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• Blog / Miscellaneous

  American culture at its finest: Thanksgiving How my family celebrates the holiday. Plus a crash course in U.S. culture for internationals.

  

  the shopping season. I really need to read less Wikipedia.) At my house ... broadcasts the parade every year. My mom and/or sister and I take breaks from preparing some food to bring to my grandparents' house to catch snippets of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  this morning on my way to class and it absolutely made my day - although ... . For my own part, I dressed up as an absolutely ridiculous Renaissance

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  Sick of Being Sick On being sick at MIT.

  

  's in part due to my winning combination of Pepto Bismol chased down by ... bipolar.) The real turning point in my illness took place on Friday, when I ... knowing MIT Medical is there. My friends were sweet enough to bring me extra

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

  What can I say, it grew on me . . . (Guest Entry) Now I'm a beaver believer!

  

  Office: My friend Feldman '11 walked me to The East Campus, where I was ... journey. My dad met me on campus on Friday afternoon, and after our ... the prefrosh, as we expected. For most of Friday, the students on my

  • by Snively '11
  • April 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Registration – Important! If you're planning to attend CPW, please read this entry whether you've already registered or…

  

  registered for CPW: the deadline is TODAY! Please log into your MyMIT account and fill out the CPW registration form asap. If you don't have a My ... telephone. If you have already registered for CPW: please log into your My

  • by Ben Jones
  • March 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Party!

  

  in my hair, five showers later. Steer Roast, the context for this ... partying. It also has mudwrestling. In addition to my mudwrestling, I worked ... , backed up by Campus Police. My good friend Erik '09 was the head of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 8, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  And I am telling you I’m going And you, and you, and you, you're gonna love me.

  

  -year career. Well, I sure enjoyed my month home in Harrisburg, although ... 't wait! Stay tuned for tales of my audition for The Amazing Race, the world's largest indoor farm show taking place in my backyard, a special

  • by Sam M. '07
  • January 14, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in Lusaka, baby, so why don’t you blog me? I told Sam to blog this entry since I'm in Zambia (that explains the title).

  

  I am writing this from an internet cafe just outside Lusaka, Zambia, and Sam is awesomely posting this for me. My group has been here for ... restaurant called "Zamchick" where my mango-pineapple juice cost more than my 3

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / About Decisions

  Because one story just isn’t enough My tale of being admitted. Laugh. Cry. Both. Neither. All of the above?

  

  'm posting my own tale of being admitted last year. Since this is the second year that EA acceptees were sent cardboard tubes, I thought my story ... chunk of this, solely because I can. Three people from my school applied

  • by Keri G. '10
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Physical Education: because your body needs problem sets, too My adventures in completing the MIT Physical Education requirements

  

  requirement was a drag, but my classes have ended up being a lot of fun. You ... , and so I randomly rank classes that happen to fit in with the rest of my class schedule. My current gym class is Advanced Beginners Swimming. I

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 20, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The only living boy in New York I get all the news I need from The Colbert Report.

  

  tomorrow. And you don't get to read it unless you vote. Now, I did my part by ... Killian Court, but since then all my Google News feeds seem to be telling me ... my part here too. So if even ONE registered voter currently residing

  • by Sam M. '07
  • November 7, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Bicycle Diaries Like the motorcycle ones, except far less artsy and with a serious lack of Gael…

  

  1. So my sister bought me a bike. It's a used bike, but it's still ... bus back. 2. I am back at the student center, conveniently without my sister, and I find my bike. I take the key out, stick it in the lock, and

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

  Meditation Mondays Achieving inner peace, just in time for my 14.05 pset

  

  meditation session tonight -- which I definitely needed after getting my French quiz back and after watching my chicken shawarma drip onto my pants today

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 16, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu To you, and you, and you and you and you.

  

  figured today would be a good day for me to hang up my blogging hat. I ... at MIT (2010s, bloggers, etc), you know where to find me, and my door ... life, the universe, and everything -- my email's still mollieb at mit dot

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • September 4, 2006
• Blog / Hacks

  A quick plug

  

  my readers: What's your favorite MIT hack? I know it's awesome, but ... fondness for, among others, the Wright Flyer, which happened during my freshman year. Other hack-related entries on my blog include: I feel the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 9, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Accidents Happen My mom was right.

  

  Parents are always the optimistic ones, right? My mom always has a ... sometimes I feel like my experiments are more mistakes than intentional, but ... just a little Monday morning humor courtesy of one of my favorite comics:

  • by Bryan
  • June 19, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Thoughts On Global Leadership Susan Hockfield + others quoted in Newsweek on the topic.

  

  My mom just sent me the link to an interesting article in the latest ... Rodney Brooks. Call me an idealist, but my favorite of the responses is ... too heavy, my mom also sent me this link. Enjoy.)

  • by Ben Jones
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  wrote, "I sent in my affirmative reply on March 21st, and have yet to ... American citizen. My family came back when I was only one, so basically there is nothing american about me except my passport. I wanted to know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dies Irae Quantus tremor est futurus!

  

  friend!" Yoda: "My trusted ally you are." Palpatine: "Together, we can rule ... have my allegiance." C3PO: "To a splendid counterpart!" R2D2: "You can ... digits of pi in my comments tomorrow.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 14, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Semi-Real Time Mystery Hunt Update The title says it all.

  

  the adventure. I just took a quick trip back to my room so I could grab my driver's license- ambulance driving lesson in less than an hour ... I knew, someone had shoved the phone into my hands to give the answer

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 13, 2006