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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Bedbugs (fiction) A short story. (It would make me happy if you moused over the bedbugs.) =)

  

  once one of the nicest towns in central Pennsylvania. It was morning; the ... -three percent and the temperature was seventeen degrees Celsius. One had left ... the center to the edges of the bed, taking wrinkles and dirt with them

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 21, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Celebrating the Moon Landing MIT celebrates today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing.

  

  11 landed on the Moon. And because of MIT's significant role in the ... (!) talking about their experiences. There has been a lot of coverage of the ... has a long history of astronauts: More than one-third of the nation

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  competition, the first season of which gave us the imminently quotable Jay McCarroll, Austin Scarlett, and Kara Saun. Anyway, in the middle of the recap, I came across this description of the (literally) magnetic muslin gown of designer

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to survive your first winter: a college student’s guide written by a transplant from sunny Los Angeles

  

  .  The good news is that you probably already own plenty of baselayers and ... /Orlando/other perpetually sunny place].  What do I need to survive an East Coast winter ... 's really not that hard.  As the saying goes, "there's no such thing as bad

  • by Michael C. '16
  • January 12, 2015
• Blog / Challenges

  A Texan’s Guide to Surviving a Boston Winter it's possible

  

  It’s IAP and I've slowly but surely gotten into the rhythm of things ... . This is what the East Coast looks like from an airplane window: I’d imagine that is exactly what Antarctica looks like. With the wet residue of

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • January 9, 2018
• Blog / How to Food

  Dining, Dig-Ins and Dives Lady Afeefah travels across campus in search of the best eateries

  

  Dives! This trip, we're trekking to all corners of campus, trying the all-you-can-eat dinners that each of the five dining halls have to offer. Which dining hall ... the biggest one on campus. With an ample amount of seating and multiple

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Scheduling Conflict Which class should I take? (Results from the previous poll posted.)

  

  't Doonesbury vote-bomb me though! A new class will be offered by the Economics Department in fall, 2006: The Challenge of World Poverty. The class is intended ... extreme poverty a thing of the past? Why do some countries grow fast and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 28, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Photophobic

  

  As I lay face down struggling to move in a puddle of 40 degree water ... strange white glint out of the corner of my eye. I turned my head as best I ... my mind reeled to remember the name for it. Then all of a sudden I

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 28, 2011
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  like tennis, both playing and watching it. Thus, I'd guess a lot of the ... Class of 1985, has been named the Executive Chairman & President of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals). As an undergraduate

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Story Of @MITStudents as told by the person behind it

  

  about the Division of Student Life (DSL) at MIT? Essentially DSL promotes ... special programs meant to support and enhance students’ lives outside of the classroom. These include the Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 3, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  Angular Velocity Saved My Life bikes and bullet time

  

  , because of the bend in the road, I hit it at about a 45 degree angle.   ... vehicle at a 45 degree relative to the forward motion of that vehicle, at ... mode of transport when the weather is (reasonably) nice, it's a great way

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 19, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snapshot of a Week Food, radio, James Bond, and soccer in an unusually eventful week.

  

  're smart. I'm not, so I spent most of the vacation on Reddit or Facebook ... leave my computer. In Next, wings are halves of floors, either the East or ... restaurant was enormous and empty except for our group of ten people. The dim

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  624 Hours: Columbia, MO or, Things I Made While I Was Home

  

  the last 26 days in my hometown – Columbia, MO. Located in the heart of ... entirely out of the desire to hardcore om nom nom on these suckers to prove ... degrees all winter so when we had a couple inches of snow my town forgot how

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 19, 2012
• FAQ / QuestBridge

  What happens if I’m not selected as a Match?

  choose to accept the offer, or not accept the offer and apply to other ... Action. (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by November 30 ... . (All of the MIT test requirements must be completed by December 31
• Blog / How to Human

  Money! Money! Money! Life is like monopoly, except you're not a pewter Tophat and it costs WAY more…

  

  months all of you prefrosh will shed the "pre" (presumably through the use ... said you love is still a healthy one. Yes in the course of one year at ... sweet stuff. Some of the stuff I've received for free include:A fridge A

  • by Chris M. '12
  • July 22, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  July 4th in Boston MIT has the best seat for Boston's July 4th celebrations.

  

  Boston has arguably the best 4th of July festivities in the country ... Cambridge and MIT. The fireworks barge is moored in the middle of the Charles ... much with Photoshop, but you can see the barge is right in front of MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 5, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breaking Normal From Freshman Spring Archives

  

  , my friends will got on boats off the coast of Alaska, work at JPL, CERN ... . The rest of the day promises no surprises. I’ll need to find food, wash ... hamper of laundry. The thought of transporting a bag of dirty clothing

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • June 22, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Perks of Being a Humanities Major and downsides, too

  

  Read Read Read Read Read Read Write Such is the life of a HASS major ... incomprehensible names, like “Intersectionality and the Ethics of Transnational Surrogacy.” There are readings on the history of education methods and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 23, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Answers, and live updates Live from a lecture by architect Steven Holl.

  

  architect of Simmons Hall. I'll update you on the lecture and also answer some ... .CPW Farewell: Saturday, 5pm (and probably Battle of the Bands, too). The head of ... blog entry for another time. Steven Holl discussing the Chapel of St

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  FINAL TERM ATTACK Like a black light attack, only it's not like that at all.

  

  of stairs in the Haus when I ran to look at the Rocko's Modern Life ... Sciences from MIT. I can see the light. I CAN SEE IT. IT IS SO SO CLOSE. Of ... may comprise more than 20% of the whole. Try to assemble your "text

  • by Keri G. '10
  • February 10, 2010