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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Other Side of Fraternities What if. . .

  

  for new freshmen guys to get a chance to meet as many fraternity members ... (maybe a bit more, accounting for multiple bids to the same person and ... fraternities...how many boys choose not to join one and what do they miss out on

  • by Snively '11
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Appreciating America in Tokyo (or Things I Never Finished, Part Two) On Japan and America. And being an American in Japan. Happy Memorial Day!

  

  my time in Japan comes to an end I find myself wondering how I'm ever ... every corner because nobody knew how to relate to people of different ... country that was tightly shut to foreign influence for the majority of its

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 30, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chicken Burrito for the Lab Rat’s Soul Because a personalized blog entry is just like five dollars.

  

  her if I could borrow a dollar or two to pay for my burrito. ...and ... from 10.302: Transport Processes. "There are two ways to look at this... let's do it the harder way." Still, it wasn't a day to remember. I didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 14, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walk around the blogs Think of it as summer reading.

  

  student life and culture, for example, you have almost instant access to ... basic introduction to life and academics at MIT. And for the record, this ... needed to know but didn't know how to ask. Paul: Top Ten Common

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 13, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Real Snow! Real pictures this time.

  

  . This was what I got on my first try. How awesome is that? From left to ... only a few for the blog. We are warned not to continue forward, but ... pictures. On the hike back to the cars, we stop for some snowtubing. It was

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 20, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  An Online Going-Away Card for Ben Jones Today is Ben Jones's last day at MIT. Comment here to wish him the best.

  

  the comments thread in this post to leave your best wishes for Ben as he ... As Ben wrote last month, he will be leaving MIT today to take up a fantastic new job (Vice President for Communications!) at Oberlin College. If

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 26, 2008
• FAQ / Academics and research

  What’s happening at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies?

  At the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, the Army, and industry partners work together to develop technologies that advance soldier ... research to create new materials, devices, processes, and systems, and on
• Blog / How to MIT

  Dormire et Laborare Sleeping and Working at the Institvte

  

  trying to get card access for the last week. Self-identified ladies, this ... incredibly nice locations for studying and sleeping. I’ve recently come to ...   (Thanks to Mingshi Y. ‘18 for the latin translation of the title

  • by Selam G. '18
  • February 28, 2015
• Blog / Hacks

  A couple of hacks from a couple of hacks CPW tends to bring out the best work from the esoteric pranksters

  

  for me, seeing all you guys excited to be here and the prospect of ... ready to live in paradise for a while. As important CPW is for prefrosh trying to figure out where to enroll for college, it's pretty important for

  • by Chris M. '12
  • April 30, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Food Fights behold the deliciousness that could be yours

  

  was a sophomore in college I once ate for the Internet. I had missed a ... posting it up on the web. I polished off an apple at the end to keep the doctor away. Because that's how calories work. I have two younger brothers

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 15, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Conspiracy and intrigue

  

  contributor's copy of How to Get Around MIT (frosh should use it, it's a good ... made absolutely sure not to let her behind me for the rest of the game ... , just waiting for the other to make a false move, paranoid and frozen

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 11, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Shoulder Season Treat A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT

  

  I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time ... vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the ... group of rising seniors (and other underclass students) who are anxious to

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2025
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes! REX! Politics! Science! (Vlog and a Riddle) You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1-kg mollusks in each jar....

  

  is happening! Science is happening! And I decided not to twitter ... a riddle for today: You have 2012 jars of 1-kg mollusks, with 2012 1 ... , leaving 2012 0.3-kg resealed mollusk shells in that jar. You need to figure

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Schedule Is Awesome & it's better than Snively's / Sometimes completely unrelated entries are posted in pairs.

  

  because I forgot to adjust for the President's Day holiday, oh well) 21W ... little seminar where we're presumably taught how to design spaces while ... . Forces! Trusses! Flying Buttresses! For undergraduate and graduate students

  • by Cristen C. '10
  • February 13, 2009
• Blog / Events

  The Tale of a Frosh once upon a cold November

  

  soon come to an end for the Frosh. Whispers ripple through the crowds of ... . Life in college is not how she imagined it. The Frosh had many dreams for ... production than Hollywood, for sure. A fortnight ago, the Frosh went to an MIT

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 30, 2014
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT is easy if you study rastrology. Getting into awkward positions, at the Bank of London, with penguins.

  

  . After yoga, I decided to go running for half an hour, which was of course ... Rickman's velvety voice, but I still wanted to stick around for the ... escorted the lovely and incomparable Mitra to a dinner for Tau Beta Pi, the

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 11, 2005
• Blog / Uncategorized

  winter in Brazil adventures in WGS.245: Race, Place, and Modernity

  

  time to open most of the books — I didn’t realize how much time I would ... groups outside of it to pressure leaders and push for change. I’d recommend ... further, and I’m grateful for that.  After class, we return to the hotel

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 10, 2023
• Blog / MISTI

  Lodger Third in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring the country of Moldova.

  

  of the bears. I'll be brief, for the sake of wit. First, Ling '07 ... bear. We're right in between the United Kingdom bear, who appears to be ... . Pascal, from FRANCE (how could you be named Pascal and not from France

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 15, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 1) Another IAP. Another Country.

  

  embarking again on a cruise to the Carribbean next week). I go home for dinner ... -straight-on-the-subway-with-two-strangers-beside-you," the "let's-take-a-nap-while-waiting-for-the-train-to ... environment for the Japanese. It encourages the workforce in Japan to relax from

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  walking, walking, walking walking and/as coping

  

  . There wasn't much to see in Bedford, except for this old train and a 10 ... for the hourly 62/76 bus to take me back to Alewife. At Alewife, I ... from Kendall/MIT to Charles/MGH, is named as such because of this poem

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • January 31, 2021