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  Building 46 ‚ô•

  

  Look at this: And this: And this: And maybe even this: I am utterly in love with this building. Everything from its 90-foot-high atrium to its bamboo forest to its…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 18, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Sights and Sounds Only at MIT.

  

  Some weeks ago, Jeanne ’13 and I embarked upon yet another of our voyages into Boston, meandering past our usual destinations and toward the Boston Symphony Hall, where we hoped…

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 5, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Photo Scavenger Hunt Let's give this a shot.

  

  By this time I’m sure most of you are finally enjoying summer. (Let’s have a contest, who got out the latest for summer vacation? post your final day of school…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • June 15, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Where are you going, where have you been? Prelude.

  

  Prelude. In light of the halfways, quarterways, three-quarters-ways done with MIT posts that have been popping up left and right and the all-around mayhem of everybody waxing poetic about their life experiences hoping

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 24, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Athena, Deliver Us From Finals And lead us not into temptation of crying ourselves to sleep at night.

  

  Late on Sunday evening, just before the first day of MIT’s finals, hackers erected a giant statue of Athena, the patron goddess of wisdom, in the middle of Killian Court.…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • May 20, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  One Giant Leap For beaver kind

  

  I’m up early. I’m up REALLY early, and it’s not because I stayed up, it’s because I woke up . . . to go study. Finals are coming up! You…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 17, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Practice Safe Hacking No, there are no LEDs

  

  Hacking at MIT is steeped in tradition and still occurs to this day. Hackers deploying any hack always subscribe to a strict code of ethics. This code of ethics is:…

  • by Snively '11
  • April 24, 2009
• Blog / Athletics

  Nadal, Federer, Helfant ‘85 Adam Helfant '85 is the new boss of professional men's tennis.

  

  I’ve been reading many, many applications over the last month, and one thing that strikes me is that there are a lot of MIT applicants who like tennis, both playing…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 31, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  IAP: A Quick Roundup Snively and his homepage dominance must be stopped!

  

  So you’re interested in MIT. (Why else would you be reading these blogs) You’ve heard from various sources that things are hard, that people don’t sleep, and perhaps that Chris…

  • by Chris M. '12
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Stomp the Yard, MIT style The Divine 9 and NALFO organizations on campus

  

  I am sure that many of you have read blogs about Greek life from some ... Latino Greek organizations. Throughout MIT”s history, Greek life has been ... though, Greek life at MIT is as diverse as its student body and includes

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • January 26, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Today is a Super Important Day This is kind of a big deal.

  

  Today is an important day. The end of an era, the beginning of a new one. I know that I, personally, have been counting down to this day for almost…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 20, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Well I Know That It’s a Wonderful World from the sky down to the sea, but I can only see it when you're…

  

  life of oscar wao. "listen, we'll let you go if you tell us what fuego

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  ‘Twas the Night before Finals Likely the highlight of my literary career. And some words of advice to EA.

  

  My apologies to Clement Clark Moore. ‘Twas the night before finals, and all through the ‘tute, You would think that the students had all become mute. The freshmen were nestled…

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Of Orange Juice and Animal Hats. How the Flintstones failed me.

  

  to be ridiculously sick on several major holidays throughout my life

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • November 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Halloween, Part 2 Sometimes it's fun to be somebody you're not.

  

  Last week, I promised you guys an update with photos of my Halloween costume. So, here I am as a duke: Note the plume in my hat. Hats with plumes…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  Cormick's water fountains, so life was fairly joyless. Somehow, the first night ... -to-medium-rare slice of time in which I should have tasted the next four years of my life ... injustices of life like everyone else, except with less spamming. The $65

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  And miles to go before I sleep. Here we go again.

  

  A friend in the class of mine which has a huge pset due tomorrow talked it over with me today. His final words as we parted? “You’ve got a long…

  • by Kim D. '09
  • October 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  What I just did You'll never believe it.

  

  10 minutes ago I actually heard myself say “I really need to eat and I also really need to do 2.005 but I only have time to do one, which…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 6, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Dah noo-loo Hey kah ay-ay u-nye

  

  Several weeks ago MIT had their famous fall Career Fair where hundreds of companies come and court hundreds of students. It’s a time when students update resumes, dry clean suits,…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  As Snively wrote, school’s out for the summer, but that certainly doesn’t mean that there’s less to do – in fact, I find my days are STILL packed, just in…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008