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  Mystery Hunt Day 1 Liveblogging the beginning of this year's campus-wide puzzling competition.

  

  about the Hunt, one of my favorite events of the year. In short, Mystery ... hints and thoughts in the comments thread that might help. Don't stop, you ... dormmate Jenn -- have in store for us! 12:40pm: The Kickoff has ended. Here

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 12, 2007
• Blog / Events

  IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.

  

  Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long ... 12, at 12 noon in Lobby 7 (the "main entrance" to MIT). It will last

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 8, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  Quadir (head of MIT's Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship and ... ) and told us we would get 12:00 - 2:00 with Steven Levitt in early ... Stephen Dubner, he received his PhD in economics from MIT in 1994. His

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Funny pictures of me I wear a New Year's party hat. That's funny, right?

  

  entire entry. But I got your attention, right? So, as I reported in my last entry, my New Year's Eve plans included sitting in my living room ... consuming large amounts of junk food. Well, that was the plan, and we did in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 3, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Somewhat Random A little news bite.

  

  several other appearances in my time at MIT: I was pretty excited when Book

  • by Bryan
  • December 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Brought Something? Um, no. No, we didn't.

  

  everywhere. That was in no way what I'd been looking forward to. Maybe

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don't know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don't answer that.) Dear Bryan, I woke

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Photographic evidence Warning: trig ahead.

  

  So I thought I’d show you just what I was talking about in my last entry where I talk about the horrible trigonometric torture I endured in ... all that much trig just yet, but was still firmly entrenched in algebra

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For great justice…

  

  Orientation 2006 and the status and future of Orientation. It's finally in its ... only 13 pages, here. Your student government in high school probably ... you get to college, student government (sort of a misnomer in the UA

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… You don't need to take up the crumhorn to look "different."

  

  in that regard. To that end, there is no expectation that you should ... , anyway. The interview is simply a way for you to tell us in person. Some ... there are no right or wrong things to talk about in the interview. There

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Apple Sculptures The Caltech Cannon and soft core porn

  

  I'll admit it -- the "soft core porn" reference in the excerpt for this entry was pretty cheap... but it worked, you pervert. Here are some of the sculpture entries for Burton Conner (my dorm)'s annunal Apple

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  More On The Interview… The deadline has passed, but if you're an EA applicant who has not yet contacted…

  

  you to another EC who is available. Some of you may live in areas where ... everyone's request for an interview). In these cases, your interview may be ... fall or winter, you can interview with an alum in the Boston

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • October 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  "The author has filed this entry in the 'Life After MIT (Careers ... Airport. Fly to Houston, TX for a day long interview. Now keep in mind, I ... ; instead, I slept. Land in Houston. Now, here was one of the most exciting

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  No scissors allowed: OrigaMIT You never know what cool stuff is going on around the Institute.

  

  club, is a sophomore majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Music, and the publicity chair (my former TA), Brian Chan, is a graduate student in ... , he does research in the Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, where he

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  zOMG Zambia!

  

  So Development Lab (D-Lab), one of my classes this term, announced who is going on which trip this January. I got my first choice country, and will be spending Independent Activities Period (IAP) in Zambia! We

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 12, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*

  

  else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I ... would obviously be a bad idea. In other school news, for those of you who ... problem to someone else suddenly makes the solution clear). Rick is in 6

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Contest Continues Contest wrapup.

  

  So in response to the death of Pluto as a planet, I am undertaking a campaign to revise the mnemonic and change history books with YOUR HELP Here are the finalists. Cast your vote for your favorite! A. My Very

  • by Bryan
  • September 20, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  When I’m Home Did you enter the PE lottery yet?

  

  see Lucy Lawless play Rizzo in a Broadway production of Grease. After 18 ... mile. Today was the only day I'll be in Harrisburg between June 1st and ... itself in some spectacular West Side Story-like fashion. Okay it's 5 AM

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Everything’s coming up Milhouse! This one goes out to the Class of 2010. Fire!

  

  people from all these different countries and showing them that people in ... been tempered by three things: 1. Today was crepe day in the cafeteria. 2 ... my leaving, or anything in particulate, but just because my boss felt

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 28, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Where is the banana… ...and why is that man chartreuse?

  

  , DETECTIVE POLK, is speaking indeterminately into a taupe-colored telephone. In ... chin in direction of the aardvark) Case 815. PIERCE: Case 815 ... turns to the camera in the corner comically) Did I just walk into a kid

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 11, 2006