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  CPW Hosts

  

  hosted meetings with the MIT student hosts for CPW. One meeting overflowed ... there's no such thing as a "perfect" host. However, we did the best with ... at this point, but it'd be nice to know. Here's the scoop: we spent a

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 3, 2005
• Blog / Events

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

  

  As I mentioned earlier, Neil Gaiman is coming to MIT! The lecture he's giving was even featured on the MIT homepage for today, which is how you ... hosted the infamous Ollie Smoot '62 (for a lecture about Smoot's Ear

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

  In the Music Cubes, no one can hear you scream…

  

  the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building) are finally open! For those ... confirm that art is indeed created inside the Music Cubes. [carousel image1="103819" image2="103826" /] The Music & Culture Space is the smallest cube and

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • September 25, 2024
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fame Discover Magazine tries to cash in on this whole "turkey into oil" craze that I…

  

  , the company I'm working for in my UROP got into Discover Magazine again ... The thermal conversion process is probably the only practical large ... nations, would ban the practice, creating more demand for his machinery to

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week of work

  

  . 18.310 is Principles of Applied Mathematics, the discrete version (18.311 is the continuous version). In this class, the tests are deliberately ... 'm talking to another course 9 major, the usual response is "What?", so I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Latino Cultural Center It's Mes Latino!

  

  't bother to calculate for the sake of not feeling old. Here he is scolding me ... the next thing in life via the infinite corridor is the basement of the student center. This is home to a post office, dry cleaners, the ID card

  • by Ana V. '15
  • March 3, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MVEMJSUNP A contest!

  

  mnemonics for learning the order of the planets was "MVEMJSUNP" pronounced 'me ... : Assuming that the new order of the planets is: Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres ... the Bell where Zach Morris joined the quiz bowl team but then the token

  • by Bryan
  • August 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Hall Rooms Six rooms and ten stuffed animals.

  

  -eight-year-old brother gave me when I left for MIT. On the wall above my bed is possibly my ... to Mika ‘14 during term and is Ceres ‘14’s for the summer. 4-room: 4 ... their room numbers. Each of the four floors is concentric with the shaft

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 10, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Wall A Lack of Color

  

  for the holidays. I had other plans for break, but they fell through, so ... place, despite the heat. I really like how much nature is accessible there ... the Media Lab, which was great for waking me up at 5am back in the fall

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Retreat, RETREAT!! A weekend vacation.

  

  miles in the snow to get away from MIT and plan for our upcoming semester. They often say that "getting there is half the fun" and I would tend to ... for the semester ahead, we took a break to look at the stars (which you

  • by Bryan
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Crazy Day

  

  indicates the MIT Weather Machine is gearing up for Campus Preview Weekend (CPW). For the food snobs out there, we had lunch at Legal Seafoods ... for the first time ever I saw Ben Affleck on the sidewalk!

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • March 30, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  i’d like to write a happy post a sestina

  

  I've been gone from the blogs for a little while, since this semester ... , on making paradise for CPW; or spring break adventures; or the way that ... 's just a place. Not all adventures are good. No place is a paradise. The

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Poetics of Place Snippets from my "Critical Writing for Designers" course at school down the street

  

  ), and I meet my beautiful friend for lunch, and on my way home in the ... down and growing gray. There is cacophony of birdsounds. The ramp swoops ... sunlight (just this time of day). There is purple gravel and the smell of

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • February 29, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  bump MIT students design products

  

  specifications for fruit... or break things apart to learn. Despite the fact that it looks like we only have fun in the class, 2.009 is HARD WORK ... , currently named Bump, is a hands-free baby gate that will detect whether the

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 19, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Rudolph Family Weekend Better late than never, right?

  

  here for what is now over nine weeks, the longest I've ever been away ... Rudolph, the set of parents of those students is a subset of the set of ... to spend the afternoon with me. That is... once they found me... Aside

  • by Kate R. '14
  • October 24, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  LAST! It's the end of the world as we know it!

  

  you mean this is the end?” Three words friends: Large. Hadron. Collider ... this morning, but we’ll ignore that for the sake of sensationalism). In ... at the thing. From for blog Whoa, yea it's big. In fact it

  • by Chris M. '12
  • September 10, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large ... the process. It really was a great opportunity for my family to ... on the parents page on our site: Getting ready for the decision A

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / How to Human

  the one where i talk to ameer what is real again?

  

  , while TikTok is becoming the new innovative fun spot for kids Kellen ... So, let me set the scene for the [annotation note="Some would call it ... , in front of me is the Jeremy, behind me is Ariel, DJ to my left, and

  • by kellen manning
  • April 9, 2020
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Snippets of Iceland some rhymes from spring break

  

  2024 has been quite a year for the Sun—in addition to the total solar eclipse, this year is also a [annotation note="when the Sun is at its most ... wind is whistling if you listen there's the harbor, don't you miss it

  • by Allison E. '27
  • April 17, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  2020 Admitted Student Gatherings Get a vision of your future at MIT

  

  you haven’t done so already), early spring is an exciting time for ... …but don’t quote me on that. For all the newly admitted students out there, we hope you are pumped for what the next few months have in store

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • March 17, 2016