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  The Onion article about Robot Hazing at MIT Robot hazing at MIT *gasp!*

  

  today following a brutal hazing incident in which one robot remains ... 13 inches in diameter, was reportedly forced to climb stairs built at a ... ,000 times, and is currently in critical condition in the laboratory

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A follow-up

  

  , you get a lot of choice in what you want it to be. Former blogger Mollie ... "not admitted" thread on Ben's blog, this school is not a bastion of ... feel sad to say but its reality that i am a loser who failed to got in

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • April 18, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  a salmonella saga weekend outing tingz

  

  in Boston is a nightmare, so it took us over an hour to get to her ... -COVID (lmao), and since I had already planned on going to a festival in ... as hell. and as if we were in a cartoon, our car got stuck. TEN MINUTES

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 17, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?

  

  . However, an MIT convention that spans the two is the HASS concentration, a ... rise to the level of a [annotation note="Although, if a minor is offered in the same field, a student may extend their concentration into a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 29, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

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

  

  . The course, which recently has focused on the war in Iraq, is described as a class which "examines war in cross-cultural perspective, asking ... , live in a beautiful Back Bay mansion. More soon...

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 3, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Anticipation of Pi Day 2017 bloggers past and present try to make you feel better right now

  

  admissions. I was a staunch planner back in high school, one of those people ... Dear MIT Protofrosh, If I had a time machine, I’d travel to my ... suddenly the unknown. So if I had a time machine, I’d tell myself that

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 13, 2017
• Blog / Residential Life

  meet the simmons elevators! aka me thinking wayyy too much about elevators

  

  have never felt more important in my life. Alevator is a golden retriever in mechanical box form and if she was a real person I think our ... during midterms season. In fact, he is so reliably unreliable that the

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 12, 2025
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Apple Juice Liberation! Something very important happened to me when I came to MIT a few weeks ago.…

  

  . In fact, people here are free to do almost anything they think is a ... weeks ago. It was a momentous occasion in my life, a turning point from ... glass I want! And now, living in a dorm where I am in charge of my own

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Spring Line-Up, Part 1: Classes Learning Middle English, sketching constellations, holding meteorites

  

  officially a "Medievalist"; he is versed in Old English, Latin, Old French, Old ... "special": this is a chance to read Medieval texts - significant, milestone-in ... so far: "Ye knowe ek that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 3, 2013
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Spirit of Competition [by MIDN Brendan McCord, '08] Every year, the Army, Navy, and Air Force duke it…

  

  shrill tone broke the silence and my adrenaline spiked. In a frenzy, we ... assault. Air strikes were effective in taking out a large number of opposing ... of people who will have to hang together, and there is a great sense of

  • by ROTC
  • October 31, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  iCyd This, my friends, is a GREEN APPLE!

  

  completing your degree in exactly 4 years (which is not always a bad thing ... are buzzing... the semester seems to be in full swing. This semester is ... set on pursuing a degree in course 16 (aero/astro engineering). After a

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • October 4, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Getting Through a Difficult Month Study, Study, Study

  

  material. It is, in the big picture to me, a tradeoff. In comparison to last ... ’m improving as a person both in and out of the classroom. At the same time, I ... be done in terms of this city, and got to have a much-needed week off

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • April 1, 2018
• Blog / IAP

  A truly independent activities period A glimpse at some MIT students' IAP plans.

  

  've been writing to since my freshman year in high school will be taking a ... together in Paris. All the January Scholars will be staying in a hotel in the ... that interest us. This is not a for-credit assignment, just a fun project

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 7, 2007
• Blog / Advice

  a love letter to rice cookers and a recipe

  

  " align="aligncenter" width="256"] Here she is in all her glory[/caption] This rice cooker holds a special place in my heart compared to our other ... my guesses for the reason.  A mother’s cooking is and will always be

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  I get a temporary cat and it comes with occupational hazards

  

  there is a distinct possibility that PUF has been hanging out in the ... This is PUF! I obtained a temporary cat this summer because Ilani A ... lives on Black Hole in Random during the year, where they have a tendency

  • by Alice L. '24
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Be A Blogger (2018)! welcome to THE INTERNET

  

  to pick your classes, or a really cool new thing you learned today in ... of the blogs is to allow our bloggers to communicate what being a ... in the office and serve as a shibboleth for student culture. We pay you

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Danger Danger! Listen to Burt, duck and cover!

  

  in each color. A zero indicates that there is no hazard in that ... be in there. The closest we've got is a Dragon made of sodium with a ... all of them, is the one that gets posted in the 38-600 lab as a warning

  • by Snively '11
  • January 23, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Odds and Ends It's what's left

  

  's when I graduate!I've been, in a word, miserable. This sort of misery is ... why that is. Turns out, the combination of September starting on a Wednesday, and Christmas happening on a Saturday have culminated in a perfect

  • by Chris M. '12
  • November 3, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Systems and Light [by Miren Bamforth '15] Even MIT's art scene is a little nerdy.

  

  German) first. The exhibit is in a completely dark room except for the ... .com This picture is from a line drawing with balloons that Haacke did in ... and two other ARTalk bloggers in 21M.A12 (Arts at MIT), I would like to

  • by ARTalk
  • October 28, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Festival of Learning: “Nerd Epistemology” with Woodie Flowers from the co-founder of the FIRST robotics competition

  

  . This post is the first of a series of three posts about the Festival. It is a personal reflection on the keynote address on "Nerd Epistemology ... judge the impact of a speaker is through the audience reaction, and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • February 15, 2018