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• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  * Sonny Bono (of Sonny and Cher) being elected mayor of Palm Springs ... for launching such bands as Nirvana and The Shins. * Rain Man, Die Hard, My Neighbor Totoro, and Beetlejuice. * Haley Joel Osment. * Ronald

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Early Morning Construction and other bexley woes.

  

  and continued for some hours into the day. Down the other end of the alley, they appeared to be drilling holes into the pavement and covering ... my window. Said it was coming down anyhow and didn't want anyone to get

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  DONE (sorta) If I'm done, why am I still stressed?

  

  hosed and have kinda been brushing people off. It's not because I hate you ... kitchen, I decided that I hadn't roller bladed in a while and I missed it. So, like any spontaneous college student, I walked over to Boston and

  • by Snively '11
  • May 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  As you've likely read, Snively, Paul, and Bryan will be hosting a ... past with great success, and I'm looking very forward to this year ... that basically allows you to upload photos and thoughts to the web in

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Barker Engineering Library Where sound goes to die.

  

  bulletin board, of a garbage can, of a ceiling, of a vent, and of a door. I ... , taking pictures of things that matter and of things that not everybody gets ... It's a famous dome, and if you've never heard of it then do a google

  • by Snively '11
  • February 13, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Following My Passions At MIT [by Susan Shepherd '11] Can a writer fit in at MIT?

  

  a daunting task. I discovered MIT fairly early on in my search, and ... . While I was there, the topic was Herman Hesse's Steppenwolf, and they had ... , including fantasy novels. They fill two large rooms full of bookshelves, and

  • by ARTalk
  • February 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Pi Day!!! 3.14159!

  

  or not" contest There's also free pie for everyone! And, you can pick ... and pie! - - HKN Social Committee A few pictures and videos from the event: And a video (Disclaimer: It's big) And since I'm such a fan

  • by Bryan
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to Senior Haus According to Joel '10 from New House, we eat your babies.

  

  Some of you asked for pictures of a Senior House dorm room, and I decided to do you one better and give you a bit of a dorm tour! So here are ... ) it was taken in September, back when it was still warm and sunny out

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 15, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  Burn Out or Fade Away Suggestions for second semester seniors: don't take either for an answer.

  

  ; finals hit a few weeks ago, after which I flew home immediately and ... 've been at school.. I watched Say Anything for the first time and have decided a better course of action for my life would be to leave MIT and

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Happy New Year! A look back at 2006 and ahead to 2007

  

  -high temperature, Wiis and PS3s, the World Cup, penguins and pandas, eight planets, and changes of power on Capitol Hill. At MIT, we learned more about ... libraries to understand cancer and disease, studied addiction, made plans for

  • by Melis A. '08
  • January 2, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Happy Holidays! Pictures from our recent holiday party.

  

  wonderful holiday vacations, and here's to a great 2007! I'll leave you with ... Rick. :-) Stu and Matt get into it. Stu and Matt really get into it. Stu hams it up. Rick and Stu sing harmony for Marilee. Marisa and

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / Community Projects

  A Picture is Worth a Thousand Balloons Literally. One thousand. Like, a one with 3 zeros. One times ten to the third.…

  

  So about a month ago, back when I actually wrote blog entries and ... , decided to welcome her return with a nice poster:   And a few ballons.   And then a few more...   Really, there

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Edmund’s New Toy Guitarring starring eJones

  

  Meet Edmund Jones, a member of the Admissions Office staff (and Sam ... photo (notice the tupperware! what a friend to the environment...), and ... with mother of pearl pickguard, ash body with maple neck and rosewood

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 28, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  The Latest Updates Updates about MyMIT and the EA interview deadline.

  

  So, MyMIT is back up, and things are back to normal around here. (Or ... , I encourage you not to wait until the last minute to finish and submit ... . Sometimes a kind and gentle reminder can be helpful. Otherwise, I hope you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 20, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

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

  

  actually not so fearsome anymore. It's kind of small, broken, and covered in graffiti. The incongruity between what the city currently looks like and what ... , like the one in Prague. This is actually a field of huge stones, and you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Come to AXO Lip Sync! Come to AXO Lip Sync tonight to see some of your friends... "remember when????"

  

  Cambridge YWCA, and because Lip Sync-ing is awesome All proceeds from the ... provide temporary and permanent housing for displaced women, homeless women and children, women with HIV/AIDS, battered women, and women recovering

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 29, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  Campus Preview Weekend is fast approaching, and I'm sure many of you ... Scandinavia and I think it's time for a little update. Forgive me, though, for not writing a whole lot this evening -- I'm still on Stockholm time, and

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students: MyMIT Updated Important and cool new information on MyMIT: check it out now.

  

  , learn about your classmates, find out who else is from your area and who ... . Across the country (and across the world) there will be meetings of ... , such as the MIT 2010 LiveJournal, Xanga, and MySpace communities. CPW

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Uh-oh Spaghetti-O

  

  , saying "According to Mr. Nance, everyone who is accepted is qualified, and ... numbers is a little odd [27% acceptance rate females, 12% males], and I find ... pool is more self-selected, and I completely agree. (One interesting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Regarding Online Decisions A brief update.

  

  yesterday and they seem optimistic. Please note that it's not definite at this ... and that you'd appreciate the update. All I can say is that we're trying, and things look good, but we need a few more weeks to be sure. Due to

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2006