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  Is It Possible To Respect A Racist Film? We must learn to embrace the opportunities to confront ourselves by confronting others.

  

  correctness game in these situations. For example, if someone were to tout some ... newly-formed NAACP bitterly condemned Birth of a Nation for "its racist ... . He claimed that he was not racist. When screened at the White House for

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Scholarships

  

  complete. And finally, there's the scrambling to apply for scholarships. Scholarships are nice. They provide you money for college (offsetting your Self ... for the past few months. First, for some students, there are early

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 1, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  Bad Ideas Month word of the day is oops!!

  

  more students emerge to bake rat-shaped cakes and play IRL Fruit Ninja ... nothing more of it for two months. One Month Before Bad Ideas I had a plan for IAP. A blissful period of rest, exploring Boston museums, baking

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • March 3, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  just playing a game of distraction. As of late, I've been watching my ... for her. Since the breakup, I've felt like things are just happening to ... have a good time. These past weeks have been incredibly hazy for me. It

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  friday afternoon in the town of beans i'm freeeeeeeeeeeee

  

  ."]Yesterday,[/annotation]after turning in my last assignment for the semester and celebrating my freedom ... — Forget that. There'll be time for that later. It's the first day after the ... : [caption id="attachment_69690" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] derek for

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • December 11, 2021
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  The Global Poverty Initiative Because you’re reading this while 1/6 of the world is illiterate.

  

  food they were having. She didn’t have to cook for like, 2 solid weeks ... part responsible for getting me involved in GPI. GPI is the Global ... only drink water for a week. I mean, eat, please, but think of how much

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • October 15, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  The Internet is Weird My first attempt at using eBay, or, how I'm trying to profit off of sad…

  

  money for this thing (you blog stalkers are weird, let me tell you), I won't actually keep the money for myself. That'd just be weird. Hey Moneyman, is ... for him? Well, I was one of those people. Let me show you what that

  • by Laura N. '09
  • May 15, 2008
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hydrate Happy Sent by the magic of mobile technology

  

  minutes for me to have the misfortune of using a Bevi machine. (The reason ... , so I always feel like Velma from Scooby-Doo fumbling around for her glasses when I try pouring myself a drink using it.) I could go on for

  • by Andi Q. '25
  • July 3, 2023
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  full-time during fall 2020, since I knew I wouldn't get that much out of ... was expecting. "Um . . ." I wavered. I hadn't prepared for this ... . Well, first I lowballed myself. The suggestion I had given was too low for my

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  for undergrad and grad students who are passionate about or practice any ... difficult to describe, but essentially it was a very moving, for lack of a ... ="aligncenter" width="400"] creepy[/caption] 2019 Trip  For this Art Scholars trip, we

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  time in LA playing the Mexican food game. Sunday, September 7th & ... game designers, developing social technologies for hotels, and other cool ... Institute and our admissions process, particularly for those far

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Monologuing a mock-up for the MITMonologues

  

  . One for a math group, one that plays video games, one for a dance group ... The MIT Monologues (MITMo) is a spinoff of the play The Vagina ... though it'll probably be a bit different during the performance for any

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 13, 2022
• Blog / Advice

  A Pre-MIT To-Do List (International Students Version)

  

  you either have a date for your visa interview soon or have already had ... different requirements for tests and vaccinations for different countries so check those out for your own country and get vaccinated and tested

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • July 17, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  counselors that play pranks on games with you, and generally spend a laughter ... even leaving for FLP (haha) but not actually staying there until right up ... ago when she visited NYC! We had weekly brunches in our dorm, and for

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  Admitted Students Parties Followup

  

  Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on the admitted students parties ... was unscheduled, but that made it all the more better. For example, Les ... of amazing as well. First thing in the Fall, I'm trying out for both

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 30, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  summer in boston that summertime, summertime, uh, gladness

  

  [annotation note="great for nighttime walks"]Paul Revere Landing Park ... game changers, y'all. i've spent a lot of time biking through the ... 't for me working outside — a few weeks ago, i gathered the freshmen in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • July 15, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  money and stuff. In all seriousness, I lived entirely on free food for my ... for ATS's first Dim Sum run of the year. Voila! A few t-stops on the ... worthy of a Broadway matinée. I suppose Cats could have been playing in the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  all the food I ate for a week, because I thought that would be a cool ... for most of his lunches and dinners, for example. Come to think of it ... for having horrible eating habits. It’s cool. I’ll accept it. I hate my

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Antics! The title is pretty self-explanatory, isn't it?

  

  -packed to make up for it! This will be easy to do, since I had a pretty jam ... was for those involved, but it definitely worked...to an extent. And ... Sam pose for a picture in front of Burton-Conner. Notice that Sam is

  • by Laura N. '09
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  anew what a wonderful wor(l)d

  

  overbearing. It seems there’s always a game of [annotation note='a fast-paced multiplayer card game involving multiple decks of playing cards ... , so I'll save my leave for another blog and instead focus this one on my

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • February 23, 2023