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  Another Toy Story Turns out toy design isn't all play, but that doesn't mean it's not fun!

  

  that I was taking 2.00b: Toy Product Design this past semester. Over the ... Llama to make what we like to call: The Equalizer. -Cue awesome sound effect- Now you might be wondering... what the heck is The Equalizer

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • May 25, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Because not all ideas can be good

  

  On Friday morning, I walked into Lobby 7 to head up to the Edgerton ... actually was a hack there! Floating in the center of Lobby 7's dome was a ... embellished with a QR code. Now theoretically, if one were able to scan the code

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 23, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  #Winning the battle for awesome (fictitious) alumni

  

  through the 4 years of masochistic glory that is MIT. This is not one of ... background: MIT apparently leads the pack of Ivy+ institutions in Facebook page ... with this message: Notice the comment about the Doonesbury girl. What

  • by Chris M. '12
  • October 27, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  Greetings from MIT Labs! Introducing MIT: The Game

  

  on an extremely awesome and extremely top secret project: MIT: The ... admissions staff, it allows students to experience all the best parts of an MIT education (burritos, roller coasters, and such) from the comfort of their own

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • March 1, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  the only way it knows how: through imitation (as flattery), and a hint of geeky wit. This, for instance, hung from the ceiling of Lobby 7: I was actually kind of ashamed when I didn't recognize the iconic globe

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Haiti: Day 1 This week, I'm in Haiti.

  

  Media Projects in Haiti. The class was conceived fairly last minute after the earthquake hit in January, and is structured around weekly guest lectures about Haitian culture and sustainable development. At the same time

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 25, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  LIFE! is my favorite entry title.

  

  out the intro: I’m a freshman @ MIT, trudging through endless piles of work while juggling the crazy new power/responsibility that is FREEDOM ... tour of the second half of Calculus I in six insane weeks. Now it’s the

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  First Day of Class Sick.

  

  violently ill the night before. I don't know how or why it happened, but for some reason the idea of spending five hours in lecture sent me into a violent downward spiral hugging the porcelain god all night, and as such I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  My Last Blog: Introducing My Successor I started "The Humanitarian Blog" to spotlight the amazing work that MIT students are doing…

  

  It's been nearly three months since I graduated MIT. With the ... the SuMmErFuN folks, and trekking up and down the Infinite multiple ... . To the Class of 2012 -- four years is an incredibly short time, and

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • September 2, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LSC: A Brief Summary [by Ashley Nash '11] Who wouldn’t want to join?

  

  [by Ashley Nash '11] I am a member of LSC, the Lecture Series Committee. It's one of the larger student groups at MIT bringing films and presenters to the MIT community in the large lecture hall 26-100. We show

  • by ARTalk
  • May 2, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Takin’ My Time I've got to keep on chasin' a dream...

  

  .020 group final project...and so on. Not to mention, the next issue of MURJ is almost ready to hit the presses, which means the chief editors and ... hard at work getting the magazine, which is entirely student

  • by Paul B. '11
  • April 29, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2008: So I think I’ll go to Boston (Guest Entry) More pictures than your body has room for!

  

  By Ming Lu The Thursday morning of CPW, I woke up bright and early ... with Edward, another ‘12 from a town near by mine. We met up at the ... , taking the same train. Here’s a picture of the six of us: The train took

  • by Snively '11
  • April 20, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  A Nerd’s Paradise Phi is a "h" of a lot cooler than pi.

  

  Ever since I first visited MIT in the summer of 2007, I knew that the ... talk to some of the current students. I was on campus for a grand total ... following the status quo, I was amazed to find that MIT was continually and

  • by Paul B. '11
  • February 28, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings She's both the director of the freshman admissions process *and* Evie's mom, so you know…

  

  This is the time of year in which people start worrying a great deal ... thought I'd give you the words straight from Joanne, who oversees our entire process from the moment your application arrives at MIT through the mailing

  • by Ben Jones
  • October 29, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Memories My first two months at MIT, all wrapped up into one post.

  

  could the past eight weeks have gone by so quickly? I can still remember ... campus for the first time as an actual student - when I said that final ... Orientation, getting lost on the way to Baker House, exploring Greek life during

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 28, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Thanksgiving on First East – Team Bemis makes hand turkeys!! (For justice and the greater common good.)

  

  My first installment of The Adventures of Team Bemis: Some extremely ... implementing capable lovable hand turkeys. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the steps involved in making a hand turkey are as follows: 1.) Stock up

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • November 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Alia Whitney-Johnson: Making a Difference in Sri Lanka Alia Whitney-Johnson, a Junior studying Civil and Environmental Engineering, spent three weeks teaching the art…

  

  The MIT Public Service Center provides fellowships for students to travel around the world to allow them apply their talent and knowledge towards the advancement of underserved communities. Alia Whitney-Johnson, a

  • by Melis A. '08
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Pre-Orientation Begins Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest!

  

  Pre-Orientation and a mini-contest! This week, the MIT Class of 2010 ... begins on Sunday, but for half of the class, they are already getting to ... . The oldest program is the Freshman Leadership Program, and the newest

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 24, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Back in MD Summary of the end of the year, and a look ahead to the summer.

  

  Where in the world is Melis? Clues: laundry is free, my room is a single, and I do not have to use the Saferide or MBTA. Yes, I am home. Today was my first day of work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Back From Vacation Tales of swing sets and answers to the various questions in my inbox.

  

  I'm back! Here are the answers to some common questions that have been piling up in my inbox... Where the heck have you been?!? April 6 ... -Orientation programs for admitted students? Those are run by the Academic Resource

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 18, 2006