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  Television Show Decisions Three hours is about as much time as I'm willing to waste on television each…

  

  wife for this. I vowed never to watch this show, ever. But my wife's a ... there's something to be said for viewer loyalty. Hmmm.     ... So here's the story. Each year I allow myself to faithfully follow

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 19, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 3 A Valentine's Day surprise

  

  Virus by Professor Mnookin, for example, or The Field Guide to Science ... the video he took. So, you have him to thank for this: ... opportunity to mortify their loved ones. Three student performance groups - the

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 18, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Smashing pumpkins and other halloween treats Turning back time and dropping squash off of tall buildings

  

  skating rink. Students got to ice skate for free in their creative Halloween ... time to go shopping for supplies. I settled on dressing up as Trinity ... by catching up on all of the work that you were supposed to have

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 30, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Room, A Short Story This story is somewhat weird and slightly dark. Reader's discretion is advised.

  

  have to relax,” she told him, not for the first time. Ted favored her an ... the clothes to wear for the day and the judgment calls his neighbor ... , so that every droplet of water that touched him seemed to linger for

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 2, 2014
• Blog / Events

  REX at Simmons Hall 2015 water balloon wars, pancakes, roofdeck parties, and a trojan duck

  

  Water War and for the Top of the Sponge roofdeck party. It's funny to ... , AND MARCH FOR THE GLORY OF THE MOTHERSPONGE! (to the water war that is ... clubs and activities. They also learn about the resources available to

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 31, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  Fears and Hopes how to move forward

  

  from 9am onward to be with one another, listen, and share our hopes for ... confused. Many are saying, where do we go from here? I forced myself to go to chem lecture today, walking across the East Campus courtyard where

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • November 9, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  On Greek history, and this strange end-of-semester sprint  tl;dr nerding out over a final essay

  

  /no record, ie I can afford to take the time away from studying for my physics ... revisions for my writing class to do Wednesday, and on Thursday I had to ... 's not like knowing this will matter to me for the rest of my life. But on

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 11, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  lessons learned this summer reflecting back on a summer that flew by

  

  my summer is coming to an end. i think shuli mentioned this in a ... through them. sometimes it's fine to take a weekend off and not be ... tastes just as good as regular boba i want to be a designer, not a coder

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  something small to contribute, even if we're only here for one short week ... , we've been working in small groups to devise projects that we could take to disseminate in Haiti at the end of April. I'm working with Anila

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

  I’m in Round 2! Can You Help Me Make the Top 10? Change.org is running a competition that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next…

  

  that'll propel 10 ideas to the fore of the next administration's agenda ... to Round 2, and the idea to "Establish a 'Global Challenges Wikipedia' to Empower Problem Solvers" was among them! I owe that victory to you

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Row, row, row your boat aka varsity sports at MIT

  

  alarm go off at 6am. A lot of people seem to think I’m crazy for waking up what seems ridiculously early for MIT students to go and exercise for 2 ... unique schedule for an MIT student (I generally go to bed at 11pm and wake

  • by Becca H. '12
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  quiz: what halloween candy are you? based on your college applicant personality

  

  just for fun! What colleges are you applying to? I have like ... school to apply to early when’s Halloween? I’m too old for trick ... admissions interviews because it’s the truth. I genuinely want to go, for

  • by Rona W. '23
  • October 22, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HackMIT 2017: Friends ❤, Food, and Flying Deloreans (Guest Post) Or maybe not quite that last one

  

  had the chance to learn some web dev with my friends, meet industry ... APIs, i.e. VR headsets, fitness bands, IoT devices, APIs for delivery ... (delicious) food, exchange ideas, and work together to build exciting tech

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • July 11, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Science, Technology, and Elephants. In which I take the best field trip ever.

  

  for the elephants as Alex tries to get some front shots of the elephants ... to town and parks their train right behind Simmons. This is one of those well-known campus-wide facts that everyone looks forward to but isn

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 13, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  the foreground. Before I get back to work, one last thought for those ... 'm referring to my 8.022 pset, my 18.03 pset, my big humanities paper, my 20.020 group final project...and so on. Not to mention, the next issue of MURJ is

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  What I Have Learned From The Early Decision Process At MIT Here are some of the things that impressed me.

  

  covered that. So let's get to the meat of the matter (or for you vegans out ... related to your intended fields of study for quite some time, while others ... *Update as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic and

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • December 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  . Anyway, you guys hang in there and try not to worry too much. For those of you who have applied EA, there's pretty much nothing for you to do but ... - what you'll get involved with, how you'll contribute to our culture and

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer, Summer, Summertime "...and this is how i spent my summer vacation."

  

  a well-cooked meal. So summer has gotten off to a good start for me ... So another school year came to a close, and so begins the season of sun and fun. The class of 2005 graduated, and it was really awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • June 30, 2005
• Blog / Residential Life

  Siblings, Scrabble, and Boredom we're bored in the house, and we're in the house bored

  

  , "s") to a long word ("animal") and for that turn I would receive points ... , at 1.12 words per turn to my 1.10. Comparing points earned for single ... of Absence for Academic Year 2020-2021, and afterwards it's unlikely I

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • July 20, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  It’s here! The post you've all been waiting for, or at least until you saw Snively with…

  

  and the i3 DVD has gone out to the class of 2014 everywhere. For those ... . Well, we finished the something awesome months ago, but we wanted to keep it under wraps until its official release. Today, I'm finally able to

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 25, 2010