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

  

  Yesterday evening at MIT had a fairly random pair of events: First, pro wrestling announcer Jim “J.R.” Ross spoke at a colloquium hosted by the Comparative Media Studies (CMS) department.…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 23, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Orgo Birthday Happy birthday, Ting Ting!

  

  I know, I know, it’s been like eight years since I wrote anything. I promise I haven’t fallen off the earth! Coming off of pass/no record, though, is taking a…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 14, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  That’s right, you’re sick Thank you, nurse, for stating the obvious.

  

  As I’ve discussed on this blog before, MIT MedLinks are awesome. Got a headache? Have some Tylenol! Stuffy nose and a cough that just won’t go away? Sudafed, Robitussin, pick…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • March 8, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Some Megaphone, Pressed Against An Insect’s Brain That is what this blog entry resembles.

  

  together into one photo entry so I can move on with my blogging life (and

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Browser Wars Hee. The title makes me think of Super Mario Bros. Oh how I miss my…

  

  more and more of my life. =) There's only a week left in IAP, which is a ... admitted, what does that actually add to your life? And most importantly, it

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Be Our Guest, Take 2 Not to name drop, but... Steven Levitt, Paul Polak, Iqbal Quadir, and Brigitte Madrian all…

  

  I have had the good fortune to hear several excellent guest speakers recently. 1. Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics and MIT PhD) came to campus on Monday and spent two…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 6, 2007
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Congratulations! You have been named… Time Magazine's Person of the Year!

  

  Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. It’s you. The person reading this right now. In fact, those of you who are avid blog readers, writers, and commenters are an even…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 18, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Blast from the Past

  

  So way back awhile ago, after I stopped blogging for extended periods of time (sorry!) and after Ruth’s balloon adventure, I headed over to Bryan’s fraternity, ZBT, for…an 80s party.…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 15, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  words of reassurance make my life. I paced around the house, wondering ... , but definitely worth it. Coming up: a day in the life of... well, me

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Some Time in New York City I'm not much of a man by the light of day, but by night I'm…

  

  colleges say that they have a city life, it might be a half-hour shuttle ride ... homemade guacamole that changed my life." At least, that's what I heard

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 12, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Ice cream and an onion Chun Li, pirates, magnetic poetry, and an RLC circuit.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Paula Abdul is not African-American. She is of Syrian and Brazilian descent. So every year the senior class sponsors a really, really cheap (like $2.50) Halloween-themed cruise…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 29, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Wolverine Wolverine, creme brulee, Ina Garten, BOOM. You symbiotic patriotic slam book neck, right?

  

  . This is the best recipe for soup I have ever tasted in my short life

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 27, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Double whammy.

  

  "The author has filed this entry in the 'Life After MIT (Careers & Grad School)' section; check it out for further reading on this topic." ...wow. Get ready folks, this is not an either or entry. You get both

  • by Bryan
  • October 23, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If you eat too many carrots, your skin will turn orange due to excess carotene. So, I’m not Jewish. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! But…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Flavor of Love As a wise woman once said, "Free is my favorite flavor."

  

  DID YOU KNOW? If I had been born a girl, my father would have wanted to name my Marya (MAR-ee-uh). Marya Maurer. As it was, Sam’s Mom wanted to name…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Public service announcement One stereotype that I just won't accept.

  

  One thing I’ve been hearing from prefrosh at an alarming frequency lately is that MIT is a competitive and cutthroat place, and that collaborative behavior is rare. Let me first…

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things you might have wanted to know

  

  There are a few questions that I’ve often wondered if people were curious about and just aren’t asking. One of them, I answered in one of my first entries, but…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Meta

  

  during that time)? And much more. After three years of MIT life, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Quentin Smith Google Quentin Smith '10.

  

  Hollis teen is a Presidential Scholar with a summer job at Google Published: Monday, May. 22, 2006 By DAVID BROOKS / Nashua Telegraph At right: Lawrence Academy senior Quentin Smith…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Cristen Chinea Cristen Chinea '10, for whom MIT might mean "meteorologist in training."

  

  ‘Miracle Child’ of Public Drinker Earns a Full Scholarship to MIT July 17, 2006 BY DEBORAH KOLBEN / The New York Sun If you’ve ever walked through Union Square Park,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 31, 2006