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  Lecture Notes: Biology of Culture highlights from Brian Farrell's open lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History (spoiler: contains…

  

  scribbles in my notebook, a smattering of quotes, points and diagrams: "I ... beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a ... in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • October 3, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Anatomy of a college student’s life My life consists of library visits and pizza delivery, because I'm totally original and stuff.

  

  Dominos has brought the concept to a whole new level. I just think this is ... America, or something. In other news, this is what I see when I log in to ... residence in Massachusetts. All I had to do was bring a credit card statement

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  it really is beginning and so it begins

  

  That kind of means summer is ending. Jessie wrote in her blog how everyone is getting ramped up for probably one of the most exciting times of the year, Orientation. In about 10 minutes, we start our pre

  • by Bryan
  • August 24, 2005
• Blog / Events

  The Third Side of Fraternities The way I see it...

  

  that live in a small dorm but is part of a fraternity, so I don't know ... around a bit in the beginning (which is still good and sound advice), but I ... , but there is a lot that goes on in fraternities before extending a bid

  • by Chris S. '11
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Introducing the Class of 2013: Jonte ‘13 The fourth in a series of articles about the incoming MIT class.

  

  university located in Cambridge, Mass. Craighead said he is looking forward to going to Cambridge, where there is a friendly rivalry between MIT and ... chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He was killed in a plane crash

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Seemingly Stressful Survey The Tech publishes about stress at the institute

  

  one night a week in our office on the 4th floor of the student center ... students feel while being in school here at MIT. We ran a survey starting ... may have casually come up in the times that I’ve written here that I am

  • by Stanley G.
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Ye Olde Career Fair An MIT tradition...and a great opportunity for a discussion on leadership!

  

  was a little confused. Why not just “leadership?” Is this a leadership program designed specifically for engineers, or is there really a difference ... leader, chats up a student at the GEL Career Fair boothThe Career Fair is

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I started a joke… ...that started the whole world crying.

  

  this puppy by adding 25 to both sides." "Let's do a rigorous proof of the law of sines! This is gonna be a tough puppy, but I think you guys can ... math teacher, Mr. Bob Cohen, who had a strange fondness for referring to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 30, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Cool Classes

  

  Reading the Essay (Spring '04, Manning) - A rarity in that it's both HASS-D/CI-H and a small, advanced class. It is not an easy class, and Manning is ... teaching ability. In many big classes, a lot of the learing comes through

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 20, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21L.011 Are You [film] Experienced?

  

  course name in all of academia.** It's a history class where students ... .” *An aside: My classmates in senior year voted me most likely to lead a ... aspects of the films of the week. My recitation leader is also a published

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 21, 2008
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  is loosely stated as such: “For every student sitting in a library ... understand the true meaning of the word “hosed”. Here is a post exactly in line ... --seldom is a space used for only one.   Barker Library In my experience

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spring Break and Study of Cities Abroad Students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning enjoy a subsidized spring break abroad…

  

  . While in Scandinavia last spring break, a few of us met up with the 11 ... Program for a semester of study in the Cities in the 21st Century curriculum ... 's planned electives in the major. Sounds like a pretty good deal for those

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the last…

  

  . In other words, if we feel that a mid-year report is needed to make a ... Quick answers to a few of the common questions in my blog over the ... worry about this. In a case where we need to see a mid-year report and it

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 22, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  offers a lot of choices, and navigating those choices is much easier if you ... a religious or faith community is tantamount, or you just want to make ... important than anything else, which won't help us in making a good match

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  I’m embarrassed to be writing this entry. The one where Matt regresses back to being a 12 year old boy.

  

  wrestling. Later, we both did varsity wrestling in high school, which is a ... Topics in Comparative Media Studies. The class is taught by Sam Ford, who is also a licensed professional wrestling manager and performs for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  You can’t live without clean water Alfinio's sustainable water initiative

  

  1667a.html In the summer of 2007, four Harvard graduates will go to Costa Rica to work with their partners in a community to eradicate the ... is also a promising environment with many opportunities to engage these

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Hot Dogs Or, how I fail at eating hot dogs.

  

  I've always been a big eater. Part of this may be because my dad is ... can do that, look! The record is only 14, and you get an hour and a half ... in 1.5 hours gets their picture on the wall, a t-shirt, free hot dogs

  • by Snively '11
  • February 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Four Friendly Body Pillows body pillows are my love language

  

  If I had a dollar for every body pillow I’ve purchased in the past ... , getting a dollar for each body pillow I purchase is a rather inefficient way ... living on the third floor of the [annotation note="East Campus is a dorm

  • by Audrey C. '24
  • January 1, 2022
• Blog / Announcements

  Be a Blogger 2021!

  

  For the last six years now, I have started this post with a jaunty list of summer activities. Like last year, things are still a bit pandemic disrupted, but here in Cambridge, vaccination rates are high, and so

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 1, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Breadsticks and Business Just remember, undergrads are like puppies in the eyes of an alum

  

  , Kevin is amazed with how much he’s learned in such a short amount of time ... course 2A (a flexible degree in mechanical engineering) startup cofounder ... students in GEL program, and I love the opportunity to meet students from a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • May 24, 2012