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  Neil Gaiman: The Liveblog "This is a land of fire and dreams."

  

  sense, collaborate with each other, in the sense that a novel is only ... know something is Really Important: Now, MIT has hosted a pretty ... expecting Neil to be here by now. There is A few people start clapping (widely

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 23, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  BREAK MY BODY, LIBERATE MY SOUL a student-made installation in the Stata Center R&D pub

  

  in the show, is a frenzied, glitchy sequence of footage and animation ... architecture of MIT's campus, lies a pub. it opened in 2004 and was used for at ... soul." the scene, which is coupled with a jagged electronic sound

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • March 19, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Making it work. In which I just carry on. Where's Andrae when I need him?

  

  significant as coming up with the idea of using a spoon to eat soup. Back in ... readmitted in 1936. Now, at MIT, passing a typical class earns you 12 units of ... completed his thesis earned and a doctorate in Chemistry. If you're coming to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • March 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  More Psets! This starts out artsy, but I promise it's going to go downhill really fast.

  

  excellent. This class is also a CI-M, a "communications intensive in major ... . These are usually written A-B-C, which means A hours in the classroom, B ... Worse-Is-Better is a better development philosophy than Do

  • by Evan B. '10
  • February 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fact: Architecture majors have to code I don't remember signing up for this

  

  first project in 4.113, each one of us had to thoroughly research a ... write code that aggregates geometric elements in a defined space as if chemical reactions are adding a certain ion in a petri dish...and pray that

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 22, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Art of Waiting how to burn some time

  

  relations in a world that is just a step away from our own. Her: Ex Machina ... chamomile tea in hand, and snuggle up with a book? We have a lot of these ... reading so can't say too much yet, but it deals with hard topics in a

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • March 13, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Rekindling and how mit is actually going to save my art career

  

  there is a world in which you don’t have to worry about erasing the same ... is remotely interested in digital art, or even traditional art, it is a ... ="as in, drawing a line produces a line at the tip of my pencil, and not a

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • October 7, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Murals of East Campus i live in an art exhibition

  

  past year that is a wall completely filled by handprints in a variety of ... camps - at every single camp I went to, I was housed in a dorm room that ... : 5E had a dragon in black light paint so facilities wouldn't see it and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 26, 2018
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  On Tortillas and Community An update from a year and a half ago.

  

  bit of butter. With this in mind, I set out to find a tortilleria or in the very least, good quality tortillas in a super market. Not only did I not find a tortilleria, but I didn’t even find good quality tortillas in

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • December 12, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  eighty hours (pt. 2) notes from the second day

  

  that this is, in fact, a theme of my overall life already. I read a ... This is part two of a series, consisting of a lightly ... ) Good morning! It’s a beautiful morning out here in the [annotation

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Admissions

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to CPW DON'T PANIC.

  

  Arthur Dent: You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a ... 're not trapped in a Vogon airlock (or are you?), but I do have advice for ... duration of CPW, each pre-frosh is paired with a volunteer student host, who

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 5, 2008
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  applications! Being a senior, whether in high school or college, is just really ... heal us. As a step in that direction, we want to share a list of things ... . And here is a list of timestamps that *actually* heal our souls: Pearl

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Announcements

  Introducing the baby bloggers! but read it intrrrrrrroduuuucing, like I'm a very excited announcer

  

  fizzy green liquids, owner of a popular LinkedIn meme account, and wizard ... gap year which I just think is freaking awesome, who is on a quest to ... It is that time of year again! The semester is starting, campus is

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 14, 2022
• Blog / Classes

  chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina

  

  A fire alarm went off in the middle of the first 20.110 exam. It was ... , except in a good way. Half of the class was taking it in one room and the ... happened to share an elevator in Building 68 with a couple of grad students

  • by Abby H. '20
  • October 28, 2018
• Blog / How to Human

  4 Years advice from a freshly minted alum

  

  now... In any case, it's easy to get lost in the details of MIT as a ... is my compilation of his response, in no particular order: 1. Always ... opportunities may come along and you may not even realize it if you come in with a

  • by Ana V. '15
  • June 8, 2013
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  HT@MIT: Foodie Edition The Friendly Toast, Oasis and Teriyaki House, my three favorite restaurants

  

  broccoli). Teriyaki house is a combination Chinese/Japanese/Sushi/Bubble Tea ... ;   Oasis   Oasis is a different animal from Teriyaki House, while I frequent the latter, getting to the former is more of a luxury

  • by Natnael G. '15
  • July 15, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Pictures from a Month into Classes and I'm thrivi... surviving?

  

  : Early Move-In So it turns out Virginia is a fairly long drive from MIT ... MIT is a weird school. Seriously. If I asked you to picture a normal ... the past month, I’ve done everything from holding a ferret in our

  • by Richard O. '28
  • October 14, 2024
• Blog / MIT Life

  ¡Vámonos! An introduction to GRTs and the support system at MIT

  

  Residential life is a big part of going to college, and the unique diversity of living environments at MIT is something we're proud of. As many ... wave hits a difficult spot, knowing the people you live and learn with is

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • April 2, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  aeroastro privilege all-expenses-paid tour to seattle and los angeles

  

  Being a major in Course 16 (Aeronautics and Astronautics, or Aero ... camp" known as Unified Engineering, smiling in front of a 747 at the ... , we sat in the mission control room and walked in a simulation-soil Mars

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 10, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  i am overwhelmed. what happens when a pandemic, recession, racial reckoning and recruitment season join forces?

  

  should be!) Everyone says that this is not a normal time, that we are ... I expected junior fall as a course 6 to be a challenging semester even in normal times, from anecdotal accounts. In these 'unprecedented

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 29, 2020