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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Got any threes? Go fish!

  

  location. Said item is now free game and the first person to get to it gets to have it. Items range from the boring (old clothes, magazines, etc ... bajillion mailing lists and never bothers to take themselves off of any of

  • by Snively '11
  • September 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Books write our life stories Philosophy, astronomy, religion, neurology - and my plans for the future.

  

  annotated Gorgias will travel with me to Marburg, Germany, for an intensive ... will live in my new apartment for a year while I commute to and from the ... obsession: of the kind of person who can be an astronomer, of marching to the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 30, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  Making friends

  

  remember, in my last post I asked for people to provide me with MIT-related topics to write about. Today's entry was requested by Anonymous (come on ... forget what) that got us both called to the front for "punishment" at the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Oh cruel, cursed fate! Blerg!

  

  [Apologies to Wendy Macnaughton and Christoph Niemann for doing injustice to their art form.]

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 3, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Month of Novembeard a cultural exchange

  

  , personally, and to the leadership I have shown in the realm of proper beards ... to share a bit of my own culture with you. It is, in fact, my home ... happens Please note that No-Shave-November is similar to, but distinct from

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Global Poverty: ‘This Is Our Crisis’ People lead busy lives, and fighting poverty is hardly an extracurricular activity to which most…

  

  doors to Boston University’s Metcalf Hall. Along with the hundreds of others who were in line, I anxiously awaited the chance to hear Muhammad Yunus speak. Dr. Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize last year for

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Think About This and maybe it will help you.

  

  respectful, thoughtful, and in many cases difficult to answer. Especially for ... slightly better math student and want to be rewarded for that." It's kind of ... nowadays we adults are just trying to get you to relax for a second. Sheesh

  • by Chris LaBounty
  • March 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Where have I been for so long?

  

  -state machine. It takes a while for the robots to look like much of anything ... also taught me how to use the necessary tools), the spacers for the ... gobbler. My camera is broken, so thanks to Ben for lending me one. While

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • January 22, 2006
• Blog / How to Human

  The Lessons I’ve Learned and it only took three full semesters and a summer

  

  and I'd be working for three to four hours on a single problem on each ... my door to lock myself in my room. I was worried for my grades ... make sense. I began to understand how the different theories for

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments-ment Webcast A few comments on the past week.

  

  cold. I have this secret dream that I will someday be the first person to ... Blogging, for me, has never been about immediacy. Life as it happens ... . Life after it happens is at least semi-solid enough to serve on a plate

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 5, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  then and now a reflection on the very bad

  

  bad for making my parents worry. I would start going to therapy about a ... later. For the most part, I didn't really want to tell anyone because I ... listen to me ramble on every day at lunch. I'd had Dr. V as a teacher for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • May 5, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Guest Blog: Music and Mayhem by Jess ‘12 Minus the mayhem. Also features running commentary by Yan. p.s.: Jess, your italics didn't show…

  

  , Jess. For kicks, I asked to borrow five minutes of her fame, and she gave ... to keep a journal through the class, so I started a blog for it. The ... .org/topics/life/student_life_culture/valentines_day_special_1.shtml) and continued to run into her with increasing frequency until

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 1, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Thoughts for the New Year, part 2 electric boogaloo

  

  intend for this to happen this year; I applied to MISTI Japan with the full ... know what to do with - is the sense of being overwhelmingly cared for and ... harder for. And of course, these are just a few examples. So I’ve come to

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • January 3, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Strands literal and metaphorical >:)

  

  , being unable to make good on all of the dreams I had chosen for myself. I ... for the next few weeks, so, after every shower, while I attempt to scrub ... , despite having bleached it myself repeatedly!). I forgot to bring my book

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • September 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobody’s Got No Class! I was browsing through the MIT Course Catalog, and thought these classes looked pretty thought-provoking.

  

  only to classes that were offered this fall.) Feel free to add your own ... " as a catalyst for discussion, seminar participants will examine gender ... , relationships, sexual health, balancing plans for career and family, body image

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  A Woman and Her Lute An epic tale across three centuries. (includes poor fanfic-style prose)

  

  . "For goodness' sakes! Are you going to come see me play tonight ... University there that I hope to stay for a bit in LA and visit her before ... this year to be the same as our final schedule). Having made plans for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  jr fall classes &c

  

  these classes is 6 units (compared to 12 units for a typical one-semester class) and runs for half a semester. i'm especially looking forward to 14 ... perspective on who i am and what it takes for me to be happy. this is a post for

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • September 19, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  January Blues living alone, daily grind, angsty music

  

  that most people don't know beforehand what they're optimizing for/how to ... early and on time, do your work for long hours, and hope to win the favor ... bigger. For now, I guess it is nice to have created something that might

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 16, 2016
• Blog / Personal Projects

  1 Fish, 2 Fish, a Lot of Fish, and a Snail Putting a Big Box of Water on my Dresser

  

  to make it look appealing. So I eventually settled for a 16 gallon ... by the shore, wash it, boil it for a while to get rid of anything it ... So last semester I had a radical idea to get a pet aquatic turtle. I

  • by Richard O. '28
  • September 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  things i wish i could do thoughts from the bay area

  

  places and making it easy for neighbors to block construction projects ... disoriented and appeared to not be having a good time in general - for instance ... personal distress or suffering that they aren’t able to properly resolve. so

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 23, 2022