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  A Day at the Beach: Quick Trips From MIT The ocean is only a short train ride or drive away!

  sands of Lake Michigan or small lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan. Living ... affordable and you don't need a car. If you want to stay closer to MIT, though ... took one of those very quick trips this past weekend when my friend and I

  • by mitblogs
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  You Gave Love A Bad Name A night of talent.

  

  . Last night, it was made a smash hit by Michael Borohovski and the Sexy ... of a 4" PVC pipe and a sheet of plywood. He also gave a short physics ... humorous magician and his assistant. Some guitar jamming. Stairway to

  • by Bryan
  • October 8, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

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

  

  , sang for two and a half hours in concert choir, freaked out over The Office/Grey's Anatomy, and went to four hours of straight classes followed ... third grade and took away my job as the only freshman admissions blogger

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two quick items from the web Anthropology of War and Peace, and a ton of snow at Chi Phi.

  

  , 21A.217: Anthropology of War and Peace, taught by Prof. Hugh Gusterson ... cultural experiences of war differ, and how war has affected American culture." Second, the Boston Globe had this photo and caption today: A ton of snow

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Room with a Vieux A comparison of sorts

  

  " from a lovely antiques store in Boston So here is my workspace (and my ... ." I think honking is a sacred activity and this sort of socially ... pictures of the view - Treasure Island, above, and Coit Tower, below

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 29, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Biking the bridge I biked across the Golden Gate bridge to Sausalito

  

  On Sunday, a coworker and I decided to be tourists in our own city and bike across the Golden Gate bridge. Now granted, full-time residents ... have rented by the hour from Bike and Roll? I think not. The

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • August 20, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  school (which is a phrase that makes me sound like I'm 64 and recounting my cavorting days as a young'n, and not like how I half think I'll be back in ... shorts, and existing solely on Wintergreen Lifesavers because your freshman

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT's Poverty Action Lab about microloans and microfinance. Relatedly, you really should check out the work being done at both the Poverty Action Lab and the Program in Developmental

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  biographies about individuals, and I chose Neil Armstrong, and furthermore, I ... my name, Planes and space is my game, First American on the moon, that ... and his men opened up a new door, To that new frontier in outer space

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Wir fahren nach Berlin! Bullet holes in the cemetery walls, plus Liv Tyler.

  

  , Bebe Buell, was concerned with Stephen Tyler's drug use and therefore ... with history, and I want to get back and see the 99% of the sights that I ... laugh at me when I say that. When I get my act together and go over to Mr

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  Number Münchners Eaten by a Trogglus Nicoise.

  

  than I am at MIT, and Bob Barker could die and I wouldn't even know about it for three months! This is like the time Tony Randall died and I didn't know about it until the Academy Awards Death Montage, and Sam's Mom made

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

  Circus School Mitra flies like a trapeze artist; fruit flies like a peach.

  

  I am a very lucky duck, and was treated to an afternoon at the San ... , we climb a tall ladder and stand on a tiny platform, where we get ... bar and swing by our knees. Even if you (e.g. Mitra) have no upper body

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • June 24, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  The Suite Life ~20 pictures, be careful (Updated Wed, 5/17/06)

  

  some fraternities, and then Baker, former home of Matt '00. To our west are an independent living group and MacGregor, home of Mollie '06. You ... judging/eating... ... floor dinners... ... and dance rehearsals

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 13, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  Cannon Hack The famous tale of the Caltech Cannon Hack.

  

  recently been informed that Fleming House (tm) is at MIT RIGHT NOW and is ... only contracted to move the cannon here for CPW, and we respect the speed ... the grandest celebration possible. And thus another great chapter in MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Rome! Gelato, Saint Peter's Basilica, and Vespas for an entire week.

  

  In about 6 hours, I'll be boarding a plane and going to... ROME! Seeing as I haven't packed or exchanged money yet, this blog entry will have to stay short but look out for entries live from the capitol of the

  • by Bryan
  • March 25, 2006
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Admitted!

  

  Welcome to the Class of 2010! Feel free to use this post's comments space to introduce yourselves to your future classmates, and Early Action admits, welcome your new classmates...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Waitlisted

  

  In the near future, we'll have some advice here on the blogs about being waitlisted. In the meantime, feel free to use this post's comments space to discuss anything waitlist-related. And, if you haven't already

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mailing Tomorrow; Yo-Yo Tonight Verify your MyMIT username and password.

  

  After a week of checking, double checking, and checking-to-the-nth, we are ready to mail decision letters tomorrow, and post decisions ... confirmed your username and password at decisions.mit.edu yet, and you plan to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 16, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Engineering Hero One of the coolest professors at MIT

  

  kid, I've always been intrigued by invention and design to the point of ... hanger into the socket and expecting my robot to come to life. Professor ... spent on the iterative design process and what it takes in order to be

  • by Bryan
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  For My Fellow Coffee Lovers Out 3 choices will soon be 4.

  

  ) and (second) a debate about who makes the best coffee in general. Edmund, Nance and I rarely miss our daily morning coffee run. Our convenient options are Peet's at Bosworth's, Starbucks at Steam, and Green

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 11, 2006