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  Off to Zambia

  

  Through my awesome D-Lab class, I am going to Zambia today until Jan 31st. Zambia is a land-locked country in southern Africa (see above ... of my groupmates is also conducting a survey on latrine usage. There

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • January 7, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Reason to Celebrate My advisor is a genius.

  

  , this year my advisor, Linda Griffith, was named a MacArthur Fellow. Most ... . Speaking of UROP, tomorrow, I am giving the biggest presentation of my

  • by Bryan
  • September 24, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester ... for a while.] The double :-( :-( is my Friday. 2 - 4 pm

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Quick Update I am busy, this is short.

  

  won't be taking it this term. =( But more on my actual class schedule later. For now, I have to stuff my entire life into boxes.

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / How to MIT

  Buying books You shouldn't have to spend all your money on textbooks!

  

  Laura asked: "where can you get inexpensive, used textbooks? one of my friends said she spent $700 on books already...we can find used ... if you get there early you can buy a used copy. Also, it's been my

  • by Melis A. '08
  • August 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  AIDS Walk San Francisco Shameless solicitation -- join the fun

  

  This Sunday, I am participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk San Francisco. My friend Tiffany '06 invited me to join her company's team, and Laura ... AIDS Walk? Just click on the website address below to enter my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 11, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  World Cup Finals

  

  , Roberto Baggio. (It was in no small part due to his braids, I'll admit.) My ... yesterday. I watched the first 80 minutes of regulation play in my apartment

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer plans

  

  I've spent the last two weeks enjoying a nice vacation at my mom's house in Louisville, Kentucky. It's been great, and I might even have ... living in for the next two months, for my summer internship at EPFL (the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • June 11, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  In a little while, I’ll be gone This is not a blog entry. I'm not here, this isn't happening.

  

  three days of finals I packed my entire life into about twelve boxes and ... get my bearings, shop for travel-appropriate items, and see every single

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 27, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nike+iPod read entry & vote at the end

  

  enough to get me thinking about giving up my Dell and lucky Asics. If I end up purchasing this product, I hope my friends interning at Apple this

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • May 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  An American Idol Math Question You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one.

  

  You guys are all good in math; help me out with this one. My mom pointed this out last night, and unless I'm missing something, I agree with ... statistically irrelevant, in my opinion. (It would be different if there were one

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 19, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Since I Been Gone Running and nice weather -- and no school

  

  . The weather at MIT has been delicious the past week or so. My friends ... some brothers and residents of Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity. Okay, my

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another Day, Another Class

  

  So as promised earlier, this week I'm highlighting another one of my classes, 7.05 Biochemistry. Class Details: Lecture: 3 times a week for 1 ... thought he was joking). At this point, I took out my laptop and tried to

  • by Bryan
  • March 9, 2006
• Blog / Events

  Post-Valentine Blog Roundup Valentine's Day capped off by a serenade.

  

  Confectionery Company), right next to MIT's Random Hall dormitory? Ah, many of my finest memories of walking to class in the morning from my dorm were on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 16, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m supergirl and I’m here to save the world My day, being thought of as superhuman, and answering several questions.

  

  dressed (in my world, putting on track pants and a t-shirt != getting ... experiment I'm doing tomorrow. 3:15 PM -- I went back home and sat on my duff ... coincidence, I ran into my friend Dave '07, who was also taking the test (this

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • January 25, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Song of Myself All we need is music (sweet music).

  

  reasons I ended up coming to MIT over some other schools. My junior year of ... ) symphonic accompaniment. My freshman year in Chamber Chorus, I had the unique ... Society, one of my friends during his semester at MIT was coached in a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m just curious as to why you keep invoking William Faulkner. "MIT is so charmingly nerdy" entries #12 and 35.

  

  I had not the greatest week, but tune in tomorrow for my misadventures with the reply-to-all feature and otherwise... I don't want to ... of e." When I was at home, my friend Ben asked me if everybody at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 1, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Questions and answers

  

  . It's a bit of a tough one because my goals have changed substantially ... expressed some interest in it when I was about ten, and after that my family sort of assumed it, and so did I. By the end of my freshman year, I

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • October 23, 2005
• Blog / Athletics

  I like to break a mental sweat, too. Missed it by that much.

  

  reporting this news by both Matt and Bryan. By my count, this is the third ... term was not bad at all, but I still haven't achieved my MIT goal of ... intramural sports in my three years at MIT. The first two were just because

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2005
• Blog / Events

  And if I had a million dollars Solve this problem and win a million dollars, SERIOUSLY.

  

  most stylish professor I've had in my life. Not to mention his academic ... enough to teach an old dog a new trick, I'm sure I can teach you my

  • by Bryan
  • September 30, 2005