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  Woot! My t-shirt is funnier than your t-shirt.

  

  One seemingly minor, yet important, change I've noticed between college life and high school life is that getting mail is incredibly exciting. Whether it's postcards from friends overseas, care packages from my

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  DID YOU KNOW? John McCain is 2.41 Saturn years old. Funny story. On the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide ’09 and her role as our floor’s “Moral…

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Whatever, this week rocks MIT students gripe a lot about homework. It's not all they do though, thank god.

  

  I have nothing but analysis left to do for the last Junior Lab experiment for the rest of the week. I went to the gym today, I'll probably go on thursday, too. Yeah, life isn't so bad. Turns out I'm not nearly as

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  A Fool’s Holiday How MIT celebrates April Fool's Day

  

  I was just reading Wired Magazine online and came across this. Specifically, let’s look at 1998. 1998 Disney has bought MIT for $6.9 billion. The School of Engineering will be…

  • by Bryan
  • April 1, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Harvard and MIT have organized a panel discussion on Pakistan’s current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm Location: 4-270 There’ll be four panelists, all of…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Visit YouTube to Participate in the World Economic Forum! Have world leaders watch and respond to your video at this year's World Economic Forum!

  

  President Hockfield has asked the MIT International Review (http://web.mit.edu/mitir/) to spread awareness of an unprecedented opportunity: You can participate in this year’s World Economic Forum! Visit http://www.youtube.com/thedavosquestion and post a…

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • January 2, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Get Your Wii On. A Dome Hack!!!

  

  In honor of the release of the Nintendo Wii the Great Dome found itself hacked. Photo Credit: Eric Schmiedl More photos can be found here Update (11/19/06; 2:08 PM) The…

  • by Bryan
  • November 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Beat It, Bump It, Spike It MIT + NCAA: Two acronyms people don't normally expect in the same sentence.

  

  I always wondered what it would be like to go to one of those really hardcore sports universities, then I had the chance to get it at MIT. Last night,…

  • by Bryan
  • November 10, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  As though we weren’t hosed enough…

  

  …we’ve been graced with a fire truck on the Great Dome! In case you can’t tell, that inscription says “MIT Fire Department”. The CPs appreciate good hacks too. I got…

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The best picture we took in Paris Slightly delayed for some slightly successful attempts at photo editing.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? MIT’s original Course 20, “Food Technology, Nutrition Science, and Applied Biological Sciences”, existed in the MIT Course Handbook for 17 years without any faculty or staff, until…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 25, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Want a bike? Get a fairly decent bike at the Next House bike auction

  

  I’m done with the MCAT! Well, at least for now (we’ll see once I get the score report in two months.) In other news, I got this email from the…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 19, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10s in the news A series of newspaper articles about incoming MIT freshmen.

  

  Over the next week (or so), I’ll be publishing newspaper articles I’ve collected from across the web (via newsfeeds) about members of the Class of 2010 (if there was a…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Yet Another MIT 2010? Alex Doonesbury needs to choose a college.

  

  In the comic Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau, the character Alex Doonesbury is still deciding on colleges: RPI, Cornell, or MIT? Now, her college decision is up for a vote (aren’t…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Dewey Love Libraries? Yes we dew!

  

  Yes we dew. I am not very shy about my love and affection for the MIT library system. (See here and here for evidence.) On Saturday afternoons, I oftentimes embark…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 10, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Thursday

  

  Sorry, things have been hectic lately, plus my knees really hurt. Tomorrow: 10:00-4:00 — Earth Day 10:30-12:00 — 14.64: Labor Economics class 12:00-1:00 — economic lunch with Janet ’06 4:00-5:00…

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Maybe later

  

  I was going to spend a couple of hours today formatting the many amazing pictures from last weekend and writing a super-awesome entry about the FIRST regional. But then Adelaide…

  • by Laura N. '09
  • March 11, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tomorrow is MacVicar day! Tomorrow is MacVicar day. See poster presentations by MIT students who have made an impact…

  

  I got an email today about the MacVicar Day event this week that showcases student research in our labs here on campus and in the field worldwide. It should be…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT Meets The OC Be sure to watch the April 6 episode!

  

  Oh, so good. Joanne witnessed the convergence of two of her loves a few days back, and now it’s my turn. Just received email from my friend who works in…

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Randomness

  

  life in the city, and my friends. I should get on that. At least I got

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Class Projects

  Television MIT on TV.

  

  Tonight’s episode of MythBusters on the Discovery Channel will show the Archimedes Death Ray episode, done in conjunction with students from MIT’s 2.009: Product Engineering Processes. Definitely worth checking out…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 25, 2006