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MacGyvering Bacon-tine’s Day decathlon brought to you by a paperback, a sledgehammer, and a scooter
I like being around people who can creatively keep themselves entertained. This can be an unproductive quality while alone; I have a terrible tendency to sit fascinated for hours by… -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Multidimensional Showcasing an aspiring physicist with amazing musical talent
Occasionally as I lie in bed at night puzzling over the hecticness that is so typical of life here at MIT, I hear piano chords playing on repeat from the floor above. I always smile. I know the musician, and I -
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Pumpkin Drop Trick-or-treating is not enough.
If a 5-kg pumpkin is tossed through a snowstorm such that it reaches the peak of its trajectory one meter above the roof of the Green Building, which… -
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Y U NO HAVE ROLLERCOASTER this is why
If you weren’t aware, REX (Residence EXploration) is going to be in full swing soon, and for East Campus, that means lots and lots of stuff in the courtyard, which… -
Blog / Challenges
Ups and Downs Currently down.
move on with my life. My grad student's policy is "you can make every ... . This is turn explains why I've spent the last two hours of my life -
Blog / Events
Weekend Adventures Part One the first of several "a day in the life of Cyd" posts
know what the daily life of an MIT student (i.e. me) is like. So i ... the life of Cyd" posts and I can imagine them being lots of fun (for me -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Just Dance! Dance = Awesome.
my life for well over ten years now. It's been a huge outlet for me, an -
Blog / Life after MIT
Whoa…You’re Old Bryan returns from the crypt of grad school
that the life of a graduate student is not as exciting as an ... my life: I am now a tenured graduate student (passed both halves of my -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
An Explanation I always end up writing about underwear!
the dorm next year. Anything else? Interested in my personal life -
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Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.
Magazine, Wikipedia, and NPR's This American Life. Lots of MIT students -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Marjane Satrapi and French Breakthroughs The author of Persepolis visits MIT, and my French professor is famous
about life and criticisms of American foreign policy. All in all, it was a ... AIDS, there is a lot of joy. And life without joy is pointless." It -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Amazin’ The Mets clinched the NL East. *happy dance*
My Mets clinched the NL East, and I am crazy psyched. Whoo! So what else has been going on in my life? You know, school and stuff. While I ... forces always equals zero, or else you did it wrong and life is unhappy -
Blog / Life after MIT
Senior Week: Mollie Burgoon A look at some of MIT's graduating students.
life anytime, and he even listens! He was really helpful when it came -
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Underneath your curves (Free) sample problems from MIT's integration bee this year.
my life. Last night I made my TV boyfriend Alton Brown's recipe for 40 ... short but colorful life. That is all. So, here's some sample problems -
Blog / Events
How about an eπ Reunion?
In my email this morning: Hello fellow Young Alums! As you may or may not have heard, the Class of 1997 is throwing a “e^2” Reunion to commemorate the 7.4-year… -
Blog / Challenges
my first year, in slices ft. ruminations on the freshmen friend group
- bored. I craved excitement, wanted my life to take the shape of any proper ... . Life doesn’t always work out this way, but, a year later, I can ... different life, cling onto the first people they meet and- seeking some sense -
Blog / Challenges
stepping back on keeping your priorities straight
effects is so paramount in my life that it surprises others and myself when ... , because you thought it was awesome that a paragraph put your life in ... things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day -
Blog / Life after MIT
The After
is life like after MIT? Same same and different. I’m still an engineer ... and support throughout my life. Life progresses slower after MIT. Less ... about working through the things life throws my way. That’s been my life -
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Three Weeks a short summary of this crazy place
. Everywhere I turn my head, I see vibrant signs of life. People are painting ... going away for me. This is the place I've dreamed of for most of my life