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• Blog / MIT Life

  Settled It's good to be back!

  

  Having endured various planes, trains, buses, and customs officers who don't believe me when I say I'm 19 and instead ask to see parent ... and all settled in to my new room. Last year's non-existent view of the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 20, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  the earthquake hit in January, and is structured around weekly guest lectures about Haitian culture and sustainable development. At the same time ... nonprofit and check out the e. coli levels in these water sources, as well as

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  SEPTEMBERRR Don't read this entry. Read the one under this one.

  

  I got back to Boston from summer vacation September 2, and it's like ... He looked the devil in the eye, and said "You're looking well" The devil looked right back at him, and said "Why visit me - You've been

  • by Chris S. '11
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  50 Years of NASA One small hack for MIT, one giant leap for NASA.

  

  , elegant, and anonymous prank, designed to amuse and catch the attention of the MIT community (and sometimes the world), while also providing interesting physical and logistical challenges for their perpetrators. As you

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 2, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Olympians How many MIT graduates have been in the Olympics? No, not the Science Olympiad...

  

  ! Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh! Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin!), I ... different sports and have won 4 medals including 2 Gold Medals Perhaps unsurprisingly, more than half of the competitors, and all but one of the medals

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 19, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  Committee. It's one of the larger student groups at MIT bringing films and ... movies that were in theaters recently and charge four dollars, but every now and then there will be a free showing of a movie that is either in

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  MIT is going to pump you up! A bit about a cool new fitness program called getfit@mit

  

  (in MechE!) from MIT in 1984 and the book is about his educational ... long bike rides to clear your mind and “ah-ha” moments while chatting ... known for being the breeding ground of the next big idea in science and

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 29, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  IAP, and then maybe I can make it as far back as last semester. Fortunately for me (and those of you who want to hear about 6.111 and my other ... this out and move on. Last IAP I spent almost all of the month working on

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Sometimes we have fun Pictures, pictures, pictures

  

  Winter break is finally over and I'm back at MIT. As much as most ... silly to go back and try to write posts about that stuff now, so this post ... founding of the US Navy (on 13 OCT 1775) and US Marine Corps (10 NOV 1775

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Blog: Humanitarian Work At MIT My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new Humanitarian…

  

  My name is Ali Wyne, and I'll be this year's host for the new ... ills that afflict so many. This blog will be for, and about, them. To tell you a bit about me... I'm a senior in Management and Political

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 19, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Grind Time It = late. Coffee = love. You = intrigued.

  

  Tuesday morning, and Sam '07 also had quite a bit of work to do, but since ... to start working, andI stayed up until 5:00 to finish my essay ... cup of coffee from Au Bon Pain in Kendall Square and drank it during the

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Delayed Reaction A day in the life.

  

  ’d be the person who answers your frantic phone call and then tells you to ... have some block on an inclined plane or something, and you’ve got to ... . Where is theta, and is the component mgsin(theta) or mgcos(theta)? That

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breakfast with a Genius Okay, so I stole the genius joke from Bryan. But it's still true.

  

  . Suzan-Lori Parks is a playwright and novelist whose play Topdog ... 's always great to meet and talk with someone who is not only successful in life, but confident in his or herself and happy with what he/she has done

  • by Keri G. '10
  • October 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Build awesome What to do if you like to build stuff.

  

  things like the American Mathematics Competitions, and science students can ... -scratch inventions and creations get our attention in the same way that many of those national honors do. Why? Look at MIT's motto, Mens et Manus -- Mind and Hand

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 11, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Marking time Somewhere between the end of classes and graduation...

  

  into the apartment, and have all kinds of grownup things like furniture, lightbulbs, and cleaning supplies under the sink. I thought we'd be done moving ... 's worth of clothes so you don't have to unpack and then repack your temp

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT Dorms: Really Random 19 pictures. Don't open on a dialup.

  

  of the year and then miss it? So, Mollie did that entry about life in MacGregor, and I've conned my excellent friend Kim '09 from marching ... , apparently the residents were strapped for cash one day and decided to sell the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Energy Forum Come drink from the solar-paneled firehose. ("Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren…

  

  global needs and produce a plan for a cohesive initiative to tackle the world's energy crisis through science, engineering and education." During ... Council 10:00-11:15am PANEL SESSION I - followed by Q & A Science and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tuesdays with Linda It's kind of like making smoothies but not.

  

  So Sam and Mollie have both introduced you to their interesting ... Engineering Center. You always hear MIT students talk about their UROPs, and one ... , and the next day, I had a UROP. One of Professor Griffith's research

  • by Bryan
  • January 31, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Is this real? The party called IAP continues.

  

  't keep myself away from Bobby and Whitney's humorous episodes or Simon ... comment. As Matt mentioned earlier, on this season of The WB's Beauty and ... 's premiere of the show in 10-250, Ankur '04, shared some of his thoughts and

  • by Bryan
  • January 19, 2006
• Blog / Events

  The return of photos to my blog!

  

  substantial, and I feel that too many photos takes the focus away from the writing. However, photos have their place too, and I decided that this entry ... , Senator from Senior Haus (and, I think, the only third-termer in the Senate

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 2, 2005