experience

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains and treason and bouncy balls, oh my! A brain dump largely about - what else? - brains.

  

  up "no later than this Friday." Two and a half Fridays later (or ... .03 recitation on Thursday and said, "I am officially Course 16!" The next day ... ). Even so, the last month had me mentally flipping between Brain and

  • by Keri G. '10
  • April 8, 2007