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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  For love of Baxter A story of love, loss, and catnapping on Burton 1, as documented by my cell…

  

  From: rich Subject: LOST CAT Date: January 22, 2008 1:22:26 AM EST To: burton1 From: baxterthieves Subject: We have Baxter Date: January 23, 2008 1:51:44 AM EST To: rich Cc:…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 27, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Delicious Things Mmmmm.

  

  phrase came to life when I heard about this thing. Especially since I cook

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 26, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Helicopter Flight Training [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] 500 feet above Boston with two MIT Deans.

  

  [by CDT Greg Wellman '09] For the second time in my life, I had the chance to ride in a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. My first experience was ... of Student Life Benedict and Dean of Undergraduate Education Hastings

  • by ROTC
  • October 3, 2007
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT students launch Camp Kesem Camp Kesem is a five-day overnight summer camp for children whose parents have had cancer.

  

  Summer is well under way, and no child’s vacation is complete without camp. Toasting marshmallows over a campfire, playing capture the flag, doing arts and crafts, swimming in a lake-…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 1, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  McCormick: Girls Wanted Minh '10 shares her love of McCormick Hall.

  

  ’s Residential Life / Housing Options) McCormick hall is split into two towers

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Random Monday Fun @ MIT The title says it all.

  

  Check out this picture… looks normal, right? My friend took this picture with his cell phone last thursday and sent it to me. The text that accompanied it said simply:…

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 18, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Knock On Wood Can I Graduate?

  

  I promised I’d never pull an all nighter….my thesis is due tomorrow. We’ll see how close I stay on that contract. More updates coming soon as the night progresses. 2:13…

  • by Bryan
  • May 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  We Brought Something? Um, no. No, we didn't.

  

  There was snow? I kid, I kid. I stayed up for most of the night with Colin ’10, Nina ’08, and Timur ’10 waiting for it to snow. A couple…

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  We’re Bringing What Back? I don't think so.

  

  [ETA] (I have actually seen snow before. MIT students are not actually so dumb that they don’t know what snow is. Except for Keri. Who lives in Florida, anyway??)(No, don’t…

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 4, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Senior Gift Kickoff Make your mark, without (grade?) inflation

  

  life gives you puddles, jump over them.

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • November 13, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The second-best picture we took in Paris This entry is dedicated to Regis Philbin.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? I. M. Pei, who graduated from the MIT school of architecture in 1940, designed the glass pyramids in front of the Louvre. “Agh, I’m so tired.” “Guys!…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  What do you want to hear about?

  

  I would like to post more entries this summer, but this is an MIT blog and I'm in Switzerland. I could ramble philosophically about MIT life - I've certainly done it before - but a lot of my big rambles have

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 3, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reality TV My former dormmate will appear on Queer Eye tonight.

  

  My old Baker House dormmate, Ed Miller ’00 (a.k.a. “Ed Miller, Noted Poker Authority”), will be on the Bravo reality television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.” Yes, tonight…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ecosystems And Web Sites A science question & general check-in.

  

  This is really, really cool. (Link stolen shamelessly from Riley.) Except tell me, you science experts – how does an ecosystem with “fantastic biodiversity” survive for five million years without…

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ZigZag Episode 6 A new video podcast.

  

  Episode 6 of MIT’s video podcast ZigZag is available today. Stories include highlights from this year’s 2.007 Robotics Competition, the “seeing machine”, and the awesome Disco Dance Floor (!). Check…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Vindicated! And the summer of FREEdom begins. (Pictures added)

  

  I’m in Boston until the end of next week for some meetings for the Committee on Academic Performance, but guess what, NO PROBLEM SETS! And thus, when you don’t have…

  • by Bryan
  • May 31, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Awkward Moment A little anecdote.

  

  Now I have a lot more stories where this comes from… Tuesday, I was walking down the Infinite with my advisor where SAVE (Save A Vital Earth) was promoting an…

  • by Bryan
  • April 14, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Don’t Miss the Battle of the Bands Watch Ben Jones's band, Tremulant, perform with Marilee Jones at Battle of the Bands this…

  

  What: Battle of the Bands When: Saturday of CPW (April 8th). Doors open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 8:00 PM Where: Lobdell Food Court, 2nd Floor of the Student…

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Events

  SMRT Only at MIT could a wholesome, traditional integration bee end up like this.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Human females are the second-largest female primate, but Human males are only the third-largest male primate. “Wait… you’re Course 9, and you like Dr. Phil?” As promised,…

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Musings on Graduate School Starting to think about graduate school...

  

  graduate school, I've just started to ponder what life is going to be like in ... life goal magic 8 ball really says that I want a PhD, so right now I ... about the BE MEng is that I get to see what life as a grad student is like

  • by Bryan
  • January 10, 2006