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• Blog / Challenges

  MIT is hard Yes, yes I am.

  

  MIT is hard. BUT . . . since it feels like I’ve only been writing wanky blog entries lately, I’d like to write one that’s not, because everybody likes happy,…

  • by Snively '11
  • October 18, 2008
• Blog / How to Human

  E-mail It's like D-mail, only the next letter.

  

  I can remember, back when I was applying to MIT, there were two huge perks I was looking forward to if I got accepted. The first was a Brass Rat.…

  • by Snively '11
  • September 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Sunday in the Park With chemistry

  

  . A gondola sailed by, which temporarily turned my life into a Tour

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 26, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  So I’m sick right now. Again. It’s some lovely combination of fever, nausea, and other TMI that I’ll spare you the details of, but basically, I was sick when classes…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 22, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Peanut Butter Delusion Arguments as old as man.

  

  Alright, it’s been a good five days since our blogs have come online, and I still haven’t found a novel way to detail my first three and half weeks here…

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • September 13, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Mechanics of Blogging How do I do it?

  

  One of the biggest things that bugged me about MIT before I got here is not knowing what things looked like. I kept hearing about “Athena” but had never seen…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Why yes, I’m with the news I need a good fedora

  

  I work at Hasbro in Rhode Island, about a 1 hour train ride away from where I’m staying on campus. Kim ’11, who was also in Toy Design with me,…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 7, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Top of the World If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the roof of the Green…

  

  It’s sort of funny how some of the most interesting things happen completely by chance. Case in point: About a month ago, I was heading from my lab to the…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • August 3, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  All-You-Can-Eat Summer I hit food coma at the first paragraph.

  

  The thing about summer is the weeks kind of all run together, so all the days just sort of bleed into each other and everything starts to feel like one…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 10, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Legacy of a Media Storyteller [by Leila Kinney, Comparative Media Studies] Recently, Leila Kinney attended a Symposium at the Media…

  

  [by Leila Kinney, Administrator for Academic Programs, Comparative Media Studies] On Friday, June 20th, Media Lab alumni and colleagues gathered to recognize and remember Glorianna Davenport’s 30-years of research and…

  • by ARTalk
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Graduation Some commencement pictures.

  

  They say that today’s graduation theme was “MIT students in service of the world”, but really, it was more akin to, “Ponchos”. We awoke to ominous dark skies today and…

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 6, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  CRACKED [by Sadie Scheffer '10] Part art-support group, part studio, part community, and part activist.

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer ’10] For the final art blog of the school year, I’d like to tell you a little more about Cracked. Cracked is a student-run art group that…

  • by ARTalk
  • May 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  usual banter about my love life, Ben started talking about business cards

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Events

  And I’m leaving, on a . . . cruise ship? Don't know when I'll be back again.

  

  Melis just blogged about Senior Ball so I figured that it’d be a good time to blog about a nice little semi-formal event that wasn’t just for seniors. Also, be…

  • by Snively '11
  • May 4, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Of Dancing and T-Shirts (Guest Entry) Who had fun at CPW? I did!

  

  By Emily Zhao ’12 Hey, my name is Emily. Sorry this guest entry is coming late! I had a great time at CPW, really. But my SD card corrupted, dumping…

  • by Snively '11
  • April 22, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Happy Things Yay!

  

  This is what MIT felt like when I first arrived: Sunny, warm, people playing Frisbee on Kresge Oval. Spring seems to have arrived at last, though this isn’t the first…

  • by Karen F. '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Toy Design Update How couldn't you enjoy building toys?

  

  has even influenced two major decisions in my life as of late. 1) I

  • by Snively '11
  • April 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  What to expect when you’re expecting CPW Some thoughts and advice in advance of Campus Preview Weekend.

  

  't see: There are a number of aspects of life that you're less likely to

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Sam Survey I'M HOSED.

  

  I am RIDICULOUSLY hosed this week (three exams, a problem set, a lab report, a t-shirt design, a poster design, a UROP proposal, an EMS elections meeting, an overnight shift,…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Seamless And A Seamless Transition [by Sadie Scheffer '10] I present to you "Seamless: Computational Couture," a smart-fashion show and…

  

  [by Sadie Scheffer ’10] I’ve seen a plethora of Project Runway watchers around campus this IAP, and while most fans I know have expressed vague wishes of becoming fashionistas, there…

  • by ARTalk
  • February 27, 2008