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• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Year in Review blogs, bhangra, and a baby monkey

  

  highlights of my year in review. And what an awesome year it was! 1. This is a ... ’s application for fun and it became a theme song for the winter (at least in my ... I especially love all the year in review lists. Because this was my

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 22, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How phonology explains wordplay in Tagalog songs armchair linguistics

  

  from other Philippine languages, but in practice is more like a synonym ... graduation requirements in MIT is the HASS Concentration, a group of related ... 've learned in linguistics applied to Tagalog. Phonology is the study of a

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 9, 2022
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Cambridge, Boston, and MIT in the Snow Santa and Poseidon in a winter wonderland.

  

  .) Running that evening was surreal. It felt like we were in a tunnel of snow ... professions, in a way Santa and Poseidon both have a lot to do with to snow. I ... -distance. Luckily Ami is a physicist and her hat is science-magical and they got to be

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 10, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  What Do These Numbers Have in Common? 7, 8, 12, 17, 18.

  

  of 2011) are also the first year in which a 5 on AP Biology is no ... . The actual song is here, but it is in Mandarin. I'll share with you a ... bottom. Here at MIT, it's rapidly coming down to the end. In a week and a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  CP* restored my faith in the universe i read...My Immortal...with prefrosh

  

  community is. So many people were involved in this initiative: those who ... 've always been "the young one" in most environments I've been; I took a lot of ... , the most iconic fanfiction of all time. This fanfic is so ingrained in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 18, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Professor Ernesto Blanco: A Lesson in Creative Engineering "Science and engineering are like two sides of a coin, where the value of the…

  

  develop a plan for a stair-climbing wheelchair. Blanco submitted a design in ... in class. "The approach consisted of a reclinable-seat wheelchair ... when the chair is tilted for climbing. The spokes in essence behave as

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 28, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  spring break in San Juan journeying to none other than the most popular MIT spreak destination

  

  's status as one of the oldest colonies, definitely more than could fit in a ... reserved tickets for rainforest entry a month in advance (they sell out fast ... sets in advance, so we traded between ourselves and tried to catch a

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 11, 2023
• Blog / Personal Travel

  In the Darkness of the Night one of the strangest things I have ever experienced

  

  ethnic minority in Vietnam. It is beautiful, and there is clean air, a ... had. In lieu of a proper picture, I have made a diagram to try and ... small children kicking a soccer ball or sitting in a circle. While in

  • by Becca H. '12
  • January 24, 2012
• Blog / Athletics

  Gimme a “C”! What a bunch of the cheerleaders are up to this summer. Hint: It's not sitting…

  

  (Building 37) Details: I'm working with a group that is involved in the physics behind a new radio telescope array that is to be built in the radio ... course 5). Isa '07 is doing a nuclear engineering internship in North

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 27, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ringing in the second half of MIT The Class of 2019 gets their brass rats...at last

  

  . The year's design is debuted at Ring Premier, a festive celebration ... grand reveal. Some students, including me, don't know that this is a ... , as must be mentioned, a ripple in the Charles River in the form of a

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • April 23, 2017
• Blog / IAP

  Keep Holy the Month of IAP For It Is a Time of Rest

  

  Board) is a student group that focuses on improving computing, both in ... keep a list in my head of what topics I want to blog about. But I think ... " is a fairly short list. One of the bigger things I did was teaching an

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 15, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Frosh No More Goodbye GIRs and Intro Classes, hello course 6!

  

  material is not only relevant but extremely useful in everyday coding life. A ... that interest me. The report is in after 4 weeks and I absolutely love ... (the R in RSA encryption and CLRS) and Professor Indyk (a leader in the

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • October 6, 2012
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Touring an IS&T Datacenter, and How My Dad Crashed the Internet I promise they're related.

  

  awfully ominous edifice: But Back In The Day™, W91 served as a wind tunnel ... upgrades since then, and is now a really pretty building of servers and ... ...connections. We also walked by this massive...thing: This is a giant box which

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • November 2, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nobel Prizes in your pocket Computers are so cool omg this is why I’m a course 6

  

  Suddenly she is in a magical, technicolour world Last week, MIT’s Professor ... ’re using a CRT display for whatever reason, the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physics ... involve pretty colours (always a plus in my books), but the prize was

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • October 9, 2023
• 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 ... . there are very few women in the game industry and this is still a huge ... syndrome is a thing in the real world, not just at MIT having a standing

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 2, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus

  

  norm. Over in Matt's blog, there was a question about why MIT is on the ... pretty. Except in a situation like this, which is a beautiful sight no ... -issue. However, there are a few freshman doubles on every hall. In these, the beds

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  a season of secondhand joy on mudita and vicarious delight

  

  . food, in general, is a nice way to express care for someone else. there ... convey. all of this is love, but in different ways. there is a passion for ... hey. it's christmas season in mit. i was never a big fan of christmas

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • December 12, 2021
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat the heat in the Z Center Pictures of the MIT gym

  

  . There's also a huge indoor track field, but I couldn't get in because I ... a big area called the Rockwell Cage: This list is by no means ... deposit), and can enter a lottery for a locker in the DuPont locker room. Oh

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 11, 2008
• Blog / Residential Life

  back in east campus, the sequel jiggity jig (again)

  

  → macgregor august 2021: macgregor → ec (this post) as is tradition, here's a picture of my old room, with my key: and here is my room now. i am in a ... in a double, but this year we do have people in doubles, so i am now in

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 18, 2021
• Blog / Study Abroad

  Last night in Haiti I have about three hours to sleep until we have to catch our flight out…

  

  about being in a country where nobody has electricity or regular access to ... about safety - and saw the city in a whole different light. The majority ... our last night in Haiti. The last few days were all such a blur - I got

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 1, 2010