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How does one attain a Pirate License?
fencing are granted pirate status with a tangible certificate. Blogger Abby -
Blog / Challenges
Parting Remarks Part II: The Blogger Bio That Was I just graduated!
The original premise for this blog post was that I would dissect the ... reflect the subject and tone I was going for. [annotation note="I apologize ... arrested for no discernible reason. I sat through online commencement -
Blog / MIT Life
I’m laughing out loud cheek. muscles. cramping.
due, one of my friends slept for one hour last night, I have to submit a ... until the day is over. For me, laughter is the best therapy (fortunately ... made me laugh over the past few days. Brace yourself for insight into my -
Blog / Events
Engineering leadership: the one-hour edition President Hockfield makes a surprise appearance!
for the GEL Program, "almost every team practiced key leadership skills ... time, materials, and requirement specifications, and did not go for the ... boundaries sometimes, and so we forget what the customer asked for in the first -
Blog / Academics & Research
Nobel Prize Week An exciting time for research, both noble and ignoble.
exciting time to be around MIT, because it is Nobel Prize week. For me, this ... for the Nobel in Physics; his work on the inflationary universe is ... . Today, Prof. Richard Schrock, along with researchers in France and at -
Blog / Athletics
Nationals! In which MIT XC goes to Iowa
found myself, along with 15 groggy teammates and five coaches, at Logan ... qualified for nationals after placing fourth in New England, while the men's team qualified with a decisive victory. It was less than a week later we -
Blog / Academics & Research
Keep it simple, stupid I try to choose classes for the fall. Things get messy.
tailored for robotics. I started trying to re-work my fall schedule. I had ... opened up the floodgates of my hatred for those stupid HASS requirements ... given my new ideas about what I want to do with my life, it may or may not -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
how i feel about ai-generated art from an artist's perspective
-Prize novel with a few keystrokes. As somebody who has spent many years ... ’t move forward. But even if you can agree with that notion on an ... underlying rage that comes with losing a future you worked so hard to achieve -
Blog / Miscellaneous
Blogger Pets some serotonin for your noggin
Here are our scaled, feathered, and furred companions for your ... though that is not what Dom is short for. i like to call him a dirty little ... with a passion. Name: Flora Blogger Owner(s): Nisha D. '21 and Ankita -
Blog / Challenges
present tense “you've got to let go of the fear”
the pools. i remember milling around the locker room waiting for eleven ... dreams, i could be wherever i want, with whomever i wanted. my psychiatrist ... for myself. a friend i talked to about my dreams thinks it's neither -
Blog / Academics & Research
PSA: new HASS concentration in Computing and Society studying humans? studying computers? porque no los dos?
share with you. First things first: as you may know, the foundation of ... recent years among our students for more initiatives like this. Here's how ... ” is not just a technical process but also a socio-cultural practice with -
Blog / Academics & Research
I should’ve started this earlier A statement exemplifying my first month as a Junior
my work this semster. So essentially, I've been hit hard with ... class is infamous for taking a lot of time to do the work (but like I said ... taking it with fellow blogger Michael C., which is pretty cool. These -
Blog / Extracurriculars
How to be Tim The Beaver anyone can wear the mask.
how to properly care for and wear the suit. 4. Sign Tim out from the ... 1. Reply to random email asking for Tim volunteers. As soon as it popped up on my phone, I knew I was born for this moment. So for everyone -
Blog / How to Human
Underneath All That Polish… ...lies a few things you wouldn't want to miss
have a lot of work to do (as has been the case for, quite honestly, the ... 'd park myself and do some hardcore, pomodoro-style studying for 7.05. I ... countless years worth of tagging, doodling and signing - done via pen, marker -
Blog / Community Projects
Affirmations not unnecessary
the papers one at a time to do so. Looking for papers with a last name ... sentence up with a number of caveats all to the effect of: Yes, I do know ... “betterness” exist? Would such a ranking even be useful for any real purpose? I -
Blog / Events
Bumping Up Against—and Breaking Through—the Glass Ceiling Part 2 of my adventures at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders
described my lessons from the National Conference for College Women Student ... population, I never felt different for being a female engineer. In fact ... graduation ceremony for the GEL class of 2010 took place. It was encouraging to -
Blog / Admissions
If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online… ...please read this entry!
mail at approximately the same time.) If this date/time changes for any ... following criteria: You have applied for freshman admission (not transfer or ... . ----------------------------------- What is the process for receiving my admissions decision online? In order -
Blog / Academics & Research
Keeping it Green On a visit to NYC, I learned a little about environmentally friendly housing.
garden insulates the building and offers a quiet haven for residents ... National Real Estate Investor reports that "a green building can pay for ... -filled apartments is quite steep. For $3000-4000 per month, you too can live in a one -
Blog / How to Human
faith in the future
from something I know is good for me, but I know it is not what I need ... was 14. I haven't been alone in life for longer than three months in this time and have relied on some partner as an anchor for these past