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  Lobby 7 Gotta love it

  

  office just a few feet down the infinite corridor. I enter with my morning coffee cup in hand, along with a horde of students and tourists, and I ... ;   It’s a magnificent lobby all on its own, but even better for the

  • by Kris Guay
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Prof. Junot Diaz on The Colbert Report! MIT Writing professor Junot Diaz, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction, appeared last…

  

  . Diaz has been doing many interviews since he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but an appearance on Colbert is always... interesting. For those of you who aren't familiar with The Colbert Report, there are some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 24, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Pimp my sukkah. I really can't think of a better blog entry title than that.

  

  wrong with that! But no, really, I'm not Jewish. Not even a little bit ... something that I had to send back to MIT, and it asked for my religious ... that isn't Kim or Rizos or Lzhpb*n!xobile is code for "JEWISH!" in Hillel

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW Q&A I asked current freshmen about the things they wish they knew for their CPW!

  

  remember the fun I had with them more than the specifics of the events that ... for if you fit in well with the culture there. Talk to different ... and download the MIT Mobile app: For Android/Google Play For IPhones

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  No time for your stupid question. A posthumous entry about the Ig Nobel awards.

  

  Chemistry (move over, Schrock) for proving, along with 20 student volunteers ... bestowed upon ten leading researchers from four different continents for ... totally free courtesy of my dorm's IFAF allotment. The culture of the dorm

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 15, 2005
• Blog / Events

  ROFLCON! ROFLMAO!

  

  , creators of Homestar Runner, signing my lunchbox with his Homestar Runner puppet talking into the microphone The day continued with free pizza for ... has to do with the fact that for almost my entire life I’ve had to deal

  • by Snively '11
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  A Couple of Firsts With a picture game

  

   Answer: Stuff that I paid for. Right Answer: Stuff that I got for free at the ... I got so much free stuff that I won’t need to buy shirts for another ... the world had come for the sole purpose of recruiting me! Well, not

  • by Erick P. '17
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Happenings What's been going on? Recent events at le MIT.

  

  in line won a free ring (hint for future years!). So as the rumor went ... going for inspirational and life-changing. Here's a gif in case you missed ... special object due to its symbolism. As for the finances, I heard Ring

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  My Rejection Resume working up the courage to look failure in the eye

  

  write an essay about how you dealt with a significant challenge for your ... hard for me to deal with because - as you'll learn in this post - I deal ... of shot an application at PlayStation for the heck of it; also, my

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 12, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Richard III: Behind-the-scenes [by Grace Kane '11, Guest Blogger] What does it take to put on Shakespeare at…

  

  started out thinking of all the fun ways to play with setting it in a modern ... some very fun visual and audio effects. I worked in collaboration with ... , we played with audio reverberation and echo effects as well as adding

  • by ARTalk
  • March 11, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  preserving student community what does it take?

  

  experiences on the Burton Conner Transition Team, which is responsible for ... , starting with my own dorm. As you might have heard, in the renewal, Burton Conner is seeing a few changes that have implications for its ability to

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 20, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  Being Home and Answering Questions some changes, some constants, and the end of pass/no record

  

  , final grades are coming out, with little "P" for Passes appearing on ... try out things you didn't get to do before. Learn a new skill. Play with ... degrees and the skies are probably going to be blue for the next three

  • by Allan K. '17
  • December 21, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  RA Selection Day 3

  

  Today's tie: Sesame Street themed, with Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Ernie, and Bert Today, I worked with Marivel and Prof. Laura Ceia-Minjares of the French Department. For lunch, we had

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 19, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Time To Have A Sit-Down With Your GC. Can we tawk?

  

  If you are a senior, you know that you are playing for all the ... applications. Help you with the financial aid process. Help you apply for ... and care with the application process. You also know that this process

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 24, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  World of Wires [by Emily '15] Are you living in a computer simulation?

  

  mirrored, which gave us even more fun effects to play with. This high ... , no? Jay and Sara played around with the idea of simulation with how the ... (or FASAP, or Arts at MIT. It also may be the class with the most names

  • by ARTalk
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Events

  December Events

  

  :30pm Place: Room 4-163 The event will begin with light refreshments and ... Clinic for Students! WHEN? Monday (THIS WEEK!), 12/5, 11:30-2:00pm WHERE ... and can address ANY potential route of virus transmission. For poster

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 3, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  The end of an era Veronica Mars was canceled. That, or the seniors left. Interpret the title as you will.

  

  does idiotic things to ruin her relationship with her dad in exchange for ... should be fun. No worries, once I catch up with Lost I'll have plenty of ... extensive collection of movies. I've decided to replace Veronica Mars with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • June 13, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  [Guest Post] On Food and Cooking at MIT, La Vita Nuova a selection of dishes, part 3

  

  ribeye was aged in sake lees (sakekasu) for two weeks to imbue it with an ... offal does not stop with the heart. Clockwise from top left: Sacromonte ... free to share your creations with me, I’d love to hear about your takes

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 7, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Fig. 4: Study with me! A semi-productive Sunday afternoon vlog (feat. an hour trying to find a printer)

  

  , or UROPs. For the 6 courses I'm taking this semester, I have 1 End ... -August. 2 of my courses are project-based. For those 2 classes, my project ... final papers -- due in mid-June -- to count for the majority of our marks

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • May 30, 2018
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Above MIT The sky's the limit.

  

  Charles River itself - with some sailboats sprinkled on top.   ... free to ask me questions! Otherwise, stay tuned. I have plenty of ... takeoff is a good place to start with a disclaimer: my father was in control

  • by Piper '13
  • May 29, 2011