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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a penny for your thoughts? and what it is, and could be, worth

  

  entirely, but one thing is for certain: a thought in 1522 seems to have been ... I think the saying "a penny for your thoughts?" is really rather ... face sheweth the mind walking a pilgrimage, in such wise that other folk

  • by Caleb M. '27
  • February 20, 2026
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1

  

  in living in a frat, and a big part of his going to CPW is to get to ... is across the bridge in Boston: he's coming a long way to get the feel ... , about 50% of all males at MIT decide to live in frats and it is actually a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 4, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Week 1 Autumn tastes like warm apple pie covered in bacon.

  

  pound. I'm sure CMS.100 is a worthwhile class, but grapes at 88 cents ... organize a themed party/carnival/interactive infomercial in the Student ... interpreted as a challenge for student groups to 1-up each other in distributing

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 13, 2009
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  On election day Practicing an applied civic education

  

  live and vote in Cambridge, there is a [annotation note="MIT is, to my knowledge, the only college in Cambridge with a polling location on its campus ... Today, November 3rd, 2020, is Election Day in the United States. Many

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 3, 2020
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  My 2023 Libby Wrapped I have a problem with audiobooks

  

  Wrapped is unfortunately a little underwhelming, since I use Spotify for < ... consumer. No thoughts, just a constant stream of words going in one ear and ... . And before you ask, no! This blog is not sponsored by Audible. In fact

  • by Allison E. '27
  • January 3, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  [Guest Post] How to Revise a Paper in 5 Easy Steps Claire H. '20's urop experience TM

  

  This is a post by my good friend Claire, she's an insanely amazing ... . Within two days, I found myself in a conference room at the office on the ... Random to fall housing in McCormick (a sweat-driven Tuesday morning haul

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 9, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Listening What's in your stereo?

  

  every single Taylor Swift song ever produced (SERIOUSLY. No one lives in a ... Whiskey." There is literally nothing like hearing a 8-year-old boy singing ... videos for a neat-o cause. Not every summer day is sunny and jivin'. Here

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • August 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Hwæt! Did you know that you can study Old English at MIT? The language of Beowulf and J.R.R. Tolkien's Rohan

  

  Authors): Old English and Beowulf hwæt ƿe gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga ... .R.R. Tolkien, Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is a language of long, cold ... of unshakable resolve in the face of insurmountable odds. It is, in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 9, 2014
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  is even legal in Massachusetts, less than a block from some cops who ... riding a bike without a helmet is only illegal in Massachusetts if you are ... , I was in charge of the treasury table, a nice secluded table in a nice

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  One Student’s Crusade to Stop Genocide I confess to regarding the phrase “never again” with cynicism. It offers a rhetorical smokescreen…

  

  the 1960s. In 1968, a coalition that included 48 MIT faculty members ... documents that would come to be known as the Pentagon Papers (Ellsberg was a ... activists in the Boston area by attending a Darfur rally in Government Center

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • November 26, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  , but it’s largely written with first years in mind. This is in no way a ... observing what you find yourself interested in is a good way to really figure ... reason. There is a person behind every piece of support—in other words

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  More Odds & Ends Concerts (on & off campus), doors (on campus), and lectures (also on campus).

  

  -5; this is their second stop in Boston this tour), Dave Matthews Band ... Thomas the week before, and Ludacris is in town tonight) Last entry, I ... could not be done. Water Politics and Earth Democracy: Second in a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Oh, the Places You’ll Go(ogle) The path to enlightenment is paved with Google searches.

  

  is only a few perilous notches above the set of people who spend ... mass of a space ship is 1000 kg, with a circular sail made of a ... for the space ship to explore the Solar system in 30 years if it is

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 14, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Gettin’ Fancy Two formal events in two days?

  

  Abstract Ring Delivery is a time-honored tradition in which Massachusetts ... of emotions leads individuals to document their experience in odd ways ... elucidate why such great effort is put into emphasizing the presence of a new

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • May 3, 2014
• Blog / Events

  Battle of the Boot storytime with Yuliya #1

  

  . The women’s bathroom in Simmons shone with a clean metallic glow. I ... ’t looking? For a blissful moment, I breathed in peace. Then I reached my ... awesome): To note among roaches is Nadezhda (translated as “Hope”), a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 23, 2015
• Blog / How to Human

  taking care in all forms

  

  and face masks and indulging in a bit of luxury. "self-care is buying yourself a little treat so you can get through the day" is a common phrase i ... !" self-care, in my opinion, is a lot less glamorous than that. sometimes it

  • by Mel N. '24, MEng '25
  • May 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Remember? A Blast from the Past

  

  me any significant pain. 8.02 (Physics) is essentially a review of high ... slightly embellished story that is nonetheless true in its essentials. Before ... professional author, and the following was written in about one hour and never

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 16, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Sneak peek at the new admissions and SFS sites what we've been working on all summer

  

  , especially if you don't know what that is yet provide simple documentation of ... development) backend is awful and really gets in the way we needed some better ... better use of our incredible wealth of content in old blog posts Here's a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 16, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What’s happening with Senior House The thing that happened, why the thing is upsetting, and what can hopefully be done

  

  , Senior House is one of the most inexpensive dorms to live in and has a ... I phrased this in a way that is obviously sarcastic, since I feel like ... in a way that is tailored to what students feel will best help them

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • June 13, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  late signal for the problem’s emergence. in many cases it is such a late ... without looking at the keyboard. this is a wonderful state to be in because ... author of the blog post was right in that this behavior is common among

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022